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14 January 2025
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In under a week, a petition calling for a new election has gathered 1,750,000 signatures, accusing Starmer's Labour of breaking promises and pushing unpopular policies like cutting pensioner subsidies.
Dr Roger Watson explores the weird and wonderful world of rejected petitions to Parliament, from serious issues like healthcare to letting "Belinda the cat back in Tesco".
Ben Pile is rallying sceptics to action, urging them to wield democratic tools like petitions and direct engagement with MPs to challenge the Net Zero agenda. The Government must know there's a debate to be had.
Roger Watson delves once again into the eccentric and grammatically challenged world of petitions to Parliament and finds little to encourage but plenty to amuse.
After suffering the ignominy of a rejected petition to Parliament, Dr Roger Watson takes a look at the other petitions that have been cast upon the proverbial scrap heap and finds an unexpected world of entertainment.
The looming WHO pandemic treaty, that would give the Director General power to impose legally binding countermeasures on the world, was debated in Parliament yesterday – but with no sign the Government is concerned.
Maya Forstater, who won a big victory for women’s rights in the Employment Appeals Tribunal, has started a petition to clarify the meaning of 'sex' in the Equality Act. Please sign it to mark International Women's Day.
Has Jeremy Clarkson been red-pilled by his recent punishment beating at the hands of the progressive thought police? He’s written a blistering piece in the Sunday Times about the woke-ification of Britain.
Laurence Fox has started a petition on Change.org calling for Justin Welby to step down in favour of a BAME person. If he really believes the Church of England is 'institutionally racist', isn't this the right thing to do?
If we are ever to have meaningful democracy, superficial non-solutions like token petition sites must be seen for what they are and replaced by systems where we can make our own decisions without Government censorship.
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