Steve Ashman
@steveashman.bsky.social
IT by day, chef of an evening
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
I’ve just signed the petition telling Wes Streeting to restore full acute and A&E services at Kent & Canterbury Hospital. Can you add your name? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Kent & Canterbury Hospital – Restore Full Acute and A&E Services for East Kent
For too long, East Kent residents have faced dangerous delays and long journeys to Ashford or Margate for emergency care. It’s time to end "corridor care" and bring full services back to Canterbury. I...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’ve just signed the petition telling Wes Streeting to restore full acute and A&E services at Kent & Canterbury Hospital. Can you add your name? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Grifting and self-respect rarely, if ever, go together
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Grifting and self-respect rarely, if ever, go together
Response from my local council when I asked them to remove the flags that had been raised by division and hatred
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Response from my local council when I asked them to remove the flags that had been raised by division and hatred
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
WTAF was it doing there in the first place?
August 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
WTAF was it doing there in the first place?
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Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
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Another new #RejoinEU #FBPE petition
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Petition: Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship
I think the UK needs to rejoin the EU fully for maximum economic benefit and to restore influence rather than merely 'reset' relations.
petition.parliament.uk
May 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Another new #RejoinEU #FBPE petition
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Caught lobbying for cash or bullying in Parliament? You can still return to the House of Lords - for life.
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Ban rule-breaking peers from the House of Lords.
Lords found guilty of serious misconduct – like bullying or lobbying for cash – still get to make our laws.
I just signed a petition to kick rule-breaking peers out of the Lords for good. Want to add...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Caught lobbying for cash or bullying in Parliament? You can still return to the House of Lords - for life.
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
No real consequences. No accountability.
Sign now to kick rule-breakers out for good.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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It doesn’t need an ‘expert’ to decide these pens are barbaric and cruel.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Devon farm footage prompts calls to ban restrictive pens for pregnant pigs
Welfare of sows confined to farrowing crates was compromised and they displayed signs of extreme stress, experts say
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It doesn’t need an ‘expert’ to decide these pens are barbaric and cruel.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reproductive rights are under attack! Take 2 mins to write to your MP TODAY to demand that abortion is decriminalised
action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Ask your MP to put reproductive rights into law
The right to make decisions about our families and bodies is not protected by law. The 1967 Abortion Act allows people to seek abortion under certain circumstances but abortion otherwise remains a cri...
action.goodlawproject.org
June 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Reproductive rights are under attack! Take 2 mins to write to your MP TODAY to demand that abortion is decriminalised
action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
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Statement on FB by Faversham Lib Dem councillor Anthony Hook on The outrageous behaviour of ReformUK councillors in Kent.
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Statement on FB by Faversham Lib Dem councillor Anthony Hook on The outrageous behaviour of ReformUK councillors in Kent.
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I've called on the UK government to stop ALL arms sales to Israel.
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Stop arming Israel: sign our petition now
www.oxfam.org.uk
May 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I've called on the UK government to stop ALL arms sales to Israel.
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Sign. 👇👇 www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
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Too many lives in the LGBTQ+ community have been blighted by discrimination and hate.
Liberal Democrats will always stand up against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
And we'll fight for fair society where everyone’s rights and dignity are upheld.
#IDAHOBIT 🏳️🌈 ❤️ 💜 💙 🏳️⚧️
Liberal Democrats will always stand up against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
And we'll fight for fair society where everyone’s rights and dignity are upheld.
#IDAHOBIT 🏳️🌈 ❤️ 💜 💙 🏳️⚧️
May 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Too many lives in the LGBTQ+ community have been blighted by discrimination and hate.
Liberal Democrats will always stand up against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
And we'll fight for fair society where everyone’s rights and dignity are upheld.
#IDAHOBIT 🏳️🌈 ❤️ 💜 💙 🏳️⚧️
Liberal Democrats will always stand up against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
And we'll fight for fair society where everyone’s rights and dignity are upheld.
#IDAHOBIT 🏳️🌈 ❤️ 💜 💙 🏳️⚧️
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Misinformation is out of control.
The Government must act—urgently.
Our sixth annual report is live, unpacking several of the past year's key moments for the fight against misinformation and what must happen next: buff.ly/Uz6pzTJ
The Government must act—urgently.
Our sixth annual report is live, unpacking several of the past year's key moments for the fight against misinformation and what must happen next: buff.ly/Uz6pzTJ
May 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Misinformation is out of control.
The Government must act—urgently.
Our sixth annual report is live, unpacking several of the past year's key moments for the fight against misinformation and what must happen next: buff.ly/Uz6pzTJ
The Government must act—urgently.
Our sixth annual report is live, unpacking several of the past year's key moments for the fight against misinformation and what must happen next: buff.ly/Uz6pzTJ
Dear sojan.joseph.mp@parliament.uk this puts it better than my letter to you earlier this week, although the gist is the same regarding the far right.
May 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Dear sojan.joseph.mp@parliament.uk this puts it better than my letter to you earlier this week, although the gist is the same regarding the far right.
It’s currently Badlands
May 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s currently Badlands
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Scorn in the USA...
May 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Scorn in the USA...
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With thanks to @lunaperla.bsky.social.
May 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
With thanks to @lunaperla.bsky.social.
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Reform voters voted for Brexit, causing the small boat crossings and removing our right to return people to Europe.
They will have waved their Union flags vigorously on VE day whilst supporting a party/actions that are the direct opposite of what people fought and died for in WW2.
Utter madness.
They will have waved their Union flags vigorously on VE day whilst supporting a party/actions that are the direct opposite of what people fought and died for in WW2.
Utter madness.
May 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Reform voters voted for Brexit, causing the small boat crossings and removing our right to return people to Europe.
They will have waved their Union flags vigorously on VE day whilst supporting a party/actions that are the direct opposite of what people fought and died for in WW2.
Utter madness.
They will have waved their Union flags vigorously on VE day whilst supporting a party/actions that are the direct opposite of what people fought and died for in WW2.
Utter madness.