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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 7h

While UK billionaires get £35 million richer every day, our public services continue to crumble. It’s time the ultra-rich paid their fair share.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 1d

Why is NHS funding going to private pockets?

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking the rules could mean prison. This is an attack on our right to be heard - and it’s happening right now.

We have to stop these terrifying new anti-protest powers before it’s too late.

Sign the urgent petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Don’t crush our right to protest!

The right to protest is the heartbeat of democracy. It lets us speak out, challenge injustice, and hold those in power accountable. The Government’s plan would give police sweeping powers to ban…

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 1d

The Government is rushing through new laws that could make protests almost impossible - banning “repeated protests”, capping how long they can last, limiting how many people can attend, and even forcing them to move.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 2d

We can’t defeat hate with more hate, only with love, togetherness and action. If we don’t stand together, hate will win.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 2d

An arson attack on a mosque in East Sussex is being investigated as a hate crime.

While no one was physically hurt, this appalling act has left many feeling less safe. We stand in solidarity with the Muslim community and everyone affected.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 3d

Right now, a group of Lords are pushing to change the Govt’s planning bill to make sure every new home is built with one.

Let’s come together to get this into law! Add your voice: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hedgehogs

Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your…

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 3d

It only takes a moment to help save our hedgehogs 🦔

Now officially listed as near threatened, our hedgehog numbers have crashed by at least 30% in just ten years 💔

But there’s a simple way to help: hedgehog highways. This just means a small hole in a fence or wall to let them roam more safely.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 6d

Our thoughts, love and solidarity are with the people affected by the heinous attack on the Heaton Park synagogue, and to the whole Jewish community in Manchester, Bury and across the country marking this holy and solemn day of Yom Kippur.

Antisemitism, hate and division can never win.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6d

HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 6d

Elon Musk isn’t just dabbling in UK politics; he’s amplifying far-right voices, fuelling unrest, and even calling for the dissolution of parliament.

Should we really be letting a billionaire with extreme views interfere in our democracy?

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 6d

We need a better press, and the Government has to stand up to the likes of Murdoch to make it happen. Hugh Grant has this warning for Keir Starmer.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 7d

And yet Michelle Mone still hasn’t been expelled from the House of Lords?! 🤯

Enough is enough. Let’s send a clear message to the House of Lords Conduct Committee: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mo...

Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords

18 months ago, Michelle Mone admitted she lied to the media about her links to a PPE firm that profited during the pandemic. Enough is enough. Sign the petition to demand she’s expelled from the…

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 7d

🗞️ JUST IN: PPE Medpro - the firm linked to Michelle Mone - must repay £122m to the UK Government, a judge has ruled.

The trial heard that 25 million surgical gowns supplied by the firm to protect NHS staff were UNUSABLE and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’.

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 7d

Here's to continuing our fight for a cleaner, greener country!

Read more: home.38degrees.org.uk/2025/10/01/e...

"BAN FRACKING FOR GOOD" Ed Miliband shares campaign win - 38 Degrees

Ed Miliband has promised to introduce a permanent ban on fracking, in an exclusive message to 38 Degrees supporters.

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