A petition for a second referendum has no sway over Government according to the electoral commission

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The Electoral Commission today said the petition to have a re-run of the vote has no legal authority - although it may spark a parliamentary debate.

The aim of the petition is to call "upon HM Government to implement a rule that, if the Remain or Leave vote is less than 60 percent based on a turnout less than 75 percent, there should be another referendum."

Many have used it as a basis for arguing for another trip to the polls for the nation - even though it was started by a Leave campaigner.

William Oliver Healey, opened the petition in May, when it appeared that the Remain group was leading the polls.

Mr Healey claims his petition has been hijacked by the Remain group, who have been outraged by the outcome.

A spokeswoman for the commission told Sputnik News that "there is no such threshold in referendum legislation."

It was also revealed today the petition is being investigated by parliamentary authorities, after it was discovered that 77,000 signatures were fraudulent, with many coming from the Cayman Island, Iceland and Tunisia.

There were even thousand of signatures from the Vatican despite it only having a population of 800.