24-09-2019, 10:07 AM
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Protests and petitions
Do they work? have there been any instances we can think of where 20,000 people on a march or 100,000 signatures on a form handed to No.10 have ever made a difference?I do realise that after there have been submitted a certain number of people's names on a form it has to then go through parliament, but do we see changes? Does the government ever listen to the people who have voted for them?
Have you noticed or witnessed any positive results from petition signing or protest events?
24-09-2019, 10:50 AM
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Re: Protests and petitions
Originally Posted by Roxy
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Don't think so Floydy, It's their way or your hard luck I think.
The views of the people are wrong, they are right.
I wonder then, why does everything go wrong that the government touch?
24-09-2019, 11:32 AM
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They banned foxhunting. I'm sure animal welfare standards have improved over the years because of constant pressure from groups. They have also developed cruelty-free make up because of this. Environmentally friendly movements were down to pressure groups. Racism was countered by protest and pressure groups. Just a few off the top of my head.
24-09-2019, 11:43 AM
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Women's Right to Vote:https://theconversation.com/how-17-0...or-women-91093
Most people know about the famous examples of suffragette activity, such as window breaking and street demonstrations. By contrast, petitions show a different side of the campaign: the patient, behind the scenes activity that helped deliver votes for women.
The suffrage campaign was, itself, founded by a petition signed by over 1,500 women, including leading activists Barbara Bodichon and Emily Davies. This was presented to the House of Commons by the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill on June 7 1866.
24-09-2019, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Poll tax riots had an effect many protests do eventually work. It really depends on the political parties though as I do wonder if Mrs T had been more popular in her party if the poll tax riots would have worked so well.
March 31, 1990
http://home.bt.com/news/on-this-day/...11363971893271
24-09-2019, 02:01 PM
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Re: Protests and petitions
And if campaigns runs long enough and hard enough, they can win the day.Labour MPs and people from all political persuasions fought the Tory Government for 7 years to stop the closure of Charing Cross Hospital in W. London. A high-rise block on a sizeable prime site is much sought after by developers.
24-09-2019, 02:15 PM
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Since I'm a countryside walker, I should have thought of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass sooner:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_t...itical_effects
This act of civil disobedience was one of the most successful in British history. It arguably led to the passage of the National Parks legislation in 1949 which addressed public rights of way and access to open land.
24-09-2019, 02:47 PM
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They work, so long as they want them to work. If it improves their popularity, they will listen, band wagons and all that.It's the same with political debates on TV, I'm sure no one's mind has ever been changed by arguing about politics but if it's a subject they can cling onto to be more popular, then they will adopt it.
In the end, they will do whatever they want to do.
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