Criminalise deliberately lying to electorate to win votes under false pretences.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

LeaveEU campaign promoted message on a red bus stating£350million would be spent on the NHS following Brexit. Following the result a prominent Brexit politician said this was a mistake.Many false claims have been made in this campaign which mislead people into voting for Brexit on a false promise.

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2016-05-11/vote-leave-battle-bus-unveiled/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boris-johnsons-brexit-campaign-prints-7943300

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-result-nigel-farage-nhs-pledge-disowns-350-million-pounds-a7099906.html

Why it was rejected

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

Enact a law making deception and lying by politicians a criminal offence.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Jul 2016

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