Vince Cable: Save Our Royal Mail!

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Got sent this today from a colleauge in England :

Petitioning Vince cable Secretary of State for business innovation and skills
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Vince cable Secretary of State for business innovation and skills
Vince Cable: Save Our Royal Mail!

Darren Rowbotham
Petition by
Darren Rowbotham
Exeter, United Kingdom


I'm proud to work for the Royal Mail, I think it's a great British institution and it provides a vital service for communities across the country. But right now minister's are preparing to privatise our Royal Mail with no guarantee that the services we rely on will be protected.

I cover three delivery routes in Devon everyday supporting local businesses and residents. For some older residents I might be the only person they see all day and it's good for them to see a friendly postman saying hello.

If the Government sells Royal Mail then the services that many people take for granted will be cut. The daily delivery service could stop -- meaning some rural areas will only see their postperson a few times a week. The price of a stamp could go up, local post offices could close and the private companies might start charging much more to delivery to rural areas. People will be left isolated, UK businesses will be affected and jobs will be at risk.

Royal Mail has gone through many changes over the last few years -- our hours have changed, start times have been adjusted and we've been called to take on more work. It has been hard at times to keep up with the demands. But I'm really proud of how we have coped. Reports show that the Royal Mail business is in a strong place -- all the changes and hard work is paying off. Yet the Government is paying millions to the banks to sell off the Royal Mail.

Government ministers have the power to make sure Royal Mail services are protected -- from our regular delivery service, to the price of stamps, to our jobs. My union, the Communications Workers Union is working with a coalition of other organisations to protect the Royal Mail. I hope my petition will also show the huge the public support out there for the Royal Mail. Ministers have to listen to voters, if enough of us tell them we want the Royal Mail services to be protected they will have make clear guarantees -- after all it is still our Royal Mail!

So please sign the petition and help Save Our Royal Mail.

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[pants123]

Vince Cable......... is a very old bloke.. human.. who knows nothing about people and the life's this dictatorship government will destroy............. a respect absolutely none off them.... wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire..

[baldrick]

I've signed. About 57,000 signatures so far.

[UnhappyGremlin]

Me too. Over 65,000 now.

[mandelsons_toenail]

And me

[UnhappyGremlin]

Over 70,000 now.

[lekker]

share this with all your friends on facebook and twitter. This is one fight we can't afford to lose people

[UnhappyGremlin]

Nearly 85,000 now.

Keep it up people.

[Jynxx]

Over 90 thou now it was at 84 when I signed and shared etc.

[UnhappyGremlin]

99,000!!

[bexhil palace]

101,000 now, good work guys. Together we can win this battle.

[lekker]

101,000 now, good work guys. Together we can win this battle.

Once again, please urge all your twitter and facebook friends to sign up and support this campaign. Give them a kick up the rear end if you have to