Petition · past parliament

Continue your Agenda in spite of Press hostility.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We wish for the Government to resist political pressure from the press in respect of its Agenda. The press are going beyond news and have political objectives, such as sacking Dominic Cummings. This is wrong and we do not want the press to decide policy.
We elect MPs, but we do not elect the press. Ever since, the result of the EU Referendum was to leave, we witnessed an hostile press trying to reverse the decision. They failed, but it appears that the press are now determined to remove Dominic Cummings. This press extension of their news remit is a major concern. It is important that the Government is made aware that there is a solid level of public support for them, in this time of press hostility.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you want the Government to continue its agenda, but we can only accept petitions that make a clear request for the Government to take a specific action.

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Timeline

26 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
2 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Jun 2020

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