The U.K. Parliament's petitions website crashed on Thursday as calls to revoke Article 50 and overturn Brexit quickly exceeded half a million signatures.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> The petition began gaining traction on Wednesday evening, after British Prime Minister Theresa May formally requested a delay to the U.K.'s departure from the EU, and had gained more than 800,000 signatures by the following afternoon.
According to the Parliament website, lawmakers would consider the petition for debate if it surpassed 100,000 signatures. On Thursday morning, the petition generated so much traffic that the site crashed, displaying a message that told would-be signatories to"try again later."
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