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    E-Petitions...



    just looked at the top-5 (by signatures, over half a million names) on the 10 Downing St Website

    of those five, two are based on misinformation (red arrows, student loans), one is humorous (clarkson for pm) and only two (remembrance public holiday, police pay) are worthwhile imo...

    shame
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    Re: E-Petitions...

    It's like the "Mega Mosque" one - they were never going to build one and there were no plans to build one...

    This one's good though:
    Petition to: Reject any proposals to ban or restrict the use of older cars.

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    Re: E-Petitions...

    the site is a joke site. people who "get" it sign the ice-cream juggler petition, the rest get worked up.

    every single "serious" popular petition has been responded to with a long tract about how the government knows best, all the undersigned are stupid, and that the petition will be ignored - e.g. PM's response to ID cards petition

    the site serves no purpose. may as well shut it down

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    Re: E-Petitions...

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    the site serves no purpose. may as well shut it down
    Ah, but it gives the appearance of democracy in action, and that is what everyone wants, no?

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    Re: E-Petitions...

    It also gives Daily Mail readers an outlet to rant on

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    Re: E-Petitions...

    Yes, it has been proven time and time again that no matter how many thousands of people you get to sign, the Government don't take the blindest bit of notice and just use it as an e-mail harvesting resource so they know just who to e-mail their propaganda to in an attempt to bring them around to agreeing with them instead.
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