Submitted on Thursday 30th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 15th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
MPs Michael Gove, Andrea Leadsom, Liam Fox, Boris Johnson should be impeached
During the referendum campaign, they continually made the statement that we, in the UK, ‘send the EU £350 million a week.’ This statement is untrue. They included the UK rebate in this figure. However, the rebate never leaves these shores. All were repeatedly told that it was untrue.
Despite being told that this statement was untrue, they continued to repeat it. This statement played a central part in the referendum campaign and misled many people. As the referendum result was very close, and as some studies show that it was the most influential and remembered element of the campaign, this statement may have made the difference between victory and defeat for the Leave side. This raises a moral question of the gravest nature, whatever the consequences for the country.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We cannot accept a petition calling for impeachment because this procedure is now considered obsolete. It is not therefore clear what action could be taken on this petition.
This note explains the history of impeachment and the current position:
http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7612
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