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Most people sign petition on internet
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- 4720008 TOTAL NUMBER
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- UNITED KINGDOM
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A petition calling for Prime Minister Theresa May to revoke Article 50 and remain in the European Union surpassed 4.7 million signatures on Saturday, and became the most popular petition ever hosted on the British Parliament website.
The previous record was held by a 2016 petition calling for a second referendum on Brexit. That one garnered 4,720,008 total signatures. A petition to prevent President Trump from making a state visit to Britain received nearly 1.9 million signatures in 2017.
government responds to all petitions that gain more than 10,000 signatures and considers for debate all petitions that receive more than 100,000 signatures.