[_] (fwd): another motoring "Stealth Tax?"
Jake McMurchie
jake.mcmurchie at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 13 09:26:36 GMT 2007
On 2/13/07, grace <grace.delaflor at gmail.com> wrote: > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ Eh? Haven't we just been through all this? And hasn't it been all over the news that they've already had over 1000000 signatories? Sorry, Grace, but it says 1,264,227 on the link you provided... By the way, I didn't follow all the debate last week (so apologies if you discussed this) but it's worth pointing out that: > The petition is on the 10 Downing St website but they didn't tell anybody about it. The petitions aren't set up by the Govt. Someone could set up a petition against bottom-posting if they wanted, No. 10 only hosts the petition (isn't that kind and democratic?) ...and... > 750,000 signatures are required to stop them introducing it Erm, what about parliament? Incidentally, does anyone know if there's an alternative petition along the lines of "please introduce road charging"? I can't see one... Jake