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Politicians who lie should be barred from standing for election

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)

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Petition Action

Politicians who lie should be barred from standing for election

Petition Details

Politicians who are proven to knowingly lie and mislead the electorate should not be allowed to stand for election again.

Additional Information

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.


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