Number 10 site crashes repeatedly due to Virtual March numbers

"Shall the people decide about the EU Constitution?" That was the question posed in the streets of 40 cities in 20 European countries on Saturday 6th December. During simultaneous events activists of the European Referendum Campaign (ERC) from Finland to Cyprus, from Lisbon to Bucharest found out that about 90% of the citizens want to have a say about the draft EU Constitution in fair referenda. The ERC, which is supported by more than 250 organisations from 30 European countries - representing more than 4.5 million members -, is demanding that the EU Constitution should be decided by referenda in all countries concerned.

In Britain, Referendum04 held a Virtual March on Downing Street. At 12 noon people began registering the demand for a referendum on the 10 Downing Street website, and thousands of hits to the site brought the system to a grinding halt on a number of occasions. The electronic march was the first of its kind and attracted support from the length and breadth of the land from people who wished to register their protest against the Government for its stance on denying the people a referendum on the subject of the European Constitution.

Neil Herron, Campaign Director said, "the response has been fantastic and we have been deluged with thousands of e-mails from virtual marchers, who were still logging on to the site on Monday morning. Difficulties were experienced by many who could not register their protests as the Number 10 site crashed repeatedly. Perhaps now Mr. Blair will realise that he will be forced to listen to the people who will not need a contrived 'big consultation' to make their feelings known. This is just the beginning of an enormous wave of public opinion, and people are queueing in the streets to sign our petitions as the country wakens to the implications of the proposed constitution."