Posted by Andrew @ February 1st, 2010 8:39 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Free,I Deserve Free Money! — Tags: Edward Manning —
by Edward ManningFor those with special needs should be able to have free access into all attractions and places to visit so that it helps them with their budgeting, helps them be more active and they have a more enjoyable life and know that there are places out there for them to enjoy without any fee.
All the government need to do is see if this would be a possible thing with all the attractions/companies and places we visit and say it is for the benefit of those with special needs. Also to think, the government could also look at those with special needs having a card/pass that entitles them free access.
This I believe would also help those with special needs living independently manage their money and have more freedom!
If this could ever be considered as a new rule for those who suffer with special needs, this would be a great thing for those and help them so much with money management.
Possibly, in one of his endless and near-identical petitions he has mentioned it, but I don’t off-hand remember whether Edward Manning has a dependent with special needs or if he himself has special needs (although the quality of his prose is not entirely silent on the issue). But the point is that he appears to spend a worrying amount of his time petitioning the government for such people to be given almost everything for free which other people have to pay for. His other petitions argue against ATM service charges, demand cheaper food and taxis, or ask for cash prizes for quitting smoking.
We have now featured eight of Mr Manning’s petitions on this website, and seven of those have been nothing more than him trying to wrangle free stuff out of Gordon Brown. Three of these have illogically played the ‘special needs’ card.
If you’re reading this, Edward Manning, allow me to clarify: you are not entitled to free stuff.
Posted by Ben @ April 6th, 2009 7:14 pm. Filed under: I Am A Brain!,spelin an grammer,There's Already A Solution But Don't Let That Stop You From Bothering The PM,Unintentional Irony,What A Dick,What A Load Of Bankers,You Know - We Haven't Banned Anything Lately. — Tags: Edward Manning —
If a child is medically deemed obese once they have left full time education, their parents should be made to forfeit any and all child benefits/support they have obtained during the entire time they have claimed.
The parents should be made to attend a special course designed to promote “healthy eating” if the parents have any other children. This course should also teach the parents how their current behaviour is nothing short of child abuse.
Children are the responsibility of their parents who should be entrusted with their well-being.
This is a ridiculous idea, largely because the BMI and the notion of medical obesity is so fundamentally flawed.
What is the real problem with todays economy? What is the best estimate of the total amount of bad credit/debt, which the UK is at risk from? What was the root cause of this failure? Who is responsible for this failure? Who, if any, is undergoing criminal investigation for the failure? What legislation or regulation is being put in place to avoid a future reoccurrance of this failure? What legislation is being put into place to protect the people of the UK from hyperinflation and homelessness? The people of the United Kingdom require a full and open investigation into all these and other issues relating to the failures. This enquiry is essential to maintain public confidence in the multi Billion pound “bailouts”.
Allow me to answer all of your questions for you.
I hope this has helped.
We get money out of cash machines just like we do at the bank!
So why is it they charge us for taking money from machines? This is just another way we get our money and is a waist of money and I do not think they should be doing this because it is taking our money!
Most banks don’t charge you at all. It’s only those little ATMs located at corner shops and arcades that charge, and that’s because they’re independently operated and thus charged Visa processing fees. The solution here, Mr Manning, is to make sure you’re taking cash out at a bank ATM. Or your local Post Office, who let you make withdrawals for free at the counter.
Cigarettes contain an unbelievable cocktail of chemicals and metals ie: Polonium_210 (highly radioactive element) Acrolein (formerly used as a chemical weapon) Hydrazine (very toxic chemical used mainly in rocket fuel) plus Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Nickel etc etc! It is beyond belief that in this day and age of health and safety gone mad and the government’s so called initiatives to help people become healthier they still permit cigarette companies to add poisons to tobacco, which in other circumstances such as food, fertilizer etc would have been banned already. I believe there would be fewer smoking related deaths and illnesses without these highly toxic and dangerous chemicals. It is not enough to say people should give up as there are a lot of people that find it extremely difficult to give up and those that simply don’t want to. I don’t believe there is any possible excuse not to ban them immediately.
The irony of this is just sickening.
Posted by Andrew @ March 25th, 2009 8:16 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Free,Everything MPs Have Is Part Of The Expenses Scandal,Rejected Petitions,We Petition The PM To Climb This Wall Of Text,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children? — Tags: Edward Manning —
MPs should not be paid a salary or expenses by the tax payer. They represent political groups. Therefore, they should be paid by the political party they represent.
As a satirical point about MPs loyalties this is perhaps laudable. As a serious petition, it’s alarming. I don’t know which it was intended as, but it’s running as the latter.
Jade Goody has been an inspiration to thousands of woman in her battle with cancer and shown time and time again she is the real people’s princess. A bank holiday to remember her by is a fitting tribute.
No it isn’t a fitting tribute. Jade Goody was known principally as the thick one off of Big Brother, after which she became the slightly racist one off of Big Brother, and then she got a terminal disease and everyone suddenly decided that she was some kind of princess, because ever since Diana (who was also not a princess) they think that ‘princess’ means ‘dead blonde’. A fitting tribute would be to pull a random person off the street every March 23rd and spin a big wheel with pink segments marked ‘praise’ and black segments marked ‘vilify’, whereupon the tabloids would relentlessly hound the lucky winner for the rest of the year until someone else came along the following March. A fitting tribute is that the American Heritage Dictionary defines ‘jade’ as
v., jad·ed, jad·ing, jades.
v.tr.To wear out, as by overuse or overindulgence. See synonyms at tire.
Okay.
The social services of Edinburgh have taken two young children from there grandparents who have been fully capable and lawful in there upbringing of the said children in favour of placing these children in the custody of two same-sex men. The service stated that the said grandparents were too old and too unfit for rearing them despite both being approximately 50 and only suffering from minor illnesses. This discrimination was met with alleged threats of never being able to see there grandchildren and bullying by the service if they ever spoke out or contested the services decision. These grandparents are the most capable and natural persons for charge of these children, yet despite the children being most comfortable with the grandparents the service have became bigoted and entrenched in giving these children to two unrelated unknown same sex men. Despite one of the children having an innate fear of men, the council are determined in executing this decision and we the people of the united kingdom hear by compel the prime minister to veto this action for the better welfare of the children by giving them to there natural relatives who have a good record of looking after them.
I don’t know if I agree with the council’s decision (although I haven’t all the facts) but I do know that I disagree with your use of the terms ‘bigoted’, ‘discriminating’ and ‘veto’, which I assume were included to give the illusion that you know what you’re talking about.
I also like the fact that Gillon keeps referring to them as ‘two same-sex men’. As if there could be any other kind.
He just wants arbitrary discounts for random groups? How much do you want to bet that Manning has a financial dependant with special needs? (I’m going to be grown up and not do a ‘special needs’ joke.)
Posted by Ben @ March 18th, 2009 1:57 pm. Filed under: Duplicate Petitions,So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?,spelin an grammer,Unreasonable Demands,Unworkable Ideas,Young, Dumb, And Online — Tags: Edward Manning —
i recently started a group on facebook. after my miscarraige it was a great help talking to people in the same position as me. but there i one topic that were all talking about is the fact that out babys were not classed as babys. to any mum who gets pregnant its a baby from when u find out!! this needs to change our babys are babys to us no matter what any one says they need to be reconised as babys!!
Not only is this a ridiculous idea, but it’s one that the anti-abortion crowd would love to jump upon for obvious reasons.
It is normally announced that when a soldier is killed in action the next kin are informed by the MOD. This protocol should be changed so that the Prime Minister makes an immediate personal phone call to the next of kin. This will be seen an ultimate gesture of goodwill
No, the ultimate gesture of goodwill is when Virgin Media agree to refund your Late Payment charges provided you Never Ever Pay Your Bill Late Again. Also: this is unworkable.
Our taxes pay for the building and maintaining of the leisure facilities. In the end we continually pay for these through our taxes and believe that these facility should be free.
Actually while our taxes may pay for the construction of the leisure facilities most of the money they use to fund upkeep and maintenance comes from us paying to use them.
Oh, not this again.
This petition is to have a Seperate day to that of Nov 11th to support our troops in EVERY theatre of war they fighting in. Also to show how proud of them we are.
You don’t seem proud enough of them, however, to suggest a name, date, or logical reason for this arbitrary additional day of remembrance.
The UK Chapter of the International Academy of Financial Management (IAFM)finds the evidence too compelling – when government props up failed businesses it ensures a future of institutionalised incompetence, where the un-fit can count on the bail-outs from the consumer. This relationship turns the democratic nature of capitalism on its head. Businesses manage the country’s resources to support consumers, not the other way around. We reject the concept of Feudal Capitalism, socialism for the un-fit and Darwinianism for the victims. Pay the stimulus to the unemployed & let them decide what businesses should survive and thrive.
I wonder if the people who make these petitions actually visit the ePetition site with any regularity? There are half a dozen identical petitions already on the site. It astonishes me how you can post two petitions with different wording within a week of each other and get them both authorised and on the site.
Edward Manning is a crusader for… for something. I’ve noticed he words every single one of his petitions as a “who thinks…” question. For instance:
Who thinks this would be good for smokers to give up and encourage them to give up?
I’d write a humorous comment but the three or four people who’ve signed it have beaten me to it.
Who thinks that there are many streets and roads out there that are very dirty with bottles, rappers, packets and bags and not cleaned up very much in some parts of the UK?
Yeah, I’m fed up of seeing empty Eminem rappers left laying around all the time. Let’s Nanny State this country up a bit!
In Great Britain today,We are afriad to fly our great flag, it has got to end now.Every government building and especially,schools should fly the flag from there roof tops.All schools should have the Union Flag in there class rooms,and beside it the flag of there nation,England,Scotland,Wales, Northern Ireland. How can we be proud of our Great Nation if we are afriad to show our national flag just incase we upset a minority group. Young people do not understand our heritage and do not celebrate Great British traditons and achievements.Young people should be made more aware of their heritage, the achievements of Great Britons, British traditons and the sacrifice of our armed forces past and present to ensure we have the freedoms we take for granted today. We should be proud to fly the Union Flag and should be proud to be British!
I’ve never understood the notion of having pride in one’s country. You can’t decide what particular bit of rock you were born on, so why take pride in the fact that circumstance and geography led you to being born on a tiny damp little island near France? I don’t understand the idea of having pride in one’s flag, either – you didn’t design it, you didn’t make it, you didn’t have any involvement or say in its shape or pattern. It is, at the end of the day, a rather nice bit of material. You’d no sooner hang a tablecloth or a bedsheet on a pole outside a school, so why fly a coloured bit of material? Because if it’s to remind people of what country they live in I think they probably already know.
We as English people have a right to have a Pagan Wedding (Hand Fasting) as a legal ceremony of which it’s NOT at present! This goes against our rights totally because as it stands you have to have a registry office ceremony before hand of which goes against the Pagan Belief! We should be allowed just one ceremony! We want the law changed! NOW!
Having grown up in a Pagan household as a child I can say with some knowledge on the matter that there’s nothing in “the Pagan belief” (and you’re pretty naive if you’re assuming that there’s just the one flavour of Paganism) that says Registry Offices are… are… are whatever you seem to think they are.
Posted by Ben @ March 3rd, 2009 10:32 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Free,Don't Worry About What THEY Want,I Am A Brain!,I Deserve Free Money Because Of The Credit Crunch,It Says So In The Daily Mail,Presumably The Prime Minister Is Not Too Busy,spelin an grammer,That'd Be Nice,Unreasonable Demands,Unworkable Ideas,We Don't Take Kindly To Your Type Rahnd These Pahts,We Petition The PM To Climb This Wall Of Text,What A Dick,What Would Idiot-Jesus Do?,Why Should I Have To Go To Work? — Tags: Alan J Smith, Alan Reginald Derek Laming Tizzard of National Service Veterans Alliance, Ben W Boagey, Craig Strachan, ed daniels, Edward Manning, G Wilson, gordon reid, James Brewster, James Higgs, Janice Breeze, John Monney, Marc Burton, Neil Aldus, Rose-Mary Gower, Stephen Biggs, Zenita —
For example if you get 8 years you do 8 years not 4 eyars on good behavour BUT you can do 4 years on good behaviour if you join the army on special conditions fight for our country.
Haven’t we already shot this idea down? Twice? It’s getting to the point where I think these petitions need their own category.
How can we improve both ourselves and our country when we get an education from university but end up with a huge debt. Its worse for the mature student who has no hope in getting a job but goes back to university to get a degree therefore making thmselves more employable. Teenagers dont stand a chance in life because all they will have is a degree and a load of debt.
This is a reasonable and achievable idea. Ooh, is someone serving pork? I’ll have a wing, please.
I have discovered that approx 4% of my council tax bill goes towards paying for council employees pension funds.
As a pensioner struggling to live on a state pension, I believe this is totally unnacceptable
Right. Because 4% is a really big number, and as we all know council employees are already dead anyway so they’ll never need to claim their pensions. The URL is hilarious – this is a tax scandal? Really? Really?
Not many people have a large deposit or if any deposit to put towards a house, i think you will have many prople not being able to buy there own home which in this day and age is wrong, eveyone should have the right to have there own home keeping 100% morgages helps so many people get on the property ladder and without them many many poeple will suffer!!
Sigh. That was a nice global economy we had, once…
I’m not sure what Gordon Reid is asking for here. I’m sure I could sit down and read it, but because he’s decided to post the entire ruddy petition in the title and leave the “More details” field empty I’m stuck staring as a wall of text that makes my eyes hurt when I try to read it. More alarmingly, this is becoming a regular trend on the ePetition site, too – right up there with petitioning the Prime Minister to Your Name Here.
In the current financial climate we believe that the banks should be forced to stop charging customers for going overdrawn and missing direct debit payments. The fact that public funds are being used to keep the banks going should allow the government to stop such charges. This will help the thousands of people who are now struggling to make ends meet and stop people from being unfairly punished.
I would say that if you’re committing to payments you can’t actually afford to make then it’s not an unfair punishment. Alright, yes, bank charges in the UK are rather ridiculous, but saying “Hey, y’know, we’re not going to charge you bank fees anymore, because of The Economy” is hardly going to help matters.
Who thinks that some fruit such as are too expensive and it should go down?
Why do you think the price of fruit is increasing? Is it because of foreigners? Homosexuals? The global economy collapsing at the end of last year? Terrorists? We may never know.
Shrove Tuesday and Guy Fawkes Night are to one and all the highlights of the Gregorian calendar. On no other night do the British public come together in such jovial harmony. Therefore we believe it is only right that these occasions gain the respect they deserve and are each awarded a day of national holiday to mark the passing of two truly British events.
No.
Central and Local Government forms associated with Equal Opportunity Monitoring require the applicant to indicate their ethnic origin with numerous choices with the exception of ‘White English’, as the basic form is printed in English and approved by the English Parliament in England will Government ensure that ‘White English’ as a category is included on all future forms in the interest of Equal Opportunity Monitoring?
No.
I would like to ask the prime minister to abolish parking fees on meterd parking places everywhere in the UK. This would encourage people to come back to the city centres and begin shopping again. Parking fees for short trips into town centres only serve to discourage shoppers bothering at all. This would have a greater effect on kickstarting consumer spending than the 2.5% reduction in the VAT rate at a much lower cost. Most shoppers hate paying for parking. Allow everyone a maximum of 2hours with the same fines for exceeding the time limit. This would have the effect of increasing the “turnover” of shoppers and thereby increase consumer spending and perhaps add a little to the “kickstart” that the economy so badly needs. Sometimes it’s the little changes that make the big difference and so often go overlooked.
No.
Jade Goody’s battle has caused a 20% increase in cancer screening. Clearly the NHS is not getting through to women, so Jade’s Law would require NHS surgeries to telephone all women in their practice to explain the importantance of being screened.
Oh yeah? Well Kylie Minogue’s Breast Cancer diagnosis several years ago prompted an increase in cancer screenings in the UK and in Australia. If anything, Kylie deserves her own law. Also: advertisements on TV, radio, and in magazines would be far more effective than calling everyone. I’ve worked in call centres. No one likes to be bothered, even if it’s something important.
We the undersigned request the Prime Minister to repeal the Trinitarian Act of 1812. Thank you.
The Trinitarian Act of 1812, for those of you who don’t know, was passed to legalize the practice of Islam in the UK. What James Higgs is effectively asking for, her, is to ban Islamic practice in the UK. James Higgs has basically found a cleverly worded way around the ePetiton site admins’ strict (heh) screening process. He’s also a walrus dick.
Soon a film called Corpus Christi will be shown in America. Christians do not want it shown here as it represents Jesus and his desciples as homosexuals. This is blasphemy. The Bible states clearly that homosexuality is an abomination. Please do not reject this. Muslims have had a play removed from the stage because it upset them. atheists have blasphemy about there not being a God plastered on buses. Remember we are still a “Christitan” country. please listen to its citizens. thank you
Y’see, the beauty of Free Speech is that, in this country, you can show a film about pretty much anything. The downside of Free Speech is that we have to put up with mindless fucktards like Janice Breeze.
petition to cancel all personal mortgage/secured debt in the U.K. every 50 years Reasons: 1st To remove the fear of homelessness. 2nd Stop asset values falling by forcing a bottom in the market.3rd Bring buyers to the market as owners are free to drop prices. 4th Create a spending boom, no mortgage = more cash to spend. 5th Investors can be reassured by promising an on going cycle of debt cancellation every 50 years and banks would be able to lend on that basis creating a stable market. 6th the current crisis offers an ideal opportunity for the government to show leadership which would help both the people (popular) and the financial markets by offering an opportunity to create a true asset value assessment in which to invest.
Every fifty years? Woohoo! Time to re-mortgage in 2059!
by creating a box on all election ballot papers allowing a vote for “non of the above” would allow a true voice of the people to be shown. giving all parties the opportunity to re address the parts of their manifesto that the true majority of the country disagree with rather than as is at the moment where the people of the country HAVE to vote for the best of a bad bunch(so not to “WASTE”their vote) or not vote at all. if the majority vote should end up to be “none of the above” there should be an interim period of an equal hung parliament for an agreed period of time to enable all parties to change their policies to reflect the voice of a true majority.
Or, alternatively, you could just not vote. That way you don’t even have to get up or anything.
Britain’s history and culture is fantastic and unique. Much like the majority of people detest the Euro as a possible currency for Britain, the British pound is a fantastic part of our sovereignty and of our history and culture. We used to have such a fascinating and historic currency that was ditched for a decimal system (which is, in all fairness, much more practical). I suggest that we return Britain to the wonderfully nostalgic and unique system of half-pennies, farthings, sixpence and shillings. It would be more difficult to grasp, but oh so much more fun and interesting. Plus, oh so very cool.
You are an honest-to-goodness moron.
However good a Prime Minister is when they take office, the longer they stay in the post the more likely it is that power goes to their heads!
A fucking terrible idea – on the off-chance someone who’s good at the job comes into power, the most you’ll ever have them is for those two terms. Then some brainless moron will step in instead.
Posted by Andrew @ December 27th, 2008 7:53 am. Filed under: ...Or Else!,Anything I Want Should Be Free,Not Government Business,Rejected Petitions,So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?,The PM Is The Bloke Who Runs The Football Right?,We Have To Save Christmas!,What Would Idiot-Jesus Do?,Why Should I Have To Go To Work?,You Know - We Haven't Banned Anything Lately. — Tags: Edward Manning —
Nobody seems to have got a petition approved in a while, so here are some recent rejections on a
My name is Katie Green. This year I won my dream job and was signed as the new face of Wonderbra. All my dreams had come true. I was following in the footsteps of one of my idols Eva Herzigova. I really respected her because she was the same as me a curvy size 12 girl and not the rakes we now see walking down the catwalk and plastered all over the media.
Then I had a massive knock to my confidence I was signed with a top London modeling agency and told to loose 2 stone, despite being 10st 5lb and 5ft 10ins, or say goodbye to a modeling career. I started to starve myself and managed to loose 7 pounds in 1 week. I was treated with no respect by this agency and decided I’d prefer to not have a modeling career instead of sacrificing my health and happiness.
Why should models have to starve themselves to have a career and why should the women of Britain be made to feel “fat” or “ugly” for being a size 10 or above. I think its time we finally put a stop to this. I am hoping for 20,000 signatures and then I will present this to Number 10 Downing Street and the Prime Minister.
“Say no to size zero”? Have you seen Gordon Brown? Seriously, you have to ask him to do something or else what’s the point?
it will cost hard working tax payers less in the long run then if i went on the dole which i will have to do soon if i dont find a job.
some of us would rather work then go on the doland im asking for a bit of help and with your signatures they will have to help me in some way
so please sign and help me get back to work after over 4yrs and now aged 29
THANK YOU
Do it yourself.
Who thinks with taxi fares, we pay too much; even to go to somewhere not far from that place you were picked up?
Who thinks it is ridiculous that the charge is £2.50p for the start of the drive?
They turn up at your house and drive you exactly where you want at almost any hour. They cost about four times as much as a bus. Yes, it’s expensive, but it’s a luxury and stop acting posher than you are, “Edward of Manning”.
Throughout the existence of the UEFA Champion’s League the football league, in their wisdom, have scheduled football league games to be played on the same night. This then in turn affects the attendances at these league games, with many supporters deciding to stay at home and watch the Champion’s League games on television. Surely with many Football League clubs suffering financial difficulties it would make sense to schedule the games when more people are likely to attend. We, therefore, ask the Prime Minister to speak to the Football League and advise them not to schedule midweek League games on the same night as Champion’s League matches.
Seriously. He’s the Prime Minister; he’s not your class representative. It’s not his job to talk to people for you. That’s your job.
This is a petition to make David Mitchell (Peep Show and Would I Lie To You) do a stand up comedy tour within the next year. He is one of the funniest people ever so he should be doing stand up comedy.
And if he doesn’t, prison!
We deserve an extra day off, so please make it a three day weekend!
I deserve an extra day off. You deserve a smack upside the head.
Ever since 2007 The BBC Has ruined the Pudsey Bear for CiN He is meant to represent damaged childhood (hence the bandage) while still being cute and a loveable image. Now he looks like a fat, creepy human-bear with a pair of knickers over his eye.
All this is true, except that what ruined Children In Need is the fact that it’s total unmitigated shit that nobody would put up with if they thought they could get away with pouring the scorn its dismal content so completely deserves onto a well-meaning charity fundraiser.
More details cannot be shown
Well I guess we’ll never know how to save the economy now. But judging by “of World order”, it’s going to involve at least one Jesus.
Many African preachers set up churches in the UK. There is growing concern that some never attended a seminary and bring a theology of accusing children of witchcraft resulting in abuse. We need to see a system of regulation. We need genuine and qualified Pastors having undergone proper seminary training and ordination by a recognised Church body. Please pass a bill to facilitate proper church registration and inspection.
Qualified pastors? What? People qualified in holding delusions? I think having the government say who is and isn’t allowed to preach religion is a desirable way to run a country.
Action should be taken to stop ‘political correctness’ – why companies i.e. Royal Mail calls Christmass Greetings Seasons’ Greetings???
We must preserve our culture and if somebody does not like Christmas than doors are open…
Are you suggesting we ban any kind of secular Christmas greeting? If you want the culture to be preserved, maybe you should let Muslims and atheists and agnostics and Jews and Hindus all join in with it. Just a thought.
Posted by Ben @ October 16th, 2008 2:28 pm. Filed under: I Want To Watch Sports For Free,Really REALLY Bad Ideas,spelin an grammer,Unnecessary Bureaucracy,Unworkable Ideas,Why Should I Have To Go To Work? — Tags: Edward Manning, Keith Jones —
…introduce legislation to change the law so that local government authorities who are responsible for the disbursement of council tax, are legally obliged to appoint, at random, from the list of council tax payers in their geographical area of responsibility, a panel of 6 independent overseers, with full executive authority, to oversee ALL expenditure. Half of the panel (3 members) to be changed after one year and each year thereafter so that no panel member can serve more than two years; no panel member can ever be allowed to serve more than once; any panel member who ceases to be a council taxpayer must immediately be replaced.
By Keith Jones of Taxpaying Pensioner without political affiliation
This petition was prompted by reports that a council was paying over GBP1 million to rent a house for an immigrant family in London who were living off taxpayer funded social security benefits at the same time. It is a fact that the many hundreds of thousands of people who pay into the council tax fund of their individual areas have absolutely no control nor oversight of what happens to the money. It is merely doled out by council officers who are exempted from any accountability and responsibility for the success or failure of their activities. It is time that use of this money was monitored and oversighted by the people who pay it.
Ben: As Andrew has pointed out, giving Power of Veto to people who potentially have no understanding of the decision-making process is probably not the wisest decision. I mean, that’s what America has done for the past eight years, and look at what’s going on there.
…to setup discount/concession cards for adults with learning difficulties, autism & similar needs?.
By Edward Manning
Who thinks this would make yours and your son’s/daughter’s like easier if they were to have cards to give them offers and lower prices to getting in places?
Who thinks this would help save money and help the adults who suffer with difficulties help with their money and help them go out more?
Ben: Who thinks Edward likes phrasing his petitions in the form of a question? Who thinks he’s just after a Blue Peter badge for his special needs child?
…establish the post of older peoples commissioner for england
By ian brocklebank
the welsh assembly has recognised the rapidly changing demographic of it’s population with the creation of an older peoples commissioner. the role exists to promote and support the needs,concerns and interests of older people. please consider the establishment of a similar role in england which could serve to comprehensivly work across other government departments to address issues and ensure that there is a champion for the fastest growing demographic group in the country
Ben: I cannot for the life of me work out exactly what it is Ian actually wants. This is an almost impenetrable fog of poor grammar and spelling.
…allow un-named troops to receive Christmas welfare parcels from the general public and have them delivered on time !.
By David Partridge
Sign this petition if you wish to send our armed forces a Christmas welfare parcel and have it delivered on time !
Ben: But how will the Mailman know who to send the parcel to…?
…offer the Great British public a national holiday on the 2nd day of October.
By Simon
As Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday, the 2nd day of October is commemorated in India with a national holiday and worldwide as the International Day Of Non-Violence. As a tribute to his ideology, we too should show support for the growing concern by marking this occasion with a national holiday.
Ben: ”I also demand national holidays for the birthdays of Einstein, Alexander the Great, and Bono.”
Posted by Ben @ October 16th, 2008 1:42 pm. Filed under: Already The Case,I Deserve Free Money Because Of The Credit Crunch,spelin an grammer,Unworkable Ideas — Tags: Edward Manning —
…Demand Iceland return our fishing grounds to compensate for financial help due to the current banking crisis.
In lieu of lost investments,the Icelandic government should recompense the UK by returning our fishing grounds. There by enabling the return of a much needed resource to the UK, and help pull the Icelandic nation out of bankruptcy.
Ben: That’s why Mums go to Iceland.
…Give free fish suppers to senior citizens.
The use the dead fish that otherwise would have been thrown away, because of EU quota’s to good use. One idea is to use the fish to give the elerly people of the UK free fish suppers.
Ben: Today’s fish is Trout a la creme. Enjoy your meal.
…provide free solar and wind power to the citizens of the UK.
£50 billion pounds of our money will be used in a futile bid to save banks who in turn will require this money again one day. What we ask is that the money, or just a fraction, is used to provide free energy solutions to every UK home. This will help the economy as people with have more to spend and will also help save the planet. Let’s not waste our money helping a system that will always fail.
Ben: Yeah! Let’s not save the economy and instead put all our money into renewable but currently unreliable sources of energy! Then, when we have no money, we only have to switch the panels and fans off instead of shut down those ruddy great big Nuclear reactors. What a time-saver!
…pass legisation that gives Britian’s community volunteers the same basic rights as “employees” in the workplace.
Whilst Health & Safety legislation applies equally to both “salaried” staff and volunteers the same DOES NOT apply in relation to employee protection legislation. Whilst most charities may have disciplinary and grievance procedures in house, once these are exhausted the volunteer has no further recourse to “appeal” if they find themselves victims of unfair treatment. Charities DO NOT have to accept ACAS. Volunteers have NO recourse on such areas as “unfair or constructive dismissal”. I call upon the government to amend all employee protection acts to encompass volunteer labour. Volunteering is the backbone of many community projects, volunteers deserve this recognition and the right to be treated in the same way as their paid colleagues.
Ben: Of course volunteers can’t do anything about “unfair or constructive dismissal”. They’re volunteers. Surely the clue is… oh. I guess you’re asleep now.
…Make the tax system fairer!.
ensure legislation is brought in to make sure that EVERYONE pays their fair share of income tax / NI subscription’s! If the low paid can pay approx 30% tax of their gross wage/salary then everyone else should be made to pay the same, including the under worked/overpayed MP’s. Remember Brown 30% off £5-73p per hour is a lot bigger drop in spendable income than 30% off £20 per hour!!!
Ben: The entire presentation of this petition is golden, as is the signature that reads “ONE percentage rate. Obey the laws of mathematics not communism”.
…Make education easier for people with special needs & make some schools deal with children who suffer from special needs.
Who finds it hard to find a school for your son/daughter/people with special needs difficult?
Who would like it if there were more schools that would deal with special needs?
Ben: What you’re proposing is essentially some kind of… of special school?