DHAKA: Over three million people have signed a petition calling for a second EU referendum, after the vote to leave.

It has more signatures than any other on the parliamentary website and as it has passed 100,000, Parliament will consider it for a debate.

The number is rapidly increasing.

The UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in Thursday’s (June 23) referendum but the majority of voters in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland backed Remain.

David Cameron has previously said there will be no second referendum, reports the BBC.

On Friday he said he would stand down as prime minister by October following the leave result.

A House of Commons spokeswoman said the petition was created on 24 May. There were 22 signatures on it at the time the referendum result was announced.

She said the petition site had temporarily gone down at one point following ‘exceptionally high volumes of simultaneous users on a single petition, significantly higher than on any previous occasion’.

BDST: 1615 HRS, JUN 26, 2016
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