Call a General Election? Really?

[Veryoldandtired]

I mean, I very much doubt this will get anywhere in the parliament but nearly 2 mil people signed it in just over 24 hours 😬

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

I know, it's ridiculous! 😅 Of course we're not going to have another general election when we've just had one!

There was a link to this on another thread, loads of people from across the globe signed, inc from uninhabitable islands in the South Atlantic.

I just signed that petition twice, using to different email addresses... its not rocket science... its totally insecure and highlights how out of date UK Govt IT is.

😂😂😂 so true

Debate?

A few MP's in a committee room having a 5 minute chat about it

Of course the petition won't get anywhere. Its not unusual for governments to collapse soon after elections though. Europe is a good example. We have a mindset in this country that you have to stick with what you get, which doesn't seem to apply elsewhere. Surely that's democracy??

How can you see this level of detail? On the map it shows th4 filters of having a uk postcode work and it’s all British?

Oh you took it from twitter 😂

They haven’t annoyed me. Or my circle of friends that discuss politics for that matter. I’m extremely relieved that they are in power and the misery of the tories is over. ‘The people’ did vote for Labour you know, so as pissed off as you are, you’re outnumbered.

I have screen shotted showing accounts have put other countries on its on here

They are coalitions though, we generally speaking don't have that problem but if you want a PR system, by all means campaign for it.

This country needs stability, its whats been lacking since 2016, several GE's PMs Chancellors & numerous other ministerial changes.

Anyway, it seems more than probable this petition is being filled out by less than genuine "people" ... coming hard on the heels of warnings that Russia is seeking to destabilise countries in the west.

If you scroll down on page one of this post you will see another lady screen shot foreign addresses to

Try it yourself? sign it x number of times, using different email adresses from the same router and device, the govt website cannot even recognise the same public IP address, its pathetic.

the MN website can do that, as can my fitness training app.

You can look at the data yourself:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143.json

You don't think it's a problem that (allegedly) 2 million people think it would be reasonable to allow a democratically held election to be redone because they don't like the results?

You can't say "this is democracy, people peacefully signing petitions about stuff", when the stuff they're signing a petition about is them wanting to undermine democracy itself!

I told people to "get over it" and I voted "remain".

The heart rending tripe that some remain supporters came out with was frankly nauseating.

We fought a rubbish campaign and got the hiding we deserved.

It's not right wingers who can't cope with losing. It's foreign actors wanting to destabilise western democracy.

I haven't signed, won't sign - but if you have seen such proof them please post the links because (a)you can't see who is signing it, (b) the system is designed to accept only UK based people so I am sure parliament would want to know how you found the flaws in their system and (c) what you believe is irrelevant.

There won't be a general election any time soon, and not as a result of this petition. But I do think that Labout need to start listening. 2 million people isn't just a load of Tories with nothing better to do. The unions are already turning against policies. They are hurting working people and they are alienating their own base of support. There will be a price to pay.

I'd have thought genuine British voters dissatisfied with labour would have the sense to realise the other parties are in no shape to fight a GE!

I didn't vote Labour, but they haven't pissed me off yet. I am able to understand that some very hard decisions need to made, and some very tough things need to happen to sort out the state of the country and economy.

From hundreds of different countries apparently.

have not RTFT but basically: you lost, suck it up

The "2nd Brexit referendum petition" got over 3 million signatures, i think?
There will be a new election by 2029, until then? lobby your MPs on things, follow the processes

The problem is we’ve been sold a lemon
listened to years of bitching and false promises

there an almighty undercurrent of disappointment

See page one of this debate even another person has screen shot from outside Britain yes you can't find the data

Labour only won the election back in July because they were the only option that weren’t the Tories. Of course the signs were there .. and there was absolutely nothing in their manifesto as to what they were going to do once they were in power. It was all about ‘ vote for change ‘ and Starmer going on about how his Dad was a toolmaker.
Now of course people are seeing what they are all about and it is much much worse than they thought.

A couple

They'll get there