You may know that the British Government have set up an electronic petition website, to reduce the hassle of actually getting people to sign a piece of paper. And then having to deliver all the stacks of paper to the Prime Minister (who can then ignore them, as usual).It's been getting a lot of coverage in the last week due to the controversy over road taxing. (1.5 million people signed it, and there are ministerial quotes of how much they dislike this).Anyway... Somebody has snuck in a petition which I don't believe is in the government's power:
Please ensure that the BBC do not cave into pressure and sack Russell T Davies from his position as Executive Producer of Doctor Who
Frankly, I don't think the government should be allowed to intervene if the BBC's staffing decsions. But what suprises me more is: what pressure? Has anybody heard any rumours about this?It does demonstrate the traditional problems with petitions: they've even got somebody to sign it under the name "John Nathan-Turner". Not just as stupid as the "chicken man", or "starfighter pilot", but crass as well...
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