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David McCulloch

@photodave.bsky.social
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Human being, husband, father and grandparent who loves photography, literature and life Web: photodave.org

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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The public wants public OWNERSHIP, not public CONTROL. We Own It's new report explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership. I have just sent the report to my MP. Can you take 2 mins now to send it to your MP too? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/burn...
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Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: Share our NEW report with your MP
Your MP can be one of the MPs telling the Prime Minister that he has to deliver public ownership.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Tell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this Budget
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Stop Musk’s Space base actions.eko.org/a/stop-musk-...
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Stop Musk’s Space base
Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island to rest and feed along their epic migration.Snow geese arrive in enormous flocks. Endangered
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres!
Data centres’ huge demand for energy can’t be allowed to prop up dirty polluting tree-burning power stations like Drax. We can’t sacrifice a safe climate for AI pipedreams. The business behind Drax,...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Open letter to Ed Miliband on settlement trade stoptrump.org.uk/settlement-t...
stoptrump.org.uk
Open letter to Ed Miliband on settlement trade
Stop Trump Coalition
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🤔Could the £250k of public money spent on the Clacton by-election be put to better use? If you agree Reform UK should match that amount with a £250k donation to NHS charities, sign the petition now 🏥👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
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Farage: give the Clacton by-election money to the NHS
🫰The Clacton by-election cost us £250,000. 🏥This petition calls on Reform to donate that amount to the NHS. Add your name now if you agree👇
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Changing Westminster’s voting system shouldn't be left to the politicians. An independent commission could get the public and experts together in one room to examine the evidence and build consensus for reform. Add your name today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform to review the electoral system
I ask the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as advocated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. It should be an independent, time limited, expert led re...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!
Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Palantir technologies attack life and liberty. This company has no place in our NHS and the health secretary must trigger the NHS contract break clause. Sign the petition here act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4875
act.globaljustice.org.uk
No Palantir in our NHS
Palantir’s technical support for Israel’s genocidal regime and Trump’s abusive ICE gangs should disqualify it from any role in the UK’s public sector. But it has been handed access to NHS patient data...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I just wrote a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social letter: Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass
Just a few weeks ago the Government signed a £1.1bn deal agreeing new subsidies with Lynemouth, the UK’s sixth largest polluter. Just like Drax, Lynemouth burns trees from precious forests around the ...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell John Healey to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
US Congress and lawmakers everywhere: Urgently pass AI safety laws. actions.eko.org/a/us-congres...
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US Congress and lawmakers everywhere: Urgently pass AI safety laws.
It happened. An OpenAI system broke out of its secure testing environment, hacked its way online, then broke into a second company's servers to access data.No one told it to. It chose to.Now imagine t
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I just signed a petition to stop the rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The Government and shops are scanning us without clear laws in place, using our faces like barcodes. It feels really invasive. Can you take 30 seconds to sign it too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop scanning us all with facial recognition!
I just signed a petition to stop the massive rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The government and shops are starting to scan us without clear laws in place, effectively turning our...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Free Ben & Jerry's action.eko.org/a/free-ben-a...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The government says they’re serious about tackling soaring energy bills – but they’re considering new oil and gas in the North Sea. I’ve messaged the Energy Secretary demanding renewable energy that benefits everyone and stopping the profiteering of energy companies. share.nwmd.social/s/R8Hv9wru
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Tell the Energy Secretary: Bring down bills, don’t destroy the climate
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I just signed the @stoprosebank open letter Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP. Sign here and ask her to #StopRosebank or fail the very first test of the UK's climate leadership: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
actionnetwork.org
Open Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Our new Secretary of State for Energy faces the first big climate test for Andy Burnham's new government -- whether or not to approve new North Sea oil & gas developments. Sign the open letter asking ...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will hike NHS drugs prices by £9 BILLION a year by 2036. Tell Wes Streeting to give MPs a full debate and vote on this deal. act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Give MPs a vote on NHS pharma deal with Trump
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will see the NHS pay pharma companies much higher drugs prices. This will cost the NHS £45 billion by 2036 – but so far the government has re...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
US Fisheries & Wildlife: No Land for Elon! actions.eko.org/a/us-fisheri...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
With Keir Starmer resigning, a new PM is moving into No.10 soon. Let's make sure a message from us is waiting on their desk on day one! We need a wealth tax on the super-rich to fund housing, health, and our communities. Add your name so they can't ignore us you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
With Keir Starmer stepping down, a new PM will be taking over soon. Let's make sure they hear from us on day one. Sign the petition demanding a wealth tax on the ultra-rich to fund our communities, he...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
UK government: ban X now! actions.eko.org/a/uk-governm...
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UK government: ban X now!
This week in Belfast, masked rioters stormed homes, burned cars, and attacked immigrant families just hours after Elon Musk shared Tommy Robinson's protest list with his 240 million followers.A Northe
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Politics should work for everyone, not just those who can buy influence. Add your name to demand that our political system should never be put up for sale #PoliticsNotForSale action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/192730/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🚨 Fire every 5 hours. Cheap goods from online marketplaces are causing deadly UK fires, but tech bosses are making a killing due to a loophole that lets them dodge our safety laws. Act now to protect our homes! 🧵👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Exposed: Big Tech behind UK’s deadly fires
A battery fire hits the UK every 5 hours. Amazon, TikTok, Alibaba are exploiting a loophole to import dangerous goods. But now we have a rare chance to stop them.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Ask the government to stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. I just signed, can you? This is a key moment: some businesses are pushing for the protections to be watered down ahead of the government’s upcoming consultation. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
megaphone.org.uk
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
Ask the government to stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. This is a key moment: some businesses are pushing for the protections to be watered down ahead of the government’s upcoming...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Railways Bill comes back to parliament on 3rd June. We have just a few days to make sure MPs back amendments to protect passengers' rights and our environment. I've emailed my MP. Can you take 2 minutes now to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/act-now/prot...
weownit.org.uk
Railways Bill: Demand your MP protect passengers' rights and our environment
The Railways Bill must protect passengers' rights and our environment
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Yes! please share, we are looking for (the impossible?) 100k.
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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The BBC is hardly a paragon of virtue, nor of broadcasting impartiality, which means that its board of governance needs replacing, rather than being gutted as proposed by the propaganda channel GB News. Why not join me in signing this petition? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/no-subsc...
act.38degrees.org.uk
No subscription model for the BBC
GB News is trying to gut the BBC. Their radical plan would force shows like Strictly and The Traitors to be axed or hidden behind a Netflix-style paywall. Sign the petition to say NO to a BBC subscrip...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Prices are rising and working families face a Trump-made cost of living crisis. I've just signed this to show that working people refuse to pay the price for Trumpflation. Can you add your name too? actionnetwork.org/forms/workin...
actionnetwork.org
Working people must not pay the price for Trumpflation
Prices are rising and working families face a Trump-made cost of living crisis. Signed this to show that working people refuse to pay the price for Trumpflation.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
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Raise taxes on companies profiteering from Iran war
Millions across the UK are already struggling just to get by. Bills are rising, wages aren’t keeping up, and families are being pushed to the brink. As the impacts of the Iran war ripple through the g...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Palantir, the controversial U.S. company working with ICE and the Israeli military, has access to our private data via NHS databases. We need the Government to trigger the break clause on their contract NOW. 🚨Can you sign and share? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/trigger-...
act.38degrees.org.uk
End Palantir’s NHS contract NOW
Palantir, the controversial U.S. company working with ICE and the Israeli military, has access to our private data via NHS databases. We need the Government to trigger the break clause on their contra...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I just told the G7 to tax polluters profits now. You should too! act.350.org/act/tax-poll...
act.350.org
Tax polluters' profits now!
The war in the Middle East is taking hundreds of lives while also causing oil and gas prices to surge – and fossil fuel companies are cashing in, while families struggle with rising bills. The richest...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Palantir’s technologies are used by the powerful to attack the powerless. This company should not be involved in our public services. Sign this petition if you agree act.globaljustice.org.uk/get-palantir...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Get Palantir out of UK public services
The UK has handed Palantir dozens of public contracts, including with the NHS, even as the dangers of empowering a class of big tech oligarchs become clear. Palantir has supplied military technology t...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to meet with ‘Dirty Business’ activists!
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health. Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership. I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=u7cx... So many answers in this talk: the politics of care; a fairer and more prosperous society; responsible stewardship of our planet.
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Economics From Adam Smith to 2029: A Complete Rethink
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=66we...
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Why Your Brain Thinks You're Powerless (You're Not) - Barry's Economics
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
stoptrump.org.uk/mp-mandelson/
stoptrump.org.uk
Write to your MP: Release the Mandelson files in full
Stop Trump Coalition
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 04/02/2026
Countries now launching investigations linked to the Epstein files: France Turkey United Kingdom Poland Lithuania Norway Latvia Australia North Macedonia Sweden Countries NOT investigating the Epstein files: USA
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Let's face it, if our government was bright and courageous enough, with a ban on second jobs and after cleaning up politics, Farage and many of the other charlatans would disappear. We need MPs to work for us, and not for sponsors or other interests. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ban-seco...
act.38degrees.org.uk
Ban second jobs for MPs
🚨 MPs should work for us – not for a second paycheck. Some are earning tens of thousands from other work while neglecting their real job: representing their constituents. Sign the petition to ban seco...
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I found this video relevant and poignant after Mark Carney's speech at Davos youtu.be/NJM_9Pw_zxI?...
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Why America, China and Russia are all built on the same fatal flaw
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It feels wrong that an MP can get elected on one platform and then just... swap? 🤷‍♀️ I’ve signed this to demand a by-election when MPs cross the floor. Let's make sure our votes actually count. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
you.38degrees.org.uk
MPs shouldn't be able to switch parties without asking us first!
I just signed a petition calling for mandatory by-elections when an MP changes their political party. We vote for a specific manifesto and set of values—if that changes, we should get to vote again. I...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this water stitch-up and demand a public consultation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org
Stop the water stitch-up!
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I find being close to water therapeutic, especially when able to record it and capture its beauty. These are three of my favourite images from 2024. #photography #landscape #britain #outdoors #water #tide #river #art
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David McCulloch @photodave.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Refugees shouldn't have to wait 20 years to know if they are safe. New rules are leaving families separated and lives in limbo. Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Don’t leave refugees in limbo: Scrap the 20-year wait
Imagine living in limbo for 20 years, not knowing if you’ll be allowed to stay in the only home your children have ever known. That is the reality facing refugees under new government proposals. A gr...
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angelM @angelmsattya.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Jacquie @shroommuse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
When you put a batshit crazy egomaniac, with the IQ of peanut butter, in power there are consequences....
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