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Grandmother, likes creative arts, progressive politics and good people.
stoptrump.org.uk/sign-venezue...
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Open letter: UK must not abstain on UN Venezuela vote
Stop Trump Coalition
https://stoptrump.org.uk/sign-venezuela-letter/
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Petition: Defend BBC independence from Trumpās interference
Stop Trump Coalition
https://stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
3 months ago
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Phil Lewis
5 months ago
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump adminās takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House: Via
@benjalvarez1.bsky.social
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Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.
https://www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_echr
5 months ago
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WIRED
6 months ago
āAbrupt changesā threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would submerge coastal cities around the world.
www.wired.com/story/antarc...
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Antarctica Is Changing Rapidly. The Consequences Could Be Dire
āAbrupt changesā threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would submerge coastal cities around the world.
https://www.wired.com/story/antarctica-is-changing-rapidly-with-dire-consequences-for-the-world/
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The Guardian
7 months ago
The US is complicit in genocide. Letās stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan
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The US is complicit in genocide. Letās stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan
The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israelās atrocities in Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/the-us-complicit-genocide-israel-gaza?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1754129117
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Mia Farrow
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I am so enjoying Not Just the Tudors on BBC Radio 4, led by Susannah Lipscomb. Every podcast is a delight.
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war āgenocideā
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Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war āgenocideā
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating that the Israeli governmentās war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire. āThe use of the words āgenocideā or āacts of genocideā to describe what is happening in Gaza is no longer debated by international legal experts or human rights organizations,ā reads the letter, which was also signed by William Dalrymple, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Eno, Kate Mosse, Irvine Welsh and Elif Shafak. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/28/gaza-letter-genocide-zadie-smith-ian-mcewan?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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superhackers
9 months ago
I can study all my life: Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities, with no tuition fees
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BladeoftheSun
9 months ago
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services. Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt. While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of £10tn. That's how privatisation 'works'.
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I think Gary Lineker is a good citizen. š
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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/pr...
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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...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/promoted/tax-the-super-rich-to-stop-cuts-to-public-services-1?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=blast112944&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=e65fe286-f850-40fd-9fca-3148c0ae493c
9 months ago
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The New Republic
9 months ago
āIn the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so thatās a billion dollars a month.ā
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You Wonāt Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
How in the hell does he get away with this? Hereās the answer.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195068/trump-family-corruption-crypto-memecoin-richer
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Al Jazeera English
9 months ago
On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the worldās longest unresolved refugee crisis.
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Al Jazeera English
9 months ago
Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, was removed from the Senate after confronting lawmakers over US support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ārogue governmentā and āsiding with dictatorsā
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Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ārogue governmentā and āsiding with dictatorsā
Rockānāroll legend makes series of blistering speeches on stage in Manchester, targeting ācorrupt, incompetent and treasonous administrationā Bruce Springsteen has made a series of rousing, splenetic speeches castigating Donald Trump and his administration, calling the president āunfitā for office. In what amounts to one of the most sustained attacks on Trump and American lawmakers from a cultural figure, he made the speeches on stage in Manchester, as he opened his Land of Hope and Dreams tour with the E Street Band. Thereās some very weird, strange and dangerous shit going on out there right now. In America, they are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent. This is happening now. In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the worldās poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/15/bruce-springsteen-trump-manchester-rogue-government-siding-with-dictators?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Fed up with Farage? Me too. Iāve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/...
@hopenothate.org.uk
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Take the Pledge: āIāll never vote for Nigel Farageā
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
https://secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/petition/1
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BladeoftheSun
9 months ago
Armenian genocide = genocide Cambodian genocide = genocide Holocaust = genocide Holodomor = genocide Rwanda = genocide Gaza = genocide
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Art Candee šæš„¤
9 months ago
Pope Leo XIV on Gaza in his first Sunday blessing: āI am deeply pained by what is happening on the Gaza Strip. Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released.ā Iām glad heās advocating for Palestine!
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The Guardian
9 months ago
Susan Sarandon among hundreds to urge BBC to release delayed Gaza film
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Susan Sarandon among hundreds to urge BBC to release delayed Gaza film
Open letter signed by more than 600 industry figures says corporation is failing in its journalistic responsibility Oscar winning actor Susan Sarandon and British filmmaker Mike Leigh are among hundreds of figures from the cultural world accusing the BBC of censoring āPalestinian voicesā, after its decision to delay the broadcast of a documentary on medics in Gaza. Tim Davie, the BBCās director general, has received an open letter signed by more than 600 industry figures ā including some of his own employees ā stating that editorial caution over the subject has spilled over into āpolitical suppressionā. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/12/susan-sarandon-among-hundreds-to-urge-bbc-to-release-delayed-gaza-film?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Financial Times
10 months ago
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.'
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Al Jazeera English
10 months ago
A group of pro-Palestinian activists in Japan staged a die-in protest in Tokyoās Ginza district against Israelās war on Gaza.
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Peter Stefanovic
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! The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL Todayās judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
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šØBREAKING: Liberty wins its case in the Court of Appeal - anti-protest laws ruled UNLAWFUL!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
https://youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?si=gHOrXjZL1eAi5s0X
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Brexit Bin šŖšŗ š¬š§ š©šŖ
10 months ago
In case you missed it ... This is the electoral truth about Brexit that for some reason Labour continues to ignore.
#RejoinEU
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Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
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Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/take-trains-public-ownership
10 months ago
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CNN
11 months ago
Attacks on Palestinian farmers and activists in the occupied West Bank are not new. However, the ferocity of the attack ā and Ballalās subsequent detention ā made him feel that the settlers ā and the Israeli military ā were taking revenge for their film and its international reach.
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āNo other land:ā Oscar-winning Palestinian director says settler assault wonāt push him from his home | CNN
In a small village in the Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, Hamdan Ballal stood outside his house in a track suit with a black eye.
https://cnn.it/4iU01Sc
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The Mirror
11 months ago
Last Sunday, five years on from the start of pandemic, the UK held a Day of Reflection to remember those who lost their lives and to stand with those who are grieving.
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Covid-19: The politicians who failed Britain during the Pandemic five years on
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/covid-19-politicians-who-failed-34868862?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1742067339
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worldbytenews.bsky.social
11 months ago
Fears of environmental disaster after ship crashāon March 11, 2025 at 7:43Ā am There are mounting fears of an environmental disaster off the coast of England after a cargo ship collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea. āThere are mounting fears of an environmental disaster off the coast ofā¦
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Fears of environmental disaster after ship crashāon March 11, 2025 at 7:43Ā am
There are mounting fears of an environmental disaster off the coast of England after a cargo ship collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea. āThere are mounting fears of an environmental disaster off the coast of England after a cargo ship collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea.Ā Ā Ā Video: Fears of environmental disaster after ship crash…
https://worldbytenews.com/fears-of-environmental-disaster-after-ship-crashon-march-11-2025-at-743-am-2/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Pascal Jacquemain
12 months ago
Hey Starmer, before you sign a trade deal with Donald, maybe make sure food is not included
add a skeleton here at some point
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Guardian US
12 months ago
"Trump has just presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history," writes the Guardian's Washington DC bureau chief David Smith.
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āDummies for Putinā: Democrats defend Zelenskyy after āshamefulā Trump meeting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/zelenksyy-trump-meeting-democrats-reactions?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740778913-1
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The Guardian
12 months ago
James Cameron says US under Trump is āhorrifyingā as he becomes New Zealand citizen
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James Cameron says US under Trump is āhorrifyingā as he becomes New Zealand citizen
Titanic and Avatar director says āAmerica doesnāt stand for anything if it doesnāt stand for what it has historically stood forā ā and that he prefers New Zealand to Canada James Cameron has voiced his relief that he is becoming a New Zealand citizen inā¦
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/28/james-cameron-says-us-under-trump-is-horrifying-as-he-becomes-new-zealand-citizen?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Kyiv Independent
12 months ago
Craig Unger, an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Trumpās connections to Russiaās security services and the Russian mafia, says he is "absolutely certain" that the U.S. president is a Russian asset. The Kyiv Independent sat down with Unger to hear what makes him so certain.
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Is Donald Trump a Russian asset? This US author is 'completely certain' he is
Questions about U.S. President Donald Trump's possibly shady relationship with Russia and the country's security services have long swirled, even culminating in a special counsel investigation during ...
https://kyivindependent.com/is-donald-trump-a-russian-asset-this-us-author-is-completely-certain-he-is/
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The Guardian
12 months ago
If road deaths were a virus, weād call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all ā and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
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If road deaths were a virus, weād call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all ā and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/22/sustainable-transport-development-road-deaths-un-urban-planning?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740271163
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Prem Sikka
12 months ago
US has come a long way since days of genocide, slavery, racial segregation. Trump delivering: sackings of judges, military commanders, public servants; opposition to diversity/equality; censorship of books, scholarly journals, silencing of journalists. Won't have a happy ending. What will UK do?
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How governments distract from social injustice by creating moral panics
Censorship and indoctrination diminish the possibilities for emancipatory change
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/02/how-governments-distract-from-social-injustice-by-creating-moral-panics/
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News Eye
12 months ago
In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here.
@sanders.senate.gov
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Mia Farrow
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Peter Stefanovic
about 1 year ago
āTrumpās America has started its own cold war against liberal democracy. His weapons include the withdrawal of military support, the elevation of Vladimir Putin from pariah to partner, propaganda attacks, & subversionā Superb read from
@nickcohen.bsky.social
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Trumpās true enemy isnāt China or Russia but liberal democracy
The new Cold War between Europe and America
https://nickcohen.substack.com/p/trumps-true-enemy-isnt-china-or-russia?utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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Vegan Horizon
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Prem Sikka
12 months ago
Poorest fifth in England pay 4.8% of income in council tax; richest fifth 1.5%. 27% real term cut in council funding since 2010, govt hand tax cuts to corporations/rich. Poor hit with regressive taxes VAT Fuel duty Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends, capital gains. Need tax justice.
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Poorest UK households pay rising share of income on council tax, study finds
Resolution Foundation report says failure to reform has āslowly recreated the issues that undid the poll taxā
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/17/uk-poorest-households-income-share-council-tax-resolution-foundation
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Zoe Gardner
12 months ago
"Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyoneās wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK" Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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More than 900 Labour figures decry partyās migration and asylum policy
Joint statement accuses government of copying Toriesā āperformative crueltyā
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/17/labour-figures-decry-migration-asylum-policy-tories-performative-cruelty
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Mike Galsworthy
12 months ago
"It is well-known that most of the mainstream media do not approach a Labour Government in a neutral way. Some blatantly misrepresent what is happening, but more often they simply do not report activity, leaving people with a sense that the government is doing nothing."
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Government is busy: but the media are not telling you
Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldnāt know it from the press coverage
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/government-is-busy-but-the-media-are-not-telling-you/
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Mike Galsworthy
about 1 year ago
If Brexit had never happened⦠ā¦weād be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. š¬š§šŖšŗš¬š§šŖšŗš¬š§šŖšŗš¬š§šŖšŗ
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Keep Our NHS Public
about 1 year ago
Our co-chairs
@drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
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morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...
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NHS under threat: Labour is wrong to embrace private sector
Diverting public funding to grow private-sector āspare capacity,ā actively undermines the funding and staff available to the NHS and results in a worse service, write JOHN PUNTIS and TONY OāSULLIVAN
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-under-threat-labour-wrong-embrace-private-sector
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James OāBrien
about 1 year ago
Rachel Reeves looks to have been a bit silly but for journalists of a certain age to profess outrage at creative expenses claims turns hypocrisy in to an art form. When I started out, one legendary character was reputed to have put a son through Eton via bogus receipts. But my favourite story...
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Zoe Gardner
about 1 year ago
Good morning to this man, and this man only
#bbcqt
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Mike Galsworthy
about 1 year ago
š Well done everyone! š Read (and share!) this piece by Robert McMaster, who started the petition:
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Petition to rejoin the EU reaches 100,000 signatures
100,000 signatures - enough to be considered for a debate by MPs in Parliament!
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-news/petition-to-rejoin-the-eu-reaches-100000-signatures/
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Leeds for Europe
about 1 year ago
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Petition for UK to rejoin EU as full member hits 100k signatures
A petition calling for the UK to rejoin the EU as a full member "as soon as possible" has reached 100,000 signatures.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/petition-for-uk-to-rejoin-eu-as-full-member-hits-100k-signatures-389696/
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Andrew Copson
about 1 year ago
Lovely new animation for children exploring the humanist approach to life ft
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
. Latest from Understanding Humanism,
@humanists.uk
ās programme providing free education resources, school speakers, teacher training, & online courses on humanism.
humanists.uk/2025/02/10/h...
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Human nature, human potential: Humanists UKās new schools video with Alice Roberts
Humanists UK has once again teamed up with broadcaster and scientist Professor Alice Roberts to explore the humanist approach to life in a brand new animation aimed at children entitled āHuman nature,...
https://humanists.uk/2025/02/10/human-nature-human-potential-humanists-uks-new-schools-video-with-alice-roberts/
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