Petition to hold second EU referendum reaches 2m signatures

House of Commons website sees unprecedented traffic for record-breaking petitionThe backlash against Brexit has strengthened with more than 2 million people signed a parliamentary petition calling for a second EU referendum.Demand for a fresh vote was so high that it crashed the parliament.uk website on Friday as the petition was shared widely on social media and new signatures were added at a rate of more than 100,000 an hour.Continue reading...