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Six million signatures.
Six million.
What was the response - "Tough bun, little people, your opinion matters not one bit to us".
That, twitter people, is a fact.
This is the reality - these petitions are WORSE than useless. They& #39;re not only doing nothing to apply pressure...
Six million.
What was the response - "Tough bun, little people, your opinion matters not one bit to us".
That, twitter people, is a fact.
This is the reality - these petitions are WORSE than useless. They& #39;re not only doing nothing to apply pressure...
...but they& #39;re acting as a pressure release valve.
Angry? Sign a petition! Oh, that& #39;s better, now I& #39;ve done something.
Desperate to be heard? Sign! Ok, now they know that freddy_the_Turnip@bovveredmail.co.uk is unhappy about this enough to warm his computer seat a bit longer.
Angry? Sign a petition! Oh, that& #39;s better, now I& #39;ve done something.
Desperate to be heard? Sign! Ok, now they know that freddy_the_Turnip@bovveredmail.co.uk is unhappy about this enough to warm his computer seat a bit longer.
And you really need to understand something - once this goes over the line, that& #39;s it, there is no going back. The UK fails the Copenhagen criteria, it is so riven with division half the EU don& #39;t want it, and this process has exposed it as a failed state to much of the continent.
If petitions represent the limit of your resistance to becoming a bauble of the United States - fine. But you must accept that it will happen.
If you think two or three protests, per year, will do anything more than convince them that you& #39;re not serious about this, you& #39;re wrong.
If you think two or three protests, per year, will do anything more than convince them that you& #39;re not serious about this, you& #39;re wrong.
A few people are calling for violence. I& #39;m not doing that, but I& #39;m not clutching my pearls about it either. I completely get them.
This is SERIOUS. They& #39;re taking your rights away, they& #39;re totally ignoring any democratic process, Johnson has had ONE DAY of scrutiny. It is a COUP
This is SERIOUS. They& #39;re taking your rights away, they& #39;re totally ignoring any democratic process, Johnson has had ONE DAY of scrutiny. It is a COUP
Your response to this must be as serious as you feel it is.
If you want them to take you seriously you must be serious when you& #39;re dealing with them.
If it comes right down to the wire you have to ask yourself what you& #39;re prepared to do for what you believe is right.
If you want them to take you seriously you must be serious when you& #39;re dealing with them.
If it comes right down to the wire you have to ask yourself what you& #39;re prepared to do for what you believe is right.
If you don& #39;t like violence - great - join a strike, an occupy movement, barricade Downing Street and don& #39;t let anyone in or out, protest for *days*, get some spray cans and mark the roads with your anger.
But for god sakes do SOMETHING other than...
But for god sakes do SOMETHING other than...
...sign a petition for another debate in the very parliament that& #39;s just been prorogued on whether or not it should be prorogued.
I mean read that back. They& #39;re just taking the piss out of you now.
Let me repeat, THIS IS SERIOUS. https://twitter.com/cirian75/status/1166739675987533825">https://twitter.com/cirian75/...
I mean read that back. They& #39;re just taking the piss out of you now.
Let me repeat, THIS IS SERIOUS. https://twitter.com/cirian75/status/1166739675987533825">https://twitter.com/cirian75/...
And for god sakes stop clutching pearls whenever anyone talks about getting serious about this. Disagreement is great, but condemnation of people ready to nip fascism in the bud is not noble, and to try to silence such people through reports is enablement.
People reporting potentially aggressive protesters in Hong Kong or Moscow are assisting Xi Xinping and Putin, not their fellow citizens.
"But that& #39;s different! We live in a democracy!"
That& #39;s the point - you don& #39;t any longer.
Get serious, or accept the consequences.
"But that& #39;s different! We live in a democracy!"
That& #39;s the point - you don& #39;t any longer.
Get serious, or accept the consequences.
Leave, 2016; "We can manage without the EU! All you need is to believe!"
Remain, 2019; "We can remain with a petition! All you need to do is believe!"
Pick - moral purity or stopping a fascist takeover (Priti Patel with Henry 8th powers in 2 months), there is no other choice.
Remain, 2019; "We can remain with a petition! All you need to do is believe!"
Pick - moral purity or stopping a fascist takeover (Priti Patel with Henry 8th powers in 2 months), there is no other choice.
