Submitted on Sunday 26th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 8th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Politicians who lie or grossly misrepresent the truth should be fined in public.
One of the things this referendum has shown is that politicians and campaigns can lie, or misrepresent the truth with no consequence. That can't continue to be acceptable in a democracy. There should be significant consequences for politicians and people signing off misleading campaign statements.
"We sent the EU £350 million each week… this is enough to build a new, fully-staffed NHS hospital every week”. This referendum statement has been publically refuted but continued to be used. Aside from the amount being too high, it is like saying that we send Sainsbury's £xx a week which could be used to buy £yy. Whilst not false it completely ignores that Sainsbury's give us food in return. There must be consequences for lies to the public, to restore trust in democracy in the United Kingdom.
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