Petition · past parliament
Establish legislation for political party breakups.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
This country is being destroyed by internal civil wars in both parties.
The only sensible course is for both parties to split up, but they cannot do so because, much like when a couple splits up there's a big fight over who gets the house & the kids.
There are laws to deal with that for couples.
The only sensible course is for both parties to split up, but they cannot do so because, much like when a couple splits up there's a big fight over who gets the house & the kids.
There are laws to deal with that for couples.
It is a matter of deep concern that a well organised extremist group can subvert a political party and entirely unfair that, once so subverted, the reasonable people have little choice other than to walk away and abandon everything that they have built over the years.
Worse yet is the leader of a party can rip the nation apart in an attempt to keep their party together: perhaps we need legislation to allow for an aberrant party to be forced to split up.
Worse yet is the leader of a party can rip the nation apart in an attempt to keep their party together: perhaps we need legislation to allow for an aberrant party to be forced to split up.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Whether or not a political party breaks up is an internal matter for the party itself and not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Timeline
| 29 Dec 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Jan 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Jan 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.