A man has urged Theresa May’s government to listen to the the “silent majority” and deliver a hard Brexit.

A petition calling for a hard Brexit signed by 1.2 million people from across the country, including actress and columnist Dame Joan Collins, was handed to Downing Street on March 19.

The petition demanded that the Government honour the referendum result and “enact the democratic decision of the British people”.

Daniel Gale, of Leytonstone, is a member of The List; the group responsible for the petition.

He said: “We believe that leave voters understood what leaving the EU entails; no single internal market, no customs union and complete control over our territorial waters and the removal of the European courts’ jurisdiction over British laws. Leave means leave.

“We did not vote for an implementation period and we did not vote for continued EU access to our territorial waters, we believe the Government has betrayed the fishing communities and are concerned that as part of a trade deal the right to fish in our waters by EU fishermen will be used as a bargaining chip.”

Mr Gale believes that press coverage following the referendum result in 2016 has been one sided.

He said: “The mainstream media failed to mention on any of its news programmes that this petition had been delivered, but as was seen on the news over the weekend the Remain camp have launched a New Party with Patrick Stewart as the lead. This was covered on all news outlets, even though only a few hundred people attended.

“This is proof that while the Government has accepted the decision of the people, there are still elements within our society which want to overturn the democratic decision with a second referendum. How they think this is acceptable is beyond us.”

Helen Davies, The List’s co-ordinator, delivered the petition in person to Downing Street.

She said: “We delivered our Petition last month with over 1,200,000 signatures and it would make a welcome change, as well as a balanced view, for readers to see an article from a very active Leave campaigning group instead of the usual rhetoric.

“The List believe the Government are not listening to the majority of Leave voters, who won the Referendum in 2016, and that Mrs. May and her Government are continuing to allow the country to remain as a vassal state.”

In response, on behalf of Theresa May, Under Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Steve Baker said: “Nobody should be in any doubt that we will be leaving the EU at 11pm on March 29, 2019. The British people voted to leave the EU and we will deliver on their instruction.

“As a result of the significant progress made in March’s negotiations, we are increasingly confident that we will secure a deal with the EU that the prospect of leaving negotiations with ‘no deal’ has receded significantly.”

To read the petition and all replies in full, see The List's website.