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Investigate the Remain side for overspending and foreign influence.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Remoaners keep claiming the Leave side in the 2016 Referendum broke spending rules and there was foreign influence yet nothing has been said or done about the remain side doing the same thing. Remain overspent even before including the extra £9 million taxpayers money spent on the pro EU booklets.
Remain had foreign influence from high profile people including US President Barack Obama saying we would be back of the line for trade if we left the EU and the 2016 Presidential election candidate Hillary Clinton who was also urging people to vote to stay in.

Why has the leave side been constantly targeted for this when the remain side overspent by a bigger margin yet nothing has been said or done about it?

Why it was rejected

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

We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This is the responsibility of the Electoral Commission, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 24 Apr 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.