als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agoOnly 1 out of over 740,000 UK Parliament petitions has ever directly succeeded in changing government policywww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkOnly 1 out of over 740,000 UK Parliament petitions has ever directly succeeded in changing government policywww.youtube.comals@lemmy.blahaj.zone to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareSpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down6·3 days agoTo be fair, a lot of the petitions that get uploaded are either dumb or just jokes. That doesn’t excuse the government treating the serious ones that have huge public support as if they’re also jokes, of course
minus-squarerenlokAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoYeah it makes the whole thing pointless, it just seems to show how little the UK government actually cares about it’s citizens and their opinions. This site is used to humour us like giving a child an unplugged controller to play your game.
To be fair, a lot of the petitions that get uploaded are either dumb or just jokes. That doesn’t excuse the government treating the serious ones that have huge public support as if they’re also jokes, of course
Yeah it makes the whole thing pointless, it just seems to show how little the UK government actually cares about it’s citizens and their opinions.
This site is used to humour us like giving a child an unplugged controller to play your game.