Have you ever tried to tell a four month old goat kid who is screaming in pain that you are trying to help her when it was you who caused that pain in the first place? I am talking about the goatkeeper's curse of the EAR TAG. Something, under EU and UK rules that I am legally bound to do regardless of the consequences. Tagging is supposed to be a 'permanent' and 'non tamper proof' method of identifying all farm animals. However, this form of ID often results in ripped, infected, and damaged ears putting the animal concerned through extreme pain and stress not to mention the veterinary costs that follow. Some ears are so badly torn from repeated attempts at tagging that there just isn't any flesh left to put a tag into. There are lots of photos to show the severe damage that ear tags cause and it's about time ear tagging was stopped and a better, far more humane method was found. If we tagged our dogs we would be prosecuted but because a goat is a 'farm' animal (many are kept simply as pets) it's okay to inflict suffering upon them. This is a welfare issue and totally contravenes one of the five freedoms (freedom from pain) that are listed in the Animal Welfare Act. Goats are not sheep. As highly intelligent animals they like to pull their neighbour's ear tags or chew them. Goats also get them caught in fencing, hay racks, bushes, even between their hooves when scratching an ear with dire consequences. Pre tagging, goatkeepers used tattoing as a PERMANENT form of identification. Tattoing is a one off job and can't be tampered with or removed, unlike tags. Tattoing is acceptable. Recently, there have been trials for pastern tags (straps that fit around the goat's hind leg). Pastern tags are acceptable. Microchipping (done the same way as for equines) is acceptable. These three methods would stop the amount of suffering that a lot of goats are going through. My little Jem is on the road to recovery now but just how many more will go through this trauma time and time again? Please sign the petition and lets end the use of ear tags on goats for once and for all!

There are many adults that are unable to get to their day centres, even though we were told that families were happy with their own arrangements, to a lot of us this is so untrue. We have lost a lot of free time to do jobs and for a bit of time to relax which our transport made that possible, so we are asking now that two of our families have been given their transport back which we are all so thank full for but would like to bring to light that the transport that has been given is taxis and escort, this is great but what happens when our next families get their transport back how much will this cost when surely common sense tells us all it would be much less cost to provide a coach and escort that would accommodate most. Please would you sign and share this petition and share it with family and friends regards Noreen Bailey

Unilever exposed their workers and thousand other to harmful mercury pollution at their Kodaikanal thermometer assembly plant in India. The factory operators did not give its workers any protective equipment or information about the disastrous impact that mercury has on health. The factory owned by Hindustan Unilever also dumped toxic mercury around their plant, and this has not been cleaned up in the 14 years since this plant was shut down. The contamination continues to impact forests and groundwater. The workers cannot afford private healthcare. They have been fighting for Unilever to clean up the toxic contamination and compensate them for their medical expenses as a result of mercury for many long years. They need us to stand with them now, more than ever. Paul Polman, Unilever’s CEO, prides himself in heading a company that he says is accountable to its workers, and to the environment. Let’s ask him to put his words into practice by asking him to clean up his company’s toxic mess and to compensate the workers who have lost their health and in some cases, their children, to Unilever’s unethical practices. As the global CEO, he has the power and resources to either take unilateral action or pressure Hindustan Unilever – a Unilever subsidy – to take immediate action itself. Sign the petition.

people are freezing and starving to death due to extortionate costs of essentials

Justice and plain commonsense.

A nation trying to retain its identity and borders has to realize eventually that it cannot own and rule a significant unwilling minority. Once it has bombed and shelled that minority, and 6000 have died, the game is over and there is no way back to friendship and cooperation. It can remain a running sore like so many of the hot spots in the world or sub divisions can be proposed and negotiated that will bring peace. I suggest that a UN supervised referendum in each small region of the whole of Ukraine should be a part of the solution. The eastern areas should be able to opt for union with Russia or other alternatives and the people of the Western region should be able to renounce their claim to rule the East. I believe the 96% majority in the South of Ireland who renounced their claim to the North played a significant role in bringing peace. Please find a peaceful and lasting solution based on the wishes of people, not politicians.

We already have laws in place intended to protect mainly ethnic minorities within society at large, while other often-disadvantaged groups of people can take comfort in there being rules by which prospective employers must abide. The question of gender equality and the LGBT movement also continue to be major talking points, as campaigns such as those seen on this very site and others enjoy increasing momentum. However, one thing that does appear not to have penetrated the public consciousness - quite the opposite - is the situation pertaining to, in particular, many unemployed and disabled people, beyond merely the legislation being passed. Compounding the present climate of savage spending cuts, workplace ambivalence to rights and key government departments' cruel dehumanisation of their core services' users, is the growing groundswell of opinion - perpetuated by small-scale local news sources [1] and internationally-renowned public service broadcasters [2] alike, alongside everything in-between [3] - whereby anyone out of work or known to be claiming any sort of social security is instantly not only marginalised, but in fact openly vilified [4], and blamed for all manner of perceived problems blighting the country. Some writers even set up websites for the sole purpose of baiting those on welfare. [5] Worse still, the overriding premise around which the whole hysteria was intended to revolve, thanks to the 'free' British media, is a purely sensationalist, propaganda-fuelled one that ultimately rings hollow when scrutinised on the grounds of accuracy. [6] From domestic charities [7] to medal-winning athletes [8], bloggers [9] to the research teams of esteemed Universities [10] the length and breadth of the country [11], online publications [12] and even some mainstream news outlets [13], the message is clear: this is irresponsible, vindictive journalism. Of course, even in light of the recent revelations in relation to the practices of the press and the resulting Leveson Inquiry, it seems that the nature of the stories' content itself is something largely being forgotten about, and so the attacks go ahead. Such is the public's apparent willingness to serve as a channel for the outrage emanating primarily from reports peddled by the likes of the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Daily Express, that we are now seeing innocent claimants abused [14], harassed [15] and even driven to death [16] by those who feel compelled to do their bidding. All this because a tiny minority (less than 1%!) of the DWP's bill are understood to be 'scrounging' off taxpayers' money. Taking vital funding away from those with little else to hold onto is one thing; sitting idly by while the institutions we depend on to inform us fairly and comprehensively instead choose to make these people's lives a complete misery - if not aiding them in doing so - is quite another. The media has no right and no mandate to wilfully turn citizens against each other (regardless of whether the victims can defend themselves any better than is the case here), especially on the basis of misinformation and spin. The buck for the crimes committed against these people (and no doubt many others hounded for a variety of reasons) falls squarely at the feet of those who are moulding ordinary people into vehicles of unfounded hate. This societal cancer needs to be removed at the source. By extending what we already have written in Acts of Parliament, to encompass anyone at risk of being the subject of incitement to ill intent, we can achieve this. [1] http://goo.gl/Sp3YQn [2] http://goo.gl/bMvbz [3] http://goo.gl/ar7Hgh (various links, including top of page 1) [4] http://goo.gl/SO8DPm [5] https://goo.gl/Ti1EK5 [6] http://goo.gl/hKFRrs [7] http://goo.gl/owGMal [8] http://goo.gl/4SwXGH [9] https://goo.gl/c9doFM [10] http://goo.gl/rNbdhv [11] http://goo.gl/9vpRQb [12] http://goo.gl/argS0d [13] http://goo.gl/FfpmZA [14] http://goo.gl/2XgLMn [15] http://goo.gl/EHOxz [16] http://goo.gl/ZHgNhP

well its dam right cruel horrible and would us humans like it if we had our legs or arms docked no

Bunn Leisure told 78-year-old Jean Kinahan, from Croydon, they would not refund her £424 for a week’s stay in September after her partner James Burgess, 76, passed away on Monday, despite her having paid an optional £25 cancellation cover. Mrs Kinahan said: “I rang on Tuesday to put them in the picture. She said if your partner was sick we could give you a refund but death doesn’t constitute a refund.” It's plain unfair, she has already suffered. This is a minnow of a campaign, but I hope it shows the lack of human compassion of companies towards ordinary customers. Read more here: http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/death-doesn-t-constitute-a-refund-grieving-woman-told-by-selsey-holiday-firm-1-6880385

With times changing this old law is now obsolete and needs re-writing. Most countries allow their Air Traffic Control radio communications to be streamed on web based sites such as Live ATC, and transmitted to the general public for the entertainment of all. The United States does not ban transmission of these frequencies as they no longer deem it a threat to national security now we are in peace time, so why should the UK? By broadcasting these frequencies it can be an educational tool to assist in the understanding of UK aviation phraseology for student pilots and enthusiastic flight simulator fans. By changing this law it will allow people who do not have access to Air Band scanners the ability to enjoy the daily goings on of UK aviation.

Now that the World Health Organization has publicly condemned glyphosate herbicide as "probably carcinogenic to humans," awareness of this insidious chemical's contamination of the human food supply is suddenly exploding among health-conscious consumers. Most people, however, have no awareness at all that commercial wheat products are saturated with glyphosate before harvest. They think glyphosate is only used on genetically modified crops like corn and soybeans. But it turns out that glyphosate is routinely used as a wheat crop drying chemical to speed up harvesting. (Monitor breaking news headlines on glyphosate in real time at Glyphosate.news, part of the new FETCH.news network.) The very chemical that was designed to kill weeds, in other words, is so toxic to plant life that commercial farmers are using it to accelerate the death of wheat crops, thereby reducing the delay between cutting the crop and delivering it to market. The upshot is that the commercial wheat products you're buying in the store are saturated with deadly, cancer-causing glyphosate weed killer. And this is not just in the States its in the UK too!! And other countries. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com (NaturalNews) /050583_glyphosate_wheat_bread_crop_contamination.html#ixzz3hT3X3guK

At the moment that Financial Conduct Authority is able to make statements or take action with absolute impunity and if clients lose money or advisers lose money as a result, then there is no effective remedy to claim compensation . For example, in the EEA Life Settlements Funds case mentioned above, the Financial Conduct Authority issued a guidance consultation into their proposals for ensuring that the investment was not marketed to unsuitable clients. There were several ways in which this could have been resolved, unfortunately when issuing the consultation guidance the Financial Services Authority (at the time) issued a statement that described the investment in inaccurate, emotive and pejorative terms. This led to an immediate run on the fund and consequent closure, trapping many clients in the fund and creating large scale immediate losses to existing clients. The Financial Conduct Authority has since then been highly active in trying to encourage any client to seek compensation from advisers in order to distract investors from the part it played. Whilst I am wholly supportive of clients making claims against advisers where poor advice has been given, it is not feasible to suggest that all clients were poorly advised, whereas all investors have been adversely affected by the Financial Conduct Authority statement and subsequent refusal to accept any responsibility. The status of immunity against prosecution for damages simply cannot be justified. Any person or body with the ability to affect third parties by its actions, whether verbal, written or by dint of action must be capable of being held responsible for any disadvantage caused to those third party (ies)