Every UK petition
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Counterpoint: Brexit
The petition to reverse Brexit got something like 4 million signatures. Response: LOL No.
Brexit it's referendum because the Tories were scared of loosing power to Frog Face Faeage's party. So they did a bit of appeasement.
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On france, we currently have one with 2.1M signatures, gov still said nope (petition against reintroduction of dangerous pesticide, backed by sciencists community)
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Just a reminder that downvoting something doesn't stop it being true.
You are being downvoted for stating a completely unrelated non-sequitur.
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You are being downvoted for stating a completely unrelated non-sequitur.
"we don't actually live in a democracy".
Yes we do. It's a representative democracy. Look it up if you don't believe me.
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And why should it be that way? You can certainly have a mixed system. In many American states, for example, official petitions can result in referendums to enact laws without the legislature's intervention.
No idea mate. I think it's a pretty crap system personally.
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"we don't actually live in a democracy".
Yes we do. It's a representative democracy. Look it up if you don't believe me.
You’re completely missing the point.
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I mean 122,000 out of 60 million isn’t a lot.
Could likely get 5 million to say banning people based on colour is a good idea, but I don’t agree.
Only need 500 (out of 40mil) + one MP sign off for the government to legally have to respond in Canada. They don't have to say yes but they have to officially acknowledge you at least. I was pretty surprised by how low that threshold is.
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On france, we currently have one with 2.1M signatures, gov still said nope (petition against reintroduction of dangerous pesticide, backed by sciencists community)
Don't you guys have a more effective way of convincing the government?
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Don't you guys have a more effective way of convincing the government?
Yellow vests, Citroëns on fire, Guillotines
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You’re completely missing the point.
Please enlighten me.
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Meanwhile Nigel Farage is just racking up these own goals while getting ready to sell the whole country in three years time.
Crossing my fingers for the Corbyn party...
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This image is a great reflection of the entire history of the UK, incidentally.
Well they did say yes once in 1215
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And why should it be that way? You can certainly have a mixed system. In many American states, for example, official petitions can result in referendums to enact laws without the legislature's intervention.
Switzerland and Austria too, Germany not
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Only need 500 (out of 40mil) + one MP sign off for the government to legally have to respond in Canada. They don't have to say yes but they have to officially acknowledge you at least. I was pretty surprised by how low that threshold is.
It's only like 10k here too, but the response is always "we have no plans to change anything"
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Crossing my fingers for the Corbyn party...
Hmm, I'd be a little more enthused if he wasn't on the side of Russia.
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Hmm, I'd be a little more enthused if he wasn't on the side of Russia.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Not going to defend him on this but hey, if there's any politician who might do what the people want, it would be Jeremy Corbyn.
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Yellow vests, Citroëns on fire, Guillotines
Citroëns on fire
A fine tradition
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And why should it be that way? You can certainly have a mixed system. In many American states, for example, official petitions can result in referendums to enact laws without the legislature's intervention.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Because the plebs are fucking retarded and change their opinions more often than their underpants. With a representative democracy, you have at least some chance that those in office try to think for more than 30 seconds about a topic before they vote.
If we had a direct democracy in Germany, I bet we’d see a ridiculous amount of racist and anti-poor legislation pass.
Or consider the anti-vaxxers as an example. I want my government policy to be made by somebody who doesn’t think “macrophage” is an insult.
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You’re completely missing the point.
the point is stupid and irrelevant
