A fantastic response to the Drop The Bill e-petition which soared through the 100,000 signature barrier yesterday evening, and at one time was being signed by over 1,000 people an hour.
Now, before the likes of Duffers comes on here pointing out that this means that 60-odd million people haven’t signed the e-petition, let’s put it in context of the petition site generally.
Right-wing blogger Paul Staines (strange, no mention of Cameron’s drunk tank on his site) started one of the first e-petitions when they were launched last Summer calling for a restoration of capital punishment for murderers of children and police officers. Because it was one of the first petitions, and it appealed to the blood lust of the tabloid press and the anger around the ‘Baby P case’, it launched in a blaze of publicity, including spots on the main BBC news. Guido said he was “putting all of the resources at his command” behind the petition, and that the restoration of was supported by a clear majority of people.
When it finally collapsed due to lack of support it had attracted a pathetic 26,339 signatures.
Dr Kailash Chand has been a GP for nearly 30 years, and he is a passionate supporter of the NHS. There are still 3 full months before his petition closes. If you value the NHS, and you haven’t signed already, please do so… and if there are like-minded people in your e-mail address book, why not remind them too!
And if they want more information, there is a brilliant dissection of Lansley’s folly here… Breaking the NHS.
Labour party member and wannabe Labour party candidate puts forward a petition under the title of ‘saving our beloved NHS’. Is anyone surprised that he can manage to attract a few thousand Labour party supporters out of the millions to sign the wretched thing?
Another 20,000 today alone… almost as many as your hang ‘em and flog ‘em crew managed in 6 months… and that is supposed to be the issue that people really care about.
You’re so predictable, Duffers.
Duffy, I suspect your pal Tim Montgomerie signed it as well.
Only because he wants to go all the way as that mad women Meyer wanted on QT last night and notice the boos ?
In fact the reason he wants it dropped is he knows if passed for three years we would have an open goal every time, I already have a NHS piece on our last leaflet and every single one will have one.
The Tories lied in their manifesto about the true nature of what they wanted and orange LD’s only too glad to go along with it. Luckily the rest of the country as proved by every poll likes/loves the NHS and we will do our best to speak up for the majority and not the money of the small elite and US health care.
“We only have 24 hours to save the £Pound” William Hague
“We only have 24 hours to save the NHS” Ed (milk monitor) Miliband
We just know, don’t we, what the whole election leaflet shooting match is going to read like.
I suppose they will be a bit more realistic than 70,000 dropped through our doors last term when the old MP was airbrushed out and the new one superimposed in.
Talk about fake.
But presumably slightly more effective than the 50,000 ‘Vote ‘Elsby’ leaflets which attracted the attention of 399 poor souls who didn’t have a Monster Raving Looney Candidate to vote for.
Hazard a guess if I had a friend called Mandy and I was airbrushed in.
I strongly suspect you would have won (perish the thought) because you had spent years sucking up to virtually every New Labour initiative around. Of course, if people actually knew what you were like, my guess is the 399 figure would have been even lower.
It’s surprising how many of the new labour lot who are against the NHS, I voted when it came out, of course people want to save the NHS.
We in Wales have to really get going because labour in Wales are really pushing the boat out with a 4% cut in funding with hospital closing, we could very easy see a Tory government in power in Wales for the first time ever, with a coalition.
Dear god what a mess.
And that would really bother you wouldn’t it Robert. After all, you told us just before the general election that you were voting Tory.
The only people I know of who were against he NHS when once on the drawing board were doctors, surgeons, nurses and everyone else.
Oswald’s man won through in the end though.
Oh, Bob, don’t you mean I stuck up for the majority party view against minorities like you with losing views?
No idea what your first piece of gibberish means, but on the latter point,no. You slavishly followed the leadership position… until you were not entered into the selection process, and then threw your rattle out of the pram and said the exact opposite. I have my views, which I hold irrespective of those held by the leadership, or ‘the majority’ (however you define that). It’s about retaining some integrity.
Of course you don’t understand Bob.
That is because you consistently refuse to see the whole picture or accept all views as valid ones.
It is well known that (apart from the bunkum above (‘New Labour against the NHS’), the historical enemies of the NHS were doctors, nurses….etc.
Oswalds man, Nye (a trade union bigshot) worshipped nazis.
I know this sort of stuff hurts your pride, but blame them and not try not flail around blaming all things Blair in what goes for a dire considered approach to the truth.
…………..and the views I changed are?
You’re still asking questions Gary, but never like to give answers. You said I wanted the “abolition of the EU”. Where have I ever said that.
You also said I was critical of the EU High Representative. Again, where is your evidence?
Do you think it is OK for you to come on here making allegations and telling lies without having to account for your stupid remarks?
On your main point, if you always though the Labour Party was corrupt, and a party of torturers and liars… Why were you so anxious to become one of its members of parliament?
Please don’t answer the last question until you’ve answered the other two though, or I will do something I never do and refuse to post your comment.
Gary; I have been in Bournemouth for a week or so, and her ladyship wouldn’t let me take my beloved laptop with me, so I have fallen behind on Bob’s website, and catching up on the delightful news of Glasgow Rangers administration, and this is the 1st chance of reading/commenting. Correct me if I am wrong Gary but as I read one of your replies to Bob’s post you state “Oswald’s man Nye(a trade union big shot) worshipped Nazis.” As I understand this post( and you are sometimes your own worst enemy in your correspondence,90% of the time seeming quite confused, Cllr Piper calls it gibberish, and while I consider myself a far more tolerant, cultured and politically more astute than him, I have to concede that he has had far more dealings with you, and the benefit of living in the same region, therefore has known you far longer than I have, and while it might stick in my craw to say this it may be that Cllr Piper is erring on the right side) are you suggesting that the Nye in question is Anuerin Bevan? if you are, then sorry Gary, you are way off beam. Nye Bevan as far as I am aware; as a leading sponsor if not owner of Tribune opposed Owald Mosley and his fascists and the Nazis with every breath in his body, pre-war and after the war fought Mosley at every opportunity. Again; unless Iv’e got it wrong your suggestion about Nye is a slander on his memory, and really unworthy of you. If I’m wrong then I will apologise unreseveredly.
However I will concede that you do seem to know a bit more about football than Bob.