Rejected petition Make 23 June each year a public bank holiday and name it Independence Day.

The United Kingdom and a Gibraltar voted to leave the European Union on 23rd June 2016. The outcome of the Referendum is that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. It is only fitting that this day each year is declared as a bank holiday and called Independence Day.

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Date submitted 24 June 2016
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