was it 70,000 petioned to get rid of gordon brown. theres hundreds of rejected petitions asking to legalise cannabis, so if it doesnt suite twatfaces dogma they just reject it . There are 29000 rejected petitions listed ,its a fucking joke
Disagree. The vast vast majority of people never engage in ANY political activity WHATSOEVER. The fact that the top 10 petitions have less than 30k signatures despite HUGE viral-like campaigns shows what a tiny % of people will actually participate. If people have actually gone to the bother of signing a petition then it does indicate something. The idea that we shouldn't sign them coz they don't matter produces an ever decreasing circle. I say any type of engagement is better than none.
only 30% of people vote in a general erection because they dont believe in politics anymore, whats the point if the politicians dont listen to the electorat
On a serious note you'd have to be bonkers to promise a debate on the top petition on the #10 website. It would be comedy gold because I promise you every week the most popular petition would be 'should chocolate ice cream be free on the NHS' or 'make all MPs wear dresses' - you get the idea.
Hope Cameron will have someone bring him the top petitions? I hope he won't. He's got better things to do given the mess he'll be left with next year.
Politics is not about who has the biggest megaphone or who can get more of their mates to sign an e-petition, and the Commons has got better things to do than debate them.
was it 70,000 petioned to get rid of gordon brown. theres hundreds of rejected petitions asking to legalise cannabis, so if it doesnt suite twatfaces dogma they just reject it . There are 29000 rejected petitions listed ,its a fucking joke
adrianbarratt 2 years ago
Disagree. The vast vast majority of people never engage in ANY political activity WHATSOEVER. The fact that the top 10 petitions have less than 30k signatures despite HUGE viral-like campaigns shows what a tiny % of people will actually participate. If people have actually gone to the bother of signing a petition then it does indicate something. The idea that we shouldn't sign them coz they don't matter produces an ever decreasing circle. I say any type of engagement is better than none.
ScientologyMafiaCult 2 years ago
only 30% of people vote in a general erection because they dont believe in politics anymore, whats the point if the politicians dont listen to the electorat
adrianbarratt 2 years ago
On a serious note you'd have to be bonkers to promise a debate on the top petition on the #10 website. It would be comedy gold because I promise you every week the most popular petition would be 'should chocolate ice cream be free on the NHS' or 'make all MPs wear dresses' - you get the idea.
theBemusedOne 2 years ago
Are those magazines breeding?
theBemusedOne 2 years ago
Hope Cameron will have someone bring him the top petitions? I hope he won't. He's got better things to do given the mess he'll be left with next year.
Politics is not about who has the biggest megaphone or who can get more of their mates to sign an e-petition, and the Commons has got better things to do than debate them.
Uncantabrigian 2 years ago
The petitions promote Presidential style government and ought to be stopped.
leod87 2 years ago
Indeed. Creeping change to the constitution. Typical Blair-Brown. Stop it.
maglinders 2 years ago
Brown and posse's web 2.0 tactic smacks of false public empowerment.
keeprightonline 2 years ago 2
Great comment! Couldn't agree more.
ludocrat 2 years ago