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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by Angostura on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:23PM (#14426109)
Trump's still been invited on a state visit.
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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by pc86 on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:36PM (#14426202)
Are people in the UK really signing a petition that amounts to "don't invite the President of the United States to the UK on an official visit"?
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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by zastrowm on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:52PM (#14426303)
I wondered the same, so I looked it up: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171928
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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by BillinghamJ on Saturday May 27, 2017 @04:00AM (#14429330)
Yes, and when 3% of the entire country's population has gone out of their way to vote for that, it's worth serious consideration.

It's often said that one letter written and sent is representative of the opinion of 1,000 people. Perhaps with online petitions it's more like 5.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday May 27, 2017 @03:24AM (#14429266)
He was invited before any petition.
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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by Angostura on Sunday May 28, 2017 @07:46AM (#14433999)
The petition was to convert it to a regular foreign visit, rather than a State Visit where he meets the Queen, etc.
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