A petition to remain in the EU has gone so viral it crashed a government website

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You might have heard, but things aren’t exactly going smoothly in the run-up to Brexit. The exodus from the EU is slated to happen on March 29, which (*checks calendar*) is just days away.

A petition to remain in the EU and revoke Article 50 gained over 600K signatures before crashing the government petitions website. 

As if Brexit wasn’t already shambolic. 

Article 50 is the legal mechanism by which countries can formally exit the European Union. 

A House of Commons spokesperson confirmed in an email to Mashable that the website was experiencing difficulties due to a high volume of traffic. Read more…

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