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To remove all reference to empire in the UK honours system eg MBE, OBE etc

Submitted on Saturday 13th June 2020

Rejected on Monday 27th July 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

To remove all reference to empire in the UK honours system eg MBE, OBE etc

Petition Details

For new recipients the honour currently represented by the award Member / Order / Commander of the British Empire, should be changed to a nomenclature that better represents the beliefs, aspirations and loyalties of the current diverse UK population.

Additional Information

Firstly the British Empire no longer exists.
Secondly many people find the concept of empire and the memory of what the counties of the empire suffered deeply offensive.
Thirdly if the honour is to have any meaning today it should embody current concepts and values that unite the citizens of this country


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This petition was rejected

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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325812

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