Helen
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Helen
@billywobbledagger.bsky.social
Retired maths teacher potty about Shakespeare
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
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...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If we don’t act now, many child refugees will be left in war zones or unsafe camps, away from their mums and dads.

Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >>

act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Stop the attack on family reunion: Email the Home Secretary
URGENT: The Government is cracking down on refugee families’ right to be together. As part of a major immigration shake-up, the Home Secretary plans to restrict the right to family life, protected und...
act.safepassage.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Spain’s marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being decimated by bottom trawling.

We took legal action last year but Spain has issued more fishing licenses for bottom trawling inside these MPAs since then.

So we’re going back to court with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social to protect these zones.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hi @nazshahbfd.bsky.social, as a #CANBill supporter, will you join the call for the Government to allow more time for its debate to continue? We need REAL change for climate and nature for a greener, cleaner, more prosperous Britain. @zero-hour.bsky.social zerohour.uk
Zero Hour - Join the campaign for the Climate & Nature Bill
It's Zero Hour for our Climate & Nature. Join our 70,000+ strong campaign.
zerohour.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
TalkTV is airing attacks on trans people without broadcasting the views of those who support trans rights. Call on Ofcom to take action:https://goodlaw.social/66f6a3
July 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I've just signed the @weownit.org.uk petition to say NO to private finance deals for Neighbourhood Health Centres. Will you join me?
Tell Wes Streeting - put patients first, don't put our NHS at the mercy of new PFI deals

weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight! goodlawproject.org/s/20d2ac
It’s time for app stores to ban fake age ratings
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight!
goodlawproject.org
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
actionnetwork.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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🌍 Steve Reed wanted the Climate & Nature Bill to proceed. Ed Miliband promised to work on the #CANBill's objectives. Mary Creagh pledged to deliver “binding nature commitments”.

🚨 Labour Ministers are speaking out.

⏳ What’s the delay for new, joined-up, science-led climate and nature legislation?
🌿 Steve Reed MP on Climate and Nature Bill | Environmental Audit Committee, 24 March 2025
YouTube video by Zero Hour: Climate and Nature Bill
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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📣 CALL YOUR SENATORS at 202-688-0628 📣

In his latest move to dismantle our government, Trump defied long-standing Supreme Court precedent by illegally firing Democratic Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya.

Need a script? We got you! ➡️
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
UK musicians hit with £914M+ loss post-Brexit. Streams, tickets, vinyl - it’s grim. Join @europeanmovement.co.uk to sign the petition: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/brexit_music...
Total Cost to Musicians Since Brexit - European Movement UK
The cost of Brexit to UK musicians is staggering. Discover the impact in Spotify streams, Wembley tickets, vinyl LPs, and more. Support the campaign and sign the petition!
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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💧Whilst we welcome steps taken by Gov to clean up Lake Windermere—rivers & lakes across the country are in a desperate state.

🐝 @sioldridge.bsky.social outlines on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social why legislation is needed to protect the natural world—on which we depend.

youtube.com/shorts/ekUeg...
Government action is just drop in the lake when tackling nature loss in British Waterways. #canbill
YouTube video by Zero Hour: Climate and Nature Bill
youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...
Sign the Petition
National Commission on Electoral Reform
actionstorm.org
February 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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GB News, "Surely Brexit is a good thing?"

Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster"

GB News, "In what way?"

Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"
January 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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🚨BREAKING NEWS

Government decision to approve Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas sites has been ruled unlawful by the courts in a major win for all campaigning for action to tackle the climate crisis.
BREAKING: Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas sites ruled unlawful by Scottish court.

Historic ruling blocks extraction of oil and gas + comes a day after govt back Heathrow expansion.

Full story with comment from Green + Labour MPs, campaigners + more here: open.substack.com/pub/wefightt...
BREAKING: Rosebank and Jackdaw gas and oil fields ruled unlawful
Scottish Court of Session has overturned 2023 approval of the sites and blocked any extraction of gas and oil.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I could not be more disgusted.
January 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI

weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
December 7, 2024 at 10:17 AM