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MTB, motorbikes, nature, landscape photos, coffee, a bit of music & the occasional whisky/whiskey. Unsuccessfully trying to avoid politics…
@chasingtrails.bsky.social ‘work account’ (kind of) for mountain biking & cycling only
If you want to donate to Democracy Under Attack (UK based) www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/democracy-...
Democracy Under Attack
Aim: Our democracy is under attack. To save it, we must act now. Please support us by backing our Crowdfunder today.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I've just signed "Prime Minister, What’s Your Plan for Fair Votes?" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/pr... @OpenBritainHQ
actionstorm.org
September 20, 2026 at 7:16 AM
In a few days, experts, artists, and workers worldwide launch the Pro-Human AI Declaration calling on oligarchs and lawmakers to put people, ethics, and safety before profit. They're close to 1 million signatures! Add your voice: secure.avaaz.org/en/campaigns...
For a Human AI
Tech billionaires are treating us all as guinea pigs in their AI experiment. A global coalition of experts, artists, and workers is fighting back.
secure.avaaz.org
September 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Big tech companies want to build MEGA data centres in Patagonia, one of the world's last wildernesses.

Time to resist Big Tech's data centre expansion.⁠
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If you agree, sign the urgent petition 👉 act.gp/4xlj9z5
Think corporate elites should not control our rights and freedom? SIGN >>
Billionaires and corporations are tightening their grip on our democracies — and silencing dissent. They weaken protections for people and the planet, bankroll politicians who serve their interests, c...
act.gp
September 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Sign the petition if you want a full police investigation 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Broken promise: the Government promised guaranteed hours for all workers, but now most will miss out. 🚫 Sign the petition now to protect every worker: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Sign the petition to give all workers the right to guaranteed hours
Betrayal: the UK Gov pledged guaranteed hours for all workers, but now most will miss out. Sign now to fight back.
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The Home Office wants to use faulty AI tech that assesses 14 year olds as adults in the asylum system. It’s super harmful, and could deny vulnerable kids their basic rights. Sign the petition to scrap it now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Don’t use dodgy AI on vulnerable kids!
The Home Office wants to use faulty AI tech that assesses 14 year olds as adults in the asylum system. It’s super harmful, and could deny vulnerable kids their basic rights. Sign the petition to scrap...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Let's hold the Government to its promise! No new oil & gas in our seas. Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit
The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 24, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Outsourcing often comes at the expense of our services and the workers who keep them going. If you want public services to work for people, not just profit, sign the Record of Support for Labour’s insourcing pledge. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/of...
Official Record of Support: Back the Biggest Wave of Insourcing in a Generation
Outsourcing companies frequently compete to win public contracts by reducing costs: it's a race to the bottom on the pay, terms, and conditions for their workers. This has a knock-on effect for servic...
www.megaphone.org.uk
May 18, 2026 at 12:25 PM
38d.gs/sitl
Palantir think that they can convince government that the public are dangerous ideologically motivated campaigners for not wanting them spying on us through the NHS. Sign so the government pull their contract.
End Palantir’s NHS contract NOW
Palantir, the controversial U.S. company working with ICE and the Israeli military, has access to our private data via NHS databases. We need the Government to trigger the break clause on their contra...
38d.gs
April 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Mega-donors can still pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign if you agree.

secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/187342/...
Get big money out of politics
Mega-donors can pour millions of pounds into our political parties and drown out the influence of ordinary voters. We need a donation cap now. Please sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
March 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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📝OUT NOW

In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.

Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.

#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
March 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so large numbers will be needed to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Days left to act: Ban cruel cages for hens
Right now we have a unique opportunity to stop this industrial-scale torture: The UK government has proposed ending the use of cages for hens, and they have launched an official consultation to ask th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition if you want to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Scandal after scandal is eroding trust in our democracy. We need reforms to clean up Westminster. Please sign our letter.

secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/186467/...
Out of the darkness
Scandal after scandal is eroding trust in our democracy. We need reforms to clean up Westminster. Please sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.

Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.

Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
38d.gs/sb_ps_ot
A cheap, easy solution to help swifts. Sign if you think this should be law.
Save our swifts: include swift bricks in every new house
I just signed the campaign calling to save our swifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with "swift bricks" - safe places f...
38d.gs
February 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! This kind of thing has happened for far too long. Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 They need to chlorine wash it because it would make you sick if they didn’t. Sign to keep it off our shelves: 38d.gs/cc-df
Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
38d.gs
December 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not been to the bike show at the NEC in a lot of years! Not much idea what to expect but should be good!
#MCL25
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
10 years on from the Dieselgate scandal, justice still hasn’t been served in the UK. While other countries made carmakers pay, ours let them off the hook. Sign the petition to demand accountability 38d.gs/c7qj
Make polluters pay for poisoning our children
10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...
38d.gs
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I just signed the campaign calling to ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ban-poli...
Ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels
I just signed the campaign calling to save ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels
act.38degrees.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM