My attention was drawn to the first of these e-petitions by a fellow Northants resident but then I had a little mooch around the site and came across a few others which relate to more local (or in the penultimate case, national) issues rather than UK ones. It’s a fascinating insight into the minds of the UK population – and a way of learning a bit about some issues. I’m rather disappointed that the petitions no longer state which government department they are aimed at – so one can’t search for all the ones related to Defra (which I’d quite like to see). If you have a look at these then I warn you, you might get hooked. No wonder productivity is low in the UK with such distractions available for us.
Review the share of Government money spent on Northamptonshire services
3166 signatures, closes 9 April 2018
Put Stonehenge into special measures Remove Stonehenge from EH Management
1064 signatures, closes 10 April 2018
Stop The Closure Of Darlington A&E
1079 signatures, closes 26 March 2018
Stop the proposed Warrington Western Link
1475 signatures, closes 28 March 2018
The Scottish Government should be called the Scottish Executive
1734 signatures, closes 17 May 2018
And for completeness, Gavin Gamble’s e-petion to ban driven grouse shooting
14, 950 signatures, closes 2 April 2018
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Or this one:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/205672
That’s actually quite helpful.
Jeff P – I’d missed that and have only just realised what it is.
A suspicious amount of hate for the idea of a Scottish Government existing there. I wonder what the hell that is about, presumably the Scottish Tories shitstirring again.
I am glad to see Arthur Pengragon is busy trying to lever EH out of that stone circle they built right by the A303
I once initiated an e-petition to parliament: it was a few years ago (2012) and called for A Statue for Alan Turing (on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square) together with a tribute to the great Tommy Flowers.
It gained a measly 551 signatures. (I think I was ahead of my time?)
I was interested because I worked on both the IBM Stretch machine and the Ferranti Atlas 1 computer:-) and Colossus was their nearest forebear.
great progress on Gavin’s petition lately, now up to 16,335. Probably helped that Chris Packham referenced it. That said, it really must maintain some momentum. About 120 days to go and so it needs to be attracting about 700 signatures a day. If Gavin is reading, I wouldn’t mind an understanding of how Gavin is currently promoting this to secure that rate of signature.
Let’s not put pressure on Gavin.Even 100 signatures a day from those 120 days would be a fantastic achievement.
Just look at those examples in this blog to see how difficult signatures are to get.