{"id":80492,"date":"2025-03-01T06:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T06:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=80492"},"modified":"2025-03-01T07:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T07:13:07","slug":"might-you-support-my-petition-on-trumps-planned-state-visit-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/01\/might-you-support-my-petition-on-trumps-planned-state-visit-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Might you support my petition on Trump&#8217;s planned state visit to the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have posted this draft petition on the UK government petitions website this morning:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1595-550x457.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1595-550x457.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1595-361x300.jpeg 361w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1595-768x638.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1595-481x400.jpeg 481w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1595.jpeg 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will not be able to see the petition on that site as yet because it needs at least five supporters before it will be considered for publication. At the time in the morning that I am publishing this, I have not secured that number as yet. You can however support the draft petition <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/720180\/sponsors\/new?token=pDAEczadbXiKUjaz9P5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by following this link<\/a>. You can then sign it.<\/p>\n<p>Only twenty people can sign at this stage - but please do have a go, just in case.<\/p>\n<p>The petition is deliberately soberly worded. I want to give it the best chance of being accepted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Update at 7.10am:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1596-550x397.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1596-550x397.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1596-416x300.jpeg 416w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1596-768x554.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1596-554x400.jpeg 554w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1596.jpeg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>Thanks to those who have supported this call. Let\u2019s see what happens now.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, further signatures aren\u2019t required, so please wait for an update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have posted this draft petition on the UK government petitions website this morning: You will not be able to see the petition on that<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/01\/might-you-support-my-petition-on-trumps-planned-state-visit-to-the-uk\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,16,106,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-age-of-aggression","category-ethics","category-politics","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80492"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80501,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80492\/revisions\/80501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}