Do Parliament petitions make a difference?

As long as humans are writing important information, other people are pulling their legs.

Therefore, it is no surprise that serious petitions for governments are always associated with the tongue-in-lament campaigns designed to increase laughter.

The progress of some great civil rights began with petitions to the government, including the abolition of slavery. It is difficult to say to change the name of Rackoon for the petition Trash,

As Parliament has marked the 10th anniversary of its e-petitions system, does not show any sign in enthusiasm to start and sign petitions. 57% of people are saying that they have signed any kind of petition According to data from the National Statistics Survey in 2022, the previous year usually more.

There is something about the simple task of signing your name to add your name to a reason to add a reason to your heart that has allowed the art of the petition to flourish even in the digital age.

If anything, the launch of its e-petition site of Downing Street in 2006 opened up more than 10 wide black doors to the public, which essentially lacked spoof operations.

A petition was quickly supported by more than 50,000 people to make Broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson the Prime Minister, although A. Joki YouTube response Gordon Brown’s government from Downing Street accused of wasting taxpayers’ money.

By 2011, the new Tory-Lib Dame coalition government decided to move e-Pittings from a government website to a parliamentary site and tighten the rules, but still came to joke petitions.

These included a call to describe incorrectly Casserole with a pastry lid As a criminal crime, Bacardi demands to bring back the barges to the UK, and therefore “I have received news for you” is aired during political crises.

Finally, in 2015, a committee of MPs was established to decide what petitions should be debated by MPs in Westminster Hall, once they managed to receive more than 100,000 signatures, who do something.

This is the place where backbenchers can sound about issues that have not created a government agenda, after which a junior minister is sent to give speeches, praise the contributors and usually fail to promise any government action.

But it has not stopped the British public from petitioning for such important issues such as UK Road Signs facilities A Geometrically right footballFor Eurovision Song Competition A national holiday, and to identify Jadism As a religion.

A notable success where the law changed after e-petition Rule of finFor the German Shepherd Police Dog Finn, who died of wounds and wounds up to the chest after a knife with a knife of about 30 cm (12in).

Finn’s handler Dave Wardell said that a colleague started the petition as the pair was receiving emergency treatment in the hospital, calling people who receive equal criminal allegations to attack a police officer to attack the animals of police service.

Mr. Wardel, who believes that his loyal dog “undoubtedly” saved his life, said he hoped that the petition would “create” emotions around the attack, although he did not expect to reach 130,000 signature in just 11 days.

“Without that petition, we did not get support from MPs in the House of Commons, leading Finn’s law,” he said.

“Support just exploded and people will say” I have never spoken to my MP before and now I think I have met in Westminster. “

Local groups like schools and women institutions signed up, MPs also became behind the campaign, and the Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 came into force within three years.

Mr. Wardel said, “The length of time to change the law is incredibly accelerated.”

Since the Parliamentary Petition Committee was established, there have been 162 successful petitions that have ended with a debate among MPs and, although not binding, the debate is a way to pressurize ministers.

In the last decade, only five petitions have been signed by more than one lakh people, one of which “preventing Donald Trump from traveling in the UK in 2016”, with 1.9 million signature.

The largest e-petitions to trigger the Brexit decision of the European Union “to trigger the Brexit decision of the 2016” European Union’s referendum regulations, which triggers a 2 European Union’s referendum “attracts the signature of over 4.1 million, and remains in the European Union with a” Rivok Article 50 and about 6.1 million signature of 2019.

The publicity that may come with these big petitions is not without its risk, and the woman, the woman behind the biggest e-petition, was received. Death threats and misuse The opponents who disagreed with him.

None of these petitions were immediately successful, but surely indicated dissatisfaction about how the conservative government was being run at that time.

But an alleged lack of practical changes from behind some petitions has completely left the system to many people, including Sam Grosyssic who want to see the e-petition site. shut down overall.

“The government’s answer is always the same: ‘We listen to you, but we are not going to do anything about it,” he said.

“The current system gives confusion of a response loop, but it is a dead end.”

Asked if there was any irony in petitioning to eliminate petitions, he said: “Ironically not on me. The most direct way to highlight its effectiveness by using the system we want to shut down – or lack.”

Mr. Gromic stated that he saw the joking petitions as “tongue-in-fun”, but also “a tragic reflection on the situation of things”, “When a serious mechanism for public engagement is so broken, people will consider it as a joke”.

Petition Committee Chairman Jamie Stone defended the system, stating that millions of people in Britain were “a chance to directly engage in democracy” “to help set the agenda in Parliament”.

He said that the parliamentary e-petition system has “a bridge between the public and the Parliament” has shown that “democracy does not end in the ballot box”.

Even if you think they make a difference or not, the grand tradition of Micking petitions continues in the 21st century, to prevent laughing in Parliament with great appeal for MPs, or to ban the lawry from using the second lane on the motorway, and the government for the government for the government “Tell the truth” About Santa.

A particularly disappointing mischief appealing Fine Part of the English national course in place of mathematics lessons, after being defeated in a major tournament in England.

With another call for action Stop the people signing petitions Without any real reason, some official reactions feel that the spirit of things has returned, saying: “We think you started this petition as a joke.”