Rejected petition Make 23rd June a bank holiday to mark GB independence from the European Union.

23rd June 2016 was a historic day for GREAT BRITAIN with the European Union membership referendum and the nation voted for independence. This historic day should be marked with a national bank holiday.

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The referendum that David Cameron Concervatives leader and Prime Minister pledged to hold had finally brought back our sovereignty to Westminster after a non-demographic European Union failed to deliver. To mark this Independence Day of GREAT BRITIAN and to thank everybody that voted Concervatives at our last election and Brexit voters in the referendum. This day should be marked like other bank holidays, democracy is so British like bank holidays.

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Date submitted 1 July 2016
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