• A petition signed by over 1million to prevent Donald Trump receiving official state visit in Britain
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[QUOTE=_Axel;51752016]To be fair, petitions aren't like votes in that they don't represent opposite viewpoints.[/QUOTE] But they aren't experiments either. There's no confounding factors to account for. If petitions [I]were[/I] treated like that, no petition would be meaningful since "people who go on the website to sign the petition" probably already has a disproportionately large number of people who share traits. Anyway, I never expected them to seriously consider it. I do hope there will be a massive protest when he does visit. Opposition needs to be visible everywhere possible.
[QUOTE=Sherow_Xx;51752065] Anyway, I never expected them to seriously consider it. I do hope there will be a massive protest when he does visit.[/QUOTE] Oh there will be. There have been tens of thousands protesting the Muslim ban up and down the country tonight; when he actually comes here I expect hundreds of thousands.
[QUOTE=Sherow_Xx;51752065]But they aren't experiments either. There's no confounding factors to account for. If petitions [I]were[/I] treated like that, no petition would be meaningful since "people who go on the website to sign the petition" probably already has a disproportionately large number of people who share traits. Anyway, I never expected them to seriously consider it. I do hope there will be a massive protest when he does visit. Opposition needs to be visible everywhere possible.[/QUOTE] Its been discussed in parliament already, mostly consisting of the Government awkwardly stating they don't agree with Trumps policies but not actually being too harsh against him.
[QUOTE=CatFodder;51752086]Oh there will be. There have been tens of thousands protesting the Muslim ban up and down the country tonight; when he actually comes here I expect hundreds of thousands.[/QUOTE] I intend to travel down from NC when he comes. There will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of us. And then the Queen will hear us, cancel the visit and we'll all sing God Save The Queen. I wish anyway...
[t]http://i.imgur.com/VoptxqE.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/DIny7iT.png[/t] It's not really too biased, Some areas have higher percentages than others but there is a baseline distaste for Trump.
A debate in parliament is scheduled for 20 February 2017.
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