LONDON, March 21. /TASS/. The petition in support of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union by revoking Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty gathered more than 900,000 signatures on Thursday. The corresponding petition dubbed "Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU" was registered on the website of the British parliament.
The number of people wishing to support the specified petition is so high that this service fails to operate at times. Thus, the petition already received the sufficient support of 100,000 signatures needed for it to be submitted with the House of Commons for study.
"The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People's Vote may not happen - so vote now," the petition says.
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt earlier said that the vote in the parliament on the Brexit abolishment will be possible if the agreement on the terms of cooperation with the European Union is not adopted by the House of Commons the next week, though he called this scenario hardly probable.
The British prime minister asked the EU to postpone the date of the country’s withdrawal from the EU until June 30 instead of planned March 29. However, President of the European Council Donald Tusk said in response that the withdrawal can be postponed for a short period if the UK parliament approves the deal on Brexit. The British lawmakers earlier denied the draft treaty twice, on January 15 and March 12. This week Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow warned that he will not allow the government to vote on the treaty for the third time if it is not considerably changed.