Petition passes 100,000 signatures
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 18:04
Simon Clark

My back is turned for 48 hours and what happens?

An e-petition entitled 'London rioters should loose (sic) all benefits' passes the threshold of 100,000 signatures and has been forwarded to the Backbench Business Committee for consideration for debate.

Needless to say the e-petition website has gone into meltdown ... One or two government ministers may be sweating too.

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