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A petition to cancel Brexit has already received more than 1million signatures - just a day after it was started.

The official parliament petition website crashed this morning, believed to be due to the volume of people adding their names.

It comes just eight days before the UK is due to leave the EU.

Technically the UK could still cancel Brexit by unilaterally deciding to revoke Article 50 - for which it would not need the EU to agree.

But this would not be possible after 29 March because we would have technically left by then - either with a deal or without.

(Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Images)

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted this morning that Parliament could still vote to stop Brexit - although he said it was unlikely.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Parliament could vote to revoke Article 50, which is cancelling the Brexit process - I think that's highly unlikely..."

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The wording of the petition, which was set up by Margaret Anne Georgiadou, calls on supporters to show the strength of public feeling for stopping Brexit.

It reads: "The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'.

"We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU.

"A People's Vote may not happen - so vote now."

The petition has been backed by a range of figures including Independent Group MP Heidi Allen and, more surprisingly, Camilla Cavendish who was the Director of Policy for Prime Minister David Cameron.

In response to a tweet from Tory MP Johnny Mercer talking about giving Tory members more of a say and a chance to change their party "beyond Brexit", she said: "Johnny do you not appreciate that what you call “beyond #brexit” will be years of negotiation with the EU, after we have lost our negotiating leverage? #RevokeArt50

While Diane Abbott 'liked' a tweet by former Labour councillor Liz McShane calling for people to suppport Revoke Article 50.

She said: "Teresa May really has a bloody nerve. Talking about MPs as if she isn’t one of them & being a cheerleader for Tory Austerity. #RevokeA50 #PutItToThePeopleMarch."

A House of Commons spokesperson said: “The petitions site is experiencing technical difficulties and we are working to get it running again urgently. It has been caused by a large and sustained load on the system.”

The petitions committee tweeted an apology after its website crashed.

But only minutes later it was down again.

The official account commented: "We're very sorry that the site is still experiencing problems. We are working urgently to get it back up and running as soon as possible."

Officials confirmed the earliest the petition could be debated is on Tuesday.

Petitions which secure 10,000 signatures receive an official response, while those that gain more than 100,000 signatures have to be debated.

The Revoke Article 50 petition has already surpassed a poll calling for ISIS members to be banned from returning to the UK which received 582,735 signatures.

And it has eclipsed calls for the UK to leave without a deal which has been signed by 370,667 people so far.

It is the biggest petition in this parliament.

During the previous session the biggest petition more than 1.8 million people opposed Donald Trump's state visit.