It is a highly valued, highly regarded, and to many, much loved and invaluable part of the British way of life.
"It will not achieve the revoking of Article 50 by itself, but it's another indicator, like the mass protest on Saturday, that MPs and the government will take into account. 17.4 million people - 52% - voted for Brexit in the 2016 referendum "Petitions by themselves don't do anything, but they can be a very valuable tool for change," says Cristina Leston-Bandeira, a professor of politics at the University of Leeds, who specialises in petitions and public engagement. I think this would be very sad a terrible move.
I think it's more complicated when you're petitioning a government. MP Andrea Leadsom, leader of the House of Commons, has dismissed the petition, saying it has far fewer signatories than the 17.4 million people who voted to leave the EU during the 2016 referendum.So do petitions ever achieve anything - and is there any point in signing one? Sarah Gibbons started this petition to British Broadcasting Corporation and There is a report in today’s Daily Telegraph and strong rumours that the BBC has plans to close BBC Four. BBC Four is one of the best things about the BBC and has programmes that you can’t find anywhere else. Eventually it attracted 120,000 signatures, enabled the stories of many affected by brain tumours to be heard in parliament, and did lead to increased funding.Another petition, to give police dogs and horses more legal protections if they are attacked on duty, received 128,000 signatures. Both Ms Coryton and Ms Siegel believe that petitions work best when they are specific and asking for something "realistically achievable".For example, "ending sexism" is a great goal but too vague, whereas targeting the tampon tax addresses "a specific symptom of a sexist society", says Ms Coryton.Prof Leston-Bandeira argues that petitions don't have to dominate headlines, or attract millions of signatures, to be successful.
"Another reason petitions can work is by raising awareness, says Bettina Siegel, a US blogger who led three petitions given "confirmed victory" status by Change.org. We process your information in accordance with our However, she's keen to stress while the petition helped attract attention, there were many more factors behind the campaign's success. However, she adds: "A business is likely to be more responsive because they have a direct financial interest in pleasing their customers. They "hope it will draw attention [to the issue] and play a part in shifting the dynamic", he says.He points to a 1783 petition against slavery in the colonies - which was not abolished until 1833 - as an example of a petition that supporters would have signed without expecting any immediate change. Due to it being an impartial public service, the BBC can’t stand up to the government on this. This petition starter stood up and took action. These are external links and will open in a new windowMore than five million people in the UK have signed a petition calling on the government to stop Brexit by revoking Article 50.It's the most popular petition to ever have been submitted on the UK Parliament's website - and historians say it is the biggest ever petition to parliament in history.But the government has ruled out cancelling Brexit, and rejected a previous petition for a second referendum.
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