{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/28911.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":28911,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"UK Athletes should have UK flag on clothes, not EU.","background":null,"additional_details":"A BID to get British sports stars to wear the EU flag on their kit became a step closer to reality yesterday.\r\n\r\nThis is nothing more than sheer EU propaganda and vanity.\r\n\r\nThis could also brake the ban on sports bodies’ using political slogans on sports kit – because the EU is in effect a political organisation.\r\n\r\nAthletes proudly wear the flag of their own national countries. They should not wear the flag of the European Union.\r\n\r\nThis needs to be stopped! Every country in the EU should proudly wear their own flag and represent there country for an event like the olympics! ","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-02-03T10:14:00.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:53.980Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:37:37.826Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-02-03T10:14:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This is a matter for the governing bodies of British athletics."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}