Submitted on Monday 21st March 2016
Rejected on Thursday 24th March 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Save 'Boaty McBoatface'. Highest vote wins - fair competition & democracy
The suggestion of 'Boaty McBoatface' has attracted more than 27,000 votes already (and rising quickly) in an online poll of names for the Royal Research ship but now because experts don' agree, they may change the rules and ignore the clear competition winner and call the boat something else.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-35860760
https://twitter.com/search?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a decision for the NERC, not the Government or Parliament.
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