Rejected petition Make the Prime Minister take part in televised debates before a general election

Theresa May is calling for a snap general election on the 8th of June but has already stated that she will not appear in any televised debates. The British people should be entitled to see the Prime Minister and opposition leaders scrutinised through these debates before electing a new PM.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

This would be a decision for Theresa May to make as leader of the Conservative party, not as the Prime Minister. We can only accept petitions about the Prime Minister’s actions as part of the Government, not as the leader of a political party.

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

Date submitted 18 April 2017
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