Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Monday 11th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Introduce controls to hold political parties and campaigns to account for claims
Both sides in the EU Referendum undertook campaigns of misinformation, lies and personal attacks. This includes claims by Leave which have been retracted after victory.
We need to hold political campaigns to account for this as the electorate cannot make informed decisions without clear facts.
We have seen a shift over the last decade to political parties targeting undecided voters with campaigns of soundbites, defamation, and poor information, instead of facts and balanced discussion.
This is leading to increasingly toxic views among the electorate both of opposing views and the political system, as well as the political entities themselves.
This is a trend that must be curbed and changed for the future health of the UK.
Media coverage is beyond the scope of this petition.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We're not sure what kind of controls you would like there to be for those participating in political campaigns. We already have a petition which calls for it to be illegal for political figures to lie or mislead:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119416
You might like to sign this petition instead. Otherwise, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what specific action you would like the Government or Parliament to take.
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