Wednesday

You can now petition 10 Downing Street via the internet. They will still accept paper and pen ones. This is perhaps one of the most cunning moves to marginalise anti-establishment thought. It flatters them into thinking they are getting a step forward: they can now create a petition at the click of a button about almost anything they want (although some, we are told, will be censored). However, it is that very liberation that Downing Street are relying on to dilute the messages. If there are so many, a single one won't be able to stand out. Also, there won't be the very physical, and televisual, presence of someone knocking on the door and delivering the signed papers that we see on the news. These are the very best moves in politics - give the people what they think they want.