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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Make it a criminal act for politicians to spread lies to win political campaigns

This should apply retrospectively to include the lies spread by politicians taking part in the official and unofficial Leave campaign in the run up to the EU referendum that were publicly proclaimed as being incorrect the same day as the result but have resulted in dire consequences for the UK

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/123348

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