• Stop sexualising young Irish dancers
    This is a positive campaign about empowering young women to make their own choices based on their love of dancing and not point scoring on the way they look #morejigslesswigs
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    Created by Tanya Laverty
  • To incorporate transferable life skills into the curriculum
    This will help decrease the democratic deficit in the UK, and will abolish the argument that 16+ year olds are clueless about politics. Our aims also include to educate the basics of taxing, saving and living well with money, eradicating debt in our future generations lives.
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    Created by Goda Andrulionyte
  • Kiwi anonymous messaging is a bullying tool for teenagers.
    Children can use the app to anonymously message each other. This is a potential bullying tool, which can lead to teenage suicides.
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    Created by simon morgan
  • #SaveOurPostOffice
    This is important to safeguard the future of the Post Office network into the future. Safeguard the futures of the workers and their pensions but also the Post Office being a vital part of both communities and the UK high street
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    Created by Cwu South West Wales
  • Ensure the People of the North East benefit from Brexit as Promised
    The North East of England includes some of the poorest and most deprived areas of Britain and indeed of the European Union. The people here in the North East were warned that the EU would extend and that they would lose the desperately needed funds they currently receive from the EU. They voted with a promise of not just the status quo, but of improved wealth and opportunity for the working classes. This was said to be due to the British government taking back control and being able to use our government created money supply, free from EU involvement, to ensure a better life for everyone. This now needs to happen as promised not only to prevent hardship & suffering, but to give the next generation the opportunities promised. We ask for anyone who believes the justice and fairness if worth fighting for to support this campaign to get the British government to make the fair and just decision.
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    Created by Robert Price
  • Petition for the Return to Use of Hartlepool Hospital
    Hartlepool is a city of 100,000 people. Our General Hospital, later called the University Hospital of Hartlepool, covered not just that population, but another 100,000 people in towns and villages to the North of Hartlepool. Since the closure of our Accident Emergency and the moving of many of our services from our state of the art modern hospital to another hospital to the South, some fifteen miles away of Hartlepool, there have been higher than expected annual death rates; to the extent that it has become a matter of concern. it takes a full extra 30 minutes to arrive at A&E from Hartlepool, and it takes more than an hour to arrive at that same overcrowded A&E from other local areas. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/14/article-0-141053F5000005DC-371_634x729.jpg The ill and infirm, and anyone who wishes to visit them, have a very long journeys when sick, or to visit. This is intolerable hardship when a hospital still stands which could serve all the needs of the local population. This not only increases the financial hardship in terms of travelling costs, but it increases travelling times and the need to travel for all of the staff too. To add to this all of the data regarding privatisation has shown that patients are not the first priority. Fortunately we have been promised that a fully funded national service is now within our remit and a solid possibility, and this will better serve the population and less profit will go to large business based in other countries. We ask for direct funding to again have the NHS and the Hospital which our society deserves.
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    Created by Robert Price
  • Justice for Ellie Butler
    *STORY BURIED BY BREXIT* Last week before the referendum vote, many of you would have been hearing about this case. Ellie Butler was removed from loving, caring grandparents who had brought her up "as their own", and handed over to her abusive parents, who terrorised and abused her emotionally and physically until she was murdered at the age of 6. Despite Ellie herself reportedly pleading with social workers not to go back to her 'parents', she was sent back to live with them by two independent, private and profit-making social workers (Services4Children), under the guidance of a judge, Mrs Justice Hogg. In what has been described as a very unusual case, the order given by the judge effectively 'wiped the slate clean' for Ellie's Father, Ben Butler, who had previously been jailed for shaking her as a baby. This meant that professionals, including school staff and local authority social services, were unable to protect Ellie from terrible abuse, due of the special order of this judge. To imagine what Ellie went through is horrifying. To be taken from her grandparents and her loving home despite pleading otherwise, and sent to these monsters: this girl was failed by the adults who were supposed to keep her safe. Ellie's grandad Neal spent his life savings fighting to prevent Ellie being sent back to her parents. Very sadly, his wife (Ellie's grandmother) died on the first day of Ben Butler's trial for murder. He had previously said that Mrs Justice Hogg would have "blood on her hands" if Ellie was returned. After Ellie's parents were convicted, Ellie's Grandad continued to advocate for his beloved granddaughter on TV and in the press, determined to let people know the truth about what had happened. He is desperate for a public enquiry, and to ensure that this can never happen again to another child. The Brexit vote has swamped the news; please don't let Ellie and her grandparents down by forgetting about them.
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    Created by Emma Brown
  • Abbey Meadow Outdoor Pool: Listen to Abingdon!
    Democracy and the future of the outdoor pool! Future of the pool! The pool is outdated and needs investment. The lining is cutting children's feet and may fail at any time, resulting in a hefty bill or the closure of the pool. Democracy! We voted for the pool to be refurbished and it is not being refurbished. The decision has been made by a councillor from Wantage, so we can't even vote her out! Three explanations have been given by the Vale. 1) It is too expensive: but the Vale have not got any estimates from pool contractors, or assessed what could be done with the 307,500 which would be half of the available capital budget. 2) Non-voters have to be considered: the Vale have also said that although 81% of people who voted chose Option A, this was only 3206 people in Abingdon (about 10%), and so the vote can be ignored. This is not democratic... and very concerning. Only the views of those that participate in democracy can contribute to democratic process. In fact, this had the highest participation of any consultation ever held in Abingdon, reflecting the importance of this issue. If everyone in Abingdon had voted, perhaps the majority would have been even higher! We just left the EU on a 4% difference with 28% non-participation, but apparently democracy only applies to the 'big' decisions 3) That we 'misunderstood' the consultation and that refurbishment meant 'repair' and not capital investment: I made a formal complaint to the Vale on this matter, the response to the complaint concluded that we did not in fact misunderstand anything and that 'the current planned works are not consistent with the description of scenario A in the consultation... anyone 'voting' for scenario A and contributing to the 81% overwhelming preference for scenario A would be disappointed with the council's planned works'
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    Created by Naomi Richardson
  • When candidates make election promises they should do so under oath with real consequences
    All too often we hear candidates making promises or pledges to the population that they have little to no intention of keeping. For example we fund the EU £350 million a week, lets fund the NHS instead promotion from leave campaign, which was abandoned within minutes of the referendum; or the I want to abolish student loans pledges from a few years ago. There are many more examples that can be plucked from history. The people making these claims do so to get themselves into a position of power then abandon them as quick as they can. If a candidate pledges / promises they will do something then they should be held accountable in a court of law for their action or inaction. If a coalition government is formed it would need to negotiate and agree a new hybrid strategy to enable the country to move forward. For too long we the people have been lied to and its time to take the power back.
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    Created by Steve Stewart
  • EDM243 on Remaining in the EU
    PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO CONTACT YOUR MP. EDM243 states: That this House notes that the EU membership referendum was lost by only 1.25 million votes, 1.9 per cent; further notes that 3.7 million people have called for a second referendum in a petition as the winning margin was less than 60 per cent and the turnout less than 75 per cent; notes that the decision is binding on future generations; notes that the pledges to reinvest £350 million in the NHS and to curb immigration on which voters relied have been withdrawn; believes that UK citizens must agree on the terms of leaving the EU and, if not satisfied, be given the opportunity to opt for the UK to remain an EU member; calls on the Government to ensure that there will be a referendum allowing UK citizens to agree on the terms of the UK-EU exit package and associated constitutional changes or on the option to remain; and further believes that this referendum should be called before Article 50 is triggered.
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    Created by D Baillie
  • Make the UK more equal, compassionate, inclusive, tolerant, & Fair!!
    The UK is becoming more & more unequal, violent, unfair, uncompassionate, exclusive, than ever before! We need action now!!
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    Created by Philip Davis
  • Make war a referendum decision
    There are three main reasons for this call and they are as follows: 1. Democracy is what we are proud of in our country and more if it will always be celebrated. 2. The people of the country will be responsible for this major decision giving them more direct power over international interests. 3. War is a final decision for any country to make and that should therefore be made the aforementioned country.
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    Created by Sam Mountjoy