This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Make it mandatory for MPs to fact check their social media posts
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MP Ester McVey shared an inflammatory article about all EU countries being forced to adopt the Euro. This was ‘fake news’. MPs should not be allowed to distribute lies to suit their own political agenda. It is an abuse of their position.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47523168
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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