Strip Bernard Ingham of his Knighthood

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The title ‘Sir’ is supposed to represent honour and respect and there’s nothing honourable or respectful about the way Ingham has over many years consistently abused the people who lost loved ones in such a tragic way in the Hillsborough disaster - and has refused to apologise for his comments.

In 1996 letter the former chief press secretary to Margaret Thatcher advised Liverpool to "shut up about Hillsborough" disaster in which 96 innocent people died

Ingham, who admitted he had not read the Hillsborough Report, reportedly refused to apologise for the discredited opinion about "a mob surging in late".

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/margaret-thatchers-former-press-secretary-1537315

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

We can't accept petitions asking for people's honours to be taken away. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:

https://www.gov.uk/honours

Timeline

27 Apr 2016	Petition opened for signatures
28 Apr 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Apr 2016

Follow this petition