Yes, there are. And then they get a debate, regardless if people in government give a shit about the issue or not. That's the whole point.
and I think you'll find there's plenty of people in parliament who give somewhat of a shit on this particular topic. The Lib Dems, for instance. The Greens. The overwhelming majority of Labour supporters, which puts labour MP's in an interesting position if Starmer cracks the whip.
Huh? The title of the petition is "Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible", how can you say that the prospect of rejoining isn't the goal of the petition? Is this a joke?
Because there is no world where this petition getting 100,000 signatures directly leads to rejoining the EU, as you yourself said before.
The point of the petition was to get the response, at 10,000. Months later, with no promoting, it's suddenly surged back to the top & gotten 100,000. So NOW, despite Starmer's best efforts to pretend the issue doesn't exist, we get to have a debate, and a forum for MP's to speak their mind or stay silent & be judged on those merits.
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u/SunflowerMoonwalk Berlin Feb 11 '25
There are so many petitions that reach 100,000. Nobody in government gives a shit about them.