British Parliament To Debate Petition Calling For Second EU Referendum

An online petition that calls for a second EU referendum will be debated in Parliament after it was signed by more than 4.1 million people. 

The Petitions Committee said the debate would be on 5 September as a "huge number" had signed it.

But the committee said the debate did not mean it was supporting the call for a second referendum and it was "too late" to change the referendum rules.

The UK Voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in the referendum on June 23,2016
The referendum saw 17.4 million (51.9%) votes cast to leave the EU, compared with 16.1 million (48.1%) for Remain, with a turnout of 72.2%, according to the Electoral Commission.

The petition, set up on 25 May before the referendum, states: "We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the Remain or Leave vote is less than 60%, based on a turnout of less than 75%, there should be another referendum."