More than 280,000 people have signed a petition set up by The Independent two days ago calling for the UK to have a “final say” on the Brexit deal with a second referendum.

The petition surpassed an initial target of 20,000 within minutes of being set up on Change.org on Wednesday after the title launched its campaign for another Brexit vote on its digital edition front page the same morning.

It has now nearly reached a target of 300,000, but independent editor Christian Broughton told Press Gazette he wasn’t ready to shut the door on it yet with thousands signing up every hour.