U.K. Parliamentary petitions website

The U.K. Parliamentary petitions website was founded in July 2015,[1] to allow members of the public to petition the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As of June 2016 the most successful ever petition was one to require referendums to have a supermajority with over 4 million signatories,[2] started in May 2016 before the Brexit referendum, by a pro-Brexit supporter.[3] The second most popular petition was one to ban Donald Trump from entering the UK which caused the website to crash and had more than 550,000 signatories.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "New House of Commons and Government petitions website launched - News from Parliament". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  2. ↑ "Petition for second EU referendum reaches 4 million as hundreds attend anti-Brexit protest in London". Daily Telegraph. 29 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Petition calling for second EU referendum was created by a Leave voter – and he's not happy that it's been 'hijacked' by Remain". Daily Telegraph. 27 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Ban Donald Trump petition crashed because so many people wanted to sign it". The Independent. 9 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Trump UK ban petition passes 370,000 signatures". BBC News.
  6. ↑ "UK Petition To Ban Donald Trump Breaks Record". Sky News.

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