Rejected petition Stop the undemocratic removal of national symbols
Strengthen democratic scrutiny of decisions affecting British culture and heritage by establishing a national task force. It will review all decisions affecting, for example: the removal of statues, symbols and monuments, the rewriting of textbooks, the editing and/or removal of BBC programmes
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A majority of people feel deeply anxious about what they see as a threat to the country's culture and heritage, including ad hoc, unilateral decision-making. While some people approve of the removal of particular items, as we do, a majority does not approve of how this is being done. We feel that unless a more democratic and transparent process is established, this will breed polarisation and create flash points which could be exploited by extremists.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
A number of things you have made requests about, such as the content of textbooks and the BBC's digital library, are not the responsibility of the Government or House of Commons.
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.