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The UK has a petition website. It logs the signatory by constituency. Once a threshold os signatory has cross, the government has to respond and parliament will
by wyuenho 1y ago
The UK has a petition website. It logs the signatory by constituency. Once a threshold os signatory has cross, the government has to respond and parliament will have to consider a debate on the topic.
- Ylpertnodi 1y agoAnd just because they respond, it doesn't actually mean anything will result from it. "No more something!" "We have seen your petition. Fuck off, peasants".
- patmorgan23 1y agoAnd You can use the response as campaign material. Ultimately democratic governments are accountable to the people at the ballot box.
- crinkly 1y agoThis exists only to pacify people and make them think someone has listened to them.
- voidUpdate 1y agoThis is the relevant petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903. The government's response so far is "lol no"