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  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    By way of contrast, the 'Ban Donald Trump' e-petition has been signed by almost a quarter of a million people in 24 hours.

    If only ......

    As you say, if only. USA population 320 million ..... UK 64 million
    We are not doing too badly
  • greatgimpo
    greatgimpo Posts: 1,256 Forumite
    beamerguy wrote: »
    What's not in it for the government is the voters being ripped by
    unscrupulous companies. Maybe you are saying that government allow these companies simply for them to collect money ?
    Maybe I am...
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,417 Forumite
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    beamerguy wrote: »
    As you say, if only. USA population 320 million ..... UK 64 million
    We are not doing too badly

    Only open for British citizens and UK residents. Not open to USA citizens.

    https://petition.parliament.uk/help
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    Only open for British citizens and UK residents. Not open to USA citizens.

    https://petition.parliament.uk/help

    but we know that ??? you were talking about Trump
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,417 Forumite
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    beamerguy wrote: »
    but we know that ??? you were talking about Trump

    Yep, Trump. I'm not sure what point you are making by quoting the USA in the context of the numbers signing the petition?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    Yep, Trump. I'm not sure what point you are making by quoting the USA in the context of the numbers signing the petition?

    There is no point, you quoted the usa petition for Trump as 1/4 million, nothing to do with the UK
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,417 Forumite
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    beamerguy wrote: »
    There is no point, you quoted the usa petition for Trump as 1/4 million, nothing to do with the UK

    I certainly didn't!

    Read here:

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114003

    Parliament.UK is a bit of a giveaway!
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    beamerguy wrote: »

    I assume that bumping up a post is OK
    No!


    From the rules on "bumping":


    http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/forum-faqs?_ga=1.190505698.830124256.1365506699#posting

    No, we'd rather people don't do this as it annoys others.


    But you don't just "bump" this issue, you spam it!


    From the rules:

    Forum users mustn't post comments more than once on the forum..... Where spam is reported to the Forum Team, the posts are deleted and the user's posting privileges may be removed
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    I certainly didn't!

    Read here:

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114003

    Parliament.UK is a bit of a giveaway!

    Here is what you said, not understood ?

    "By way of contrast, the 'Ban Donald Trump' e-petition has been signed by almost a quarter of a million people in 24 hours. "
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,417 Forumite
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    I was contrasting the UK public response to the Ban Trump e-petition (250,000 signatures in 24 hours) with the UK public response to the Barry Beavis e-petition (5,800 in over a month).

    Any clearer?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
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