Rejected petition Preserve the Union by calling a General Election before triggering article 50

The potential break up of the UK following Nicola Sturgeon's decision to request a second independence referendum has fundamentally changed the implications of the UK referendum to leave the EU and the will of the people should be tested in light of this development.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/177802

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Date submitted 13 March 2017
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