Submitted on Wednesday 13th March 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 19th March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban funding of the European Research Group with taxpayers' money
The European Research Group is a lobbying organisation for Brexit made up of right-wing Conservative MPs. It is funded with taxpayers' money.
The European Research Group is a lobbying organisation made up of right-wing Conservative MPs whose specific aim is to lobby for Brexit. This is an unacceptable use of taxpayers' money since slightly under 50% of voters in the Brexit referendum voted to remain in the EU. This group does not carry out true research, it is simply a lobbying organisation. Furthermore, as it has plotted to bring down the UK Prime Minister (Source: The Economist Magazine) and is currently implicitly threatening members of parliament for their votes on matters concerning Brexit (Source: The BBC) it is a threat to UK democracy and we should not be paying for it.
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