Submitted on Tuesday 15th November 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Cut The Military, Not The NHS And Education
We spend far too much taxpayers' money on wars in far-off countries that don't affect us directly. The UK is no longer enough of a world superpower to throw its military might around in the same way that the likes of the USA do.
This petition recognises the futility of appealing for an instant and dramatic overhaul of the MOD, however justified, but wishes the government to recognise that the welfare of this country's people should always be the priority when deciding what to preserve, and that overseas operations and weapons development are not vital to the above. A huge amount of money is pumped into defence each year, but very little of it is seen again by the taxpayer.
The United Nations was created to deal with global conflict; let us recognise that we are but one small part of that effort, and have no obligation to contribute military might greater than that which represents our population and resources as compared to the world as a whole.
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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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