Submitted by David Padgen on Tuesday 14th October 2025
Published on Friday 21st November 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 21st May 2026
Current Signatures: 257
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Politicians who lie should be barred from standing for election
Politicians who are proven to knowingly lie and mislead the electorate should not be allowed to stand for election again.
Respect for politicians is said to be at an all time low. We believe the majority of people who stand for and hold elected office do so for the right reasons and have the highest of integrity, but the minority who do not live up to those standards do the rest a grave dis-service. We think this measure will go a little way towards bringing a negative outcome to those who may think the office they hold entitles them to lie to the public, and so rebuild a level of trust and respect in those the public elect.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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