Petition Tony...

Originally Posted by northwind

Very disappointed, it's a suppression of my right to free speech!

Aww... but you can still have the right to have babies!

[northwind]

First they came for the spurious petitions, but I did nothing, because I'm not a spurious poll...

Originally Posted by northwind

You ask why the government doesn't listen? 278,000 have just signed up to a petition against something that's not actually government policy. IMO it devalues the whole process. If they actually do announce a track-and-tax system in a month, and quarter of a million people sign up, of course they'll pay no attention since they know a quarter of a million people signed up to protest against something that didn't exist. Now they know how kneejerk the response is.

Down with this sort of thing!

It's now 383,678 and counting... since Friday that makes + 105 000 votes, that's a good response to my rant!

476,773 and counting...

[northwind]

When they get asked why they're protesting against it... What do they say? What are their reasons for being against the plan, which doesn't exist? Obviously they know the full details and have considered the full impact of the plan (which doesn't exist) before they decided they were against it- right? There's certainly no way 476,773 people would submit their names in a petition, just because they saw it on the internet, and because everyone said it was bad... Is there?

This is why democracy doesn't work- Joe Q Public couldn't empty sand out of his shoes if the instructions were on the heel, never mind run a country

Originally Posted by northwind

When they get asked why they're protesting against it... What do they say? What are their reasons for being against the plan, which doesn't exist? Obviously they know the full details and have considered the full impact of the plan (which doesn't exist) before they decided they were against it- right? There's certainly no way 476,773 people would submit their names in a petition, just because they saw it on the internet, and because everyone said it was bad... Is there?

This is why democracy doesn't work- Joe Q Public couldn't empty sand out of his shoes if the instructions were on the heel, never mind run a country

You're taking this quite badly aren't you

483,692 and counting...

[northwind]

Show me results, then I'll take it badly But I still reckon it's a bad thing- they can freely ignore it since it's wrong, and now they can ignore a right one on the basis of this one.

Andy, I found a petition just for you.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/TRACK-CARS/

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/TravelTaxforit/

Another rant

The 4x4 is the scourge of the 21st century urban environment. Uneconomic, gas-guzzling and downright dangerous, they prowl the streets outside our cities' primary schools, seeking whom they may knock down and seriously injure. The average 4x4 appears to be driven by harrassed parents with a back seat full of screaming kids in areas with many children engaged in the risky activity of crossing roads. They are accidents waiting to happen. We would be better off with them removed from our streets. Please sign up and beseech our government to rid us of this modern pest. Or at least make them pay heavily for their continued existence.

[northwind]

I'm dead against track-and-tax! That's why this petition annoys me so much, it'll do no good and could do damage to the cause against...