• Petition to Stop our Community Cafe being privately leased
    Our Community Cafe is an important space. It is a vital part of our community used by the old, the young, families, residents with mental health issues and other vulnerable members of our community. Community support is being achieved in this space and will be quickly lost to us as a community because; A decision has been made to lease out our Community Cafe to a non community organisation from the middle of October. It is unbelievable to see that the Community have been disregarded and not asked to get involved in discussions about this Community resource. Our community is full of wonderful caring people with skills and ideas to build on the work already achieved and we are entitled to be engaged in conversations about the fate of our Community resources and how they are run for the benefit of the Community it serves now and in the future- Engage us
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    Created by Moira Kerrane
  • True democray- people power
    Here's what I Propose Its a simple system, there's a 'problem that needs solving' or a 'Decision that needs to be made' , the elected rep of the people aka 'Administrator of the peoples wishes 'should put forward solutions for each 'problem/decision' for the public to vote on, on a government website,, if the solutions get a no vote then another solution is needed, voting by internet, text, phone line, email etc with your national insurance number/bank/email verification to avoid double voting.This system of the public voting daily from the comfort of our home is only possibly due to the technology we all take for granted today, phones computers and internet etc, and allows us the Public of the British Isles to control what our government does thus ensuring it works in our best interests. For example The public to vote on creating our own currency not dependant on private banks- The printing of our own Bradbury pound so we don't borrow from credit card company/Private bank aka The Bank of England (yes its not a bank nor of England- just a corporation) would stop our national debt growing exponentially and declare previous debt unlawful ( common law without honour by the lender and lendee , prev governments) as in whats just happened with Wonga loans and thus this would clear our national debt, this would have a impact on how much tax you pay as there is no debt or interest of the government so in effect people would keep more of their wages for themselves. We can currently withdraw our pensions to our bank accounts, and our savings /current accounts from there we can purchase online Gold (by purchasing online we do not cause a 'run on the banks' where we all try to get the bits of paper ,cash that represents the money in the system of which there is not enough and you get civil disorder chaos etc), we then take our gold to the bradbury bank and if you bought £5000 GBP in gold then it is deposited for £5000 Bradbury pounds, The gold sits there as the peoples gold (no borrowing, gambling loaning etc it just sits there), you can go back to the Bradbury bank and walk away with the same physical amount of gold that you originally deposited, this way our gold is actually linked/traded in net weight not what the market is doing that week. This allows the UK public to move their hard earned life savings pensions to Gold to the Bradbury pound.This gives us a real tangible asset based currency. Rough estimates from my experience of credit and debit is that around 1/3 of the Tax you pay on your wages is paying the interest on the bank of england credit card that our government has borrowed. How much better of would you be without paying that interest? similarly look at mortgages, a mortgage of £1100 interest is around another £350 if its a capital and interest mortgage, so how much would your life change if a mortgage was £350 roughly a month, for some that would mean home ownership. We do not launch any kind of military action without public voting, yes even if its an aid drop with military acting as bodyguards it needs to be voted on. We should be able to have almost everything the government does as a vote able item on a government website. If The people would like me to be a ' Administrator of the Peoples wishes' who is also 'the normal guy' do feel free. I'm horrified by these councils closing housing estates to make luxury flats that the poor cant afford. I'm astounded at the bullshit planning laws that make it so difficult for you or me to buy some land and build a home on it for our families- funny the developers don't have this problem. AND YES I'M APPALLED AT HOW OUR COUNTRY WILL BE WRECKED BY FRACKING. I see myself as no different to the everyday man in the street with exactly the same rights as you. I do not see myself as being above the Law. which as i see it has problem at the moment namely Conflict of Interest, with a policeman acting under oath as a police constable and upholding common law and preventing a breach of the peace and then also acting under a corporation title of police officer enforcing corporation statutes (parliament legislation) onto Citizens, Surely the parliament statutes should only be applicable to Corporations and not citizens- thus being in essence a citizens safeguard ensuring corporations are controlled, this would also remove the conflict of interest in the policeman's job titles as he is only enforcing corporation statutes against a corporation not a citizen.If you like how i think and what i say then feel free to elect me as 'administrator of the peoples wishes' as i envisioned this truest form of democracy 10 years ago, i never wanted to get into politics but the world i see coming tomorrow for my boy and your children is not a free and pleasant world for innocent children to grow up in, just under the fracking issue they will have licences to frack 60% of the UK and that means that those fields and streams and meadows we want our children to have will be on land leased by
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    Created by Paul Thompson
  • Change The Law To Protect The Dead
    At the moment, UK law allows any person to be disinterred for scientific testing, and without the consent of relatives or descendants if the remains are over 100 years old. Licences are issued routinely, regardless of the identity of the person being disinterred, and human remains must be kept available for testing as long as the licence holder chooses. Large portions of the remains are often destroyed during testing, and remains are frequently kept in storage boxes in universities and various other institutions. Even when remains are returned for reburial, by law, the licence holder is allowed to disinter again for further testing at will, and there's nothing the relatives can do to stop this. Nor can they prevent archaeologists from ignoring the known wishes of the deceased, their faith (if known or applicable), the circumstances under which they were originally buried, or relocating them to a different burial site. King Richard III has been significantly damaged during testing, and his remains are going to be scientifically preserved in a sterile ossuary hidden inside a coffin, so that he is prevented from decay after reburial - his remains are to be kept available for further disinterment and testing by law. Permission is being sought to search for and disinter three of his close relatives, two of them children, and a search is underway for King Harold (of the Battle of Hastings) at the moment. Other royal burials have also become of scientific interest since King Richard's discovery. In Leicester a couple who were buried over 1000 years ago holding hands, have recently been dug up and parted from each other for no justifiable reason. War graves have also been disturbed, and any soldiers that have died during WWI are at risk of disturbance and testing, with little to nothing their relatives and descendants can do to prevent it. All reburials over 100 years old are at immediate potential risk if the scientific community takes an interest in them, and if the law isn't changed to protect the dead, each one of us and our loved ones may also be one day at risk from disturbance and destruction for the sake of curiosity. The law needs to be changed to protect the dead from deliberate disturbance and destructive testing, and to make archaeologists, universities, and the Church of England respect the peace of the dead, respect their own burial wishes, and the rights of family and descendants (where traceable).
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    Created by Rosie Simons
  • SAVE THE ALDERMAN WRAITH SCHOOL
    Because the old school is an important part of Spennymoor's heritage, lots the inhabitants of County Durham were schooled there, it should be a listed building and is certainly a heritage building, it has been left without maintainance probably on purpose to run the building down. It was used as recently as last year for a production of George Gently. It has a large school field attached to it that could well be used for outdoor sports and certainly a running track or rubgy pitch or both, the whole area is short of play areas for children at this end of Spennymoor so all the land could be put to good use, rather than more houses I think we have done our bit for the government/council as far as new houses are concerned.
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    Created by Joan Scott
  • Support The Benefit Card System as proposed by the Conservative government
    Remember it is your hard earned tax money that provides these benefits and it is therefore sensible to introduce some workable measure of control. I believe that the proposed card system will effect that control.
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    Created by Derek Rogerson
  • Change the annuity pension law
    The chancellor has recently changed the annuity laws allowing people to to take their pension in a lump sum. Pensioners who recently cashed in their annuity, because they had no option at the time, are now stuck with pitifully small monthly pensions that will quickly lose their value with yearly inflation. This is especially true of small annuity funds with a value under £30'000. Due to the recession many people are trapped with debt that they have little chance of paying off. Allowing people to take their own money in a lump sum is just and fair. The chancellor has seen this and is changing the law, but what about those people who cannot take their money because the law does not allow it?
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    Created by David Mundy
  • Lower Parliamentary Salaries to Combat National Debt
    This is important to all of us as at current a large lump sum of taxpayers money goes towards paying the salaries of individuals who claim to be working for the care and benefit of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain. Courtesy of Google, I can tell you that there are 650 Ministers of Parliament. The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2014 is £67,060. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London and in their constituency, and travelling between Parliament and their constituency. Making their current annual salaries combine to a total worth of £43,589000. 43 Million, 589 thousand pounds. I'm sure you'll agree that £67,060 is an amazing price to retail one persons opinion at. Well, if they care so much isn't it about time that they show this; without their benefits courtesy of us!
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    Created by Geoffrey Reeves
  • SAVE THE ALDERMAN WRAITH SCHOOL
    Because the old school is part of our heritage there are people in County Durham whose careers were started in this school, the building has been left without maintenance for a number of years, this is a grand old building and could be put to better use as a Youth Club there are lots of rooms which could be used for various projects, the huge school field could be used as a running track for budding athletes, there is enough room for a rubgy/football/cricket pitches, the children at this end of Spennymoor are lacking playing areas. I think Spennymoor has more than done their bit with regards to houses, the government/county council should now be looking elsewhere for spare land to build more houses, we are inundated and don't need more. The building was used recently for a BBC1 production of George Gentley and there must be other uses to numerous to mention here where the old school could be used.
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    Created by Joan Scott
  • NICK CLEGG - PLEASE SIGN MY STOOKIE
    My arm is itchy and I've got to use a plastic knife to scratch it and I think if I get Nick's autograph plastered over the plaster-cast it will take my mind of things.
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    Created by Michael Marshall
  • Gordon Brown please resign as an MP
    Gordon Brown promised the people of Scotland before the referendum vote that they would get Federalism if they voted No http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/gordon-brown-backs-federalism-in-event-of-no-vote-1-3511291 He is now calling on Scots to sign a petition asking the three unionist party leaders to keep their promise. He promised something he was not in a position to deliver and should therefore resign.
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    Created by Bill Cruickshank
  • Detention In Schools
    For many it is not learning them anything, they can come back the next day and do the same things. If you remove that person from the class that they are misbehaving in to a room where they cant get distracted and can fully focus on there work. lunch detentions take up 30-40 mins of there lunch hour which irritates the pupils ending in break of bonds within the school, which most likely leads to that person giving up in school. After school detentions do the same to the pupils but added on removes there after school time/ personal time further more breaking there education thoughts
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    Created by Ryan Mather
  • #TheAmendment
    In 2011, only 35% of young people voted in the Welsh Assembly elections, compared to 70% of those aged 65+. Young people are disengaged, disinterested and overlooked. But how can we expect young people to take an interest in something they've never been educated about? #TheAmendment will set in law things that Bite The Ballot have been doing for the last five years: > We believe local Electoral Registration Officers have a duty to make sure everyone is registered to vote. > If certain groups of people are less likely to be registered, then Electoral Registration Officers need to go that extra mile to get those groups on the register. > As well as targeting these groups, we believe Electoral Registration Officers should go into Welsh schools and colleges to run voter engagement sessions. The final thing that #TheAmendment will do is make registering to vote as easy and straightforward as possible: > We want to make it possible to register to vote by simply ticking a box at the bottom of a driver's license or a passport application form (this is only on an 'opt-in' basis - none of your details will be shared, unless you agree). On 24 September 2014, Members of the Welsh Assembly, by an overwhelming majority, voted in favour of our idea. But, the Welsh Assembly cannot make laws about voting or elections. This is decided at Westminster. That's why we are calling on all Members of the House of Lords to listen to us and vote in favour of #TheAmendment. And that's why we need you to to persuade them to listen, turn up to the debate - and vote.
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    Created by Oliver Sidorczuk