Rejected petition Misinformation of the public during polls by leaders and MPs needs due redress

Rejected on 29 July 2016

At present, officials and candidates (e.g MPs) can assert supposedly factual statements, during public ballots/campaigns, which are demonstrably false or deliberately misleading to voters - without due redress. Electoral pledges, promises and such like, concern future actions and would be exempt.

Some links to relevant news stories:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36104163

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36141497

https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Letter-from-Sir-Andrew-Dilnot-to-Norman-Lamb-MP-210416.pdf

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/17/brexit-uk-treasury-leave-eu-referendum

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/22/eu-referendum-fact-checking-the-big-claims1/

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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

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