E-Petition Suggestions Required
Happy New Year folks! First project for 2011 is the parliamentary E-petition. I want ideas for the wording of the petition to be put forward because it looks like that successful petitions with the support of 100,000 signatures will be debated in parliament. It is our opportunity to get the issue of nuclear disarmament into the very heart of democracy.
Wording should be clear, concise and elegant. Aims should be crystal clear. On purpose I am not proposing wording of my own at this time because I know that it is easy for one individual to dominate a discussion. I want to read your suggestions first.
Currently the Directgov website is not hosting petitions and the No.10 site has suspended activity. According to the BBC News website however, this will change this year so we have to be ready.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12084525
100,000 is a lot but I think we have a fair chance of making it with the support of the SNTT Causes group which is currently standing at a membership of over 1100 this morning.
Up and at 'em people!
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Permalink Reply by Dave Thawley on -
Great idea. It may be worth linking up with the greens and CND etc to get this into the agenda. Between lib dems and the others there should be more than enough.
Here are a few of other groups which would be interested I'm sure
http://www.facebook.com/#!/cnduk (5000 members)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/thegreenparty (12000 members)
http://www.liberal.org.uk/docs/contacts.htm (the proper liberal party rather than the blue tory party we have become)
http://www.llrc.org/
http://www.facebook.com/#!/stopthewarcoalition
Another idea unrelated to trident but related to the the petition process - I suggest after the vote on AV next year we get 100.000 people to say we want a referendum on PR. This will be easily achievable but would need a a-political movement like yes to fairer votes. Its something we could lease with them on though. I wouldn't do it until after the referendum though or else we could muddy the waters. -
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Permalink Reply by Janet King on -
Bearing in mind that New Zealand carried this resolution at the UN with a huge majority(which did not include the UK,of course),here is my suggestion for the epetition:
`In order to make the world a safer place we, the undersigned, petition the UK Government to take all our nuclear weapons off `high alert` status and to ensure that ,after cammand,at least days rather than hours elapse.A resolution to this effect ,presented by the New Zealand Government, was carrried with a huge majority in 2007 and this should now be incorporated into international and UK national law.
The wording might want tweaking. It`s a small step but surely an achievable one.
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