This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Politicians receive consequences after offensive comments on social media.
On the news we have seen many politicians,for example Boris Johnson, misuse social media and target different groups and races and comment offensively in regards to them.
Please support our petition so politicians like Boris can receive consequences for their misuse of language.
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13 August 2018
'Ex Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson faces a Tory Party Enquiry after saying women in burkas looked like"letter boxes" or "bank robbers".'
16 March 2018
'A labour councillor, Jim Dempster, told transport officials at a meeting that "No-one would have seen Mr Yousaf under his burka".'
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