From: ce11son@yahoo.ca
On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:09:24 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:
>On 23/03/2019 09:48, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message , Graeme Wall
>> writes:
>>> On 23/03/2019 00:03, MB wrote:
>>>> On 22/03/2019 14:14, Graeme Wall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Now you really are spouting racist crap.
>>>>>
>>>> How is it "racist" to criticise attempted manipulation of a vote or
>>>> petition? I seem to remember that the first line on the UK
>>>> Parliament petition website asks if you are a UK citizen and
>>>> resident, is that "racist".
>>>>
>>>
>>> You were making allegations about the the people who set up the
>>> petition. You didn't even notice that it was only one person.
>>>
>> (I haven't seen the alleged racist comments so can't comment, but:)
>> It's _always_ one person; that's how the e-petition website works. You
>> need to get a small number to support you before they'll publish it, but
>> a petition (on the government site, anyway) is always instigated by one
>> person.
>>
>> This particular petition, like all petitions, is lessened in impact by
>> the fact that it only collects signatures on one side; I've been waiting
>> for someone to start a counter-petition, and been surprised they
>> haven't. Part of the reason _may_ be that the petitions committee are
>> blocking any such attempt, on the (spurious IMO) grounds that "it is not
>> clear what result you wish this petition to achieve".
>>
>
>As I said there already is one.
>
This one ?
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/229963
"Leave the EU without a deal in March 2019"
which still leaves a spectrum of opinion between it and the one under
discussion but adding all the variations to be found produces a
relatively insignificant counter-figure to the current near 4.5M.
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