{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/205157.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":205157,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"A vote of confidence on whether the foreign office is fit for purpose.","background":"The foreign office represents this Nation around the world, but recently comments and actions have brought the ministry into disrepute. There has been a lack of judgement, tact, decorum and grace shown by the leadership of this ministry, exactly the type of qualities the leadership should have.","additional_details":"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/17/boris-johnson-refuses-to-apologise-for-libyan-dead-bodies-remark\r\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/13/boris-johnson-says-sorry-for-mistake-jailed-briton-iran-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe\r\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/30/boris-johnson-caught-on-camera-reciting-kipling-in-myanmar-temple\r\nhttps://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/boris-johnson-refuses-apologise-insulting-president-erdogan/","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2017-11-13T23:36:37.095Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:34:38.721Z","rejected_at":"2017-11-17T17:17:58.002Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2017-11-14T00:05:11.761Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. \r\n\r\nWe're not sure what you mean by \"vote of confidence\". The expression \"vote of no confidence\" is used when talking about a vote in the House of Commons which tests whether or not the Government of the day has the confidence of a majority of MPs in the House of Commons. The concept of the House having “confidence” in someone does not apply to Ministers or Government Departments.\r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}