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John Cormacáin

@johncbuddha.bsky.social
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Passionate about Europe (determined to see UK Rejoin EU)#FBPE. The environment (tackling Climate Crisis) and very passionate about the precious UK triumph- the NHS!🇪🇺💙🌍 Ⓥ 🌱

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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it. EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this. Sign to demand products that last! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...
action.wemove.eu
Longer life, lower costs!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Longer life, lower costs!
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Gisèle Pelicot’s case exposed a hard truth: rape survivors are still asked to prove they resisted - no one asks if they agreed. The EU can change this now. Only yes means yes. Add your voice! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...
action.wemove.eu
EU: Only Yes Means Yes!
Gisèle Pelicot’s case forced Europe to face a hard truth: most rape survivors are still asked to prove they resisted - no one cares if they agreed. Help me make consent the standard across Europe. Sig...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Link to petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it. EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this. Sign to demand products that last! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...
action.wemove.eu
Longer life, lower costs!
Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it. EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this. Sign to demand products that last!
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I've just signed a petition calling on the UK government to give British businesses a better deal with Europe. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/single-marke...
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British businesses need a better deal with Europe
Sign our petition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and demand a better deal for British businesses trading with Europe
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I've just signed a petition calling on the UK government to give British businesses a better deal with Europe. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/single-marke...
europeanmovement.co.uk
British businesses need a better deal with Europe
Sign our petition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and demand a better deal for British businesses trading with Europe
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I just signed this petition calling on Prince William to end the rent on Dartmoor Prison while it remains empty and unsafe and save millions in public money. It only takes a few seconds - please add your name. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Prince William: Stop charging taxpayers for an empty prison
Dartmoor Prison has been empty for over 18 months after toxic gas made it unsafe. Yet, with no prisoners inside, taxpayers are still forking out around £4 million every year in rent to Prince William’...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The recent train stabbing left 11 people in hospital, but the brave actions of staff and passengers saved lives. Let’s show how grateful we are – sign the petition now asking for these heroes to get national honours. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/tr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Train attack heroes deserve a national honour
The horrific mass stabbing attack left 11 people in hospital, but thanks to brave staff and passengers, lives were saved. Showing this kind of bravery in a nightmare scenario is incredible, and we’re...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Sharks aren’t what scares us to the bones. What’s truly terrifying is a world without them: lifeless oceans, broken ecosystems, and disappearing species. Add your name to protect sharks and the future of our oceans! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
action.wemove.eu
Ban shark meat! Protect our oceans and our health
Sharks aren’t what scares us to the bones. What’s truly terrifying is a world without them: lifeless oceans, broken ecosystems, and disappearing species. Europe’s trade is helping to wipe them out. Co...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We can create a society that is more fair and just if those with the broadest shoulders - who also emit the most - chip in and do their bit. I’ve joined Greenpeace UK in demanding a one-off National Renewal Tax on the super-rich 0.1% in the UK with wealth over £10 million. Add your name?
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Nearly a year after Keir Starmer promised it, the Hillsborough Law is yet to be introduced. Families deserve honesty and accountability. Can you join me today and sign the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Keir Starmer: Don't Break Your Promise, Introduce the Hillsborough Law NOW!
The new Hillsborough Law is aimed at improving transparency and accountability of public bodies in the aftermath of major disasters. Keir Starmer promised last year, the new law would be introduced be...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb
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Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Five EU countries have now turned their backs on the global ban on landmines. These deadly weapons mainly kill and injure civilians. We must stop this. Sign the petition to defend the ban before it’s too late. #EndLandmines action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
action.wemove.eu
Don’t let Europe bring back landmines
Five EU countries have now turned their backs on the global ban on landmines—risking more civilian deaths. These brutal weapons don’t belong in Europe or anywhere. Sign the petition to protect the ban...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
EU countries like Poland and Finland want to ditch the global landmine ban. These deadly weapons mainly kill and injure civilians. We must stop this. Sign the petition to defend the ban before it’s too late. #EndLandmines action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...
action.wemove.eu
Don’t let Europe bring back landmines
Several EU countries want to abandon the global landmine ban—risking more civilian deaths. These brutal weapons don’t belong in Europe or anywhere. Sign the petition to protect the ban and save lives.
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Millions of Palestinians are starving. Now a humanitarian ship en route to Gaza is being targeted by Israel. On board: food, medicine & 12 activists. The EU must act now to stop the aid blockade on Gaza! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-6-...
action.wemove.eu
Protect the Freedom Flotilla: End Israel’s aid blockade NOW!
Millions of Palestinians are starving. The EU must act now to stop the aid blockade on Gaza!
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Junk food giants are pumping millions into advertising junk food to kids - and McDonald's is one of the worst 👎I've signed a petition urging McDonald's to stop targeting children with junk food ads - please will you join me and add your name now? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/mc...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition to stop McDonald's advertising junk food to kids
I’m 17 years old. I look around the streets where I live and junk food is always in the spotlight. When I walk to school, get on the bus, wait at a station, or just spend time in the town centre, I am...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Preview of a moving 28 minute much watch film. Putin’s hard worked for Brexit delivered the conditions he needed to invade Ukraine. This tenderly shows the human consequences. Whole thing should be watched by the UK. Especially to people voting Reform. youtu.be/wyrjKbwp1Vg?...
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Flags in the Wind | Official Trailer | European Movement UK
YouTube video by European Movement UK
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🐙Octopuses are among the smartest creatures in the ocean, but now they face torture at an industrial farm planned in Spain. Octopuses deserve freedom, not factory farms. Add your voice to help #BanOctopusFarming in Europe: action.wemove.eu/petition/202...
action.wemove.eu
Ban Octopus Farming in the EU!
🐙Octopuses are among the smartest creatures in the ocean, but now they face torture at an industrial farm planned in Spain. Octopuses deserve freedom, not factory farms. Add your voice to help ban oct...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Russia’s shadow fleet is smuggling oil to fund war and risking spills in our seas. These unsafe ships defy sanctions and threaten our future. Add your voice now to demand the EU sanction every ship in this fleet! #RussianOilFundsViolence #ShadowFleet action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...
action.wemove.eu
EU, stop buying Russian oil and funding the war
Russia’s shadow fleet is smuggling oil to fund war and risking catastrophic spills in our seas. These unsafe ships defy sanctions and threaten our future. Together, we can stop them. Add your voice no...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Ship collisions and noise are pushing whales to the brink–but there’s a simple solution. Slowing down ships could save thousands of whales and other marine life. Urge your leaders to commit to real ocean protection at the upcoming global summit! action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-6-...
action.wemove.eu
Because Our Planet Is Blue
The Ocean is the Earth’s cradle of life, nourishing and connecting the entire planet. It is our strongest ally in coping with the climate crisis. We all depend on the balance and wellbeing of the endl...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If you’re outraged by Trump & Vance and want to *do* something… Join European Movement UK. The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
europeanmovement.co.uk
European Movement
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
stoptrump.org.uk
Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Unsurprisingly, this petition is racing at pace. 👇👇
you.38degrees.org.uk
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump & Vance’s treatment of Zelenskyy was a snub to all of Europe. And the pair of them can fuck right off. I don’t want them having a single rare earth atom from European soil. I don’t want their military bases. I want Europe to throw everything into driving Russia off Ukrainian soil.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Incredible, insightful and intelligent piece on the sex/gender issue as it unfolds in USA
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...
actionstorm.org
Sign the Petition
National Commission on Electoral Reform
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
'It does not matter how often Upton says “I am not a man”. It does not matter, because he is male. A man biologically and a man legally too. Saying something does not make it true, no matter how often it is said.' www.thetimes.com/article/b73c...
thetimes.com
Nicola Sturgeon has left Scotland a land where words mean nothing
Trans doctor employment tribunal highlights the absurdity of politicians and officials indulging the legal and moral fraud that a biological male can be a woman
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
'Workplace ... Regulation 1992 ... state that changing facilities will not be suitable “unless they include separate facilities for, or separate use of facilities by, men and women where necessary for reasons of propriety”.' thecritic.co.uk/the-truth-ab...
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The truth about work, single-sex spaces and the law | Michael Foran | The Critic Magazine
Last week an Employment Tribunal heard evidence in the case of Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Elizabeth Upton, who is male but identifies as a woman. Sandie Peggie, a nurse of thirty years’ experience…
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
No woman should be forced to change her clothes in front of a male colleague | Sonia Sodha
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 30/01/2025
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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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 31/01/2025
Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything % saying Brexit has had a positive impact on... Control the UK has over its laws: 31% UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23% UK's level of international trade: 11% NHS: 6% Full list in chart 👇 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Happy 5th anniversary of Brexit! What a farce.
Table of trade deal impacts, showing Brexit impact hugely outweighing all the trade deals the UK has done since.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Lord Sugar, "The biggest disaster in my lifetime was us leaving the European Union" "If I was Prime Minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees asking to be let back in" "How do we get out of it? Get back in the EU"
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I'LL NEVER PAY FOR PRIVATE HEALTHCARE! #NHS #FBPE 🔶 @wendynowak.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Donald Tusk just expressed his hopes for a 'Breturn'. If you'd also like this to happen why not sign/share this petition. It can't do any harm to officially express our wishes and hopefully swing a debate. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
On Monday, let’s only focus on the important event: honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...
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‘Any little step can make a dramatic difference in our nation.’- MLK III
Martin Luther King the Third, eldest son of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, joins Katie Phang to discuss the legacy of his father and his thoughts as Trump's inauguration falls on the M...
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 12/01/2025
Extreme weather cost the world $320 billion last year - it’s only going to get worse until we deal with it properly. We need to treat climate change as an actual war and mobilise our economies accordingly.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Kemi Badenoch: "We announced that we would leave the European Union before we had a plan for growth outside the EU." This is significant. It's the first time that a Conservative leader has acknowledged that 1. Brexit caused economic damage and 2. Their approach to Brexit was economically reckless.
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Chris News@on | 🇪🇺 | 🇬🇧 | 🇵🇱 | 🇩🇪 | @doctore.eurosky.social · 14/01/2025
Also worth signing this petition for the EU to enforce the Digital Services Act against Musk action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-01...
action.wemove.eu
Protect our democracy against Elon Musk’s X
Musk’s X is amplifying extremist voices – let’s urge the EU to act now and protect our democracy!🛡️
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Former Tory Brexit Secretary joins insane call for UK to leave ECHR. My latest film explains why joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR will do nothing to stop small boats & it will undermine all our rights Please watch & share youtu.be/RlxcYDYFGJ0?...
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Former Tory Brexit Secretary joins call for UK to leave ECHR - hold onto your seats
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"The UK is so vulnerable to being influenced by money coming in from people like Musk into our political system because we don't have any checks and balances." Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas discusses Musk and British politics. #Newsnight
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Governor Hochul could choose to do the right thing and #MakePollutersPay for climate damages! Avaaz will deliver our messages to her, add yours here: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Send a message to NY Governor Hochul!
Polluters should to pay for climate damages
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Just watched #christspiracy powerful, engaging and brilliantly put together film. Cannot recommend it highly enough. Thought as someone not interested in it, it’s actually - A must see!! 😳🔥❤️🌹🌱
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John Cormacáin @johncbuddha.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Ban Trail Hunting Now loveandrage.com/get-involved...
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Ban Trail Hunting Now
It's time to put an end to this vile bloodsport.
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