Rejected petition J. Rees-Mogg to apologise to Dr Nicholl or repeat his remarks outside parliament

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments within the Commons about Dr. David Nicholl are a disgraceful and cowardly abuse of parliamentary privilege.

He should either apologise for comparing an expert’s measured opinion to a proven liar and charlatan, or allow Dr. Nicholl the opportunity to legally respond.

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This has been widely reported on September 5th 2019. I include sources below:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/05/rees-mogg-condemned-for-comparing-doctor-to-disgraced-anti-vaxxer-autism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/jacob-rees-mogg-compares-nhs-consultant-to-doctor-blamed-for-mmr-vaccine-scare-11802903

https://www.bma.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2019/september/jacob-rees-mogg-attack-on-dr-david-nicholl-utterly-disgraceful

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the statements of individual MPs and Ministers. However you might like to know that the Leader of the House has subsequently apologiesed to Dr Nicholl

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

Date submitted 5 September 2019
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