Make it a criminal offence to deliberately mislead the electorate.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Democracy only works if we have honest and balanced information on which to base our decisions. If it is an offence to mislead consumers when advertising a consumer product, it is surely much more important to deliberately mislead in order to get a vote.

Personal opinions are fine, lies are not.

The EU referendum presented many examples of deliberate manipulation. Whilst the UK might have a gross contribution of £350M, a week, and it might be a good idea to increase NHS funding by £350M, to suggest one can replace the other is deliberate misrepresentation.

This petition is not parochial. It should be an offence, irrespective of who it is who lies.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make it illegal for any UK political figure to knowingly lie or mislead.

Timeline

25 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jul 2016

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