Just to give you some context: there is a law in the UK that states that if a petition reaches 100,000 signatures it has to be discussed in parliament.
So there's this website set up called 38 Degrees, whose sole purpose is to host petitions so that the government will pay attention to the kind of issues that are important to the people of Britain at this time.
I found out about 38 Degrees a couple of years ago when I found out that Radio 6 Music was going to be scrapped during budget cuts. I joined thousands of other campaigners in signing an online petition to stop this from happening, and lo and behold, it worked! 38 Degrees have had numerous other successes, such as:
- the scrapping of plans to sell-off our national forests to private firms
- a ban on circus animal cruelty
- the government signing an EU directive on Human Trafficking
- tighter rules for legal loan sharks
And many more! These are just some of their recent achievements. Go check out their website for more info and see what kind of petitions are running at the moment...
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/
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