Govt Petition site Call an Election

Govt Petition site Call an Election

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Countdown

44,405 posts

211 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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bad company said:
coldel said:
Basically losers having a whinge
Which happens every time
Since elections began
Just this time they started a petition with a stupid title

But then again if the petition was called “petition to show how much of a bunch of bad losers we are” it might not have gotten so much traction either
As the saying goes ‘Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser’.

As I said earlier in the thread I signed the petition. Not because I expected or even really wanted a GE but to send a message to the sad bunch of idiots running our country.
I'm going to take a wild guess but I think they were already well aware that they were strongly disliked (hated) by hardcore Tory and reform voters who would be looking for any reason at all to criticise them.

It's quite possible that the lack of traction by the petition might make them think things aren't really that bad.

119

11,804 posts

51 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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Countdown said:
bad company said:
coldel said:
Basically losers having a whinge
Which happens every time
Since elections began
Just this time they started a petition with a stupid title

But then again if the petition was called “petition to show how much of a bunch of bad losers we are” it might not have gotten so much traction either
As the saying goes ‘Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser’.

As I said earlier in the thread I signed the petition. Not because I expected or even really wanted a GE but to send a message to the sad bunch of idiots running our country.
I'm going to take a wild guess but I think they were already well aware that they were strongly disliked (hated) by hardcore Tory and reform voters who would be looking for any reason at all to criticise them.

It's quite possible that the lack of traction by the petition might make them think things aren't really that bad.
Are there any statistics showing the current split between voters?

turbobloke

111,847 posts

275 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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Countdown said:
bad company said:
coldel said:
Basically losers having a whinge
Which happens every time
Since elections began
Just this time they started a petition with a stupid title

But then again if the petition was called “petition to show how much of a bunch of bad losers we are” it might not have gotten so much traction either
As the saying goes ‘Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser’.

As I said earlier in the thread I signed the petition. Not because I expected or even really wanted a GE but to send a message to the sad bunch of idiots running our country.
I'm going to take a wild guess but I think they were already well aware that they were strongly disliked (hated) by hardcore Tory and reform voters who would be looking for any reason at all to criticise them.

It's quite possible that the lack of traction by the petition might make them think things aren't really that bad.
The 'lack of traction' and 'things aren't really that bad' were good for a giggle. 2,917,657 signatures after only 10 days in a petition closing 20 May 2025, Labour are behind the Tories in 3 of the 5 polls 21 to 28 Nov, Starmer is less popular than Farage.

After only 100 days 60% disapproved of Labour's record in government with 47% of those who voted Labour disappointed with the gov't. Things aren't good, for sure. The idea that things aren't really that bad for Labour is pure sausages.

Boringvolvodriver

10,376 posts

58 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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119 said:
Are there any statistics showing the current split between voters?
There won’t be on the actual petition although as I mentioned earlier- You Gov had done some polling and 48% people supported the idea of a GE although this increased to 81% of Reform voters and 77% Conservative voters.

No surprises there really is there?

BigMon

5,235 posts

144 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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turbobloke said:
The 'lack of traction' and 'things aren't really that bad' were good for a giggle. 2,917,657 signatures after only 10 days in a petition closing 20 May 2025, Labour are behind the Tories in 3 of the 5 polls 21 to 28 Nov, Starmer is less popular than Farage.

After only 100 days 60% disapproved of Labour's record in government with 47% of those who voted Labour disappointed with the gov't. Things aren't good, for sure. The idea that things aren't really that bad for Labour is pure sausages.
And yet, they are here until 2029 regardless.

I'm all for holding a useless government to account. I did it for the last few useless Tory ones, and will do for a useless Labour one, but the thought that there will be another general election before the due date unless Starmer 'goes Sunak' is a bonkers notion.

Terminator X

17,706 posts

219 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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coldel said:
JuanCarlosFandango said:
I think it's wrong to see the Tories as the only alternative. There's a significant group of people who are glad the Tories got kicked out but in no way see Starmer and his party as any kind of answer. They just bring more of the same lies, incompetence and corruption. By votes and vote share it was a dismal campaign. They got a huge haul of seats because of low turn out and the absolute melt down of Conservative votes, but fewer votes than Corbyn. Barely more than Miliband in 2015.
So in the same way that if the young vote had turned out for the EU referendum stay would have won by a mile, so by your rationale the brexit out vote was a function of turn out also. I get it now.
The turnout was low because most people think politics is fked and / or a waste of time. It seems they are mostly correct.

TX.

don'tbesilly

15,361 posts

178 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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19.09 yesterday
valiant said:
don'tbesilly said:
For someone who has little to zero interest in the petition and someone who has stated it will come to nothing (correct & has always been the case), your updates on the progress of the number/s signing is very much appreciated, checking on both an hourly and daily basis is also quite impressive.

I’ll look forward to the next update, same time tomorrow?
Yep. No problem.

It’s important to realise the level of fkwittery out there. 6m fkwits for anti-brexit and now 3m fkwits for another GE. The level of fkwittery seems to be falling and once again I have hope for this country.

It’s important to keep an eye on these things. For the good of the country you understand.
And?

768

16,643 posts

111 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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I guess the Russian bot farms and people around the world must have moved their surprisingly short-lived attention elsewhere.

valiant

12,288 posts

175 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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don'tbesilly said:
And?
900 per hour now.

Seems to halve everyday but it is the weekend after all and if PH is anything to go by, people are more active online during working hours.


don'tbesilly

15,361 posts

178 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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valiant said:
don'tbesilly said:
And?
900 per hour now.

Seems to halve everyday but it is the weekend after all and if PH is anything to go by, people are more active online during working hours.
Not bad for a Sat.

9.00 - 18.00 - 9,462 sigs


robemcdonald

9,418 posts

211 months

Saturday 30th November 2024
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kerplunk

7,446 posts

221 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Just dropping my card in


robemcdonald

9,418 posts

211 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Pan Pan Pan

10,690 posts

126 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Castrol for a knave said:
I am outraged, outraged I tell you, that Keir Starmer has not turned around 14 years of disinvestment and fkwittery in 4 months.

The petition is like the circulation number on the header of the Daily Mail, it's a running total of fkwits in the uk**





  • . When a right winger says something like this, it is "saying it as it is". When anyone left of Andrew Mitchell says it, it's "sneering metropolitan elites".
The true f*ckwits in the UK, were those who voted for labour, thinking they would be any better than the useless tories, when the first few months of the labour administration have proven, that labour are in fact worse, much, much worse.

Pistom

5,900 posts

174 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Pan Pan Pan said:
The true f*ckwits in the UK, were those who voted for labour, thinking they would be any better than the useless tories, when the first few months of the labour administration have proven, that labour are in fact worse, much, much worse.
In fairness - there weren't that many that did.

It's just that there was nobody worth voting for.

The biggest fkwits were probably those who voted Reform as every one of those I've spoken to actually believed the policies were viable.

I think many just didn't believe Labour could be as bad as they're turning out to be.

350Matt

3,821 posts

294 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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agreed to me that's been the biggest surprise as its seems to be an endless stream of bad decisions that makes the Tories seem level headed and competent

my feeling going in was it would be more of the same as there was so little between the two manifestos...

2,928,250 signatures now.....

wonder what it will reach by the 6th January parliamentary debate point




bad company

20,483 posts

281 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Pistom said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
The true f*ckwits in the UK, were those who voted for labour, thinking they would be any better than the useless tories, when the first few months of the labour administration have proven, that labour are in fact worse, much, much worse.
In fairness - there weren't that many that did.

It's just that there was nobody worth voting for.

The biggest fkwits were probably those who voted Reform as every one of those I've spoken to actually believed the policies were viable.

I think many just didn't believe Labour could be as bad as they're turning out to be.
So anyone of a different opinion is a F*****t. PH at its very worst. frown

blueg33

41,127 posts

239 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Tough decisions needed to be made the country was in such a st state. Tough decisions are always unpopular but it doesn’t necessarily make the decisions wrong.

The only money government has is pretty much tax receipts. To sort out years of under investment in infrastructure you have to spend.

p1stonhead

27,677 posts

182 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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blueg33 said:
Tough decisions needed to be made the country was in such a st state. Tough decisions are always unpopular but it doesn’t necessarily make the decisions wrong.

The only money government has is pretty much tax receipts. To sort out years of under investment in infrastructure you have to spend.
Won’t someone think of the millionaire farmers and bring back Boris!!!!!

BigMon

5,235 posts

144 months

Sunday 1st December 2024
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Pistom said:
In fairness - there weren't that many that did.

It's just that there was nobody worth voting for.

The biggest fkwits were probably those who voted Reform as every one of those I've spoken to actually believed the policies were viable.

I think many just didn't believe Labour could be as bad as they're turning out to be.
That pretty much covers it.

I don't think another round of Sunak and the muppets would have yielded positive results, yet it's entirely possible they would have been 'less worse' than what we're seeing now but who knows.

If the sum total of the political parties available is voting for least worst then it's a pretty dismal outlook.