Petition re Madeleine McCann on Prime Minister's website

[jassi]

Not many at all.  What is the target figure ?

Perhaps mods could have a flashing avatar for when they do a mod post 

[Brietta]

Not many at all.  What is the target figure ?

Perhaps mods could have a flashing avatar for when they do a mod post 

5:    At 10,000 signatures you get a response from the government.

6:    At 100,000 signatures your petition will be considered for a debate in Parliament.

https://petition.parliament.uk/help

[jassi]

No chance, then. Probably a good thing as it would never do to have an open and transparent view of police activities.

[Eleanor]

Not many at all.  What is the target figure ?

Perhaps mods could have a flashing avatar for when they do a mod post 

No chance.  Sorry about that.  Ask Mr. Bennett about his "Not His Site".  And then we  might be getting somewhere.

[Eleanor]

No chance, then. Probably a good thing as it would never do to have an open and transparent view of police activities.

And just how predisposed do you think that makes you?

[jassi]

And just how predisposed do you think that makes you?

Predisposed towards what?   

There really should  be a sarcasm emoticon.

[Brietta]

No chance, then. Probably a good thing as it would never do to have an open and transparent view of police activities.

I'm a bit confused here.

There is an active investigation currently going on into Madeleine McCann's disappearance.  Was the purpose of this petition to assist possible miscreants or suspects by making police activities transparent in an active case?

[Eleanor]

I'm a bit confused here.

There is an active investigation currently going on into Madeleine McCann's disappearance.  Was the purpose of this petition to assist possible miscreants or suspects by making police activities transparent in an active case?

You know what it is, and so do I.  But each to his own.  This Forum allow such things.

[Alice Purjorick]

I'm a bit confused here.

There is an active investigation currently going on into Madeleine McCann's disappearance.  Was the purpose of this petition to assist possible miscreants or suspects by making police activities transparent in an active case?

It doesn't matter! It will not reach enough signatures for the "We acknowledge receipt of your submission of the mm^th inst. We will consider your submission and revert if we deem appropriate" type response let alone enough for a debate. Anyway any decent project manager type could set it out in a way that simultaneously tells all but tells nothing, if push came to shove.

[jassi]

I'm sure British police will never willingly release all the  information about a case, even after a conviction.
It seems to me very progressive that the Portuguese system does allow this, in at least some cases.

[Alfred R Jones]

I'm sure British police will never willingly release all the  information about a case, even after a conviction.
It seems to me very progressive that the Portuguese system does allow this, in at least some cases.

Who, apart from a bunch of armchair detectives, do you think has benefited from the release of the Portuguese Files on this particular case? 

[Brietta]

It doesn't matter! It will not reach enough signatures for the "We acknowledge receipt of your submission of the mm^th inst. We will consider your submission and revert if we deem appropriate" type response let alone enough for a debate. Anyway any decent project manager type could set it out in a way that simultaneously tells all but tells nothing, if push came to shove.

In my opinion what the current position has shown is that in population terms there is a voluble minority whose ubiquity on fora, twitter and media comment far outweighs the actual numbers.

It has been a revealing exercise but perhaps not in the way initially intended.

[Brietta]

I'm sure British police will never willingly release all the  information about a case, even after a conviction.
It seems to me very progressive that the Portuguese system does allow this, in at least some cases.

Can you give another example where Portuguese case files have been posted on the internet?

[Alfred R Jones]

In my opinion what the current position has shown is that in population terms there is a voluble minority whose ubiquity on fora, twitter and media comment far outweighs the actual numbers.

It has been a revealing exercise but perhaps not in the way initially intended.

How many signatures has he got up to now?

[jassi]

No, but that wasn't the intent, was it?  The data was put onto DVDs  for interested parties. I don't suppose the Portuguese authorities envisaged what would happen.