Rejected petition MPs who state beliefs as fact with no supporting evidence must be disciplined.

There is a modern trend in politics for MPs and their representatives to spout fabricated information as if it were fact, which can have a resonant (but groundless) effect on the audience. In order to maintain credibility the government must actively oppose the "post-truth" era.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119416

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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