Celebrities including Hugh furnish and Jennifer Saunders be a part of three million others to sign petition petition to cancel Brexit

Celebrities have rushed to be a part of the three million (and counting) signatories of the 'Revoke Article 50 and remain in the eu' petition. 

A slew of celebs have signed the petition, pledging their help for cancelling Brexit, together with; Hugh supply, Jennifer Saunders, Professor Brian Cox, Annie Lennox, actors Eddie Marsan and Andy Serkis and Armando Iannucci.

The petition, started with the aid of former school lecturer Margaret Anne Georgiadou, has proved hit a nerve with an enormous percentage of the nation. It has introduced a tremendous volume of site visitors to the uk govt and Parliament Petitions web site, causing it to crash time and again.

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"The expense of signing is the optimum the web page has ever needed to take care of," the house of Commons' Petitions Committee spoke of in a Twitter thread, "and we've needed to make some alterations to make sure the site is still strong and open for signatures and new petitions. Thanks for bearing with us."

Theresa might also's response to the petition has been to rule out cancelling the Brexit countdown. She mentioned that regardless of the european offering a delay plan: "I don't trust that we should still be revoking Article 50."

Hugh furnish tweeted: "I've signed. And it looks like each sane adult within the country is signing too. country wide emergency. Revoke Article 50 and continue to be in the eu."

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Jennifer Saunders has tweeted a couple of updates to the Brexit petition, protecting her followers up to date on whether the web site is working or no longer.

Professor Brian Cox tweeted: "I've signed this petition to revoke A50 and deal with the consequences afterwards – referendum, election, whatever.

"I don't have any conception no matter if this stuff do any respectable but after may's astonishingly irresponsible speech this evening I'll provide anything else a go."

Annie Lennox tweeted: "I have just signed this petition to it's presently gaining 100k signatures an hour! Please be a part of me, sign & share (the web page maintains crashing under the site visitors so stick to it)"

Eddie Marsan tweeted: "The right-wing Brexiteers agree with that a free market utopia will upward push from the ashes of destruction, left-wing Brexiteers say it can be a socialist utopia with the intention to emerge. What both have in typical is that they trust the destruction is a price value paying."

Andy Serkis tweeted: "2 million and counting!! 🙌💪 Petition: Revoke Article 50 and continue to be within the ecu."

Armando Iannucci tweeted: "Now just about two and a half million. Do signal"

The Brexit manner continues, devoid of anybody – noted or now not – in fact figuring out what's occurring.