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Petition asking for an immediate general election

(36 Posts)
Wheniwasyourage Sat 22-Oct-22 10:13:10

This petition is on the parliamentary petition site, to which, sorry, I am incapable of working out how to give a link (I'm sure one of you technically accomplished people could do so). Anyway, if anyone else didn't know about it and would like to sign it, it might make you feel better, even if it is unlikely to achieve anything!

FannyCornforth Sat 22-Oct-22 10:17:33

Here you go smile petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619781

Curtaintwitcher Sat 22-Oct-22 10:19:53

We don't need a general election. What we need is for the present government to get its act together and remember what the word 'Conservative' means. Too many of them have joined the wrong party...they should have joined the Liberals.

FannyCornforth Sat 22-Oct-22 10:23:04

We should not have to wait for the Tories to ‘get their act together’.
It’s not about them, it’s about us.
It’s like living under the most inept dictatorship.

silverlining48 Sat 22-Oct-22 10:24:17

Thanks for that signed and sent onwards.

MissAdventure Sat 22-Oct-22 10:26:00

Signed.

Fleurpepper Sat 22-Oct-22 10:26:01

Signed and shared.

Wheniwasyourage Sat 22-Oct-22 10:26:06

Thanks for the link, FannyCornforth. I knew someone would manage to do it before long. smile

Razzamatazz Sat 22-Oct-22 10:29:05

Signed and shared, thank you. Many people asked for a GE during Question Time.

silverlining48 Sat 22-Oct-22 10:32:39

What would we do without your link -ability Fanny. Thanks and thanks to wheniwas.

Wyllow3 Sat 22-Oct-22 10:33:30

Signed, sent on via social media etc.

MissAdventure Sat 22-Oct-22 10:40:00

822,640 signatures.

winterwhite Sat 22-Oct-22 10:45:28

Do we know who started this petition? I signed one yesterday but it didn't look like this. They can easily be discredited.

FannyCornforth Sat 22-Oct-22 10:47:11

winterwhite

Do we know who started this petition? I signed one yesterday but it didn't look like this. They can easily be discredited.

Darrin Charlesworth

FannyCornforth Sat 22-Oct-22 10:49:01

Another link!
metro.co.uk/2022/10/21/petition-for-general-election-fast-approaching-1000000-signatures-17609066/amp/

It’s an old article, it’s already been debated

tanith Sat 22-Oct-22 10:49:03

Signed and shared.

Oldbat1 Sat 22-Oct-22 10:49:18

Signed.

Jaberwok Sat 22-Oct-22 10:50:48

Totally agree with you Curtaintwitcher.

MaizieD Sat 22-Oct-22 10:55:31

I signed it weeks ago.

I think there are a few more similar ones floating around...

MaizieD Sat 22-Oct-22 10:57:15

Jaberwok

Totally agree with you Curtaintwitcher.

They can sort themselves out in opposition. Why should we have to put up with their histrionics when the country is deep in crisis?

Chocolatelovinggran Sat 22-Oct-22 11:39:40

They have had twelve years to sort themselves out. I think that they are all a little overtired and need an early night - aka 12 years not in government.

FannyCornforth Sat 22-Oct-22 12:04:29

I know! It’s the utter, bloody entitlement of it all! angry

There is bugger all evidence to show that they should be anywhere near high office.
They’ve totally run out of ideas, personnel and steam.

They disgust me.

Daisymae Sat 22-Oct-22 12:13:54

We might not want an election but we do need one. As a country we need stability and integrity at the top of government. The Tories have been able to provide either for a long time. They owe it to the country.

Philippa111 Sat 22-Oct-22 12:25:26

I heard an older politician saying that the people who are currently in the Conservatives party are all 'low level'.

He said in the past people who went into politics were law abiding and of a higher calibre... with morals, integrity and a steady intelligent approach, whether you agreed with their politics wasn't the issue.

I agree with this. There is NO ONE currently good enough to take up office in the Conservatives... in fact they are a crowd of power hungry people with nothing to offer.

I think a general election is the only option.

GagaJo Sat 22-Oct-22 17:06:35

Signed and shared.