JackMarch Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Petition for save standing, been asked to share, you know what to do. https://t.co/EhLb9cAxpS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsapper Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Signed. Heaven forbid I have the choice to stand or sit at football grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted April 11, 2018 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 This petition added 8,000 signatures in 6 hours on Wednesday evening, spurred on by remarks form the sports minister, who called fans who want safe standing a "vocal minority" and said she wants fans to be forced to sit down. I'm afraid I wasn't very complimentary about her in this Telegraph article. Having hit 10k, the government now has to make a formal response. When it hits 100k, they have to consider the matter for a debate. So please do sign the petition and share the link widely! Ta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtilldead Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkymatt Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted April 12, 2018 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 This petition is now approaching 15,000 signatures. It needs 100,000 to get the government to consider a debate on the issue. Every signature is therefore very valuable. Please add yours today. PETITION LINK HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lager loud Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed and shared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed and shared. Sports minister can get it right up her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted April 12, 2018 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Here, in full, is what the minister said (having rejected WBA's plan to pilot rail seating, which was fully backed by their SAG): “The answer to dealing with persistent standing is not necessarily to introduce safe-standing. There are regulations to deal with persistent standing — I would like to see them enforced. I get as many messages from people asking me to deal with persistent standing as I get from people asking me to introduce safe-standing. “Watching football has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. You see more women and children going to games than ever before, and more families. While I appreciate there is a vocal minority who want a return to standing, I don’t think they speak for the majority and I remain to be convinced of the case. The clubs aren’t convinced either. I know there have been surveys done and there is no desire among the top clubs to change this policy.” If you disagree with her, please sign the petition and share it via all your social media services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Good for you John. What a clueless career politician she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster3 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 11 hours ago, redsapper said: Signed. Signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, Blagdon red said: Here, in full, is what the minister said (having rejected WBA's plan to pilot rail seating, which was fully backed by their SAG): “The answer to dealing with persistent standing is not necessarily to introduce safe-standing. There are regulations to deal with persistent standing — I would like to see them enforced. I get as many messages from people asking me to deal with persistent standing as I get from people asking me to introduce safe-standing. “Watching football has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. You see more women and children going to games than ever before, and more families. While I appreciate there is a vocal minority who want a return to standing, I don’t think they speak for the majority and I remain to be convinced of the case. The clubs aren’t convinced either. I know there have been surveys done and there is no desire among the top clubs to change this policy.” If you disagree with her, please sign the petition and share it via all your social media services. It's just a typical ostrich response isn't it... Say next home game, for example, B Block of the Dolman or more realistically, a large chunk of the South Stand other than the singing section suddenly all decided to stand- how would 20 stewards deal with it? (Not advocating it btw, because stewards do have a job to do and SAG probably read this, just putting scenarios out there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Singed.. Bloody cheap lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 24 minutes ago, Blagdon red said: Here, in full, is what the minister said (having rejected WBA's plan to pilot rail seating, which was fully backed by their SAG): “The answer to dealing with persistent standing is not necessarily to introduce safe-standing. There are regulations to deal with persistent standing — I would like to see them enforced. I get as many messages from people asking me to deal with persistent standing as I get from people asking me to introduce safe-standing. “Watching football has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. You see more women and children going to games than ever before, and more families. While I appreciate there is a vocal minority who want a return to standing, I don’t think they speak for the majority and I remain to be convinced of the case. The clubs aren’t convinced either. I know there have been surveys done and there is no desire among the top clubs to change this policy.” If you disagree with her, please sign the petition and share it via all your social media services. Touch sexist that isn't it? Poor women can't stand up for 90 minutes, they'll faint if they don't have a seat to sit on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 12, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed. Lets stand up for what we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Now more popular than "Pass legislation making animals legally "Sentient Beings" in UK law." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red'tili'mdead Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Blagdon red said: Here, in full, is what the minister said (having rejected WBA's plan to pilot rail seating, which was fully backed by their SAG): “The answer to dealing with persistent standing is not necessarily to introduce safe-standing. There are regulations to deal with persistent standing — I would like to see them enforced. I get as many messages from people asking me to deal with persistent standing as I get from people asking me to introduce safe-standing. “Watching football has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. You see more women and children going to games than ever before, and more families. While I appreciate there is a vocal minority who want a return to standing, I don’t think they speak for the majority and I remain to be convinced of the case. The clubs aren’t convinced either. I know there have been surveys done and there is no desire among the top clubs to change this policy.” If you disagree with her, please sign the petition and share it via all your social media services. Signed typical crap response from another clueless politition. Even if it actually is a “vocal minority”, why should that make any difference? I haven’t heard anyone asking for stadiums to be made all standing, but she doesn’t give any reason why a section of a stadium shouldn’t be converted to cater for the so called vocal minority who are asking for safe standing to be an option. Makes you wonder how much longer they are going to slavishly follow that Taylor report, or maybe they’ve got some other agenda driving this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Over 19,000 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 29 minutes ago, Loon plage said: Over 19,000 now. Not too bad, but I thought it would be rising in numbers a lot faster than it has done. Even if it hits the 100,000 needed, that could still be classed a small minority considering the amount of fans that watch football up and down the country each weekend. Hopefully some prominent figures within the game retweet it and get it out to a wider audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooRya Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FForbes Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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