The long-stop: Your final call to make a difference

I have exchanged some tweets, phone calls and emails over the past few days regarding the e-petition for Fair Liability for Financial Advice. This is an excellent initiative started by Helen Turner at Tenet and really deserves support. However, the e-petition expires on 23 July and I am very concerned only 5,960 have signed at the time of writing. Turner's target is 10,000. It may be that the Retail Distribution Review has dulled adviser sensibilities. But for goodness' sake, when will the realisation dawn that the continual refusal to reinstate the long-stop by the Financial Services...