Stop Cameron Spending Our Money On Pro Eu Leaflets Petition

[lindapalmara]

There are already over twice the signatures needed on this Government petition but at least it registers people's concern. Please sign it. This is a travesty.

https://petition.parliament.uk/signatures/15059149/verify/5XrOwQE2AmXliuiD1cVf

[Mamyalynne]

Aren't they already printed?

[MallyJ]

Too late I fear ... we already received one this morning..... posting it back seems to be a fun thing to do... return to sender!!

[Baldric]

We had ours delivered today

[EDDIE51]

Bit late, they have already been printed and delivered!

[fiction-factory]

So the UK voted for this government less than 12 months ago and were the only party as far as I know that promised a referendum but now we don't want to hear their arguments?
The vast majority of the other parties we voted for (except UKIP) also want to remain so these parties represent the majority of voters.
There will be free mailshots (funded by taxpayers)-for both the official REMAIN and LEAVE teams. Should there be a petition saying we don't want money to be spent on those?

[jourdain2]

Received ours, correcting the errors in it and returning it to :-
West Oxfordshire Conservative Association,
Waterloo House,
58-60, High St.,
WITNEY,
Oxon..
OX28 6HJ

Should cause the maximum embarrassment, I feel.

[fiction-factory]

In the Latest Posts box the title just appears as "Stop Cameron Spending Our Money On Pro...". I was intrigued by it and was expecting it to be linked to the cabinet minister and dominatrix story

[fiction-factory]

So will Royal Mail return them all free of charge or will it try to pass on the cost to the government and taxpayer.

[lindapalmara]

//There will be free mailshots (funded by taxpayers)-for both the official REMAIN and LEAVE teams. Should there be a petition saying we don't want money to be spent on those?//

I think you will find that the Brexit group will get something like £700,000. Bit of a difference. Yes I know the leaflets are out but this could discredit them. I received mine this morning. I intend to counter claim each point and send it back to Downing Street as suggested by Liam Fox.

[fiction-factory]

Maybe Cameron got the idea from Labour who published one in 1975 for that referendum.

[Baldric]

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2016/04/08/brexit-eu-leaflet-breaches-rules-says-shropshire-mp-owen-paterson/

“You have to ask whether it is right for the Government to be spending over £9 million of taxpayers’ money on this exercise when the official campaign groups, which are yet to be designated, will be limited to spending £7 million of privately sourced funding.”
Read more at http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2016/04/08/brexit-eu-

[naomi24]

In the run up to a referendum on such an important issue I would expect any government to promote its policy. I don’t agree with the government’s stance on our continuing membership of the EU, but I understand why they have published these leaflets. I can imagine that if they hadn’t there would be people complaining at the lack of information so either way they’d have been criticised. Sending them back is nonsense. They’ll be opened by a junior clerk and binned. What does that achieve? Nothing.

[vulcan42]

The promotion by either side is a total waste of money because all their arguments are based on speculation.

[jourdain2]

We have counter-claimed each point, Lindap. On the cover we have each written our conclusions. To rub salt in, the leaflet is printed by a German-owned company, which has received bail-outs from the EU!

[naomi24]

jourdain, no one will read it. Complete waste of time and effort.

[jim360]

"In the run up to a referendum on such an important issue I would expect any government to promote its policy. I don’t agree with the government’s stance on our continuing membership of the EU, but I understand why they have published these leaflets."

Thanks to Naomi for posting this. Even if you don't agree with the government, why should you be so surprised that they are trying to fight tooth and nail to defend what is, according to them, in their and our best interests? But then I would say that -- which is why I was pleased to see someone in the "out" camp on AB making this point first.

[naomi24]

Jim, you're welcome. I try to be fair.

[bhg481]

I an still undecided on the matter but I do find it rather childish that some will forward the information to the only party that promised to give them a referendum without even bothering to read it. It seems to me that their pre-conceived ideas are far more important than information.

[viv41]

Not had mine yet ....

[TWR]

Our's will, without doubt be going back.