MAIL ONLINE: Downing Street’s e-petition plan to give the public the right to force Parliamentary debates on burning issues of the day was fast descending into a shambles last night.
When the scheme was launched earlier this year, people were given the impression that any petition gathering 100,000 signatures or more would automatically be discussed by MPs.
Two petitions – including one demanding the removal of benefits from thugs involved in last month’s riots – have already crossed the threshold.
But it has now emerged that a debate will take place only if, having gained 100,000 signatures, the subject is also suggested by an MP on the obscure Backbench Business Committee. » | James Slack | Wednesday, September 07, 2011
So much for British democracy! MPs, once elected into office, do just as they damn well like. They don’t care about the people, or what the people think. They are not in politics to help the people; they’re in politics to help themselves. – Mark
