Rejected petition Get Sir Bob Geldof to hand back his knighthood as promised.

Sir Bob Geldof stated that he is ashamed to be British after the EU referendum and that he will be handing back his knighthood to her Majesty the Queen. This is a petition to gain support on respecting his wishes and giving him a time frame of October 2016.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about honours or appointments.

We can't accept petitions asking for people's honours to be taken away. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:

https://www.gov.uk/honours

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 June 2016
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