Second EU Referendum Petition Crashes Government Website As Remain Supporters Reject Brexit

That didn't take long.

A petition for the government to hold a second referendum on Brexit has proved so popular it temporarily crashed the parliament website.

Within just hours of the historic Leave vote, it had already gained 60,000 signatures and counting.

The petition states:

We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum.

Demand meant the petition website was temporarily unavailable.

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Leave won 51.9% of the total vote to Remain’s 48.1% after the final count. Turnout in the referendum was 71.8% - with more than 30 million people voting.

Despite an on-the-day poll predicting a win for Remain, Leave voters turned out in droves in order to take the UK out of the EU.

The decision has already sent shockwaves around the world and prompted the resignation of David Cameron.

For those who voted Remain, the mood is one of despair...

Absolutely devastated. Fear and ignorance has won over tolerance and unity. This result doesn't speak for me. #NotInMyName

— Georgina Hayes (@GeeHayes) June 24, 2016

I can't believe I'm waking up to a shattered future because of those who chose not to stay united with the world #NotInMyName

— em (@lunabxtch) June 24, 2016

Don't think I have ever felt more depressed about the future of this country than this morning. #NotInMyName

— meme (@sanachnaa) June 24, 2016

The Leave campaign swept up millions of votes across the north of England, the Midlands, the South East and Wales.

Remain votes in Scotland and London were not enough to hold back the Brexit tide.

“Can London” began trending on Twitter as residents of the capital began pleading for their own independence.

How do we do a London exit from UK? pic.twitter.com/Pkk0H7yKKA

— William Skeaping (@skeapspeaks) June 24, 2016

Nigel Farage hailed the victory for the Brexit campaign as having been achieved “without a single bullet being fired”.

A House of Commons spokesperson said of the petition website: "UK Parliament and the Government Digital Service are aware of the issue and are working on this to ensure the site is working well."

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