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CitizenGo petition re Charlie Gard

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Lightlovelife · 11/07/2017 08:31

I received an email thanking me for signing this petition. I most certainly did not.
I have come across two other Mumsnetters in the same position. Are there any others?
I have emailed them to complain and asked for my name to be removed but they say a reply can take several days.
I believe this is the petition they will hand to Theresa May, and I wonder how many other false signatories there are.
I am spitting feathers.

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Lightlovelife · 11/07/2017 09:21

Does anyone know if there is someone you can report this to? Parliament has a Petitions Committee, but they only seem to deal with petitions sent from the Government petitions page.

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smilingmind · 11/07/2017 14:56

I will spit feathers with you about also receiving an email thanking me for signing.
Have also posted on Charlie Gard Case 4 thread about this.
Possibly might be a good idea to change the thread title so it's clear it's not just asking people to sign.
I have contacted GOSH, the Guardian and Independent.
Don't expect much so other ideas would be great.
How about emailing TMay ?

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TinselTwins · 11/07/2017 15:00

This is scary for lots of reasons

I know someone who has had a petition they signed years previously used agaisnt them & had a visa application turned down

I think you should speak to your MP about this and ask them to question the validity of this petition and ask them to prompt an investigation into the organisers

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MrsTerryPratchett · 11/07/2017 15:02

Definitely change the title of this thread. I also assumed it was to sign a petition and nearly didn't click.

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TinselTwins · 11/07/2017 15:04

I just checked my "junk" email account which I use for things like petitions. I found an email from change.org thanking me for signing a petition last month (not CG related). I definitely didn't sign this petition. I am very careful (for reasons I posted below) to only put my name to occasional non contentious petitions and this one was quite political!

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Lightlovelife · 11/07/2017 16:14

TinselTwins I have done just that and came on Mumsnet to tell smilingmind as I read on the other thread what action she had taken.
My MP, Tom Pursglove, likes to write letters and say things in the House, so I am hoping he will at least point me in the right direction. I told him I had come across several people who had had the same experience (didn't mention Mumsnet).
I am still fuming.
Will try to change the title.

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Lightlovelife · 11/07/2017 16:20

Have reported to Mumsnet hoping they will change the title

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