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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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📣Urgent action: the UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees! 🌳🔥😮
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...
actionnetwork.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣Urgent action: the UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees! 🌳🔥😮
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
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Fewer than 500 more signatures needed to reach 100,000 & trigger a Westminster parliament debate on the future of driven grouse shooting.
Plz sign and share - we might get there today! @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Plz sign and share - we might get there today! @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Fewer than 500 more signatures needed to reach 100,000 & trigger a Westminster parliament debate on the future of driven grouse shooting.
Plz sign and share - we might get there today! @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Plz sign and share - we might get there today! @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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A fraud team with uniforms, badges – and a striking resemblance to police.
We investigated and published the story.
Now, following public scrutiny, the council has quietly scaled it back.
J.J. Jackson reports
#TruthToPower
We investigated and published the story.
Now, following public scrutiny, the council has quietly scaled it back.
J.J. Jackson reports
#TruthToPower
How East Anglia Bylines exposed a council’s impersonation of police and triggered change
East Anglia Bylines exposed a local council fraud unit using police-style uniforms – prompting shutdowns and reforms
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
A fraud team with uniforms, badges – and a striking resemblance to police.
We investigated and published the story.
Now, following public scrutiny, the council has quietly scaled it back.
J.J. Jackson reports
#TruthToPower
We investigated and published the story.
Now, following public scrutiny, the council has quietly scaled it back.
J.J. Jackson reports
#TruthToPower
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1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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IMPORTANT- there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨
EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir
EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir
Urgent Action Needed: Tell Keir Starmer to Keep the NHS Out of US Trade Deals
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
IMPORTANT- there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨
EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir
EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir
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The Cabinet Office is *still* trying to shut down transparency about the PPE deals that happened under Michael Gove. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Government loses legal battle over Covid ‘VIP Lane’
Exclusive: Judge slams “most unsatisfactory” Cabinet Office and orders release of names of 'VIP' firms to Democracy for Sale reporter - after *four year* wait.
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Cabinet Office is *still* trying to shut down transparency about the PPE deals that happened under Michael Gove. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: [email protected] Thanks.
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: [email protected] Thanks.
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: [email protected] Thanks.
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: [email protected] Thanks.
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🚨This is so important. Please do consider joining the @dkms-uk.bsky.social stem cell register. It’s simple & easy to do. Let’s find a match for little Leo
Please share this widely 🙏❤️
dkms.org.uk/Stefanovic
Please share this widely 🙏❤️
dkms.org.uk/Stefanovic
March 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🚨This is so important. Please do consider joining the @dkms-uk.bsky.social stem cell register. It’s simple & easy to do. Let’s find a match for little Leo
Please share this widely 🙏❤️
dkms.org.uk/Stefanovic
Please share this widely 🙏❤️
dkms.org.uk/Stefanovic
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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We have 24000 signatures to go by May until we can secure a Westminster Hall debate. Please sign and share if you can or haven’t already so we can get to that point securely 🙏🏻🙌💕
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
March 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
We have 24000 signatures to go by May until we can secure a Westminster Hall debate. Please sign and share if you can or haven’t already so we can get to that point securely 🙏🏻🙌💕
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Please sign and share!
Stoats ? Vermin . Crows ? Vermin . Birds of prey ?! Still vermin !
The driven grouse shooting industry's obsession with vermin is just one reason why it should end .
Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social 's petition to ban driven grouse shooting now : buff.ly/3FbSxuQ
The driven grouse shooting industry's obsession with vermin is just one reason why it should end .
Please sign @wildjustice.bsky.social 's petition to ban driven grouse shooting now : buff.ly/3FbSxuQ
March 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Please sign and share!
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When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS.
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
December 10, 2024 at 6:57 AM
When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS.
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
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Got three minutes ? Angry that 32 satellite-tagged Hen Harriers vanished or were confirmed as being illegally killed in England in 2023 , most on/near grouse moors ? Then please sign this @WildJustice_org petition . Be nice to get to 25K tonight ! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…
December 2, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Got three minutes ? Angry that 32 satellite-tagged Hen Harriers vanished or were confirmed as being illegally killed in England in 2023 , most on/near grouse moors ? Then please sign this @WildJustice_org petition . Be nice to get to 25K tonight ! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…
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I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I’m not going to leave X just yet - I hate that sense of being driven away from a place I used to love. But after one day on here, I already know how much prefer it.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
So if you see this and would be kind enough to share it to let people find me, that would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
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November 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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“Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic.”
When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.
When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.
buff.ly
November 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
“Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic.”
When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.
When we bemoan the long waiting lists and missed routine treatments, remember that this is part of the reason.
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Very long thread incoming on the new Rwanda treaty
Much of the substantial change is contained in "Assurances as to treatment". Among the additions from previous MOU is: "Nothing in this Article requires Rwanda to take steps to prevent a Relocated Individual from leaving Rwanda should they wish"
Much of the substantial change is contained in "Assurances as to treatment". Among the additions from previous MOU is: "Nothing in this Article requires Rwanda to take steps to prevent a Relocated Individual from leaving Rwanda should they wish"
December 5, 2023 at 6:37 PM
Very long thread incoming on the new Rwanda treaty
Much of the substantial change is contained in "Assurances as to treatment". Among the additions from previous MOU is: "Nothing in this Article requires Rwanda to take steps to prevent a Relocated Individual from leaving Rwanda should they wish"
Much of the substantial change is contained in "Assurances as to treatment". Among the additions from previous MOU is: "Nothing in this Article requires Rwanda to take steps to prevent a Relocated Individual from leaving Rwanda should they wish"
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Matt Hancock has a variety of problems. They are, in order of importance: his brain, his face, his manner and his record iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-hanco...
Matt Hancock's broken half-formed brain
The man is a dimwit. But the truth about covid is much more disturbing than that.
iandunt.substack.com
December 1, 2023 at 9:35 AM
Matt Hancock has a variety of problems. They are, in order of importance: his brain, his face, his manner and his record iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-hanco...
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I don't want Palantir anywhere near our NHS data...
...and neither should you.
Share everywhere and sign below.
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...and neither should you.
Share everywhere and sign below.
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UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay: Stop Palantir’s NHS data takeover
Urgent - the Palantir NHS data deal is a huge threat to the NHS, but it still hasn’t been signed, and there are reports that the government is now wavering. This is our chance to get it dropped - si...
www.foxglove.org.uk
November 8, 2023 at 5:37 PM
I don't want Palantir anywhere near our NHS data...
...and neither should you.
Share everywhere and sign below.
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...and neither should you.
Share everywhere and sign below.
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We are just shy of 1,000 Bylines followers so please spread the word that the UK's leading Citizen Journalism publication is now live on BlueSky
November 1, 2023 at 12:30 AM
We are just shy of 1,000 Bylines followers so please spread the word that the UK's leading Citizen Journalism publication is now live on BlueSky
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The UK is housing asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge (as a kind of performative right wing cruelty - it's startlingly expensive to use). A lovely charity I work with has produced this helpful guide for anyone told they'll be moved there www.migrantsorganise.org/app/uploads/...
October 25, 2023 at 12:15 PM
The UK is housing asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge (as a kind of performative right wing cruelty - it's startlingly expensive to use). A lovely charity I work with has produced this helpful guide for anyone told they'll be moved there www.migrantsorganise.org/app/uploads/...