Prosecute politicians and organisations that deliberately mislead the public

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

While the dishonest and manipulative practices behind the Brexit referendum are known, nothing is done about them. Politicians continue to state known lies with impunity. This MUST be dealt with if there is to be any trust regained in future.

Companies such as Cambridge Analytica have been merely slapped with fines that they can factor into their operating costs - it's not good enough. It's not good enough that politicians lie and retract lies, knowing that once the lie is in the public sphere the damage is done. Newspapers run fake news stories knowing that a fine of a few thousand awaits. They should worry about bankruptcy if they are misleading the public. If we misled an old couple down the road, we'd be jailed for it.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the decision to prosecute someone is for the Crown Prosecution Service which is independent of the UK Government and Parliament.

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Make it a criminal offence for MPs to deliberately mislead the general public.

Timeline

24 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
5 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Apr 2019

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