HS2 is a political vanity project which is costing the UK over £50 billion pounds of public money - the equivalent of the entire deficit which could otherwise be spent on much-needed services and communities. There is, as yet, no parliamentary authority to build this railway, and this flawed project has been repeatedly questioned and criticised by economists, parliamentarians and the many communities, families and individuals who will be impacted by this most socially and environmentally damaging scheme. Above all, HS2 is a totally unnecessary 'folly' which will see a generation of children growing up surrounded by construction and spoil lorries, and many of our older residents living out their lives in the shadow of the destruction caused to their homes, communities and landscapes.

Nothing is more important for our survival than safe water. It is basic to our health, our children's health, to the production of livestock and crops. The Government has recently granted licenses for Companies to drill for shale gas. Two of these areas cover the West Pennine Moors and parts of Bolton, Chorley and Preston. But this is an issue for domestic and commercial water users across the region. A large part of the land designated for fracking is owned by United Utilities and is the water catchment for the reservoirs at Rivington and Anglezarke. Apart from these areas being valued and visited for their beauty and recreation, they also supply water mainly to Liverpool but also Greater Manchester. Where fracking has occurred in the US & Australia, there has been widespread contamination and depletion of water sources as a result of the fracking process. Risks include carcinogenic chemicals used in the fracking process, the release of methane and also increased radiation. Locally, exploratory drilling resulted in contamination at Barton Moss and on the Fylde. . We all need to know that United Utilities is not only taking seriously the risks posed by fracking, but will take all necessary steps to protect our water.

There is currently no safe way to cycle between Totnes and Newton Abbot. The A381 is the only route over the river Dart and it is simply too dangerous for cyclists. Access to footbridge, the only other bridge over the river, would enable cyclists and walkers to travel safely out of Totnes to the north east and west. This would ease congestion and improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Totnes and Newton Abbot and all the villages that lie between. In addition, this route would serve to complete the missing link in the National Cycle Network. The route in question is called NCN2 and runs from Dover to St Austell. The missing link lies between Totnes and Newton Abbot. However, Devon County Council want to sign off an alternative route that bypasses Totnes altogether. We believe that this is a huge missed opportunity as it will have a negative impact on the town in the form of lost revenue from cycle tourism. Please help support our campaign by asking Devon Council not to bypass our town but to directly liaise with South Devon Railway to appease their concerns regarding security. The bridge was part funded by public money and is a valuable asset to Totnes and its transport infrastructure. However, it is only being used exclusively for customers of the railway and not for the overall benefit of the community. We need the council to help us convince the railway that we can secure their important tourist attraction and that opening up access to the bridge would actually benefit their business going forward. We have had discussions with both South West Water and the only private landowner involved, and neither have any serious objections to our proposal. Our petition has generated almost 3000 signatures, many with comments expressing the importance of the scheme to the local and wider community. What we are missing is support from Devon Council. We do not need another study, we do not need any more consultants, there are no other routes that offer value for money. Our proposal is a valid practical solution with many benefits to the local community in terms of congestion, health and tourism. Our proposal is backed by the community, Sustains, all the local schools, local businesses, local and regional MP's and is backed by South Hams District Council. We appreciate the cycle path will require an estimated £300,000 (although we believe this estimate to be excessive). We are happy to co-ordinate the funding process going forward, however this option will never come to fruition if we don't get agreement in the first place. So please Devon County Council - please don't sign off the National Cycle Network Route 2 so that it bypasses Totnes. Instead please get on side and help negotiate with the South Devon Railway to open up a public resource for the benefit of us all.

Oldway Mansion is an important grade II listed historic building and a key piece in the history of Paignton and Torbay. It should be able to be enjoyed by members of the public both now and in the future.

Such a bill is necessary because: The Scottish government must be seen as being 100% fiscally transparent and accountable to it’s Scottish electorate Westminster must not dictate how our monies are spent, only Scottish voters have that right. Increasing reliance on charity, especially food banks, mandates monies should be directed first and foremost to improve the lot of the Scottish people. Cuts to disability and other benefits are impacting the Scots disproportionately. Scotland should not subsidize projects that do not directly improve the life of her people e.g. HS2 or building repairs for either Westminster or Buckingham palace. These are expenses with no merit. Subsidising any part of the Royal family at any level is unconscionable when 20% of Scots face life in poverty.

This is important as many people myself included suffer needlessly as a result of poor health which could be managed much more effectively with medical marijuana and the oils that could be made from the derivatives of the Cannabis plant.... People are made into criminals for growing or purchasing a herbal remedy... I think we are all becoming aware of the Benefits of Marijuana or Cannabis and I believe that there's simply too many bits of evidence in support of Legalisation

David Cameron announced we’ll welcome 20,000 more Syrian refugees. But there’s a catch. This will take 5 years, leaving thousands of refugees in limbo. It’s now up to us to show that in cities, towns and villages all across the country we’re ready to welcome people now. Aylan, the toddler who drowned fleeing Syria, was just three years old. His town was under attack by Isis. His five year old brother and his mum also died trying to reach safety.We don't want Britain to be the kind of country that turns its back as people drown in their desperation to flee places like Syria. So let's stand up for Britain's long tradition of helping refugees fleeing war. Let's show the Prime Minister that we, the people of the UK, are proud to do our part and provide refuge to people in their hour of need. Please sign and share, or start your own petition for your town or city here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/efforts/refugees-welcome

Between April 24 and May 14 2013, three young workers at Foxconn electronics factory in Zhengzhou, China, jumped from buildings to their deaths. 24 others have committed suicide since 2010 because of appalling conditions, such as being sacked if you speak at work, and ritual humiliations in front of hundreds of colleagues. Foxconn are making computers for Dell, Apple, Acer, HP and others. Computers for universities are made in factories like this. A new organisation, Electronics Watch, will work with public sector bodies and electronics workers, to investigate factories making our computers, and start to improve rights and working conditions. The Workers Rights Consortium is a similar body with a focus on the clothing industry.

There is daily evidence of individuals being killed, tortured and imprisoned without trial by the Indonesian military and police. Since 1963, an estimated 500,000 West Papuans have died at the hands of the Indonesian occupying forces, more than 25% of the population. Earlier this year there were mass arrests and torture of 116 Papuans in the Timika area. Villages were burned down and a number of villagers were shot and tortured. All this was committed by the Indonesian police and military. In May the Indonesian police opened fire on West Papuans in Yahukimo who were peacefully fundraising for Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam. The police tortured and murdered a 17 year old West Papuan boy (also in Yahukimo) just for peacefully demonstrating for freedom. Even the raising of the West Papuan national flag is prohibited under Indonesian law and Papuans are imprisoned indefinitely for carrying out this act. There are daily examples of the brutal genocide still being committed against the people of West Papua and if left on unnoticed, soon there will be no more Melanesians (indigenous people) left. Please raise this issue on the floor of parliament and urge the government to support the plight of the people of West Papua and their fight for freedom. To me it feels that our politicians only ‘care’ about human rights when there is political gain. In the same time 500,000 West Papuans have been butchered by Indonesia (and this is a conservative estimate), 20,000 have died on both sides of the Israel Palestine conflict (of which 40% were combatants). Now every loss of life that is avoidable is tragic, but if you consider the amount of time spent debating the latter in Parliament, let alone various votes on statehood etc., how can one consider this proportionate or fair? Whilst there are mass demonstrations and threat of boycotts against Israel, just 20 people turned up outside the Indonesian embassy earlier this year to protest. All were of Melanesian origin. We have full open diplomatic & trade relations with Indonesia, without so much of a whiff of boycott. I have absolutely no link to West Papua but since learning of their plight, I have been appalled at the lack of awareness or action both by our government and by the public at large. We are talking about the most vulnerable members of the human race, some whose only encounters with ‘foreigners’ have been marked with violence and hatred. Is their case any less valid than those of the refugees seeking asylum? Unfortunately most of the Papuan’s have nowhere to go and the Indonesian government ensures a wall of secrecy around West Papua. No foreign press are allowed to enter the area.

We don't think its healthy for hospital trusts to make major decisions about service delivery which favour the private sector through the back door at a potential cost to patient well-being and to efficiency. If we let hospital trusts sell off services that are currently provided in-house, it's easy to see how the system could quietly be dismantled, piece by piece. The effects are already tangible - delays in booking appointments, the risk of lower-quality diagnostic imaging being available to consultants and the ability of the private contractor to provide a service that only partially fulfils the outcome ordered by the consultant. This may only be the beginning of a story in which services are progressively outsourced to private contractors, with possible to likely degradation in service quality. It's absolutely clear that a private contractor has a conflict of interests, since the profit motive necessarily comes before the quality of service to a patient. Let's spend the NHS budget wisely, by continuing to provide expert services in-house, so that highly-trained doctors have the information they need and patients get the best possible chance of diagnostic accuracy and the correct prognosis.

We can all agree that Labour's performance in May's election was demoralising. The reasons for the defeat are obvious. The centrists continue to obsess over the middle ground while failing to realise that they are losing the rest of us. The majority of Labour voters still hold social democratic values (as indicated by Jeremy Corbyn's success in the leadership election). Many of these voters have continued to vote Labour since the 90s, despite the party moving ever further to the right. Why? the answer is simple: because Tory rule hurts them, because they are legitimately afraid of Conservative government, and Labour has always seemed like the only viable alternative. However, inevitably a tipping point must be reached: a point at which Labour rule becomes just as abhorrent as Conservative rule. When people start to see this point being reached, they inevitably jump ship- realising that a vote for Labour no longer means anything (as an aside- to those who doggedly stand by the myth that Ed Milliband lost the election because he was too left wing: how is it that, by side stepping ever so slightly to the left- the Tories managed to hijack the majority of Ed Milliband's budgetary pledges in their post-election emergency budget?) To summarise: Labour truly is facing anihilation. But that annihilation lies in continuing to court the marginal vote: because that is all that Labour will be left with before long- a narrow slice of the centre ground, and nothing else. The true battle that Labour now faces is in appealing to the left. Note: while all support is appreciated: this petition is directed primarily at Mr Danczuk's Rochdale constituents (the primary goal being: to gain 10000 or more signatures from his own electorate). Please include postcode.

Because we need nature, it doesn't need us, and if we don't act soon it will not only effect future generations, but as we have seen by the sinking of entire Islands, melting of the ice caps, forest fires in Australia, and even floods in our own country it IS already effecting us now. We must take action before it's too late.