a few years ago when the gov brought in the 'life in uk ' test and increased the visa fees by a lot, some people decided enough was enough, and started a petition, they only got a few 100 signatures, like the gov will take notice of that, which they didn't.
the fact is most people didn't want to rock the boat, increase their risk of their visa being refused or future ones being refused or they couldn't be bothered about protesting so they do nothing
i agree with what you say thou..
why i didn't do anything, I'm sad to say, as i've said 'i'm alright jack' its not my problem any more, visa's no longer effect my wife. i was just 1 signature of a few 100 who signed it , out of 100,000s of people who were effected.