"Net Zero push risks making Labour toxic to voters"
"Former home sec says Govt needs to heed lessons of (elections) & be flexible in drive to meet green targets"
Why? Isn't Net Zero:
a) saving the world
b) creating jobs
c) bringing bills down?
No?!!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/04/lord-blunkett-net-zero-push-risks-labour-toxic-voters/
"Former home sec says Govt needs to heed lessons of (elections) & be flexible in drive to meet green targets"
Why? Isn't Net Zero:
a) saving the world
b) creating jobs
c) bringing bills down?
No?!!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/05/04/lord-blunkett-net-zero-push-risks-labour-toxic-voters/
The Telegraph
Lord Blunkett: Net zero push risks making Labour toxic to voters
Former home secretary says Government needs to heed lessons of past week and be flexible in drive to meet green targets
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ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL:
Identifying coercion in people with Down syndrome, & ensuring informed consent, can be extremely difficult
Protections against coercion in this Bill are very weak - & the vote could be Friday
Contact your MP: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
Identifying coercion in people with Down syndrome, & ensuring informed consent, can be extremely difficult
Protections against coercion in this Bill are very weak - & the vote could be Friday
Contact your MP: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
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ASSISTED SUICIDE:
Kim Leadbeater pledged her Bill would have "the strictest safeguards anywhere in the world"
But at Committee Stage - now concluded - over 300 amendments aimed at protecting vulnerable people & preventing abuse were rejected
Right To Life UK list just a few:
Kim Leadbeater pledged her Bill would have "the strictest safeguards anywhere in the world"
But at Committee Stage - now concluded - over 300 amendments aimed at protecting vulnerable people & preventing abuse were rejected
Right To Life UK list just a few:
ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL:
Myth: Assisted suicide is just about personal choice at end of life.
Reality: When treatment is rationed and care is scarce, “choice” may be an illusion.
Contact your MP: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
Myth: Assisted suicide is just about personal choice at end of life.
Reality: When treatment is rationed and care is scarce, “choice” may be an illusion.
Contact your MP: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
COERCION FEARS: "Assisted dying law 'unworkable, unaffordable & naive', says partnership of UK's leading social care groups"
"A group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the proposed law, flagging worries about coercion"
https://news.sky.com/story/assisted-dying-law-unworkable-unaffordable-and-naive-says-partnership-of-uks-leading-social-care-groups-13367847
"A group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the proposed law, flagging worries about coercion"
https://news.sky.com/story/assisted-dying-law-unworkable-unaffordable-and-naive-says-partnership-of-uks-leading-social-care-groups-13367847
Sky News
Assisted dying law 'unworkable, unaffordable and naive', says partnership of UK's leading social care groups
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday. But a group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the proposed change to the law, flagging worries about coercion.
ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL: Myth Buster
Myth: Assisted suicide will not impact upon the provision of good end-of-life care.
Reality: In the context of our rapidly-aging society, escalating health and care costs, and increasing pressure to consider the economic impact of patient care, there will be inevitable trade-offs.
Contact your MP: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
Myth: Assisted suicide will not impact upon the provision of good end-of-life care.
Reality: In the context of our rapidly-aging society, escalating health and care costs, and increasing pressure to consider the economic impact of patient care, there will be inevitable trade-offs.
Contact your MP: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
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ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL: "Disabled people are being attacked and treated as less than human" (Eileen Chubb)
This Parliament is reducing disability benefits, removing the winter fuel allowance from the elderly, and hiking National Insurance contributions on hospices
Now it could legalise assisted suicide - an extremely worrying mix
Vote could be tomorrow, contact your MP now: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
This Parliament is reducing disability benefits, removing the winter fuel allowance from the elderly, and hiking National Insurance contributions on hospices
Now it could legalise assisted suicide - an extremely worrying mix
Vote could be tomorrow, contact your MP now: https://together.eaction.org.uk/asbill
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PRIVACY: "M&S says personal data was taken in cyber-attack"
As many have warned, centralising personal data even with trusted entities risks major cyber attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/13/m-and-s-personal-data-cyber-attack-marks-spencer-card-passwords
As many have warned, centralising personal data even with trusted entities risks major cyber attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/13/m-and-s-personal-data-cyber-attack-marks-spencer-card-passwords
the Guardian
M&S says some personal data was taken in cyber-attack
Details taken are names, addresses and Marks & Spencer order histories, the Guardian understands
Tony Blair, Big Tech & the Government’s AI Agenda
We need to make sure technology benefits the public – and isn’t used against us, for the benefit of a few 👇
https://togetherdeclaration.org/tony-blair-big-tech-the-governments-ai-agenda/
We need to make sure technology benefits the public – and isn’t used against us, for the benefit of a few 👇
https://togetherdeclaration.org/tony-blair-big-tech-the-governments-ai-agenda/
Together Declaration
Tony Blair, Big Tech & the Government’s AI Agenda
The government department headed by Peter Kyle is nothing if not busy. Established in February 2023 under the previous government, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) took on policy areas from the (now defunct) Department for Business…
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NET ZERO: "You said you would cut £300 from people's energy bills... when are people going to see that?"
Under Net Zero, the answer is "never" isn’t it?
Under Net Zero, the answer is "never" isn’t it?
NET ZERO: Keir Starmer doubles down on Net Zero
UK can’t take 4 more years of this
We can’t afford to wait passively until next election & risk letting irreversible decisions go unchallenged
https://togetherdeclaration.org/starmer-doubles-down-on-net-zero-the-uk-cant-take-four-more-years-of-this/
UK can’t take 4 more years of this
We can’t afford to wait passively until next election & risk letting irreversible decisions go unchallenged
https://togetherdeclaration.org/starmer-doubles-down-on-net-zero-the-uk-cant-take-four-more-years-of-this/
Together Declaration
Starmer doubles down on Net Zero. The UK can't take four more years of this
The narrative around Net Zero may be crumbling, but Keir Starmer is doubling down. We can’t afford to wait passively until the next election and risk letting irreversible decisions go unchallenged. The UK can’t take four more years of this. Starmer has…
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ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL: "(Disabled people) are absolutely terrified how this will be used against them in the future"
Amendments to this Bill to protect vulnerable groups - such as those with dementia or Down’s Syndrome, or those suffering from eating disorders - have been rejected, increasing potential risks for the elderly, disabled, and mentally ill
Flick, a disabled rights activist, speaks about the dangers of the Assisted Suicide Bill
Amendments to this Bill to protect vulnerable groups - such as those with dementia or Down’s Syndrome, or those suffering from eating disorders - have been rejected, increasing potential risks for the elderly, disabled, and mentally ill
Flick, a disabled rights activist, speaks about the dangers of the Assisted Suicide Bill
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NET ZERO: UK100 is active in over a hundred UK councils
Councils have signed up to push Net Zero policies faster than Govt goals - without asking locals if they want this UK100
Is funded by "green" billionaires
Councils have signed up to push Net Zero policies faster than Govt goals - without asking locals if they want this UK100
Is funded by "green" billionaires
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"The issue with calling a majority of the British public people 'far right', is it loses any sense of meaning" (Alan Miller)
Instead of resorting to name-calling, we should discuss ideas and address concerns, from all viewpoints
That’s how society progresses
Stronger #together
Instead of resorting to name-calling, we should discuss ideas and address concerns, from all viewpoints
That’s how society progresses
Stronger #together
ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL: "Another month may kill the Bill"
"A delay for amendments offers a period of reflection after a reckless, hurried process where the wheels have come off"
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/another-month-may-kill-assisted-dying-bill-sm6ghvxkt
"A delay for amendments offers a period of reflection after a reckless, hurried process where the wheels have come off"
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/another-month-may-kill-assisted-dying-bill-sm6ghvxkt
Thetimes
Another month may kill assisted dying bill
A delay for amendments offers a period of reflection after a reckless, hurried process where the wheels have come off
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"Vaccination is going to be, in the end, your route to liberty" – Tony Blair
Reminder we had a "Papers Please" society in the UK - which we managed to fight off
Now Blair is back pushing mandatory digital ID again
We don’t trust you - and we have every reason not to
Reminder we had a "Papers Please" society in the UK - which we managed to fight off
Now Blair is back pushing mandatory digital ID again
We don’t trust you - and we have every reason not to
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ANTI-MOTORISTS MEASURES: "They want to make it as difficult as possible to drive" (Alan Miller)
10mph speed limits are totally absurd; let's not allow this kind of safetyist propaganda creep
Blanket 20mph limits were already daft enough & need scrapping thanks
10mph speed limits are totally absurd; let's not allow this kind of safetyist propaganda creep
Blanket 20mph limits were already daft enough & need scrapping thanks
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"The media is broken and no longer holds politicians to account"
Join us for our live event 5 June with speakers inc Dr Clare Craig, Dan Wootton, Harry Miller, Tonia Buxton & Alan Miller
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Buy tickets: https://togetherdeclaration.org/5june