Petition Election of Judges

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It is an anachronism that in our democracy that whilst politicians are voted for and can be removed by the people, the Judiciary of the UK are not accountable to anyone and hold their positions for life. Following an increasing number of perverse decisions where Judges are attempting to formulate the Law rather than apply it, this petition proposes that ALL judges not just minor members of the judiciary should be elected for a fixed period of 5-years by the electorate.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

230 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 230 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 9 May 2014
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