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Consider misinformation as reasonable grounds for a second referendum.

Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016

Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Consider misinformation as reasonable grounds for a second referendum.

Petition Details

A democracy can only be considered functioning and productive when the electorate are in a position to make an 'informed decision'. Misinformation regarding the EU referendum from primarily Leave and the press have failed to create a climate where the electorate fully understand the choices.

Additional Information

Inaccurate analysis of EU membership fee £350M/week - Gisella Stuart.
Osbourne's economic analysis was spin doctored - Chris Giles; FT.
Membership is 1%GDP, predicted short term losses 2-3%GDP - Andrew Lilico.
Immigration is not the cause of the UK's issues as the Dail Mail seems to report.
Daily Express presents key facts out of context - More or Less; BBCR4; 15 June
We have been over lost on 72 occasions in EU debates, Nigel Farage - QT; 2014. Unproven - Vote Watch Europe
And many others


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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