13 favourite things people are saying about signing the ‘Revoke Article 50’ petition

A petition calling on the government to revoke Article 50 and allow the UK to remain in the EU has gone so viral that the petitions website kept crashing on Thursday.

But it hasn’t stopped hundreds of thousands of people signing the petition in the wake of Theresa May’s statement outside Downing Street last night.

And here are 13 of the best things people are saying about it right now.

1.

I’ve signed this petition to revoke A50 and deal with the consequences afterwards – referendum, election, whatever. I have no idea whether these things do any good but after May’s astonishingly irresponsible speech this evening I’ll give anything a go. https://t.co/1XuQW3vuve

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) March 20, 2019

2.

Theresa May just said she knows exactly what the people want.
So please make sure she does by:
1) signing this petition
2) coming on the #PutItToThePeople march on Saturday.https://t.co/5h55n9RWNU

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 20, 2019

3.

Have signed.

Have signed with a long, weary sigh at the utter futility of it all, but have signed nonetheless.https://t.co/5ZxfsfrmXC

— Marina O'Loughlin (@MarinaOLoughlin) March 20, 2019

4.

I’ve signed this and, now I know that ⁦@theresa_may⁩ is on my side, I’m pretty sure she has too. https://t.co/u9vYfQsxK9

— David Mitchell (@RealDMitchell) March 21, 2019

5.

I’ve signed. And it looks like every sane person in the country is signing too. National emergency. Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. – Petitions https://t.co/tPgkaz1soi

— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) March 20, 2019

6.

They promised you brexit would improve your lives and now they’re stockpiling body bags. Sign the fucking petition.
https://t.co/DnjoN9JLFl

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 21, 2019

7.

God knows we've tried everything else. 600k signatures and rising by 2k a minute. Sign it, click the link in the email to verify, pass it on. A brief use of collective impotent fury and a tiny squeak into the black holes of our futures, but it's something. https://t.co/k5sWTe0YWv

— Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) March 21, 2019

8.

I’ve signed because it’s exactly what I dream of. And because it made me feel better. https://t.co/vmPt84LwNN

— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) March 20, 2019

9.

I'm so broken that I've signed an online petition. JOIN ME.

Petition: Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. https://t.co/VkJrqQoT7K

— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) March 20, 2019

10.

I’ve signed this petition & I’ll be marching on Saturday with my wife and kids. In years to come, when future generations look back on Brexit and how this country was taken over by fanatical ideologues, to the left & to the right, they’ll ask “where were you? What did you do?” https://t.co/updXDZ42OR

— Eddie Marsan (@eddiemarsan) March 21, 2019

11.

Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. – Petitions – thank you ⁦@theresa_may⁩ for your hopeless & divisive speech tonight sending signatories to this #RevokeArticle50 petition through the roof. Please sign and retweet. https://t.co/E1S7vCSnHg

— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) March 20, 2019

12.

This, like the sign-ups for the Put it to the People @peoplesvote_uk March, has had a massive boost from Recruiting Sergeant @theresa_may this evening … Petition: Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. https://t.co/hnxx5opC4D

— Alastair PEOPLE’S VOTE Campbell (@campbellclaret) March 20, 2019

13.

If that petition changes anything, I'll livestream me having a wank.

You'll see my face, my cock, my spunk, the lot.

— Autobiography out NOW (@DaftLimmy) March 21, 2019