• Joint Enterprise: Judges Got It Wrong - Help Us Fight For Justice
    JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association) is a grass roots campaign who were instrumental in helping The Supreme Court reach this land mark decision. This was a legal victory and a vindication for all those who have campaigned tirelessly against this error, of which we have felt so much pain but now feel so much hope. With this in mind we the undersigned now feel that the issue merits the full attention and the support of Parliament and request a full public inquiry that can review cases swiftly and rectify the mistakes. Without this 'Hillsborough' type inquiry then a thirty two year mistake that has led to the continued incarceration of men, women and children will continue to be a stain on the British justice system. Please sign and help us fight for an inquiry into all of the cases, so the truly guilty can be captured and the innocent will walk free.
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    Created by Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA)
  • DAVID CAMERON to RESIGN for Deception and Conflict of Interest
    For Lying over Syria, Tax Credits, Budget Cuts, Tax Haven, Bailouts, EU-Brexit, Immigration; Crushing the economy, health & social care, human & disability rights, education, employment, steel, housing, social security, pensions; Spreading blood in class, race, political, ideological and hate wars; For increasing taxation, homelessness, warfare, censorship, surveillance, MP's salaries, corruption and cover-ups; For your living wage below the breadline; For your hypocrisy and arrogance re. your Tax Haven inheritance and as such, your CONFLICT OF INTEREST; For deaths in Syria and the vulnerable in the UK; For a fraudulent campaign and appointment and for using the office as a political manoeuvre to solely benefit your rich masters. For failing miserably as a prime minister and as a human being. UK people feel betrayed, do not agree with and do not trust David Cameron as Prime Minister, and does not wish to be associated with David Cameron.
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    Created by Raquel Pinto
  • Panama Papers: Prosecute Tax Evasion
    The "Panama Papers", a massive leak of over 11 million documents from the Mossack Fonseca Company, has revealed a wealth of corruption that covers 4 decades, and may represent millions, if not billions, of Pounds Sterling in lost taxes. Think of all the things these lost taxes could do in balancing the budget, in strengthening public services. This is why any and all wrongdoing relating to the UK must be investigated, prosecuted, and punished.
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  • Help the Brain Family with their fight to stay in the UK
    The Brain family having invested their life savings to make a life in Scotland, have been informed by the UK government that they have to return to Australia. The Home Office have given them 28 days as of Friday 18/3/16 to leave the UK, or face deportation and bans on re-entry. This, and the plights of many other families placed in the same deplorable situation, demonstrates very serious shortcomings in UK immigration policy, that people who are here and are making a contribution to our economy, and who want to stay and live here, are being forced out. Over the years, successive governments have implemented a range of measures to repopulate the Highlands and, thankfully these are slowly bearing fruit. Gregg, Kathryn and their 7 year old son Lachlan Brain have done nothing but contribute positively both personally and financially to the UK. They paid over £35,000 for Kathryn's degree, and have paid over £40,000 in taxes during their time here. Both were employed in jobs that took some months to fill before they were employed. They have kept their end of the bargain. Now, without right to appeal, their passports have been confiscated, their right to work abolished, and the Home Office have threatened to freeze their bank accounts and cancel their driving licenses. They do not deserve to be treated like criminals. All they want is for the Home Office to deliver what was promised when they sold everything they owned in Australia to come to the UK - a two year post-study work visa, giving them the opportunity to establish a working relationship with an employer, and a chance at a longer-term visa. Living up to what was promised is not too much to ask.
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    Created by Gavin MacGregor
  • Election Fraud By Conservatives.They Must Step Down From Office Now!
    Democracy is only an idea and it takes the will of the people to make our society even close to this task. We are held in tyranny and being robbed by a government who blatantly broke the law when they "won" the 2015 elections. https://www.rt.com/uk/337732-conservative-broke-law-election/
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    Created by Roger Hyde
  • Boycott year 6 SATS and call for teachers to strike.
    We want our kids to be kids again and enjoy learning for learning's sake not for Ofsted results or league table figures. Bring back the creativity and the fun - say goodbye to repetition and boredom! Between 9th to 13th May, children in Year 6 in England and Wales sit a whole week's worth of exams. They are lied to and told these will affect their whole life's careers which is simply untrue, Teachers are forced to put children under stress purely for league tables sakes. All year their curriculum has been centred around comprehension and arithmetic in order to pass these tests. Outdoor learning has decreased, childhood anxiety has increased, games have been replaced with grammar, playing with punctuation. Parents all over the country are joining forces on 3rd May for a day of fun learning out of school to show support for a SATs boycott and a return to teacher led assessments which value individuality and creativity in the school setting.
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    Created by Lucy Spencer
  • Stop the Sale and Privatisation of ALL public Land.
    The Infrastructure Bill allows ALL public land to be privatised. To includes woods, communally owned parks, rivers, beaches, moors, mountains, village commons and fields The government is selling off the Land Registry to private, profit making interests. Schedule 3 of this Bill. This Bill was pushed through on it's Second Reading late in the evening the night before Parliament went off for their Easter holidays. This Must be stopped. The Land belongs to the People. No Government has the right to give it away to private enterprise for fracking, developments or any such other without public permission which will be completely denied if this Bill passes into Law. It wrests the land from local Councils and puts it squarely into the Private Sector where anyone with money can buy it up and use it for whatever they want. This is unconstitutional. http://www.thecanary.co/2016/03/25/16830/
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    Created by Amanda Momtazi
  • Include RISE Scotland in TV debates
    Herriot-Watt University released a survey this week showing that the majority of the wider "Yes" campaign was to the left of the SNP. This is a new party that was built to address the concerns of voters who feel as if there isn't a party that fully embodies their values or desires for the future. We feel that if the far-right UKIP are to be included in debates, then the true left option of RISE needs to be included also.
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  • Stop the repeal of animal welfare codes
    Abandoning codes of practice for farm animal welfare is not in the best interests of the animals or those who will ultimately consume an animal raised in poorer conditions. The RSPCA said it has been voicing concerns for the past three years about the “downgrading” of the guidelines from statutory codes to industry-led guidance and criticised the lack of transparency around the process. The meat industry has had many scandals over the years and weakening regulations can only increase animal suffering and impact those consuming meat reared under poorer quality conditions.
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    Created by Cas Smith
  • We ask the JRRT to reconsider
    We question whether this award is in keeping with the "truth and integrity in public affairs" of the Quakers. We question whether the JRRT should be paying legal fees. We ask for equity for the "Orkney 4"
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    Created by James Garry
  • Have George Osborne repay his £100,000 a year re-mortgage interest to the tax payer
    To see if the morality of the rules around expense claims matters more than the letter of the law. To show how he did this here is a helpful video from the bbc to explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPqG7MjPwic
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  • Stop Freezing Overseas State Pensions
    The continued exclusion of overseas pensioners from up-rating adjustments to their State Pensions means that the real terms incomes of those affected falls year-on-year. Over time this leads to hardship, poverty, loss of independence and loneliness. Some individuals have been forced to return to the UK, away from loved ones, just to get by. This policy also creates a barrier to pensioner emigration from the UK, as the prospect of a frozen pension means that many feel they simply couldn't afford to do so. Given the countries involved are largely in the Commonwealth, those in British Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities are disproportionately impacted. There is no dispute about the entitlement to receive a State Pension overseas. All British pensioners who have made the required NI contributions during their working life are eligible. The issue at stake is whether that pension is universally uprated or not. At the moment, the government's policy is inconsistent and unfair, with half British pensioners abroad getting up-rated and the other half excluded. This creates crazy anomalies i.e. uprating in the USA, frozen pensions in Canada. It is time for reform to give all pensioners the full state pension they deserve, wherever they live, and to end this injustice once and for all. A positive, and easily affordable, step forward would be for the Government to include all pensioners in the 2.7% State Pension up-rating to be granted this year, by withdrawing the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2016 currently before parliament. CASE STUDIES: Anne Puckridge Former college lecturer Anne Puckridge, now 91, lived and worked in the UK all her working life, paying mandatory NI contributions throughout this time. In 2002, aged 77 she finally retired and decided to move to Canada to be with her daughter and grandchildren who had moved to Calgary in the 1990s. Fourteen years on, Anne, who served as an intelligence officer in the Women’s Royal Navy in the Second World War, is struggling to live on the frozen £75.50 a week rate, she was entitled to when she moved abroad. Anne now feels that she will be forced to move back to Britain, because her pension will no longer cover day to day expenses and she is increasingly reliant on her daughter to get by. Anne says: “It’s the small things, and the injustice, that is really getting to me. I value my independence, but I can’t go on living on the breadline and I don’t want to inflict this on my family. As well as ever-increasingly poverty, I feel a sense of stress and shame, which is affecting my health.” Abhik Bonnerjee Abhik Bonnerjee, now 73, moved from India to Glasgow in 1960. He worked in the UK for 38 years, in shipbuilding, steel manufacture and the food industry. He owned an Indian restaurant for 6 years. Abhik returned to India in 1997 and reached the State Pension retirement age in 2008 when it was paid at £87.30 a week. Having made all the required NI contributions, if Abhik still in the UK today he would get £115.95, 28% more. The decline in his real terms income has left Abhik concerned about losing his home. He now feels he may have to move back to the UK. Abhik says: “The current situation makes me very, very angry. The government are scaremongering… [The Minister] says it will cost a lot of money but it is only a tiny percentage [of the pensions budget]. The government should be doing more, especially for Commonwealth countries and MPs can’t explain why they are not.” Rita Young Rita Young, 78, lives in Peterborough in the UK. She retired in 2002, aged 67, having enjoyed a long career in market research and as a community volunteer. Rita’s son moved to work in Australia some time ago and now has a family there. Since being widowed Rita has wanted to join her son and grandchildren in Australia, but has felt unable to do so due to the prospect of a frozen pension. As she gets older Rita finds daily life increasingly difficult, especially as she doesn’t have a family around who she can call on. She is deeply saddened that she is not able to be with her family during the later stages of her life, and feels that it is a complete injustice that had her son moved to a different country (e.g. France or the USA) she would be able join him with a full UK pension. Rita has spoken at the National Pensioners Convention about the issue and is very active in her community. Rita says: “I worked and contributed to my State Pension all my life. It doesn't seem fair that the government can just stop uprating it because I want to be with my family.” Geoff Amatt Geoff Amatt from Abergele in Wales reached 100 last year. Geoff contributed to the UK economy all his life and fought for his country during the Second World War. Geoff’s daughter Jean emigrated to Calgary, Canada more than 40 years ago, yet Geoff was unable to follow in the knowledge that his State Pension would be frozen at the rate of leaving the country. £29 per week at the time. As a result Geoff has been separated from his two grandchildren and two great grandchildren throughout his retirement. He has lived alone, largely dependent on the state for care, since his wife died seven years ago. Jean says: “Frozen pensions are unbelievably unfair. Canadians get their pension uprated in they live in the UK yet we don’t offer the same for those moving in the other direction. The government is keeping families apart and I worry about my father left all alone in Britain while we’re thousands of miles away.”
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    Created by Tim Snowball