DIGITAL ID: "Scotland’s digital ID scheme raises surveillance and privacy concerns"

"A nationwide digital ID in Scotland quietly shifts from convenience to a data goldmine no lock can fully secure"

"A legal right to non-digital ID is urgently needed"

https://reclaimthenet.org/scotlands-digital-id-scheme-raises-surveillance-and-privacy-concerns

LOW TRAFFIC NEIGHBOURHOODS: "Residents hate them … so why do officials keep making more LTNs?"

"A review of 90 low-traffic neighbourhoods found locals opposed the scheme in 87 per cent of cases"

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/residents-hate-them-so-why-do-officials-keep-making-more-ltns-tls877lrp

FLASHBACK: Publishing two key reports from Together's Ben Pile, the first exposing Sadiq Khan's bogus ULEZ claims

We can influence things #together

https://togetherdeclaration.org/ulez/

DEMOCRACY: "We have elite global technocrats asserting a two-tier judiciary and policing" (Alan Miller)

"We need to make our voices heard loud and clear"

The public should be at the heart of public decision making - not sidelined or treated with contempt

Stronger #together

NET ZERO: "If you want to live in a country where no-one can afford to heat their house, carry on with Net Zero" (Peter Hitchens)

Britain’s contribution to global CO2 emissions is a tiny part of the whole

We are destroying our own country for what?

The Online “Safety” Act is here – and it’s a free speech disaster

Unelected, unaccountable censors at Ofcom have started to threaten even overseas websites with massive fines

https://togetherdeclaration.org/the-online-safety-act-is-here-and-its-a-free-speech-disaster/

FLASHBACK: 'Clean' Air, Dirty Money, Filthy Politics exposing anti-democratic organisations like UK100, C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors

We can influence things #together

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/22/shirley-rodrigues-urged-scientists-alter-study-low-emission/

ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL:

MYTH: Assisted suicide guarantees a peaceful death

TRUTH: Unfortunately, US data shows assisted suicide can be slow and traumatic, with some waking after taking lethal drugs

NET ZERO:

Julia: "You want an international emergency treaty to end all fossil fuels.. what will the impact be?"

Ella: "It's an ambitious plan but the alternative is mass death"

Julia: "You care so much about this topic, but you know absolutely nothing about it"

(Julia Hartley-Brewer)

COVID JAB: “She died because she took the product the Govt told her to get”

“They believe £120,000 makes up for that” - Gareth Eve

“Mainstream” media “ostracised anybody who dared question” - Bev Turner

Clip - Dec 30, 2024

FLASHBACK: Getting tens of thousands to respond to the Online Safety Bill - reminding everyone that free speech is paramount and helping the dangerous “legal but harmful” clause be removed

We can influence things #together

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/29/uk-online-safety-bill-legal-but-harmful-edit/

SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS: "40 Labour MPs call for digital IDs"

"They could steal all your data if it's all in one place"

Civil rights groups: "This is a terrible idea"

It’s up to us to ensure that technology benefits the public – & isn’t used against us, for the benefit of a few

(Tom Harwood)

LOCAL ELECTIONS THIS THURSDAY: 5 Questions for Candidates

We encourage everyone who can to vote this Thursday 1 May.

We can see what we get, when many do not!

WHERE ARE ELECTIONS HAPPENING? Elections are taking place in 23 councils across England.

All seats will be contested in:

- 14 county councils: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire

- 8 unitary authorities: Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, County Durham, North Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, West Northamptonshire and Wiltshire

- 1 metropolitan district: Doncaster

IMPORTANT: ​Local elections in the UK often feature extremely tight races, where a handful of votes can determine the outcome, for example:

Ask candidates our questions (or research and find out where they stand on them) to help you make your decision.

FAMILY FARM TAX: "We fed this country... do not let them destroy this industry" (Gareth Wyn Jones)

Starmer’s treatment of farmers is spiteful - and dangerous

With Net Zero, our energy security is already at risk - now our food security at risk as well

FLASHBACK: We’ve been campaigning "No to Net Zero" following a Together member vote, including demanding MPs pledge transparency on Net Zero

We can influence things #together

ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL: "(We have a palliative care) postcode lottery" (Naz Shah MP)

We need urgent investment in palliative care to provide the support people need to live well at end of life, not offer assisted death as an alternative to adequately funded care

DIGITAL ID: "Govt app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’, claim privacy groups"

"Peter Kyle, the technology secretary unveiled plans for a govt app and govt 'wallet'"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/govuk-app-wallet-could-lead-to-mandatory-id-scheme-claim-privacy-groups

Family Farm Tax: "Devastating consequences for an industry already under financial strain"

Farming families stuck with massive death taxes will be forced to sell up & lose their livelihoods

Putting food security at risk

https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/what-inheritance-tax-changes-really-mean-for-farmers/

FLASHBACK: We’ve been fighting all over the UK against attempts to limit our ability to get about as we see fit, through '15 minute city’ concepts, 'Low Traffic Neighbourhoods,' ULEZ/LEZ (including large Trafalgar Square event)

We can influence things #together

DIGITAL ID: "40 Labour MPs launch digital ID campaign"

What's the betting the dead hand of Tony Blair is behind this?

Look Labour:

1) Just 4 yrs ago you gave us a literal "Papers Please" society

2) You can't keep our data safe as it is - see "One Login" scandal