[YLUG] Re: Democracy (now on topic) [was: Free the BBC!]

[Arthur Clune]

I'm sure most people here read El Reg anyway, but here's an  
interesting thing that popped up today, and reminded me about the BBC  
thread.

"The Prime Minister's controversial e-petitions website, which forms  
part of the 10 Downing Street official website, allows users to start  
campaigns on specific topics, then seek signatories. The site caused  
a headache for the government earlier this year when 1.7 million  
people signed a petition against road user charging, which was  
subsequently ignored.

Cameron is now suggesting that a certain number of signatures to an e- 
petition should automatically trigger a debate in parliament on the  
issue, followed by a vote. If this proposal were introduced, it would  
hard-wire e-democracy into Britain's constitution."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/12/william_davies_epetitions/


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