Please sign petition to throw out Mandlesons Internet Bill (UK)

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/dontdisconnectus/

by bumblebird • 17 years ago

37 17 17 years ago

petitions.number10.gov.uk

RiderOfGiraffes• 17 years ago

Done.

pierrefar• 17 years ago

Hardly. It's promising to be a long slug.

Nekojoe• 17 years ago

Is there any other action people in the UK can take? I don't have much faith in the number10.gov.uk petition page.

The number 1 petition there was for Gordon Brown to resign [1],[2]

Despite getting more than 72,000 signatures, the response [3] was more like a boilerplate reply.

[1] http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/

[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/27/downing-stree...

[3]http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page21213

russss• 17 years ago

Agreed, the petitions site isn't terribly effective.

The best thing a UK citizen can do is write to their MP, in their own words. You can do that on http://www.writetothem.com/

acg• 17 years ago

Don't laws normally get tested in court? Ultimately if someone gets disconnected can't they challenge the legality in court, law or not?

bumblebird3• 17 years ago

I thought it had a good effect with the Turing apology. It's hardly likely a Prime Minister would resign based on an online petition though.

philh• 17 years ago

The Turing apology wasn't something anyone in power cared about. Granting petitions like that makes them look benevolent (and us feel empowered), but doesn't interfere with their plans.

uriel• 17 years ago

> Is there any other action people in the UK can take?

Yes, vote Lib Dem on the next election. Not only they have come out against this, but they also defended the drug expert that was fired.

tom_rath2• 17 years ago

An e-peititon is going to do nothing. This nonsense distracts people from actual effort and helps bills like this get passed.

If you want to make an impact, the minimum you should do is write a letter to your MP, on paper, sign it and send it to them by post. Letters and phone calls (but particularly letters) are the currency your MP uses to gauge public opinion. Use them.

bumblebird3• 17 years ago

I think the whole point of the government petition website is to gauge public opinion. I think it'll do more than 'nothing'. I'd agree though, write letters as well.

tom_rath2• 17 years ago

It actually does less than nothing.

Since an e-petition site like the one linked gives people opposed to an issue the impression that they've accomplished something, those people are that much less likely to do something substantive to resolve the issue they're concerned about [Citation_Needed -- I couldn't be bothered to find it].

So, less is actually done to oppose the issue than if the site never existed in the first place. It actually helps those who are in favour of the issue opposed.

E-petitions aren't useless: They're worse than useless.

Please sign petition to throw out Mandlesons Internet Bill (UK)

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