Petition · past parliament
Parliament must provide an estimate of its intelligence relative to electorate.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Throughout the post referendum debates, parliament made the case that it does not know better than the People of Britain.
It logically follows that parliament really is a bit thick.
Parliament should be peopled by our brightest and best. If it is not, then we must review how it is selected.
It logically follows that parliament really is a bit thick.
Parliament should be peopled by our brightest and best. If it is not, then we must review how it is selected.
In many of the debates in Parliament following the EU Referendum, many MP's put the case that parliament should not presume to know better than the People of Britain.
The people of Britain are of average intelligence.
MP's have a wealth of resources: access to experts, studies and all of the available information and are paid a generous salary to be appropriately informed in order to make good decisions.
If, despite all that, they remain no better than average, then they must be pretty thick.
The people of Britain are of average intelligence.
MP's have a wealth of resources: access to experts, studies and all of the available information and are paid a generous salary to be appropriately informed in order to make good decisions.
If, despite all that, they remain no better than average, then they must be pretty thick.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Timeline
| 10 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Nov 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Nov 2017
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