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Bridget Russell-Calvert

@research-nurd.bsky.social
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I'm a research culture and impact support and development professional, interested in everyone's research - methods, results, findings, surprises, etc. - how research helps the world and how I can help researchers achieve their goals.

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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#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...
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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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Guarantee the future of the Triple Lock! Listen to us Andy Burnham!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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It's time for them to pay up.
Oil and gas companies who make BILLIONS are trying to get out of paying tax while we all freeze this winter.
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ban Fracking For Good!
The Government plans to ban new licences for some types of fracking in England. Good news, but it doesn’t go far enough. Sign the petition to demand a PERMANENT ban covering ALL fracking⚡
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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SIGN THE PETITION: WE BACK A NATIONAL CARE SERVICE
I just signed the petition backing a national care service. Will you sign too?
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ban Fracking For Good!
The Government plans to ban new licences for some types of fracking in England. Good news, but it doesn’t go far enough. Sign the petition to demand a PERMANENT ban covering ALL fracking⚡
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? act.gp/3pIM9ns
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If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Save Freeview TV for Lynette and millions of others who depend on it!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Stop Big Billionaires Buying British Politics
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.facebook.com/share/18WNAf... UK MPs should not be paid by another organisation to lobby for that organisation's interests; WE pay them through our taxes to work for us, the people of the UK. In this case the other organisation is Palantir and the MO is Labour's Tom Watson.
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The People’s Sewage Refund
💷🌊 We pay for sewage to be properly treated. Yet our waterways are still being polluted. If the service isn’t being delivered, why should we keep paying for it? Demand The People’s Refund. Add your na...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Privatisation broke our water system. @labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it. Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: ​https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&​
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Put an AI Rights Bill in place NOW, before it’s too late
Another day, another headline about AI gone rogue. It's why I've signed a new petition calling for the UK Gov to introduce an AI Rights Bill - with REAL rules, regulations and guardrails to protect us...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Count Me In: Kick Palantir Out of Our NHS
I just added my name to be part of a MASSIVE new action against Palantir, can you add yours?
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.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...
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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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🤔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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Andy Burnham: keep your promise and cap political donations
Will you sign the petition so Andy Burnham doesn’t give in to the billionaires and caps political donations instead?
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Big UK banks pocketed £29.2bn in six months while our bills went up! A windfall tax on bank profits would raise £19bn for our schools & NHS. @TheGreenParty's already backing it - 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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.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...
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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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Stop the NHS mental health cuts!
I just signed the campaign calling to stop NHS mental health cuts
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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They Work for Who? — Who's Paying Your MP?
Type your postcode. See who's paying your MP. Share it.
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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...
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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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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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Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Stand up to Trump and Bezos: stronger tax rules NOW
Jeff Bezos has just been crowned the world's third richest person...while Amazon dodges billions in tax. Right now, governments are negotiating new global tax rules. Tell the UK Government: don't cave...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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1,008 welcomes for the new PM
38 Degrees supporters have sent Andy Burnham 1,008 welcome messages from every corner of the UK. Read them, and add your name to our to-do list for the new PM.
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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We pay our dues. They should too.
Amazon made £555 MILLION in profit in the UK last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. Jeff Bezos is rubbing his hands together, avoiding tax, while we pay our dues. Don't think ...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Stop these monster data centres before they wreck our neighbourhoods!
Are you worried about this too?
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital. No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry. Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
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Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed. That ...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Don’t water down the Representation of the People bill!
I just signed the campaign calling to strengthen the Representation of the People Bill
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous - have we gone backwards a generation?! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hateful decision! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
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Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Launch a full investigation into Nigel Farage’s undisclosed donations
Nigel Farage received gifts and benefits from a convicted fraudster. This can’t go on. Sign the petition to demand a FULL investigation into his undisclosed donations and gifts. We need answers:
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Ofcom: Stop GB News flouting the rules
I just signed the campaign calling on Ofcom to stop GB News from flouting the rules
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Don’t backtrack on climate action!
🥵 The UK is sweltering under extreme heat. Disrupted trains. School closures. Hospitals under pressure. Yet some politicians want to abandon action that would prevent these extreme heatwaves in the fu...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Bring our water back into public ownership
💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water ba...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water back into public ownership. Add your name: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/big-publ...
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Bring our water back into public ownership
💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water ba...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Don’t gut our public services to increase defence spending
Starmer wants to gut the NHS and education budget to increase defence spending. It's outrageous and we need to show him just how unpopular this would be. Sign the petition to save our services!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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FARAGE: COME CLEAN ABOUT THE £5M
Sign the petition demanding Reform UK leader Nigel Farage come clean about the £5m gift he received from a Reform Party mega-donor!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Nigel Farage: Stop using Henry Nowak’s murder to stoke hatred and division
I just signed the open letter calling on Nigel Farage to stop using Henry Nowak’s murder to stoke hatred and division
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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The Great British dairy scandal: we need honest welfare labels NOW!
I just signed the campaign for mandatory labels on our dairy products now!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Did you know UK rules let companies get away with slave labour, illegal deforestation and more? A new law could end this - please join me and sign the petition to stop corporate abuses now👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Tell the Government: Pass a law to hold businesses accountable!
I just signed this! The real cost of "cheap" products shouldn't be paid by the people making them or by the environment. Let's demand businesses take responsibility for their supply chains. Add your n...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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SIGN THE PETITION: SCRAP THE PALANTIR - MET POLICE DEAL
Palantir could be about to land a HUGE new deal - with London’s Met Police. That could mean a US tech company gaining access to deeply sensitive data 😡 Add your name and demand the Government block th...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Stop private companies draining our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling to cap private profits on our NHS!
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs to collect debt. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking when they miss just one payment! Can you sign and share? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban the bailiffs - protect vulnerable families
I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs on vulnerable people. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking. C...
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Bridget Russell-Calvert @research-nurd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today is a huge step forward to giving every child a proper start in life 🧡 The two-child limit is being scrapped today, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Will you reshare and spread the good news? bsky.app/profile/38de...
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