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Sue Massam

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LibDem . Voted tactically 2024. Still furious about Brexit consequences. Pro EU.

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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's time for a new Charter. Help write it and choose your 6 demands for a better politics. Take the survey here:https://actionnetwork.org/surveys/a-new-charter?source=bluesky&
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I've just signed "Prime Minister, What’s Your Plan for Fair Votes?" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/pr... @OpenBritainHQ
actionstorm.org
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200648/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
House of Lords reform
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please si...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
On Monday 14th September, MPs are debating whether there should be a referendum on who owns England's water. I've just asked my MP to attend and support giving us a say. Take 2mins to email your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/deba... @weownit.org.uk
weownit.org.uk
Give the public a say on who owns our water - email your MP
Public ownership of water is popular. MPs must give us a say on who owns our water.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.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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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Broken promise: the Government promised guaranteed hours for all workers, but now most will miss out. 🚫 Sign the petition now to protect every worker: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition to give all workers the right to guaranteed hours
Betrayal: the UK Gov pledged guaranteed hours for all workers, but now most will miss out. Sign now to fight back.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Broken promise: the Government promised guaranteed hours for all workers, but now most will miss out. 🚫 Sign the petition now to protect every worker: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition to give all workers the right to guaranteed hours
Betrayal: the UK Gov pledged guaranteed hours for all workers, but now most will miss out. Sign now to fight back.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It feels like you can’t watch a game of football without wading through annoying gambling ads. 🙄 😡It’s dangerous for young fans, and it puts a stain on the beautiful game. ⚽Find out what you can do about it. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Protect young fans: kick gambling ads out of football
Gambling ads are all over football, targeting young fans and risking dangerous addictions. All eyes are on the World Cup - so can you help me get them banned now? We don’t have long!
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Petition: Tell the UK to put sanctions on Israel
Israel’s genocide in Gaza and regime of oppression across the occupied Palestinian territory are possible because countries like the UK have allowed it to act with impunity. Targeted economic sanction...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The UK’s economic relations with Israel make it complicit in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The impunity must end. Join me and back the call for sanctions on Israel’s war economy: act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Petition: Tell the UK to put sanctions on Israel
Israel’s genocide in Gaza and regime of oppression across the occupied Palestinian territory are possible because countries like the UK have allowed it to act with impunity. Targeted economic sanction...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Far-right criminal Tommy Robinson has been invited on a prestigious public stage. We need a public outcry to get this invite cancelled and protect our communities from his hate! Can you sign and share the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Cancel Tommy Robinson’s invite to the Oxford Union
Far-right criminal Tommy Robinson has been invited on a prestigious public stage. We need to get this invite cancelled and protect our communities from his hate!
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
www.libdems.org.uk/fairvotes
libdems.org.uk
Fair Votes Now
Support proportional representation so everyone's voice counts.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The threat of UK democracy being torn apart by something similar to Project 2025 in Trump’s America is very real. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/190936/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Democracy on the Brink
The threat of UK democracy being torn apart by something similar to Project 2025 in Trump’s America is very real. Please sign our letter.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The government promised to bring our railway into public ownership. Their Railways Bill leaves huge parts of our railway in the hands of private profiteers. Ask your MP to make sure it delivers for passengers, not profit. weownit.org.uk/rail-tug-of-...
weownit.org.uk
Ask your MP to make sure the Railways Bill delivers for passengers, not profit
MPs must back amendments to make sure the Railways Bill delivers real public ownership.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I’ve asked my MP to demand the UK takes action at the Colombia fossil fuels conference. Big oil is using corporate courts to make billions and delay the green transition. Join me and take action here: act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4768/
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Tell your MP: the UK must join the global moves against corporate courts
Governments will soon meet in Colombia for the first ever global conference focused on the fossil fuel phase-out. Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), the system which is allowing a hedge fund to...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It is not just foreign money in our politics which is a problem, big money from UK sources is also damaging. Sign our letter to the Minister. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/189162/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
The Rycroft Review into foreign interference in UK politics
It is not just foreign money in our politics which is a problem, big money from UK sources is also damaging. Sign our letter to the Minister.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle. We won’t fall for scapegoating & division. Let's build a fairer future ✍️ Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sh...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Tax the super-rich: Spread wealth, not hate.
We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle. We won’t fall for scapegoating & division. Let's build a fairer future ✍️ Sign the petition:
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/187342/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Get big money out of politics
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Government needs to realise more regulation won’t fix our broken water system. We need to kick financial predators out & take it back into public control. But don’t just take it from me. Listen to a sewage campaigner who inspired Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Business’. @windrushwasp.bsky.social
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Win with the progressive majority!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wi...
actionnetwork.org
Win with the progressive majority!
There is a progressive majority in Britain. That's not a theory. A fact. Most people want the same things. A society that is fairer. A democracy that works. A planet that survives us. We might hav...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Reform’s vow to scrap the Renters Rights Act shows they’re “in the pocket of rogue landlords”, the Housing Secretary has claimed www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
mirror.co.uk
Reform renters rights opposition shows they're 'in pocket of rogue landlords'
Last week multi-millionaire Deputy Reform leader Richard Tice, announced that a Reform government would tear up Labour legislation to tackle abuse of tenants and employees
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Corruption in England's water industry and its regulation 2,778 serious pollution incidents reported in 2024. Officials downgraded 2,735 (98%) to minor incidents. Only 496 attended before downgrading; the rest were deemed minor. Regulators collude with industry, inflicting harms to people.
theguardian.com
Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests
Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it. Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/187342/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Get big money out of politics
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter.
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Mandelson revelations might just be the tip of the iceberg. If he leaked government secrets once, we need to know if he acted in the public interest when negotiating trade deals with the US. Urge the PM to release all #MandelsonFiles act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4714
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Tell the PM: Release the Mandelson trade files – in full
Police are looking into claims that Peter Mandelson leaked government secrets to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary in 2008. This raises questions over whether Mandelson consistently
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I've contact my MP to ask them to attend the Brexit referendum anniversary debate on Tuesday 22 February. Contact your MP here: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-e...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Urge Your MP to Attend the Debate on the EU Referendum Anniversary
Nearly a decade after the 2016 referendum, the effects of Brexit are no longer theoretical. They are visible in the economy, in pressures on public finances, and in the UK’s changing role internationa...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I've signed the petition calling for UK-EU environmental cooperation to protect our health, clean up our environment and reduce energy bills. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
climatemisinformation.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
climatemisinformation.goodlawproject.org
Tell Ofcom to stop climate misinformation - Tell Ofcom to stop climate misinformation
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Disgraced peer Peter Mandelson has quit the House of Lords – but he still has his 'Lord' title. It must now be removed. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/mandelson/
r.ippl.es
Petition: Strip Mandelson of his peerage immediately
I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump to hike NHS drugs prices. The government is refusing to say how much this will cost or how it will be paid for. Tell Wes Streeting to come clean: act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Tell Wes Streeting: come clean on cost of Trump’s NHS deal
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that will see the NHS pay pharma companies much higher drugs prices. But they won’t come clean on how much this agreement will cost the NHS. Estim...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.libdems.org.uk/12hours
libdems.org.uk
End the A&E Crisis
Back our plan to end 12 hour waits and corridor care
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 01/10/2025
Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht (from Feb 23)
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 19/11/2025
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
In normal circumstances the attempt by the US to extort an allied country directly and via large companies would be a major political scandal. It isn't because the US is using such mob tactics on all other countries. We all lose out. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
politico.eu
US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador
Britain has offered to increase the threshold at which the NHS pays firms for medicines. Pharma firms want the government to go further.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Another day and yet another example of how ill equipped Farage & Reform to run a bath never mind the UK🙄🙄👇🏼 “Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra” Multimillionaire, ex public schoolboys playing at being serious contenders for Govt, have proved they can’t even run Councils❗️
theguardian.com
Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra, union warns
Prospect says proposals to make payouts less generous would damage public finances rather than save money
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Rob Massam 🔸 @rmassam.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202... government contracts with Drax yet again
theguardian.com
Drax power plant to go on earning ‘over £1m a day’ from burning wood pellets
Analysts say Britain’s biggest power plant in line to earn £458.6m a year under new government subsidy contract
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Our NHS is being held to ransom by Donald Trump and Big Pharma. The government must not give in. act.globaljustice.org.uk/our-nhs-bein...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Our NHS is being held to ransom by Donald Trump and Big Pharma. The government must not give in.
Big Pharma and Donald Trump are holding the NHS to ransom. Under the threat of tariffs and withdrawal of investment, they are trying to force the NHS to pay more for our medicines. This risks our abil...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Prostate cancer affects tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - yet routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. Sign the petition now calling for routine screenings for all men at risk of developing prostate cancer: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ro...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Introduce routine prostate cancer screenings for all at risk!
Despite prostate cancer affecting tens of thousands of men each year - including one in four Black men - routine screenings for men at risk still aren’t available. But right now the UK National Scree...
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Sue Massam @suemassam.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The Commons Modernisation Committee can't stay sitting on its hands while the public's trust in Parliament continues to erode. We need meaningful reform. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/179859/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
Missing in action
The Commons Modernisation Committee can't stay sitting on its hands while the public's trust in Parliament continues to erode. We need meaningful reform. Please sign our letter.
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