Rejected petition Allow for national debate and vote on the future of the statues and monuments.

Rejected on 22 June 2020

Parliament and the public should not be at the mercy of mob rule on the streets which have seen statues and monuments attacked and destroyed. There needs to be national consensus on the way forward.

I believe our national history is being attacked and eroded by a violent angry minority who are at odds with national feeling. I am concerned that councils and establishments across the UK are being bullied into making decisions.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814

Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545

Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326361

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