Impose severe fines on politicians and parties who use false advertising

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Boris Johnson used his "Battle Bus" which advertised that the UK sends £350 million to the EU every week. This has been investigated by the UK Statistics Authority who concluded this was "misleading".

There needs to be laws in place to stop such misinformation being used for political gain.

Source: https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/uk-statistics-authority-statement-on-the-use-of-official-statistics-on-contributions-to-the-european-union/

Boris' Battle Bus: http://infacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Battle-Bus.jpg

Why it was rejected

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

We think you want a similar action to this petition:

A life-time ban from politics, and punishment, for MPs that renege on promises.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Jul 2016

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