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Respect the ceasefire. Stop the genocide.

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 4d

Until Israel stops killing Palestinians in Gaza, there is no ‘ceasefire’.

I just took action with @waronwant.bsky.social to demand that Israel respects the ceasefire and ends its genocide of the Palestinian people.

Join me:
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Israel is still killing Palestinians in Gaza. Take action now.

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HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 5d

15 penguins are trapped in the basement of @london_aquarium

No sunlight. No fresh air. No deep water to dive in or swim freely. Just concrete walls and artificial lights.

Sign the petition: Free the 15 penguins in underground captivity: 38d.gs/6uj4?utm_cam...

Save the penguins! Free them from Sea Life aquarium!

Right now, penguins at Sea Life London are suffering terrible conditions. I’ve just signed the petition demanding they’re moved from their underground basement to a more natural environment NOW. Will ...

Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them: 38d.gs/rezg

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 8d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Factory Farm Alert: 1.2 Million Birds to Be Imprisoned and Killed

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 17d

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Help stop plans for a monstrous chicken farm in Ellough that would imprison and send over a million sensitive birds to slaughter every year. Sign here: petauk.org/49t

Please sign PETA’s petition to help stop these plans and spare millions of lives.

petauk.org

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 18d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax Wealth Now

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 22d

We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.

www.oxfam.org.uk

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · 29d

10 years on from the Dieselgate scandal, justice still hasn’t been served in the UK. While other countries made carmakers pay, ours let them off the hook. Sign the petition now and demand accountability now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...

Make polluters pay for poisoning our children

10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...

act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4610

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Sep 12

UK: Don't Sell Out To Big Tech To Appease Trump

Donald Trump is using trade wars and high tariffs to bully countries around the world into dropping taxes and regulation on US big tech. From digital taxes to anti-monopoly policies, we desperately ne...

act.globaljustice.org.uk

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Sep 10

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Save young lives from suicide

Suicide is the leading killer of young people in the UK. Everyday an estimated 300-450 young people aged 16-35 in the UK attempt suicide, with rates now at their highest in 30 years. (Office of Nation...

Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...

Water bosses: congratulations on your pay rises!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Sep 8

💰Pay rises for water bosses, sewage pollution for the rest of us 💩 Let’s give them the recognition they really deserve! Join me and add your name to this cheeky spoof card “congratulating” the CEOs on their “achievements” this year 38d.gs/ajsl?utm_cam...

💰Pay rises for water bosses, sewage pollution for the rest of us 💩 Let’s give them the recognition they really deserve! Add your name to this cheeky spoof card “congratulating” the CEOs on their “achi...

Keep fracking out of Britain!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...

I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...

Ocado: Ditch the plastic bag

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 31

Ocado handed out 221 million plastic bags last year! 😱 Sign the petition and tell them to ditch single-use bags for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/oc...

In 2024, single-use plastic bag sales in England rose for the first time since the carrier bag levy was introduced in 2015 - a 7% increase, reaching 437 million bags. Shockingly, Ocado alone was respo...

Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 31

Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...

Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 30

Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 29

Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

#TaxTheBanks

Stop JCB supporting Israel’s illegal occupation

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 23

Israel is using diggers and bulldozers from JCB – a billion-pound UK corporation – to destroy Palestinian homes and build illegal settlements.

But the UK government has the power to stop this.

I've just taken action with @waronwant.bsky.social – join me:
secure.waronwant.org/page/176039/...

Take action

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Keir Starmer: Don't Break Your Promise, Introduce the Hillsborough Law NOW!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nearly a year after Keir Starmer promised it, the Hillsborough Law is yet to be introduced. Families deserve honesty and accountability. Can you join me today and sign the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...

The new Hillsborough Law is aimed at improving transparency and accountability of public bodies in the aftermath of major disasters. Keir Starmer promised last year, the new law would be introduced be...

Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 17

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 10

Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb

I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 6

There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...

HammerTime @hammertime10.bsky.social · Aug 5

Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

#TaxTheBanks