Storm Michael

As “Storm Bert” has waxed and is waning, I find myself contemplating a political storm which has happened today.

Someone yclept Michael Westwood, four days ago, started a parliamentary petition whose message is very simple:

Call a General Election

I would like there to be another General Election.

I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.

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I cannot find out any more about who Michael Westwood is, without going through a paywall. Both the Daily Express and the Daily Mail claim to have answers. But both have imposed paywalls since I last visited their sites. That is suggestive.

Anyway, I was signer number 396,595, at 09:42 this morning. And I captured this image ten hours later:

The establishment response will be interesting. Maybe they will play the “war with Russia” card, and subject us to martial law. Maybe they will just ignore our protestations. Maybe they will send police to arrest those of us who signed this petition?

These are, indeed, interesting times.