Nigel Farage rubbishes calls for a second EU referendum as petition calling for one gets 3m signatures
THE UKIP leader has slammed furious protesters who want to contend Thursday's referendum vote
NIGEL Farage has rubbished calls for a second EU referendum, saying "it's not the best of three".
It comes after more than three million people signed a petition for a second referendum on Britain's EU membership.
Thousands flooded the streets of London in protest of the vote to leave yesterday, after the capital voted overwhelmingly to remain.
Labour MP David Lammy also called on politicians to overturn the "non-binding" decision for the sake of the economy.
The pound has plunged to a 30-year-low against the dollar in the wake of Thursday's vote.
UKIP leader Farage, who called the Brexit vote "a new dawn"said a second referendum is "the last thing I want to see", according to the .
In his victory speech on Friday morning, Farage said: "Today, the sun has risen on an independent Britain."
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David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, called on the Commons to "wake up", adding: "We do not have to do this. We can stop this madness and bring this nightmare to an end through a vote in Parliament."
Farage said Lammy's call to overrule democracy would drive more Labour voters to UKIP.
The petition calling for a second referendum "if the remain or leave vote is less than 60 per cent based on a turn out less than 75 per cent" hit a record two million signatures yesterday.
Anti-Brexit protests broke out in London, despite the leave vote going through with a 53-48 majority.
A record 33.5million people voted in the referendum, the highest turn-out since the 1992 general election.
Leave won with a margin of 1,269,501 votes.
Lammy insisted the Commons should "vote on whether we should quit the EU" as it emerged a number of leave voters now regret their decision.
He accused Farage of backtracking on a promise leaving the EU would allow the UK to pump £350 million into the NHS hours after the vote.
The majority of signatures on the petition come from people in London and areas with high student population who voted remain, meaning the result is unlikely to be any different.
Angry protesters claimed the older population "stole our future" and held posters saying "Yes 2 EU".
Farage previously called for a re-referendum if the result was 52-48 in favour of leave.
He told the Mirror in May: "In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way."
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