Mark Newman
@castlemark.bsky.social
Retired but hoping to apply for a job as 'apprentice curmudgeon' as soon as an opening comes up. I don't feel ready to be a qualified, fully fledged one yet.
It's time for a new Charter. Help write it and choose your 6 demands for a better politics. Take the survey here:https://actionnetwork.org/surveys/a-new-charter?source=bluesky&
September 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
It's time for a new Charter. Help write it and choose your 6 demands for a better politics. Take the survey here:https://actionnetwork.org/surveys/a-new-charter?source=bluesky&
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
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September 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk
Email your MP - give them the answers for Thames Water
An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water
weownit.org.uk
August 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership.
Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership.
Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
actionnetwork.org
August 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership.
Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
There's a petition on the government website for a Cornish option on the next census. Please do sign it. See less
Petition: Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question
petition.parliament.uk
Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Find, sign or create petitions calling for the UK Parliament or UK Government to act
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August 4, 2026 at 9:39 AM
There's a petition on the government website for a Cornish option on the next census. Please do sign it. See less
Petition: Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question
petition.parliament.uk
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours.
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours.
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts.
www.megaphone.org.uk
August 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours.
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours.
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours.
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts.
www.megaphone.org.uk
August 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours.
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
www.campaignforthearts.org
July 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
Petition: We call upon the Senedd to reject any badger cull in Wales. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
Petition: We call upon the Senedd to reject any badger cull in Wales.
England has slaughtered ¼ million badgers but STILL has a higher incidence of cattle TB breakdowns than Wales. Both countries have achieved reductions on all key metrics, but in Wales without any badg...
petitions.senedd.wales
July 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Petition: We call upon the Senedd to reject any badger cull in Wales. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
Sign @pscupdates petition cdemanding the new Prime Minister ends Britain’s complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...
Petition: TELL ANDY BURNHAM TO SANCTION ISRAEL
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
July 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Sign @pscupdates petition cdemanding the new Prime Minister ends Britain’s complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
weownit.org.uk
July 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
I just signed this petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...
Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act
Sign the petition Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to ...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
July 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I just signed this petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...
I just signed this petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...
Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act
Sign the petition Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to ...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
July 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I just signed this petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/mak...
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post.
Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our democracy.
Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our democracy.
Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post.
Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our demo...
actionnetwork.org
July 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post.
Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our democracy.
Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our democracy.
Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
Demand an end to public contracts with companies supplying tech for Israel's genocide and apartheid. Write to your MP using @PSCupdates action palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/EDMgenocidet...
Write to your MP: Delete Genocide Tech
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
July 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Demand an end to public contracts with companies supplying tech for Israel's genocide and apartheid. Write to your MP using @PSCupdates action palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/EDMgenocidet...
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital.
No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry.
Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry.
Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
Fix and fund NHS Dentistry NOW!
Thirteen MILLION of us are still locked out of dental care. After two years of ministers promising to finally fix NHS dentistry, shocking new data just revealed that almost nothing has changed.
That ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
13 MILLION adults in England are locked out of an NHS dentist, and preventable tooth decay is the #1 reason kids end up in hospital.
No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry.
Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...
No more dental deserts. No more DIY dentistry.
Sign the petition now to tell our new PM to fix NHS dentistry for good:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi...