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George Osbourne stripped of his role as MP now he is editor of Evening Standard

Submitted on Friday 17th March 2017

Rejected on Sunday 26th March 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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George Osbourne stripped of his role as MP now he is editor of Evening Standard

Petition Details

Being an MP is a full time job, as is being an editor of a national newspaper. It is inappropriate and dishonest for an MP to claim his salary taking up a full time working position for the government whilst also being editor of one of the largest news publications.

Additional Information

It is also a conflict of interest. It is one thing politicians allowing the media to communicate their views, it is another for them to directly control large sections of the media.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Complaints about breaches of the House of Commons Code of Conduct are investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, who is independent of Parliament and Government. You can find out more about the Commissioner and her role here:

http://www.parliament.uk/pcs

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