Submitted on Wednesday 20th April 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 20th April 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Allow the new research vessel to be named Boaty McBoatface
Jo Johnson plans to block the new vessel from being called Boaty McBoatface despite this name being chosen by the people of the UK on an internet poll. We live in a democracy, not a dictatorship and us Brits expect the vote to be recognised regardless of how silly it may seem to one person.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/19/boaty-mcboatface-tyrants-have-crushed-the-peoples-will
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a decision for the Natural Environment Research Council, not the Government or Parliament.
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