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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 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

Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

🚨 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:

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Aug 7

Check out this from We Own It.

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Angela Rayner: Hands off our allotments | We Own It

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Jul 18

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation

Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Children's Commissioner has joined calls for the government to scrap two-child benefit cap saying some children in England are living in an "almost-Dickensian level of poverty”

In new report some young people describe living with rat infestations, without reliable running water & mouldy food

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Jun 29

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)

Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Jun 19

This war is an absolute disaster in the making. Would be madness for the UK to get involved www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Attorney general warns UK joining war on Iran may be illegal

Richard Hermer is understood to have said Britain must limit its involvement to defending allies

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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · Jun 14

Israel kills 231 Palestinian journalists and an Israeli military factory in Newcastle

Palestinian Genocide round up

Israel kills 231 Palestinian journalists and an Israeli military factory in Newcastle

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Jun 11

I just signed this petition calling for a better deal with the EU for British businesses who have been damaged by Brexit. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-rep...

Tell the government: British businesses need a better deal with the EU

Sign our petition calling on the government to negotiate concrete improvements to our ability to trade with the EU

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Jun 4

Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.

Women’s rights are under threat from the far right. Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention. A vote in Parliament could ...

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Jun 3

The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table!

From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership. ...

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · May 29

I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services

Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · May 24

Hundreds of thousands of children with special needs could lose their legal entitlement to extra support in schools in England under plans being considered by ministers, a move that campaigners warn could force thousands more pupils out of mainstream education

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support

Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system

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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · May 12

Pandering to Reform over care workers is grubby and cheap.

Care homes are reliant on overseas staff. Without them, many will need to close their doors, leaving families and communities to suffer the consequences.

Read, like, share, subscribe below. 👇

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Immigration white paper: Who cares?

Another day, another overhaul of the immigration rules (sigh).

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Apr 23

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table

Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · Apr 17

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Apr 18

Nigel Farage has told ITV News the first thing he would do as prime minister if he won a general election would be to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights

That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.

THIS IS WHY

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Nigel Farage says first thing he would do as PM if he won a GE would be to remove UK from the ECHR

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · Apr 16

Pls share

Energy firms are said to be sitting on £3bn of our cash in Direct Debit 'credit'. CHECK YOUR ENERGY CREDIT TODAY!It's the perfect time as you should have min credit at this point in the cycle. Some'll be due £100s back. Full explanation & help... www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/?a...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wes Streeting is gutting the NHS of its ability to survive by destroying the management on which it is dependent to deliver the healthcare we need. This is not austerity. This is madness, Elon Musk style, and if he succeeds, there will be no NHS left to save. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...

Streeting’s NHS madness

I tried to work out how to summarise Roy Lilley's morning email this morning on the madness that Wes Streeting is unleashing on the NHS, and failed. So I am copying it with a suggestion that this is w...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Apr 14

We cannot have a better society unless those with the lowest income have a larger share of the income of the UK. When will politicians realise that this is the path to growth and the path to justice, which they should want, or why are they in office? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...

The problem with the UK is that we do not redistribute income – let alone wealth

This chart comes from the House of Commons Library. They, in turn, took it from the Office for National Statistics What it shows is four versions of the Gini coefficient for the UK: The Gini coef...

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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · Apr 14

I found this thread by George Monbiot, as well as his article quoted, well worth a read. It gets to the heart of the problem of politics in the U.K. at the moment, and some pretty straightforward solutions staring our leaders in the face.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Apr 13

It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot

Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Apr 14

A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS.

It will make bigger profits by hiking rents for hospitals and NHS facilities. Previous govts privatized the estate.

That means less money for frontline healthcare. NHS already drained by PFI and private contractors.

A private equity firm just bought £1.6 BILLION worth of the NHS

Assura has sold NHS buildings to a US private equity giant, making £1.61 billion from infrastructure that we should own

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Apr 6

Govt for Sale.

It will cost £5,000 plus VAT to engage in a Q&A session with Chancellor Reeves

Only the ultra rich and big corporations can pay; influence policies, demand subsidies, privatisations

Low/middle income people and SMEs can pray and buy worry beads.
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Labour raises prices fivefold for UK business engagement events

Party says tickets will cost £5,000 excluding VAT

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Apr 2

"All the signs are that new UK government is going to make the most important decision of its term in office in the coming weeks.

Unfortunately, it looks very much as if it will make the wrong one."

If you tolerate this – then your country will be next

A UK-US trade deal may offer temporary relief from tariffs, but at what cost to Britain’s economy, food standards, and long-term EU relationships?

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maggiejane4.bsky.social @maggiejane4.bsky.social · Apr 2

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table

Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Ed Freshwater #Handsworth #TeamKip @edfreshwater.bsky.social · Mar 27

Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind in the face of massive evidence isn't political stability, its pathological denialism.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Mar 26

These are self imposed fiscal rules.

Self imposed.

Labour are choosing to push 50,000 children into poverty to signal to wealth & capital that they're on their side.

Disgusting. Sick. Broken.

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