letter from NYC – Can you just call an election in the UK? Bring Blair down
just another | 28.03.2003 05:23
How can you bring down Tony Blair's renegade government? Every bit world pressure helps here in the USA where many of us are reaching out to the world. Our government needs to feel as isolated as it actually is.
If Labor is in Blair's grip and the Tories are unbearable, can a public petition call an emergency election?
What if it had 10,000,000 signatures?
Few Americans really understand that the populations of the allies are not being represented by their governments. Total isolation internationally would help break through to more people here. Support for the government is balanced by a real opposition. San Francisco was ungovernable for days. New York City is against the war. But the media is thick here. Americans need clear events.
The UK having even a slight regime change would do wonders. Didn't you guys have Chartists? You could have a blast with the Tabs. Ten million signatures for a new election. It would be heard round the world.
Just an idea. Our elections are kind of worthless here. They are shams. Things are genuinely creepy and less free than it used to be, and it wasn't great before. We need grand dissent.
What if it had 10,000,000 signatures?
Few Americans really understand that the populations of the allies are not being represented by their governments. Total isolation internationally would help break through to more people here. Support for the government is balanced by a real opposition. San Francisco was ungovernable for days. New York City is against the war. But the media is thick here. Americans need clear events.
The UK having even a slight regime change would do wonders. Didn't you guys have Chartists? You could have a blast with the Tabs. Ten million signatures for a new election. It would be heard round the world.
Just an idea. Our elections are kind of worthless here. They are shams. Things are genuinely creepy and less free than it used to be, and it wasn't great before. We need grand dissent.
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uk elections are completely democratic. hmmm.
28.03.2003 06:50
If enough Members of Parliament were to vote against Blair in a 'No Confidence' motion, his govt would lose authority and would probably call an election - i don't think it's obliged to by law, just that it would have trouble functioning without reliable parliamentary support.
Any UK citizen can go to Westminster and have front desk 'page' their MP, who is then officially required to come and meet you if they are in the building in the first place - there would be chaos if a lot of people all did that at the same time which may be why there are extra armed police in the area since the war: to keep order if a large queue forms.
bobby