Ian McHugh
@ianmchugh.bsky.social
Proud grandpa, Quaker and socialist; campaigner for a world where communities and nature can thrive. Also trainspotter, beer drinker, choir member and regular attender at the world's oldest football ground Hallam FC.
I just signed the campaign calling to save our juries act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Drop plans to scrap jury trials and replace them with a judge-only process. We must keep justice in the people's hands.
I just signed the campaign calling to save our juries
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December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I just signed the campaign calling to save our juries act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Exhibition opens in Sheffield tomorrow for one week only! #PCFF #FoST bereavement and loss of Palestinian and Israeli parents @ukfost.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Exhibition opens in Sheffield tomorrow for one week only! #PCFF #FoST bereavement and loss of Palestinian and Israeli parents @ukfost.bsky.social
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds #NHS #dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds #NHS #dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Reform led #Nottinghamshire County Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!
Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reform led #Nottinghamshire County Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
This cause is close to my heart - Better Buses South Yorkshire #Sheffield please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/gi...
Give us a public voice as we move to public control of our bus services
Buses matter to people and their communities. Their experiences and ideas should help shape the future of our services.
The call for a public voice in decision making is backed by the following...
www.megaphone.org.uk
August 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This cause is close to my heart - Better Buses South Yorkshire #Sheffield please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/gi...
Dedicated Rehabilitation Support Workers working in the community are the backbone of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust patient care. But they're being underpaid. Add your name to get them the pay they deserve. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...
Pay Fair for Patient Care: support lone-working Rehabilitation Support Workers in South Yorkshire
Dedicated Rehabilitation Support Workers working in the community are the backbone of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust patient care. But they're being underpaid. Add your name to ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Dedicated Rehabilitation Support Workers working in the community are the backbone of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust patient care. But they're being underpaid. Add your name to get them the pay they deserve. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...
Welcome to the UK: land of free speech, tolerance and opportunity!
August 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Welcome to the UK: land of free speech, tolerance and opportunity!
We need to stop using fossil fuels. Gas, coal, and oil are the past. Renewables are the future!
Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International
Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We need to stop using fossil fuels. Gas, coal, and oil are the past. Renewables are the future!
Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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We didn't dream it! 😡💥
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
May 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We didn't dream it! 😡💥
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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A. Sivanandan 🔊“What Enoch Powell says today, the Conservative Party says tomorrow, and the Labour Party legislates on the day after.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... @rajeevsyal.bsky.social
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UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says
PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirements
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A. Sivanandan 🔊“What Enoch Powell says today, the Conservative Party says tomorrow, and the Labour Party legislates on the day after.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... @rajeevsyal.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... @rajeevsyal.bsky.social
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Yvette Cooper repeatedly refused to give a straight answer just now on Today to straight Q “Will councils get more money to pay care workers more?” She repeatedly committed to higher carer pay but wouldn’t commit to money so councils can fund it. Think that speaks volumes about the mess we are in.
May 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Yvette Cooper repeatedly refused to give a straight answer just now on Today to straight Q “Will councils get more money to pay care workers more?” She repeatedly committed to higher carer pay but wouldn’t commit to money so councils can fund it. Think that speaks volumes about the mess we are in.
🚨 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!
The 2025 Local 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 elec...
actionnetwork.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:34 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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Did Nigel Farage write this speech?
Dehumanising and divisive. We deserve better than this.
Dehumanising and divisive. We deserve better than this.
May 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Did Nigel Farage write this speech?
Dehumanising and divisive. We deserve better than this.
Dehumanising and divisive. We deserve better than this.
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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
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A good rule of thumb: if Jacqui Smith says you’re wrong, you’re probably right.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
May 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A good rule of thumb: if Jacqui Smith says you’re wrong, you’re probably right.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
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It’s not hyperbolic to say that the proposed disability benefits cuts will cost lives.
This week, I met with young disabled people who are terrified that they will be driven to homelessness and even suicide.
Our government must do the right thing and reverse this policy.
This week, I met with young disabled people who are terrified that they will be driven to homelessness and even suicide.
Our government must do the right thing and reverse this policy.
May 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s not hyperbolic to say that the proposed disability benefits cuts will cost lives.
This week, I met with young disabled people who are terrified that they will be driven to homelessness and even suicide.
Our government must do the right thing and reverse this policy.
This week, I met with young disabled people who are terrified that they will be driven to homelessness and even suicide.
Our government must do the right thing and reverse this policy.
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I've also written a longer opinion piece on the amendment in the @the-independent.com:
How to make people care about migrant deaths – and prevent them from happening
We will not save lives until we acknowledge those already lost, writes Nadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East. That means confronting the number of deaths in our asylum system – and recording t...
independent.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I've also written a longer opinion piece on the amendment in the @the-independent.com:
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We know people seeking safety are dying in the Channel, in asylum accommodation and on the street. But we don't know how many.
The Home Office should be required to report on these deaths.
In the Daily Mirror, I discuss my amendment to make this law.
The Home Office should be required to report on these deaths.
In the Daily Mirror, I discuss my amendment to make this law.
Major law change demanded to shed light on Channel and asylum deaths
MPs have called for the Home Office to have a legal duty to announce the number of deaths in the asylum system and in the Channel during small boat crossings
www.mirror.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We know people seeking safety are dying in the Channel, in asylum accommodation and on the street. But we don't know how many.
The Home Office should be required to report on these deaths.
In the Daily Mirror, I discuss my amendment to make this law.
The Home Office should be required to report on these deaths.
In the Daily Mirror, I discuss my amendment to make this law.
@hallamfc1860.bsky.social announced match attendance of 2613 last night can't be right, surely? Most of the lower south stand seemed full
May 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@hallamfc1860.bsky.social announced match attendance of 2613 last night can't be right, surely? Most of the lower south stand seemed full
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It’s all beginning to feel a bit 1984. We’re in a battle against autocrats and oligarchs who are using money and misinformation to dismantle democracies. That’s why we’re looking for 1,984 new monthly supporters to make our biggest and boldest plans a reality (see link in bio)
January 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s all beginning to feel a bit 1984. We’re in a battle against autocrats and oligarchs who are using money and misinformation to dismantle democracies. That’s why we’re looking for 1,984 new monthly supporters to make our biggest and boldest plans a reality (see link in bio)
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Nigel Farage has told ITV News the first thing he would do as prime minister if he won a general election would be to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights
That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.
THIS IS WHY
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That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.
THIS IS WHY
youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
Nigel Farage says first thing he would do as PM if he won a GE would be to remove UK from the ECHR
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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April 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Nigel Farage has told ITV News the first thing he would do as prime minister if he won a general election would be to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights
That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.
THIS IS WHY
youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK.
THIS IS WHY
youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
This cause is close to my heart #sheffield #tramlines - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/tr...
Tramlines Fringe - We need a Reusable Revolution!
• Every year 12 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean, killing 100,000 marine mammals and turtles and a million sea birds
• 100+ million plastic cups are used every year at UK festivals and l...
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April 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This cause is close to my heart #sheffield #tramlines - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/tr...
