This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make political campaigns subject to advertising standards.
Currently politicians can say anything in their campaigns.
Yes... ANYTHING.
If companies cannot mislead us to sell us cereal political parties should not be allowed to mislead us to gain power.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. In particular, we are not sure whether you would like political advertising to be self-regulated, as commercial advertising is, or whether you would like the Government to set up a new body to regulate it.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/265107
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