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Call to put brakes on UK’s EU exit is most popular petition ever on parliament website.
An online petition calling on the government to revoke Article 50 and cancel Brexit has attracted more than five million signatures.
The e-petition started by Margaret Georgiadou is the biggest ever on the Parliament website.
Online petition attracts more than 4m signatures as Margaret Georgiadou is forced to close Facebook account. / The woman behind the petition to revoke article 50 has said she is scared and has been forced to close her Facebook account after receiving multiple death threats for launching the challenge to Brexit.
Analysis of 16,000 petitions running on government website finds revoke Article 50 request has more than three times as many signatures as all pro-Brexit petitions combined.
Website repeatedly crashes as 2,000 people every second attempt to sign amid mounting discontent over crisis.
Petition to scrap withdrawal process attracts more signatures than no-deal petition within hours.
Petition posted on Wednesday night was getting 1,500 signatures a minute.