Rejected petition EU referendum politicians who blatantly lied to the electorate should go to jail

It is being widely reported that politicians campaigning in the recent EU referendum have blatantly lied to the UK electorate and effectively misled them

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BBC news; CNN; social media; GMB

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government and Parliament are not responsible for sending people to jail. This is a decision for the courts. There is no law which politicians have broken if they lied during the referendum campaign. If you want this to change, you could sign this petition:

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

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

Date submitted 28 June 2016
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