The UK Democracy vs US Lobbyists and Campaign Contributors
Create or sign a petition
Introduction
Start with the UK Parliament Petition information page:
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/sign-a-petition/
First select “Start an e-petition or sign an existing one”
Displays https://petition.parliament.uk/
Titled: Petitions
UK Government and Parliament
Covid-19 Banner with links to information
205 petitions got a response from the Government
24 petitions were debated in the House of Commons
“Search petitions box” and a link to “View all open petitions”.
Popular petitions (Top three)
End child food poverty - This is to do with children not getting a free school lunch when schools are
closed due to virus restrictions and the parent or parents are at work.
1,183 signatures in the last hour
Hold a public inquiry into Government contracts granted during Covid-19 - Consultants being paid
£700+ per day.
280 signatures in the last hour
Establish free movement & trade agreements with Canada, Australia & New Zealand - Driven by Brexit.
Note the majority in the UK are against US GM food, etc.
236 signatures in the last hour
Banner: If a petition gets 10,000 signatures, the Government will respond
Short responses with links to the full response. A link to 205 full responses from Government and
another link for those debated in the House of Commons.
Banner: If a petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament
Topics debated (Top three)
Take action to stop illegal immigration and rapidly remove illegal immigrants - This is to do with bombers
killing people on British soil and most are Muslims.
Make pet theft crime a specific offense with custodial sentences - Women buy them as fashion items, so
they are expensive to buy and have become criminal targets.
Impose sanctions on China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims - China can easily find other markets
and the UK market is small compared to the US.
Under each of these are links to watch each debate on parliamentlive.tv, read the transcript at
parliament.uk and read the research at parliament.uk (journalist/writer info).
Links to petitions debated in parliament (XX), petitions waiting for a debate (XX), and petitions not
debated in parliament (XX).
Next “Local to you” - Find petitions being signed by people near you, enter your postcode in the Search
box.
This returns the heading:
Popular open petitions in the constituency of Edinburgh South
Link to all popular petitions in Edinburgh South
Your member of parliament is Ian Murray MP (Link to website)
Omit the NHS from any future trade deal with the US - Will stand.
Condemn the US government for the use of force against its citizens
- No UK Government support.
Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to
the USA - No UK Government support.
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Anyone can start a petition as long as they are a British citizen or UK Resident
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US Position
Because government policy in the US has been purchased by lobbyists and campaign contributors. Banks and
the government has been rubbing elbows to the detriment of the citizenry since the inception of the country.
And it is the same today. Most politicians in the US are ex-Goldman Sachs Bankers.
Now allow every US Citizen and Resident access to Petition the US Government has never been stronger.
UK Position
Any British Citizen or UK Resident is free to look at the Petition information above and make their views
known by supporting or commenting on any Petition listed. Far more open and Democratic than the US.
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