The petition, for any UK readers who might wish to sign it. http://epetitions.di...

DanBC · on March 27, 2012

A cultural note: Most online petitions are worthless useless spammy nonsense.

UK epetitions are different, because with enough signatures (currently 100,000) the topic becomes eligible for debate in parliament.

twelvechairs · on March 27, 2012

All you really get with a UK e-petition after 100,000 votes is it being sent to some low-end bureaucrat who may (or may not) forward it to the 'Backbench Business Committee'.

ashconnor · on March 27, 2012

There have only been a couple of issues that have been taken seriously in parliament through e-petitions.

First was the details of the Hillsborough disaster and second was taking away state benefits from those convicted during the London riots.

rplnt · on March 27, 2012

I wouldn't say that most online petitions are worthless. Rather people's signatures are useless if the petition is targeted for UK (as in this case) and people from USA sign it.