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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by poka on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:39AM (#22582008)
Keep signing petitions from ivory towers. That's not where political pressure on decision makers comes from.
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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by _puk on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:47AM (#22582029)
Just in case you were not aware, in the UK any official petition with more than 100,000 signatures gets discussed in parliament [0].

0: https://petition.parliament.uk/help

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by starfallg on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:53AM (#22582052)
The plan is supposed to be based on science, not politics, yet here you are telling me this isn't the case?

On a more serious note, petitions and other methods by experts to publicly state a position isn't just about influencing government policy. It's also a political tool in the aftermath of failed policy. Just like the current panel of experts is a political tool employed by the government to justify the biases in its policy.

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