[Air-l] epetitions

[Dominic Pinto]

I'd also x-posted to mysociety for their/Tom's
reactions to the remarks and comments on this list.
I'll x-post this comment to them as well .....

The petition with the most numerical support so far
is:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to
repeal the Hunting Act 2004. 

Submitted by Nick Onslow FRES – Deadline to sign up
by: 15 November 2007 – Signatures: 9366

Some of the less well supported I posted before.

I'd observe that crude numbers (as in how many
petitions are posted, or even the numbers supporting
any one petition) are only one element of any
evaluation. The nature of the petition, and what is
being demanded, must count; and longer-term the effect
and/or impact, contrasted/compared with more
traditional methods.

The concommitant publicity and coverage of
'traditional' petitions following marches on Downing
Street, rallies in Central Hall Westminster, petitions
to Parliament, lobbying Parliament, etc., are all well
used and well known means of political campaigning -
though how effective they are is a big question. But
effectiveness can be measured in how much the
publicity rallies even more people to the cause (e.g.
Make Poverty History), although impact on government
policies may be less than hoped for.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org 
> > [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf
> Of Matthias Trenel
> > Sent: 21 November 2006 19:15
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Cc: tom at mysociety.org
> > Subject: [Air-l] Fwd: [Consult] ePetitions at No
> Ten, 
> > Bundestag,and elsewhere
> > 
> > Tom Steinberg aksked me to crosspost his response
> to AIR-L. 
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