Rejected petition Election manifestos should be legally binding contracts with voters.

The electorate's votes for a general or local election should be regarded as entering into a legally binding contract based upon the manifestos. We cannot, any longer, subvert democracy by getting people to waste their precious votes on manifestos that are patently a tissue of lies.

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The Government/Parliament/Local governments should be subject to the same legals terms as any business entering into a contract. What they offer the electorate is the same as any tender from a business. The electorate vote on those promises or claim of intent. Therefore the electorate should be able to declare a breach of contract, after a year has passed, and get the courts to agree that a new election should be held.

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Require election & manifesto pledges to be implemented and legally enforced
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/724417

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Date submitted 29 May 2025
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