Letter to the Editor: The Prime Minister was right to condemn the lies...

2025-01-07 17:00:00 +0000

The Prime Minister was right to condemn the lies and disinformation that are polluting our political space and to call for debate to be “based on facts and truth, not on lies”.

There is a readily available mechanism he can use to make his call a reality. The Welsh Government has already committed to introduce legislation to prevent deliberate factual deception by politicians and candidates. Breaches will lead to disqualification from, or barring from standing for, elected office. The measure has widespread public support - over 200,000 people have signed a petition calling for its introduction at Westminster and polling by Opinium shows that 72% of the public support it.  

Democracy and the integrity of our politics is under real threat. Serious steps and meaningful action are needed. We call on the Government in Westminster to follow Wales' bold lead.

Yours,

 

Jennifer Nadel, Co-Founder Compassion in Politics, Director Compassionate Politics, Stanford University

Dr Sam Fowles, Dr Sam Fowles, Barrister and Director of the Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research

Lee Waters, Member of the Senedd/Aelod o'r Senedd 

Rt. Hon. Liz Saville-Roberts MP, Plaid Cymru Westminster Group Leader

Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett

Adam Price, Member of the Senedd/Aelod o'r Senedd

Jane Dodds, Member of the Senedd/Aelod o'r Senedd, Leader Welsh Liberal Democrats  

Lee Waters, Member of the Senedd/Aelod o'r Senedd 

Dr Caroline Lucas, Former Green Party Leader and MP

Professor AC Grayling, CBE

Mark Stephens, CBE 

Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism

Neal Lawson, Director Compass 

Diana Defries, Movement for an Adoption Apology

Lyanne Nicholl, CEO, 50:50 Parliament

Dr Elliott Johnson, Northumbria University and the Common Sense Policy Group

Dr Simon Duffy, Citizen Network

Professor Paul Gilbert, Compassionate Mind Foundation, University of Derby

Emeritus Professor Diane Reay, University of Cambridge

Jessica Townsend, Co-founder of MP Watch

Professor Danny Dorling, University of Oxford

Veronica Hawking, Campaign Director, 38 Degrees 

Elkan Abrahamson, Broudie Jackson Canter solicitors

Prof Matthew Johnson, Chair of the Common Sense Policy Group and Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University

Jacqueline Adams Movement for an Adoption Apology

Sarah Walker Smith, Group CEO

Sandy Martin, Chair, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform

Richard Symons, Compass Solutions

Professor Irene Hardill, Northumbria University

Bee Rowlatt, MBE, Wollstonecraft Society

Karen Constantine, author. Taken: Experiences of Forced Adoption

Clare Fletcher, Broudie Jackson Canter Solicitors 

Professor Kate Pickett OBE, University of York

Zack Polanski AM, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (London Assembly Member)

Professor Emeritus Richard Wilkinson, University of Nottingham

Fiona Barrows, The Community Councillor Collective

Peter Jukes, Executive Editor, Byline Times

Allyson M Pollock, Clinical Professor of Public Health Newcastle University

Emma Harrison, CEO Make Votes Matter

Will Fletcher, Interim CEO, Jo Cox Foundation

Mark Stephens, CBE, Partner, Howard Kennedy LLP

Will Snell, Chief Executive, Fairness Foundation

Dr Joe Hoover, Queen Mary University of London

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