[matilda] No.10 u-turn over offensive petition

[ruhul]

 **No.10 u-turn over offensive petition **

 27/4/2007 

 **DOWNING STREET did a u-turn over the anti-mosque petition today
when they deleted the words "KILL ALL N*****S" despite No.10's
webmaster previously claiming they could not change anything. **

 The racially offensive words were listed on Downing Street's website
as the "name" of a signatory.

 However No.10 still refuse to take out the petitioners' threat of
"terrible violence and suffering"
<http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ScrapMegaMosque/>
 should the so-called mega-mosque go ahead in Stratford, east London.

 Downing Street's webmaster has not responded to two emails from
Blink, but earlier this month the webmaster told a reader: "Having
accepted the petition under the terms and

 conditions of the time, we cannot now reject it under rules
introduced later.

 "However, the issues raised in the petition will be dealt with in

 the response sent to all who sign when the petition closes."

 But today's action, removing the words "KILL ALL N*****S" from the
signatures list, shows that No.10 can intervene.

 In further developments, the petitioner Jill Barham's English Rose
blog, which was full of vile anti-Muslim tirades, was closed today.
It is possible the content will be moved to a new blog address.

 Blink had pointed out to Downing Street yesterday that many of the
signatries to the mosque petition would have been unaware of the
petitioners' extreme-right tendancies, and may not have signed it had
they known.

 In a third email to Downing Street's webmaster, Blink writes: 'We
are again disappointed that you continue not to even acknowledge
previous emails, while at the same time responding to others over the
same matter.

 'Whilst we are pleased that you have removed the words "KILL ALL
N*****S" from the signatories list, this action proves that you can
amend petitions when you want to.

 'We therefore ask you, once again, to remove the words "terrible
violence and suffering" from the petition. This is clearly a threat
of violence against Muslims, made by a petitioner Jill Barham whose
own blog is clear evidence of her far-right tendancies.

 'As we have said, had many of the signatries to the mosque petition
known of her race hatred they would not have signed the No.10
petition.'

 Downing Street's webmaster can be emailed on: webmaster at pmo.gov.uk
<mailto:webmaster at pmo.gov.uk>

 <mailto:webmaster at pmo.gov.uk>

 http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=14672&grp=66&cat=330

 <mailto:webmaster at pmo.gov.uk>



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