Make it a criminal offence for politicians to mislead or harass citizen.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Vibrant democracy benefits us all. Democracy lives on free and informed decisions and its vibrancy grows from informed debate among people of different views. So we can all be better informed, couldn't we just agree that the claims our politicians make must meet a minimum fair factual standard?

This is no more than we already demand of businesses selling us TVs, tablets and tomatoes. Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations already mean businesses can’t mislead or harass consumers by, e.g: including false or deceptive messages or leaving out important information. If businesses break these regulations they can be fined, prosecuted or imprisoned.

We need new "Citizens Protection" regulations for Fair and Factual Standards (FFS) for politicians and political organisations.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to consider signing this petition on factual standards in electoral events - Create an independent authority to fact-check political campaign materials.

and/or this petition creating an offence fora political figure to knowingly mislead to the public - Make it illegal for any UK political figure to knowingly lie or mislead.

Timeline

27 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
5 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Jul 2016

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