Only in the same way it forces parliament to consider Jeremy Clarkson for president.
The petition to retain the ban on capital punishment is #1 on the list now, with double the votes of the campaign to restore it. Oops. Backfired a bit there DM.
Of course, parliament isn’t going to consider either.. they max out a 3k votes – somewhat short of the 100k needed to ‘force’ parliament to consider them.
“Writing in the Daily Mail yesterday, the Leader of the House of Commons, Sir George Young, warned that MPs cannot ignore the popular groundswell.”
He and his colleagues had no problem ignoring the massive anti Iraq war protests.
“If they do vote on it, they will presumbly reject it again as so many times before.”
I hope so, to put the issue to bed for a generation or more – I mean, that’s what the Mail and their ilk told us about PR after the flawed AV referendum, right?
“People power forces Parliament to reconsider capital punishment”
It does no such thing.
Only in the same way it forces parliament to consider Jeremy Clarkson for president.
The petition to retain the ban on capital punishment is #1 on the list now, with double the votes of the campaign to restore it. Oops. Backfired a bit there DM.
Of course, parliament isn’t going to consider either.. they max out a 3k votes – somewhat short of the 100k needed to ‘force’ parliament to consider them.
“Writing in the Daily Mail yesterday, the Leader of the House of Commons, Sir George Young, warned that MPs cannot ignore the popular groundswell.”
He and his colleagues had no problem ignoring the massive anti Iraq war protests.
If they do vote on it, they will presumbly reject it again as so many times before. Not really worth the front page.
“If they do vote on it, they will presumbly reject it again as so many times before.”
I hope so, to put the issue to bed for a generation or more – I mean, that’s what the Mail and their ilk told us about PR after the flawed AV referendum, right?