Abolish the government petitions site as deceptive and not fit for purpose.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The government petitions site gives the impression that it give people the opportunity to petition for the government or Parliament to address issues that they feel need to be dealt with.
It is however a sop, intended to deflect people from taking effective action, such as lobbying their MP.

The biggest petition that this system has seen was the one calling for the EU referendum to to be rerun if it was too close to be decisive. I got 4 million signatures - twice the margin of victory in the referendum. It got, as any other petition does, a patronising "reply" from the government, saying that they would ignore the petition, and a token mention in Parliament.
Similarly, a petition abhoring the gifting of President Trump a State Visit has drawn defiance from the Prime Minister.

Why it was rejected

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

The UK parliament should close down this petition website.

Timeline

31 Jan 2017	Petition opened for signatures
2 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Mar 2017

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