National service "conscription" was introduced leading up to WWII and was abolished 15 years after WWII for good reason. It did more harm than good to those who were forced into a minimum of 2 years service. For many it would have been easier to spend 2 years in prison but then they would still have had to do the term of service after. Many got out by faking long term illness, or by suicide but the rest had to get on with it. Those who endured the grueling 2 years of service and survived the regime mentally unscarred were few if any and a generation were brought up by the men who endured their time in service. It has a long lasting and generational effect on society. where cruelty is a tool for training those in service like electric shocks on a lab rat. A reintroduction of National service "conscription", serves for cheap labour for what ever means the government of the day sees fit and with those having to serve, forced to do what ever training the controllers set. There is no benefit for the individual to serve a term of service and no long term benefit for society. although those presenting the bill will disagree it is something that is so abhorrent to any critical thinking free person that someone should be enslaved for a period of time for what ever reason. if you are reading this on face book please sign

I am amazed that with all the damage the current Government is doing to our great British institutions, like the NHS, education, public services generally and now the BBC; with all the protests by GP’s, economists, unions, teachers, the government pushing ahead with its privatise everything dogma, we have no new party standing up for the things 38 Degrees members and many other believe in. We need to challenge the political system as a whole, which no longer represents the people of this country, but has become self-serving and the instrument of special interests. If we simply wait for the election in 2015 with no alternative to the current parties, our great British Institutions could be dismantled by then and once broken up and sold off piecemeal it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. No party is calling for these assaults on our society to be stopped in strong enough terms- not Labour, not any party.

Israel appears to be gearing up for War in the Middle East by striking at Iran false flag or not. We will not be dragged into this forced Armageddon/World War III with war mongers. The ONLY way forward is Peace.

Chernobyl was a 30% meltdown, it was also 1/3 the size of the smallest containment failure at Fukushima. When you add in the horrendous 'Mox' fuels, the many hundreds of thousands of spent fuel rods and the instability of the whole site with it's six compromised reactors and numerous shoddy contaminated water storage tanks, Fukushima is a monster worthy of attention and great respect, some 20 million times the potential of the Chernobyl disaster. It has already released 10,000 Chernobyl’s into the Pacific Ocean and the Whales have stopped singing completely. Dealing with Japan's leadership and TEPCO'S inability to progress this situation is vital. We are already 3 years into the projected 6 year time frame that will see the complete break down of vital and interconnected systems supporting all life in the Pacific ocean due to uncontrolled highly radioactive releases directly into the Pacific waters. The sheer magnitude of the problem is matched only by the certainty that the type of contamination released from the plant is unsurvivable for anything it comes into contact with, if not immediately then over time. Our World is in fact under the very real threat of being stripped of many of the vital attributes that make it inhabitable and the Nuclear Industry has shown it's self to be completely unaccountable. There is an iceberg of Data supporting my view that should be shared and taken seriously. There has also been a concerted effort to play down the dangers and a sea of misinformation surrounding the issue has been allowed to flow freely around in the mainstream media. So far, even testing and scientific data research has been sporadic and actively discouraged, with any data gleaned thus far being actively spun to render the results less alarming. Air, Land and Sea...Fish, Grain and soil, Young and old alike..in fact all life from the smallest to the largest forms across the planet will in time fail to flourish in accordance with their natural 'God given' potential, the kind of mutations we can expect are already starting to show in Sea life in the Pacific and along the West Coast of the States and this is only the very start. There are already plenty of examples of problems for Humans due to higher levels of Radiation, especially for young girls and the evidence base is mounting all the time. Must we wait until it is so bad we have no options remaining? Japan meanwhile presses ahead with plans to send people back into the Fukushima prefecture to live and plan to restart their vast number of Nuclear plants across the country, having done little to educate their own Citizens to the immediate dangers this will expose them to whilst shooting for the 2020 Olympic games in complete denial of their failures. The stories of corruption and mismanagement are rife concerning TEPCO but they are far too powerful to challenge and are allowed to simply lie to us all about their real situation passing a law strictly forbidding comment. That is until 38 degrees came into the picture! With a half life in the billions of years, the relentless nature of Fukushima's Radiation releases can and should not be ignored any longer. I believe it to be the single most important Global problem mankind has ever encountered. We need millions of people to voice their concern and for Japan to be held to account. The Nuclear Industry can not be allowed to continue to ignore the very real danger they have put us in for the convenience of their shareholders and commitments within the global Military Industrial Complex. Action groups like CND have become blinded to their purpose, so it has come down to us...the people..the huge pool of engaged people within the 38 degrees community to start putting heavy pressure on our elected leaders to act. Time is of the essence....we have less time than anyone could ever imagine. Three of the projected six years have already passed for all life in the Pacific ocean, this however is just Fukushima's calling card. Do not for one moment think it will not impact Great Britain. The best...as they say...is yet to come. Please follow the situation closely and stay informed. http://enenews.com/ http://fairewinds.org/

This would help to reduce CO2 emissions and conserve gas supplies.

These emergency cards display emergency contact details for an appropriate adult, and health conditions including disabilities. The cards were designed with the intention of accompanied training several years ago in conjunction with the National Autistic Society and Police forces nationally, to prevent incidents I have personally had to endure. They are simply NOT enough, officers are proving hostile to third party involvement and they remain patrolling our streets unequipped to deal with disabled people. The Home Secretary has to take a proactive approach in providing adequate sources of standards fundamentally protected in legalisation.

Please take up the challenge laid down by the Chair of the "Political and Constitutional Reform" committee (Graham Allen MP, pictured), to find a nuanced way of coming up with proposals of positive ways to improve democratic engagement. I think this would have to happen over a longer period of time than most 38 degrees campaigns (though the NHS campaign is an exception). This is following David Babbs' appearance before the "Political and Constitutional Reform" Committee on "Voter Engagement": http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/03/21/38-degrees-in-parliament/ http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/03/21/our-influence/ Such a campaign would have to put less weight on surveys and single votes, and more weight on facilitated discussions online (facebook, twitter, forums, blogs, real-time chats, collaborative documents on "Google Docs") and offline (local groups, writing guest blog entries, large gatherings) - perhaps by having a different small group take on a different issue. There are many ideas already on https://38degrees.uservoice.com/ and https://you.38degrees.org.uk/ so my proposed campaign would bring all those together as a starting point, and discuss them to form them in to a good set of proposals we can agree on to present back to the Select Committee.

Anthony Wedgwood Benn was a politician who championed the rights of ordinary people. He took his place in Westminster to further the democratic principles by which he lived, and was not there to join a gravy train nor for self-aggrandisement. His rejection of his entitlement to inherit his father's peerage is testimony to his integrity. Although he never occupied the post of Prime Minister his contribution to public life is as great as if he had. He deserves an appropriate act of remembrance.

Tony Benn spent most of his life campaigning for the rights if working people, despite his privileged origins. He is regarded by many as the greatest of the last few honourable politicians. It would seem appropriate to name the Labour Day holiday after him, rather than the largely irrelevant August Bank Holiday, as is being mooted in other quarters.

Tony Benn was an (Inter)national treasure and should be celebrated as an important Socialist icon.

Tony Benn was a true hero of British politics, he truly deserves a state funeral for his services to our country.

Because it would force every person in public office in the country to REALLY listen to the constituents and REALLY strive to serve. I vote, and always have done since turning 18, because I believe that it is our civic duty and that if one doesn't vote one can't complain. However, more and more one sees politicians full of fine words and no action, who do not listen and who follow their own agendas, and who punish the poor and benefit themselves and the nation's rich. Spoiling a ballot paper is not an option as it is not registered as a protest, and a protest vote for a 'loony' party such as ukip is clearly not sensible, so "None of the above" would send a clear message that we are not happy with the status quo and force change. Thank you.