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*This is an online version of a petition launched on 5th October 2011, by Hangleton & Knoll Councillor, Brian Fitch.*
Did you know that Brighton & Hove’s Green Council plans to allow a local green open space, Toads Hole Valley, to be concreted over and developed into Housing?
Due to changes to the planning law by the Coalition Government, a host of safeguards have been removed & replaced with a ‘presumption to build’. Gone, for example, are rules which prioritised brown-field sites first for development.
In light of these changes, the Green Council have perversely decided to give developers the green light to concrete over green space & build housing on Toads Hole Valley.
We are deeply opposed to these planning changes, as well as the Green Council’s plans to give the go-ahead for Toads Hole Valley to be concreted & built on.
That is why we are campaigning for Brighton & Hove’s Green Council to reverse their decision.
2. Not Voting Conservative on May 2nd 2011 
For the sake of preserving the integrity of our parliamentary democracy, we conservatives will not be voting for any candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada on May 2nd 2011. As Canadian voters we believe the following...
3. Green Party participation at leadership debate
Elizabeth May has been excluded from the upcoming Federal leadership debate, largely because there is no representative in the House of Commons.
This is despite the fact that almost 1 in 10 Canadians voted for a representative of the Green Party in the last election.
4. Stop The Negative Political Ads In Canada
Canadians demand responsibly and integrity from their politicians. The number of negative, misleading and unsubstantiated political attack ads flooding the media is unacceptable.
Elevate the civility of our democratic system by letting our politicians know where we stand.
5. Petition to remove the coalition government from power!
David Cameron stated that he would not cancel the EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance)
David Cameron stated that family allowance would not be affected and it was safe under a Conservative administration
George Osborne and David Cameron both denied that they had any plans to raise VAT and that the Labour party was trying to “scare” the electorate (Evening Standard, 2010)
The Conservative party said there would be no major top down reforms of the NHS in this parliament (Lansley, 2009)
Nick Clegg stated unequivocally that he and all 57 MP’s would vote against ANY increase in tuition fees (Libdem manifesto, 2010)
The Conservative party policy stated that failures in the penal system and law and order was due to Labour’s failed policies and anyone convicted of a knife crime would go to prison and more prison places would be made available (Conservative Manifesto, p57)
George Osborne stated that Labour had not regulated the banks enough and no one working in a Bank that had been saved by the state should get more than a £2,000 cash bonus (Conservative Party website, 2009)
Bonfire of the quangos. To get rid of quangos to make them more efficient, accountable and more cost effective (Cameron, 2009)
The result
David Cameron now says EMA’s don’t work and is scrapping them, always quoting one survey supporting this view that 9 out of 10 students would still do the course even if the EMA was withdrawn, ignoring other evidence and a larger body of evidence that suggests EMA significantly increases the chances of students starting and finishing the courses in higher education
Family allowance is cut for a section of the population
VAT increased to 20% and no statement to state if this is permanent or not.
The largest most far reaching reforms of the NHS have been announced since 1945, costing several billions of pounds at a time the government is strapped for cash. Causing uncertainty in the service and without a consensus or rolling the changes out giving evidence the changes are working – THIS FAR REACHING REFORM WAS NOT IN THE MANIFESTO
Tuition fees increased by up to 300%, although with some progressive safeguards, these could easily be over turned at any time by future administrations
Kenneth Clarke has announced the biggest turn around in prison and law and order policy known in the UK. People voted for the Conservative Party to be strong on law and order and to build more prisons. They have announced a closure of 3,000 prison places. fewer people to be sent to prison and declaring that prison does not work and then cutting the police budgets.
George Osborne we now know in recent negotiations tried to water down EU recommendations for regulating the banks. There will be no limitations on bonuses (Monbiot, 2011)
The bonfire of the quangos was more like a child’s sparkler. They failed to understand that many of the quangos actually do something and there is no one else to do it. The restructuring was announced without any research into who will carry out the functions after the restructuring or how much it will cost. It could well cost more than it did before the reforms. The House of Lords, the biggest quango in our country has been bolstered by the Conservative party with a massive new intake to increase support for the coalition. There is no timetable for reform of the upper house.
6. Scrap Proposed Changes to the UK Education System
We aim to boycott the government's proposed changes to the UK education system in a peaceful way. The government intends on scrapping the EMA system and increase the current UK University tuition fees.
If you believe that these changes are ridiculously unjustified then sign the petition!
7. Boycott the Referendum on Electoral Reform - Sign if you want Fair Votes!
We were promised a referendum on Electoral Reform in the UK. Yet the best the Government can offer us is a choice between the current, unrepresentative "First Past the Post" and the immoral, unfair "Alternative Vote" system, where the victor is decided by second, third, fourth or even fifth or sixth best votes rather than genuine support for a party.
Currently, and which would still be the case should the Alternative Vote be adopted, a vote is only powerful enough to elect a single MP to "represent" the voters' constituency in Parliament. The UK is one of the oldest democracies in the world, and given that 21st Century politics is much focused on the race to who will form a government, this system of "First Past the Post" is outdated and not up to scratch in giving voters a real voice in elections.
A switch to the proposed Alternative Vote system would only change the way we vote. Instead of putting an "X" next to our selected candidates, we will be made to put numbers in descending order according to our "preferential" selection of each candidate. Not only will this be a pain in what ever but it will also cause problems in future elections. The thousands of people being left without a "voice" at the last General Elections due to polling stations closing before they got inside after waiting for hours in long ques is down partly to some voters not actually deciding who they will vote for before coming to the polling booth, news sources have claimed. Imagine what will happen if voters were to draw up a list of their most desired candidate down to their least desired candidate!
This is not necessarily a petition and is not going to anyone. This is a call to BOYCOTT the referendum in May 2011. No, not to abstain but to write "BOYCOTT" in clear, capital letters on the ballot papers. Sign up to this "petition" to confirm you will be voting to boycott this referendum. Just write "Anonymous" or any nickname you wish to use.
A "No" vote will be allowing the Government to assume we do not want an Electoral Reform of any kind. A "Yes" vote would leave us stuck with the Alternative Vote for a good number of generations to come. The more "Boycott Votes" we can get through, the more seriously the establishment would have to take our call for a Proper Referendum for Proper Electoral Reform.
For those of you who don't know, Proportional Representation is a system in which MPs are elected equally to how much votes their party gets, where votes can directly influence which party forms a government and who becomes Prime Minister, and is being used in many of the fastest developing countries around the world. Why can the Government not offer that as an option instead of a complex style of voting?
Please give a few minutes of your time to consider this as this will influence your daily life, and the daily lives of your children and grand-children. What will it be, will you vote "Yes" or "No" and let the Government take us, the voters for sheep, or will you simply write "BOYCOTT" on the ballot paper for a Real Referendum Now?
Introductory video on Proportional Representaion
This is a short video we made to promote our cause. Join us on Youtube!
8. Tamworth Town Centre Shops Open on Sundays
This is petition of Tamworth residents, local businesses & visitors to get all the town centre businesses to open for trading on Sundays. This will be presented to the local chamber of commerce.
Tamworth Borough Council operate many public events to draw in town centre visitors and parking is free on Sundays. However to help save the town centre shops must open on sundays.
9. Please do not scrap our Human Rights Act
Dear David Cameron,
Further to your election as our Prime Minister and your invitation to the British public to offer our energy, ideas and passion, we have put our names down on this petition to show our support for the Human Rights Act. We sincerely hope you will take note of this petition and understand that we have considered the Conservatives' reasons for replacing the Act with a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. In light of all the arguments and evidence, we strongly believe that the Human Rights Act is one of the most precious and important pieces of UK legislation and we feel passionate about protecting it. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that it was instigated by the great Conservative Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
This is not a political stance specific petition; we voted for a range of parties in the recent election, however we are appealing to you, as you negotiate our country's future, to assure us that you will not repeal this Act.
Our reasons for this are as follows:
1) Human rights are important words to us and human rights law is vital. It has evolved over many years to protect citizens from their state and to allow everybody to enjoy rights that they deserve, simply by their nature of being human. The Human Rights Act is simple and gives every person in the UK the following rights:
1) the right to life
2) freedom from torture and degrading treatment
3) freedom from slavery and forced labour
4) the right to liberty
5) the right to a fair trial
6) the right not to be punished for something that wasn't a crime when you did it
7) the right to respect for private and family life
8) freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and freedom to express your beliefs
9) freedom of expression
10) freedom of assembly and association
11) the right to marry and to start a family
12) the right not to be discriminated against in respect of these rights and freedoms
13) the right to peaceful enjoyment of your property
14) the right to an education
15) the right to participate in free elections
16) the right not to be subjected to the death penalty
There are absolutely no articles in the Act that we, as members of the public, would not want to be fully protected by. We can see no reason for taking any of these rights away.
2) The Human Rights Act has been hugely misunderstood and misinterpreted. Many of the more ‘ridiculous’ law suits brought under the name of the act have been dismissed. It does not allow criminals to get whatever they want, in fact it actually makes it a legal requirement that the public is protected from dangers to society. Just one example of the benefits of the act is its use in keeping an elderly married couple in long-term care together. Although in an ideal world this should have been avoided by common sense or compassion, the fact is that law is clearly needed to prevent unpleasant situation like this occurring. Secondly, the Act does not, as it sometimes suggested, mean that threats to our nation’s security cannot be dealt with. The Act requires courts to balance public safety against individual rights and, if necessary, a person at risk of harming our country can certainly have their liberty deprived.
3) Far from, as the Conservatives have suggested, the Human Rights Act devaluing the words ‘human rights’, the Act actually strengthens them. The Conservatives have shown a great deal of interest in foreign policy and human rights abroad, but if we do not respect human rights at home we do not set a good example. For example, Guantanamo Bay has severely damaged the reputation of the USA. The USA put a lot of pressure on in the international community to respect human rights, yet did not themselves. This has tainted the concept of human rights negatively and has given countries who abuse human rights leverage to argue against changing their abusive practice. The UK should be an excellent example to the international community of a country that has the utmost respect for human rights. Removing the words ‘human rights’ from our laws would be a terrible signal of our lack of promotion of the concept within our own borders.
4) We welcome the promotion of more responsibility within society and are happy to lend a great deal of support to making this ideal a reality. The Human Rights Act is not the place for this however. There are many pieces of law that outline out responsibilities towards each other; the Act is the place to outline the state’s responsibilities towards us. It is therefore illogical to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
5) The Conservatives are unhappy with judges having power to advise Parliament, as the Act has allowed. We contest the idea that judges should not have a say in politics. They are exceptionally bright, informed members of society who would have had to demonstrate nuanced understanding and careful, responsible judgement before gaining such a position of authority. They will have a niche understanding of human rights that politicians cannot have because of the breadth of their mandates, and it is not wrong that they should not be consulted for their opinions. We note that, contrary to popular understanding, the Act does not give judges power to decide laws; MPs always have the last say on the laws Parliament produces.
6) It concerns us that a piece of legislation should only be designed to protect the British. For example, the issues of migration and asylum seeking have become confused, and there is often a lack of understanding that asylum seekers, who have suffered unimaginably and may face torture or even murder if they return to the country of origin, are different to economic migrants. We do not want our country to remove the piece of law that guarantees minorities such as asylum seekers the dignity they desperately deserve.
7) The Human Rights Act has not been imposed by Europe. The European Convention of Human Rights (upon which the Human Rights Act is based) was designed by European countries after World War II and has nothing to do with the EU. The Human Rights Act therefore actually allows human rights issues to be dealt with domestically rather than going all the way to courts in Strasbourg.
10. Stop the Redevelopment of Wentworth Hall, Carshalton
MCWAS, the tenants of Wentworth Hall on the corner of Ruskin Road and Carshalton Road are seeking to redevelop the hall to increase its capacity and usage.
Local residents are concerned that the current parking and traffic issues will be exacerbated by more people coming in from Croydon, Wimbledon and the surrounding area to use the hall that was originally designated a community hall for the use of residents of Carshalton.
11. Save Harcourt Avenue from overdevelopment
At a Sutton Council planning committee in December, the controversial decision was made to grant planning permission for land to the rear of 1-8 Harcourt Avenue and 32 Manor Way, Wallington for unpopular development of the site against a vast majority of residents' wishes.
This has been described as a sad day for local politics and a betrayal of local residents. Wallington North (the council ward) is already above SW London and London as a whole for averages of population density.
The authors of this petition, Ken Andrew, (Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Carshalton & Wallington), Councillor Eric Howell, Neil Garratt and Jason Hughes (Conservative council candidates for Wallington North) believe that planning affecting local areas and communities must be a bottom up process taking into account and reflecting residents' views.
12. The Conservative Party should reveal the tax status of Lord Ashcroft
The Conservative Party - including David Cameron - has repeatedly refused to reveal the tax status of its deputy chairman, Lord Ashrcoft, who has funded the party for almost three decades.
This has continued even after Lord Ashcroft promised to return to the UK from his home in Belize and pay UK income tax by the end of 2000, when he was made a peer.
David Cameron has said that, if elected, the Conservatives will "create a right of initiative nationally, where any petition that collects 100,000 signatures will be eligible to be formally debated in the House of Commons. Any petition with a million signatures will allow members of the public to table a Bill that could end up being debated and voted on by MPs."
So Mr Cameron has provided us with his definition of significance; that sounds like a challenge.
13. Say no to travellers in Shoeburyness
The East of England Regional Assembly have decided that Southend Borough Council should have 15 permanent travellers pitches in the town.
This move is supported by all the political parties on Southend Council. Only the Conservative Party have opposed this measure.
14. No To 66
Are in your late 40s? Will you reach 65 in 2016 or after?
Answering 'yes' to either of these questions means that the Conservatives have their eye on your freedom. Unless you have managed to save enough to last you a year you will be working until your are at LEAST 66. Given their message you can be sure that the conservatives have 66 as a MINIMUM.
They haven't been clear on the position of women but you can be sure that they will fare even worse under a potential conservative regime.
Please sign this position and warn Cameron and his bullies that you will not vote for them unless they retract their pension plans. Do you want to use tens of thousands of your savings to retire at an age you were expecting to and were promised?
15. Calling for retained firefighters to remain exempt from EU working directive
At present, many local fire services are provided by retained firefighters who already work in full time jobs, and supplement that employment by giving service to the local community.
By making themselves available at the drop of a hat to attend local emergencies, they are often on call outside of normal work hours.
Although the directive requires employers to make sure that employees do not work more than 48 hours a week but, the Conservative Government secured an ‘opt-out’ in 1993.
However, the European Parliament has now voted that there should be no exception to the working time directive for the UK. Furthermore, the majority of the European Parliament wants any period of ‘on-call’ time, including ‘inactive’ time, to count as working time for the purposes of the directive.
Retained firefighters would be breaching this rule as their combined employment and ‘on call’ time will normally exceed 48 hours. – and subsequently they could be forced to give up this valuable service to the community.
16. Say NO to CR0
Nearly 1,700 homes in Beddington fall within the London Borough of Sutton but have a Croydon post code (CR0) and a Croydon Postal address.
Other parts of the CR0 area based in Croydon itself experience a higher level of crime and as a consequence the insurance costs across all parts of the CR0 post code area are higher than nearby areas. This means that people living in the CR0 postal district of Beddington pay significantly higher Insurance premium than their neighbours in the Sutton postal area of Beddington.
There have been over 20 other serious problems identified by residents as a result of this anomaly. These include, inter alia, ambulances, police and fire engines turning up at the same address name in Croydon when they should be in Beddington Surrey and vice versa, burials/cremations are directed to a Croydon cemetery even though the family live near a facility in Sutton, undelivered parcels have to be collected miles from homes as opposed to a much nearer sorting office and many other problems.
The Regulator Postcom provide for a procedure to have Postcodes reviewed if the majority of the residents affected in this way vote for a change. A survey carried out recently showed that 96% of residents affected wanted such a change to a Sutton Post code and Sutton postal address. This petition has therefore been set up to obtain a mandate from those affected to have the post code and postal address to be changed.
17. Conservative Movement: Conservatives in Exile to stand against Socialism
Liberal Socialism is threatening our nations identity. Our Constitution is under fire even as Socialist Liberals call our founding fathers racists and bigots.
The same framers of our founding documents who had the foresight to put in place mechanisms to right wrongs and injustices are being demonized.
Socialists are teaching our children, running our country and in positions of extreme power across the board.
18. Republican Contract with America
The Republican Party has lost its way. These days it seems like they are liberals and democrats with little to no opposition.
They are free to socialize our country and take our freedoms. We as Republicans must reaffirm our motives to the American people.
19. Conservative Exodus Project
The Pledge (sign below)
We, the undersigned, petition the Republican Party to support real conservative
candidates for the 2008 presidential nomination.
In the belief that the Republican Party has become too liberal, we pledge, unless
a suitable candidate is selected for the GOP 2008 presidential nomination, to
stay home or to vote third party (e.g. Constitution Party).
Returning to its liberal roots, the GOP has recently become the party of big
business, neoliberal globalism, and unwise interventionism - not the party of
conservatism.
The following presidential candidates are UNACCEPTABLE: John McCain, Rudolph
Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, Chuck
Hagel, Condoleezza Rice, et al. They all support the third-world invasion of the
United States.
Unless a candidate is chosen who is tough on immigration (e.g. Ron Paul, Tom
Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, or another candidate yet to announce), we shall
have no choice but to vote third party.
We would like to stress these five points.
(1) We oppose the third-world invasion of the United States, and reject amnesty
and any path to citizenship for illegals. We support deportation, attrition, and
massive reductions in legal immigration, especially from the third world.
(2) We oppose free trade, the support of which has become an ideological
suicide pact. Free trade is both destroying our economy and undermining our
sovereignty. Historically, conservatives have opposed free trade, and they
should, but many in the GOP have been "neoconned" on this issue.
(3) We support a moral candidate, critical of secularism, who embodies the
virtues of the Christian Western tradition.
(4) We oppose the illegal neocon war in Iraq. The transformation of the Middle
East to liberal democracy is Jacobin, not conservative.
(5) We wish to see big government reduced in size - in all three branches - and
for many offices and functions to be returned to the states, where they
Constitutionally belong.
Unless the above criteria are met, we pledge to stay home or vote third-party in
2008.
http://www.conservativeexodusproject.com/
20. Marry me or force me to become a Lesbian
November 22, 2005
I have become frusterated & disillusioned while waiting for my knight in shining armor to marry me in a forever marriage! Marriage should be forever! sex can wait!
I wish it was the 1950s when ladies wore beautiful dresses and men wore button down shirts and slacks! the world was covered in happiness and glitter... sighs... should i become a Lesbian? i was not born that way, but i am easily influenced by others in this strange modern society.
I should probably do some good to humankind and join a convent (that part is serious!) the rest is kind of humorous. so lighten up! freedom of speech is awesome! please reply.
Help me believe that people still have morals in 2005. what should i do?
Please bring me hope.
