James Walker
@jkw1.bsky.social
Likes music (pop,rock,heavy metal,goth,electronic), football (CAFC) and politics (not the nasty right wing stuff).
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James Walker
@jkw1.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Now on @bsky.app to get away from these morons at the other place...
Prostate cancer affects tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - yet routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. Sign the petition now calling for routine screenings for all men at risk of developing prostate cancer:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
Introduce routine prostate cancer screenings for all at risk!
Despite prostate cancer affecting tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available.
But right now the UK National Scree...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Prostate cancer affects tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - yet routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. Sign the petition now calling for routine screenings for all men at risk of developing prostate cancer:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
actionstorm.org
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mo...
38d.gs
October 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq
Need to visit the hospital? Patients, families and NHS staff are being met with rising fees just to park their cars. Sign this petition from 38 Degrees to demand these unfair charges are scrapped altogether: 38d.gs/os5a
38d.gs
September 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Need to visit the hospital? Patients, families and NHS staff are being met with rising fees just to park their cars. Sign this petition from 38 Degrees to demand these unfair charges are scrapped altogether: 38d.gs/os5a
The #WinterFuel cut was a mistake. Even cabinet ministers admit it. Join me today and sign the petition demanding the Government reverse the cuts and protect pensioners 👇 38d.gs/ad26
Reverse Winter Fuel Allowance cuts
I just signed the petition calling on the Government to reverse their disastrous decision to cut winter fuel allowance. Will you join me?
38d.gs
May 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The #WinterFuel cut was a mistake. Even cabinet ministers admit it. Join me today and sign the petition demanding the Government reverse the cuts and protect pensioners 👇 38d.gs/ad26
🚨 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...
✍️ 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 12:07 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...
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
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Lucky for Starmer most people have forgotten his 10 pledges he made when running for Labour leader, given he's abandoned so many, including: free movement, higher income tax for top 5%, higher corporation tax, abolish UC, common ownership of rail/mail/energy and water, no more NHS outsourcing, etc.
April 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lucky for Starmer most people have forgotten his 10 pledges he made when running for Labour leader, given he's abandoned so many, including: free movement, higher income tax for top 5%, higher corporation tax, abolish UC, common ownership of rail/mail/energy and water, no more NHS outsourcing, etc.
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...
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
March 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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...
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...
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Latest OBR assessment: Brexit caused a 4% hit to GDP.
That's an astounding amount, the equivalent of more than £100,000,000,000 lost to Brexit.
obr.uk/forecasts-in...
That's an astounding amount, the equivalent of more than £100,000,000,000 lost to Brexit.
obr.uk/forecasts-in...
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Latest OBR assessment: Brexit caused a 4% hit to GDP.
That's an astounding amount, the equivalent of more than £100,000,000,000 lost to Brexit.
obr.uk/forecasts-in...
That's an astounding amount, the equivalent of more than £100,000,000,000 lost to Brexit.
obr.uk/forecasts-in...
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I really dislike the people who were once strong supporters of Remain, but who now try to convince themselves and others that Brexit's OK - indeed inevitable - because the alternative is to admit that Labour are screwing up badly.
It's the tribalism that gets to me.
It's the tribalism that gets to me.
March 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I really dislike the people who were once strong supporters of Remain, but who now try to convince themselves and others that Brexit's OK - indeed inevitable - because the alternative is to admit that Labour are screwing up badly.
It's the tribalism that gets to me.
It's the tribalism that gets to me.
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Thank you, Mr. Reich.
March 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thank you, Mr. Reich.
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 1:20 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...
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Another deeper level of rotten scumbaggery from Trump.
At some point Starmer is going to have to stop triangulating and call him out for the monster he is.
(Yes, Starmer has expressed very strong support for Ukraine. But he has also been at great pains not to criticise Trump - unlike EU leaders.)
At some point Starmer is going to have to stop triangulating and call him out for the monster he is.
(Yes, Starmer has expressed very strong support for Ukraine. But he has also been at great pains not to criticise Trump - unlike EU leaders.)
Trump plans to revoke "Temporary Protected Status" of 240,000 Ukrainians who fled to US, per @tedhesson.bsky.social and Kristina Cooke of @reuters.com. More gratuitous cruelty. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Another deeper level of rotten scumbaggery from Trump.
At some point Starmer is going to have to stop triangulating and call him out for the monster he is.
(Yes, Starmer has expressed very strong support for Ukraine. But he has also been at great pains not to criticise Trump - unlike EU leaders.)
At some point Starmer is going to have to stop triangulating and call him out for the monster he is.
(Yes, Starmer has expressed very strong support for Ukraine. But he has also been at great pains not to criticise Trump - unlike EU leaders.)
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Monday Musing.
February 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Monday Musing.
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💥 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 10:53 AM
💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...
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A place where I could spend hours lost in thought and beauty.
February 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A place where I could spend hours lost in thought and beauty.
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Long-term unpaid carers face overwhelming personal and financial pressures
- how can we all help out?
- how can we all help out?
The loneliness and poverty of long-term unpaid carers
Long-term unpaid carers face overwhelming personal and financial pressures; how can we all help out?
centralbylines.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Long-term unpaid carers face overwhelming personal and financial pressures
- how can we all help out?
- how can we all help out?
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I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The problem is you assume they want to "engage and have reals discussions on real issues." They don't. When confronted with facts, data, science, actual laws, and the like, they resort to spewing lies, disinformation and hate.
February 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
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From 2 April 2025, citizens of EU countries and several other European countries will need an ETA (electronic travel authorisation) to visit the UK. A passport alone will no longer be sufficient.
Expect complete chaos, and a big impact on business and leisure travel.
www.gov.uk/guidance/che...
Expect complete chaos, and a big impact on business and leisure travel.
www.gov.uk/guidance/che...
January 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
From 2 April 2025, citizens of EU countries and several other European countries will need an ETA (electronic travel authorisation) to visit the UK. A passport alone will no longer be sufficient.
Expect complete chaos, and a big impact on business and leisure travel.
www.gov.uk/guidance/che...
Expect complete chaos, and a big impact on business and leisure travel.
www.gov.uk/guidance/che...