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Tom F

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Former journalist on local papers specialising in sport. Lived in Hungary and Italy as a boy. Now on South Coast in UK.

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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Time for a new Citizens 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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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Care: The Increasing Hidden Cost of Petty Politics open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...
open.substack.com
Care: The Cost of Petty Politics
How has the most humane work in our society been devalued and allowed to deteriorate for so long? By James Bloodworth
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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 the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. Sign the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stop defunding the BBC and the loss of jobs - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ba...
megaphone.org.uk
Back Workers. Back Our BBC.
Nearly everyone - 94% of adults in the UK - uses the BBC every month. The BBC has an incredible range of TV, audio and digital services - from Planet Earth to the Proms, from BBC Bitesize and The Worl...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
foxglove.org.uk
Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Experts warn that the FAO’s “sustainable” krill assessment ignores the combined risks of concentrated fishing and climate change for Antarctic wildlife. @fao.org: Reconsider the assessment. Stop greenwashing industrial krill fishing. Read and share the letter: shorturl.at/N5bEp
bluemarinefoundation.com
Open Letter: The Modern Reality of Antarctic krill fishing
Read our open letter, submitted with over 30 NGOs which supports a global call to end the exploitation of krill fishing in Antarctica.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Germany: Protect the North Sea and its harbour porpoises! Sign here actions.eko.org/a/germany-pr...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Changing Westminster’s voting system should be examined by an independent commission. The public and experts can examine all the evidence and build consensus for long-needed reform. Sign 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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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, shocking to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. Sign the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Multinational corporations can sue governments in secret tribunals for passing laws that protect people and the planet. It's called ISDS, it's in trade deals, and it's blocking climate action right now. This October, we fight back. Join the action!👇 stopisds.global #StopISDS
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the unregulated culture of the press. Sign: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-press
hackedoff.org
Demand an inquiry into the culture of the press
Jason Arday died after being relentlessly hounded by the press. Demand an inquiry into press culture now.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
⚽🔴 A US player gets a red card. Trump calls. The card vanishes. FIFA's Infantino is cosying up to Trump and his family for financial gain instead of protecting football's image. Demand an immediate investigation into Infantino's actions and his fitness for office 👇 action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...
action.wemove.eu
Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/08/2026
Decades of tragic NHS scandals prove our health service needs accountability at the heart of its DNA. Labour’s Health Bill guts hard-won safety measures and lets the NHS mark its own homework. Andy Burnham must urgently put an end to this.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BP just announced staggering profits. Oil and gas companies should not gauge excess profit from an energy crisis. Sign this petition calling on governments to put in place permanent taxes on oil and gas companies. act.350.org/sign/treaty-...
act.350.org
Sign the petition: The global tax treaty that can make polluters pay
Every time oil and gas prices spike, from war, shortage, or plain market panic, big oil and gas companies cash in. We pay more at the pump and on our energy bills. They pay almost nothing extra in tax...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by profit hungry private equity corporations. End profiteering in social care. Sign your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...
party.coop
End private profit in social care
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sign @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres!https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-drax-stop-dirty-data-centres?source=bsky&
actionnetwork.org
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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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Care should put vulnerable people before excess profits. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by rapacious private equity companies. It's time to end profiteering in social care. Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...
party.coop
End private profit in social care
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Friends of Bylines Network bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...
bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Friends of Bylines Network - Bylines Network
Stand with us – sign up. now to become a Friend of Bylines Network
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 15/07/2026
🚨 The government agreed an NHS drug price hike with Trump's administration, and neither the public nor MPs have had a say in it. It could cost the #NHS billions and push services to breaking point. We will not sit back while the government puts lives at risk to please Trump...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Keep the BBC from being gutted please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ba...
megaphone.org.uk
Back Workers. Back Our BBC.
Nearly everyone - 94% of adults in the UK - uses the BBC every month. The BBC has an incredible range of TV, audio and digital services - from Planet Earth to the Proms, from BBC Bitesize and The Worl...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sign the @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres! actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org
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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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Stop gutting the BBC - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ba...
megaphone.org.uk
Back Workers. Back Our BBC.
Nearly everyone - 94% of adults in the UK - uses the BBC every month. The BBC has an incredible range of TV, audio and digital services - from Planet Earth to the Proms, from BBC Bitesize and The Worl...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Care should put people before profit. Yet around 80% of the UK's largest care home providers are owned or backed by asset stripping private equity. It's time to end excess profiteering in social care. Sign 👇 party.coop/campaign/soc...
party.coop
End private profit in social care
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The UK is being sued for £300 million for halting the Cumbria coal mine, via a secretive tribunal which gives corporations special rights. Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This cause is vital part of keeping railways under public control - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...
megaphone.org.uk
End rail outsourcing – bring our cleaners back in-house!
RMT estimates that more than £400 million of the railway's money is lost to outsourcing and sub-contracting firms every year. The profits from Churchill’s contract at GTR – who operate Thameslink, So...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Stop the Destruction of Loreto Bay actions.eko.org/a/stop-the-d...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
BP made US$3.2 billion this quarter – more than double last year. This is obscene. Sign this global petition calling on governments to stop letting polluters profiteer and ensure affordable, renewable energy for all. act.350.org/act/we-pay-t...
act.350.org
We pay. They profit. It’s time for a Great Power Shift - join us!
Governments must guarantee affordable, safe, and clean energy for all. Fossil fuels don’t just heat the planet, they make life more expensive. Add your name and demand governments create a fair, affor...
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Right to Repair Europe @r2reurope.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Where are repair and reuse in the Circular Economy Act? 🔎 Following last Thursday’s final stakeholder workshop on the Circular Economy Act, the #RighttoRepair coalition is deeply concerned that the @ec.europa.eu's approach risks missing the core of what makes an economy truly circular.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Water privatisation has failed South East Water spent more on shareholder dividends than on infrastructure Now the taps aren't working in Kent and Sussex Emma Reynolds and Ofwat must bring South East Water into public ownership immediately Sign the petition 👇 weownit.org.uk/act-now/sout...
weownit.org.uk
Take South East Water into public ownership NOW
South East Water has failed households in Kent and Sussex. It is time to bring it into public ownership.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Humanists UK have been pioneering positive social change for 130 years! From fighting for women's suffrage and decriminalising homosexuality, to abolishing blasphemy laws, and winning equal marriage – learn more on the 130th anniversary of #HumanistsUK. humanists.uk/2026/04/30/h...
humanists.uk
Humanists UK celebrates 130th anniversary
Today marks a significant milestone for the humanist movement in the UK, celebrating the 130th anniversary of the founding of Humanists UK on 30 April 1896. The date also marks a milestone year for th...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Our governments must finally start protecting people, instead of corporate bullies. A law to shield the people speaking up against injustices is ready. Sign to help it become reality: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-04...
action.wemove.eu
Protect people, not corporate bullies
The powerful always get what they want, right? Not if our governments finally start protecting people, instead of corporate bullies. A law to shield the people speaking up against injustices is ready....
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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 24/04/2026
This is not the end. We won't stop fighting until every dying person has choice.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thames Water wants to set its own rules. The Board of Ofwat is split over whether to just let them carry on regardless. Email the Board now, and urge them to firmly reject Thames Water's discredited creditors @weownit.org.uk tinyurl.com/85m396az&nbs...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Government has an enormous opportunity to kick big money donations out of our politics. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/189930/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
We need a donation cap for ALL donors
The Government has an enormous opportunity to kick big money donations out of our politics. Please sign our letter.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The #AssistedDyingBill is at risk of being deliberately talked out in the Lords. Terminally ill people deserve a compassionate choice – and MPs’ votes should be respected. Support #HumanistsUK and the Assisted Dying Coalition. Sign this petition today! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Act to ensure Bills backed by MPs & public can complete all stages in Parliament
We want the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the public, they have the time to complete all their stages in Parliament. We believe this is impo...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Tell Mondelēz to quit its villain era and stop stuffing Oreos with deforestation palm oil: action.eko.org/a/mondelez-s...
action.eko.org
Mondelēz: Stop stuffing Oreos with deforestation
Mondelēz is double-stuffing its Oreo cookies with bulldozed orangutan habitat. The candy giant knows its palm oil is wiping out Indonesia’s last rainforests, but it’s falling short of real action. No
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🧵1/ MAJOR CAMPAIGN WIN 🚨🌍 At COP30, the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands announced the *first ever* conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels. AND they confirmed corporate courts will be discussed. This is historic. And it takes us one BIG step closer to a #FossilFuelTreaty. 🔥✊
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Elections must represent what people want and need, not those with the loudest voices or deepest pockets. Sign here to get the National Commission we need. www.open-britain.co.uk/ncer
open-britain.co.uk
National Commission on Electoral Reform | Open Britain
Millions of votes don't count under First Past the Post. Sign the petition for an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform to review how Britain elects its MPs.
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Another Europe Is Possible @anothereurope.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Government must stop listening to dodgy advice! Hear the trade unions, the care workers, the migrant support organisations - LISTEN TO YOUR BASE. The immigration plans must be scrapped. @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @unison.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Don't change rules for migrants already in UK, Labour MPs tell Mahmood
Some 35 Labour MPs are among those who have written to the home secretary to raise concerns about the plans.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our public services aren’t suitable to be sold off to a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with far right oligarch owned 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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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Sign the petition to protect the laws that protect us - our health, nature, and water. Don't let polluters and opportunistic politicians get their way. Give nature a voice! #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/ha...
wwf.eu
#HandsOffNature
#HandsOffNature
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Sign the petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. He may have used his privileged position as UK Ambassador to ensure govt contracts were given to the US spy tech firm?: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
foxglove.org.uk
The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove
Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🚨 The gov has agreed a #NHS drug price hike with Trump’s administration - and neither the public nor MPs have had a say in it. This deal could force the NHS to pay BILLIONS more for medicines, pushing other services to breaking point. Watch, share, and tag your MP. 👇🏽
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
MEPs: Vote NO to the EU–Mercosur agreement action.eko.org/a/meps-vote-...
action.eko.org
MEPs: Vote NO to the EU–Mercosur agreement
They’re raising their glasses.EU governments just voted for the EU–Mercosur deal — a dirty trade pact that would supercharge deforestation of the Amazon, slash food and environmental standards, and pu
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
People fleeing war deserve safety, not forced deportations. Tell EU to reject the dangerous, inhumane law that would put vulnerable or traumatised people at risk: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
action.wemove.eu
EU, don’t deport people to unsafe countries!
Europe could soon adopt a dangerous policy. People would be deported to countries they’ve never been to - without a fair hearing. Add your voice and tell EU leaders: protect the right to asylum!
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Community sport doesn’t just happen in stadiums. Back an amendment to protect all community sports spaces – including indoor venues like pools and gyms. Add your name 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...
party.coop
Back our amendment to protect all community sports
A new law will bring in protections for sports venues, but there’s a chance to make them even better.
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Big Tech is trying to break the rules - again. Google and Musk were held accountable, but lobbyists now want to weaken the laws that protect our safety, privacy, and money online ✍️ Tell EU leaders: protect people, not billionaires! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
action.wemove.eu
Keep Big Tech Accountable!
Big Tech is trying to get away with breaking the rules - again.Google and Musk have already been held accountable, but now lobbyists are pushing to weaken the rules that protect our safety, privacy, a...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act to stop this. Sign action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
action.wemove.eu
Ban Forever Chemicals Now
Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards Sign #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
action.wemove.eu
Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...
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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It must be the British public and licence fee payers that decide the future of the BBC, not presidents or politicians or political appointees. Add your name now to the #APeoplesBBC campaign. party.coop/campaign/bbc...
party.coop
It’s time for A People’s BBC
The BBC belongs to the British public, not to the Government. Licence payers, not Ministers, should determine it's future.
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