Take action against the false information Nigel Farage used in his campaign

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

I believe the main argument the leave campaign had in order to support their cause is the fact that the £35 million that the UK gives to EU everyday will, instead, be invested in the NHS. This was a valid argument until Nigel Farage admitted that he cannot be sure that this will happen.

I want to call for action against Nigel Farage as well as the other leaders of the leave campaign, who used this piece of information to entice the electorate to vote to leave the EU. This is because the public were ill-informed and I believe that provided that this was the main incentive for voting to leave, in my view the results of the referendum is a consequence of this. Thereby, I believe there should be repercussions for this given that the public voted under false pretences.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

If you want it to be illegal for a politician to mislead the public, you could sign this petition: Enact a law making deception and lying by politicians a criminal offence.

Alternatively, if you want a public inquiry into claims and pledges made during the referendum campaign, you could sign this petition: Public inquiry into misleading claims and pledges made during the EU referendum.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Jul 2016

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