4 ms·
Its a crime to mislead the public in the UK.
by DauphinWaffles 7y ago
Its a crime to mislead the public in the UK.
- hans1729 7y agoInteresting. Honestly asking: was someone held accountable for the 350-million-pounds thing?
- frockington1 7y agoIn America the first (and most important) amendment is freedom of speech. As an American company I don't find it surprising that their default stance would be free speech
- DonaldFisk 7y agoNo it isn't. There was a petition to make it a specific offence ( https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200372 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200372 ). However, the Government responded by pointing out that one of the seven principles of public life is "Holders of public office should be truthful." There don't appear to be any legal consequences for not upholding that or any of the other six principles. There is an offence of Misconduct in Public Office ( https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/misconduct-public-office https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/misconduct-public-offi... ), in which dishonesty is mentioned, but only in the context of fraud and similar behaviour.