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Broxden Petition Signatures Up on Wet Days; ‘People Have Time in the Queue’

Campaign HQ (a folding table) reports peak signing during gridlock.

Broxden Roundabout, doing what it does.

Broxden Roundabout, doing what it does. Photo: Billy McCrorie, “Traffic on the Roundabout - geograph.org.uk - 5305812”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

PERTH — Organisers of the Campaign to Blow Up Broxden Roundabout (metaphorically) say wet Fridays are peak petition season because drivers are stationary long enough to find a pen.

“Sunshine makes people hopeful,” said a volunteer. “Rain makes them honest.”

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