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

DIGITAL ID: "UK’s new digital IDs raise security and privacy fears"

"Security experts have raised significant security and privacy concerns around storing so many sensitive documents in a single location (in gov wallet)"

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/digital-id-security-privacy-fears/

CASH: "We don't want to get into a situation where we have a programmable central currency where every transaction is monitored" (Alan Miller)

"We need to make sure we have freedom and autonomy in the exchange of goods & items"

Cash is KING!

ELECTIONS TODAY

We encourage you to vote today if you can

The right or wrong local councillor can make quite a difference at the local level

#ElectionDay

CRIME & POLICING BILL: "Gives courts power to tell anybody to do anything, or not to do anything, merely on the ground that it might cause harassment, alarm, or distress to somebody" (Andrew Tettenborn)

This legislation very concerning

(Bev Turner)

DIGITAL ID: "Govt faces claims of serious security & data protection problems in One Login digital ID"

"Govt warned about cyber security & data protection problems in its flagship digital identity system, claims 3m users may still be at risk"

LOW TRAFFIC NEIGHBOURHOOD: "Controversial west London low-traffic scheme pushed through on back of 'sham' survey"

"H&F Council low-traffic scheme faces backlash after survey found to breach industry rules"

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hammersmith-and-fulham-clean-air-neighbourhood-ltn-b1219747.html