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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” ("Furious row erupts over grooming gangs vote as Labour slam ‘sickening’ Tory move after Musk claims", Wednesday 8 January).
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 per cent of the public support it.
Democracy and the integrity of our politics arr under real threat. Serious steps and meaningful action are needed. We call on the government in Westminster to follow Wales’s bold lead.
Liz Saville Roberts MP, Plaid Cymru Westminster leader; Caroline Lucas MP, former Green Party leader; Zack Polanski AM, London Assembly member; Professor AC Grayling; Paul Mason, author of ‘How to Stop Fascism’; Jennifer Nadel, co-founder Compassion in Politics; plus 36 other signatories
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