It’s not going to happen anyway, since it requires several other EU states to reach a target number of votes. When I looked, the UK was well on the way to the target, but no other state was anywhere near. Belgium was the next highest having achieved six point something per cent of the target.

The main thing the petition will do is highlight the strength of feeling among some British citizens. In doing so, it may help to highlight some of the arguments for ditching Brexit, although to be honest, if the current shambles is not sufficient to convince people that it is a bad idea, I’m not sure what will.

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