Submitted on Sunday 20th January 2019
Rejected on Thursday 31st January 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Crackdown on MPs using national media for campaign purposes.
Ban MPs from unfairly using national media for campaign purposes: the publishing of regular columns within national newspapers & presenting their own radio shows on national radio.
Ethical questions (lack of scrutiny) & unfair competition due to privilege not being available to all MPs.
Within these extraordinary political times, it is ethically wrong for a minority of sitting MPs to be awarded their own newspaper columns and radio shows to push their their own political agenda nationally.
This petition does not aim to prevent MPs from giving their opinion within the context of an article/interview piece to local constituents.
It asks to prevent sitting MPs being allowed to use national media outlets on a regular basis to campaign unfairly & without scrutiny.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a particular action. The UK Government or Parliament isn't responsible for who appears on media programmes or writes for newspapers.
You could start a new petition setting out clearly what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
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