They’re good for raising awareness of very local matters that the government might not be aware of, not for national issues that everyone knows.
For that, join a political party and pressure them to put it in their manifesto.
Jumpy-Plantain9812 on
To what end? Can you lay out how this would be productive?
AlastorZola on
Shouldn’t a petition to the UK gov made by UK nationals ?
u_WorkPhotosTeam on
It’s too late. What’s the point
scarab1001 on
A public inquiry?
The primary purpose of a public inquiry is (according to Ministry of Justice) to “prevent recurrence”. A public inquiry addresses three key questions:
1. What happened?
2. Why did it happen and who is to blame?
3. What can be done to prevent this happening again?
This petition just proves most people don’t know the primary purpose of public inquiries and view them as just another way to push their own politics.
The average length of time of a PI is 3 years and the time increases with the complexity of the topic.
Also, Inquiries are notoriously expensive. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry cost £272.5m (in 2024 prices). Between 1990 and 2024 the UK and devolved nations spent at least £1.5bn on completed public inquiries (2024 prices).
So you have a petition demanding something that isn’t what it’s designed for, will take years to complete and cost a fortune …. with an outcome that guarantees absolutely no recommendations.
Codeworks on
If you can’t get 10k signatures in six months, there’s very little public interest.
krazydude22 on
I can see public taxpayer money being well spent here.. /s
buckleant on
🤣🤣🤣🤣 grow up!
madeleineann on
Seriously?
CertainCertainties on
I think a public inquiry is unnecessary.
Every precedent in the history of the world indicates that cutting off your closest trading partners is the most stupid thing that very stupid people could do.
All the UK would need to do to re-enter the EU is to say that, I reckon. Acknowledge they went batshit crazy for a bit but they have been seeing a therapist and are on the road back to sanity.
Knuckles_71 on
Done.
bogusjohnson on
Absolutely pointless don’t waste your time.
No_Priors on
3053 to go.
Edit: Downvoting maths. This level of stupid is why Brexit happened in the first place.
Jedibeeftrix on
no thanks.
very happy with how things have worked out.
bored by the endless fascination with relitigating this democratic decision.
Annatastic6417 on
Downvote these posts whenever you see them.
The current UK government has promised to not rejoin the EU, on the grounds that the British People made a democratic decision. Was it the correct decision? Maybe not. Were they misled? Possibly. But a decision was made and that must be adhered to.
Any post that suggests the UK may rejoin the EU is false, these petitions will never make it off the ground.
mackrevinak on
if you drive into the future using only the rear view mirror you will soon end up in a ditch ~ ancient chinese proverb
jordtand on
The reasons for brexit happening and the impact on UK is already understood and well documented. Lies and an uninformed public with hatred aimed directly at “the others” classic right wing playbook, I don’t know what more you want you cant change it now even if you wanted to without going through the long EU application.
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This is just sad, what has this sub become..
No. Piss off, stop posting pointless petitions.
They’re good for raising awareness of very local matters that the government might not be aware of, not for national issues that everyone knows.
For that, join a political party and pressure them to put it in their manifesto.
To what end? Can you lay out how this would be productive?
Shouldn’t a petition to the UK gov made by UK nationals ?
It’s too late. What’s the point
A public inquiry?
The primary purpose of a public inquiry is (according to Ministry of Justice) to “prevent recurrence”. A public inquiry addresses three key questions:
1. What happened?
2. Why did it happen and who is to blame?
3. What can be done to prevent this happening again?
This petition just proves most people don’t know the primary purpose of public inquiries and view them as just another way to push their own politics.
The average length of time of a PI is 3 years and the time increases with the complexity of the topic.
Also, Inquiries are notoriously expensive. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry cost £272.5m (in 2024 prices). Between 1990 and 2024 the UK and devolved nations spent at least £1.5bn on completed public inquiries (2024 prices).
So you have a petition demanding something that isn’t what it’s designed for, will take years to complete and cost a fortune …. with an outcome that guarantees absolutely no recommendations.
If you can’t get 10k signatures in six months, there’s very little public interest.
I can see public taxpayer money being well spent here.. /s
🤣🤣🤣🤣 grow up!
Seriously?
I think a public inquiry is unnecessary.
Every precedent in the history of the world indicates that cutting off your closest trading partners is the most stupid thing that very stupid people could do.
All the UK would need to do to re-enter the EU is to say that, I reckon. Acknowledge they went batshit crazy for a bit but they have been seeing a therapist and are on the road back to sanity.
Done.
Absolutely pointless don’t waste your time.
3053 to go.
Edit: Downvoting maths. This level of stupid is why Brexit happened in the first place.
no thanks.
very happy with how things have worked out.
bored by the endless fascination with relitigating this democratic decision.
Downvote these posts whenever you see them.
The current UK government has promised to not rejoin the EU, on the grounds that the British People made a democratic decision. Was it the correct decision? Maybe not. Were they misled? Possibly. But a decision was made and that must be adhered to.
Any post that suggests the UK may rejoin the EU is false, these petitions will never make it off the ground.
if you drive into the future using only the rear view mirror you will soon end up in a ditch ~ ancient chinese proverb
The reasons for brexit happening and the impact on UK is already understood and well documented. Lies and an uninformed public with hatred aimed directly at “the others” classic right wing playbook, I don’t know what more you want you cant change it now even if you wanted to without going through the long EU application.