{UAH} UK MPS REJECT PETITION TO REMOVE A HEARTLESS GOVERNMENT

MPs snub 190,000-strong petition calling for no confidence vote in David Cameron

The e-petition, which accuses Mr Cameron of causing 'devastation for the poorest in society for the last 5 years', will not be debated by MPs despite it easily passing the 100,000-signatures threshold 

David Cameron introduced the e-petition initiative after entering Downing Street in 2010

MPs have snubbed a 190,000-strong petition calling for a no confidence vote in David Cameron. 

The e-petition, which accuses Mr Cameron of causing "devastation for the poorest in society for the last 5 years," took advantage of an iniative introduced by Mr Cameron in 2010 allowing members of the public to suggest motions for MPs to debate in Parliament. 

It easily won the backing of more than 100,000 names within six months - the threshold needed for MPs to consider the motion for debate. 

However, MPs on the Petitions Committee rejected it, claiming it did not have the power to schedule debates on motions of no confidence. 

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That reason did not stop the committee granting a debate following a similar petition for a no confidence vote on Jeremy Hunt, with MPs debating the changes in "contracts and conditions in the NHS". 

The Petitions Committee said there would not be debating any motion relating to the petition on a no confidence vote in the Prime Minister. 

David Cameron's biggest controversies

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David Cameron's biggest controversies

• 1/8 Pig-gate

  A book released by Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft alleged that an MP and Oxford contemporary of David Cameron had allegedly seen a photograph of Mr Cameron performing a sex act on a pig while at university. Downing Street did not comment on the allegations and the peer said they could have been a case of mistaken identity

  David Hartley/REX Shutterstock

• 2/8 'Swarm' of migrants

  In July 2015 David Cameron referred to refugees coming into Europe from the Middle East and North Africa as a "swarm". He was criticised for using the language, which critics said was dehumanising

  Getty

• 3/8 Child tax credits

  In April 2015 David Cameron was asked whether he'd cut child tax credits. "No, I don't want to do that," he said, saying that he rejected reports that he would. Shortly after the election the Government unveiled cuts to child tax credits

  EPA

• 4/8 Cycling to work

  As leader of the opposition David Cameron was regularly photographed cycling to work. In early 2006 he was photographed cycling but with a driver in a car carrying his belongings. It was suggested at the time the cycling was just for show and that having two vehicles on the road instead of one was wasteful

  Rex

• 5/8 Andy Coulson

  David Cameron employed former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as government communications director from 2010. After stepping down from the post due to coverage of the phone hacking affairs, Mr Coulson was later found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemails. He served a short prison sentence

  AFP

• 6/8 His personal windmill

  Early in his leadership of the Conservative David Cameron made an effort to change the party's image by making eco-friendly gesures. As one of these gestures, the future PM put a wind turbine on his house. However, the turbine later had to be removed after neighbours condemned it as an eyesore and the council's planning committee said it had been put in the wrong place

  Getty

• 7/8 Funeral selfie

  David Cameron was pictured posing for a 'selfie' with Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's funeral. Some in the press criticised the prime minister for showing in an inappropriately low level of respect for the gravity of the occasion

  AFP/Getty Images

• 8/8 Eating a hotdog with a knife and fork

  The Prime Minister was pictured eating a hotdog with a knife and fork in the run up to the 2015 general election. He was accused of being "posh". "I had a very privileged upbringing... I've never tried to hide that," he said

  Reuters

Successful petitions granted a debate in Parliament this month include a motion calling for a sugar tax to improve children's health, which won the backing of more than 150,000 names. 

A spokesman for the House of Commons said: "The Committee decided not to schedule a debate on this petition, because it does not have the power to schedule debates on motions of no confidence, and the petition does not contain a specific request for action on policy."

Petitions that reach 10,000 names receive a response from the Government, however despite passing this threshold months ago ministers have yet to respond. 

Civil servants removed more than 6,000 "fraudelent" signatures from the petition earlier this month.

The petition, which was launched by Kelly Teeboon who describes herself as a "radical feminist" and socialist, states: "We cannot afford another 5 years of Tory rule, with the recent welfare reform that will cause nothing but immense poverty in the UK." 

Mr Cameron introduced the e-petition initiative when he entered Downing Street in 2010 in a bid to boost democracy and transparency.

 

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