Rejected petition Abolish ‘Whips’ in Parliament, The UK is not a Dictatorship.

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The use of the 'whip' to prevent OUR MP's voting with their own mind and for their constituents should be abolished immediately.

As seen recently in the run up to the vote on giving the public a voice on the EU the use of 'whips' shows nothing but contempt for the British public, the governments e-petitions and democracy in this country.

MP's are meant to represent the public who voted them in, not the whims of a pseudo-democratically elected führer.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Whipping is a matter for political parties and not HM Government

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

Date submitted 24 October 2011
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