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Tools for ePetitions to No.10
While I welcome the link to NGOs through keywords, this electronic speakers corner has room for development in it's own right. Petitioners should be able to debate points in a discussion message board forum. They should be able to list petitions that they have signed to find out how they are doing. An observation on the site about how petitions with supporting arguments get more signatures might encourage clearer communication. Having the option to login would make signing up to several petitions less laborious. Although this should never be compulsory.
To steer debate back into existing mechanisms stifles the growth of new ways to express ourselves. On the other hand once an argument has been honed, it needs to be heard. NGOs can help that happen (as can MPs, media, lobbists and pressure groups). This is an exciting opportunity for a new form of democratic engagement to develop. The key tool will be the one that makes government listen and respond beyond well worn PR statements.