This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Make 23rd June a Bank Holiday in the United Kingdom
On the 23rd June 2016 the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
This democratic vote was 17,410,742 votes to the Leave side. And only 16,141,241 votes to the Remain side.
We would like to have the 23rd June every year a Bank Holiday in the United Kingdom
More details
More details Please see this link here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36615028
The above link contains all the details necessary to prove that this was a 100% true democratic vote. And the Leave side did win at 59.1% to a modest 48.1
This petition was rejected
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/123324
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