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Has there ever been any petition in the UK that has achieved any effect other than "thanks we'll think about it"?
by gambiting 2y ago
Has there ever been any petition in the UK that has achieved any effect other than "thanks we'll think about it"?
- nadermx 2y agoGreat example of "well think about it" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE&pp=ygUhc2tpdCBraWxsIGFsbCBwb29yIHBlb3BsZSBicml0aXNo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE&pp=ygUhc2tpdCBraWx...
- Crosseye_Jack 2y agoAfter 50k signatures asked for Jeremy Clarkson to be appointed PM, Downing Street said Nah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw
- Jigsy 2y agoPetitions don't work on the whole. afaik, they exist to the give the public the illusion that their opinion matters. A slightly cynical take, but accurate none-the-less.
- sph 2y agoThe UK petitions website exists solely to appease the naive electorate, if it worked they'd have shut it down already. It's the equivalent of those door buttons in elevators. "Give them something to do when they're restless."
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Has there ever been any petition in the UK Online petitions are useless for anything beyond harvesting a list of potential donors. The value in a petition or protest is in demonstrating commitment. If you’re willing to fill in a paper form and/or show up somewhere inconvenient, you’re might also be willing to phone bank (and petition for) a primary opponent. Online petitions do none of that. If an issue has lots of online petitions and nothing else, it’s almost a sign that its base is electorally useless.