Rejected petition Ban or penalise Politicians for deliberately lying or misleading the public.

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Our current circumstances has shown that the public now have a very low opinion of the Westminster. It is about time the Politicians were stopped from lying or misleading the public, we will only then start to gain trust back with our Government. A politician should be investigated and if found guilty of misleading or lying to the public should be banned from office.

Ban lying politicians!

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Why was this petition rejected?

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

This is party political and not for HM Government

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Date submitted 17 September 2014
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