From Matt Hancock as Bond to re-forming One Direction: Oddest government petitionsThe Independent
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00:00Among the thousands of petitions submitted by British citizens and UK
00:04residents to Parliament, some weird and wonderful ones sadly haven't made the
00:08cut. Many petitions are rejected because it's a matter the government is not
00:12directly responsible for, there's already a petition on the same issue or it
00:17doesn't ask for a clear action. This petition was rejected as it's not
00:21something the government or Parliament is responsible for. The person who
00:25created it seemingly wanted it built in an unnamed location so they don't have
00:30to travel a long way away. This petition asking a Tesco in Suddenbury to stop
00:35chasing away a regular feline visitor was also rejected as it's not something
00:40the government or Parliament is directly responsible for. Unfortunately a
00:45petition will not guarantee that the former Health Secretary will get to play
00:49007. Instead of a statue, fans petitioned for the outgoing Reds manager to have
00:56the iconic stand renamed after him. Unfortunately this is also something
01:00politicians are not responsible for. This campaigner petitioned the government to
01:05bring back the iconic group as they can't live without seeing them live.
01:09Alas even the government can't sort out boy band rifts. Three series and two
01:15films were not enough for this fan but again it's not something the government
01:19has power to commission.