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Many women have been horrifically killed here in the past 5 years, including at least 7 who were stabbed multiple times, and their deaths did not receive statements from the PM, debates in the commons, or global news coverage. Nor were there any riots, or condemnations of cultures by politicians.
A picture of violence: The 30 women killed in more than four years
In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
bbc.co.uk
Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
📌 ICYMI — Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to ‘Topple’ Theresa May The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now"… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/bannon-epstein-farage-and-johnson-and-the-plot-to-topple-theresa-may/
Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
bylinetimes.com
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
Can you take this over 10,000 signatures? It’s so close… actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back
goodlawproject.org
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows
Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations Taxing Britain’s SUVs in line with other European countries could raise almost £2bn a year for the public finances, research has shown. The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
TalkTV is airing attacks on trans people without broadcasting the views of those who support trans rights. Call on Ofcom to take action: goodlaw.social/66f6a3
Ofcom: stop TalkTV broadcasting hate
TalkTV is Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News for the UK – a constant source of toxic hate and far-right lies. Over the last 11 weeks, TalkTV has been spouting transphobic hate again and again – totally ignorin...
goodlaw.social
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
Rowena Cade (1893–1983) artist, builder, creator of the open air cliff-side Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt
Really?🤦🏼♀️ These posts pop up periodically and are mind numbingly tedious. Is TFL being “racist against white people” by offering an internship to those with a minority ethnic background? Or is it possible there’s more to this than the screenshot and tweet suggest?🤷🏼♀️ 🧵1/10
Nigel Farage has been making some big populist promises. But behind the soundbites lies not only a financial black hole, but tells us a lot about the future he sees for Britain: Let’s take a closer look 🧵 1/23
An embroidered folk artform known as Temari, meaning ‘hand ball’, given as special gifts in Japan #WomensArt
Over 20,000 people have signed our petition in less than a week! ✍️💥 Thank you for your support. Together we can urge the UK Government to protect and grow investment in the arts and culture. Let's keep it going 👇🌱 www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Campaign for the Arts@campaignforthearts.org · last yr.🎤 If the government wants national renewal, they should invest in the arts and culture 🎤 Today, we're launching a petition to remind Rachel Reeves: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them 🌱 www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp... 🧶👇
“The new guidance is shocking. Women in these circumstances have a right to compassionate care and to have their dignity and privacy respected, not to have their homes, phones, computers and health apps searched, or be arrested and interrogated” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
End the badger cull - it doesn’t work and is cruel to one of our most loved animals - almost over 100,000 signatures triggering a parliamentary debate. Time for smarter policy for nature. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 🦡
Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...
petition.parliament.uk
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix: 38d.gs/cdpr
Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...
38d.gs
Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: really important story by @jewstein3000.bsky.social about how the tilt table test, commonly used to diagnose POTS, can be dangerous for people with Long COVID and ME. thesicktimes.org/2025/04/08/i...
“It’s like torture”: The tilt table test could be risky for many people with Long COVID - The Sick Times
“The tilt table test is likely to be contraindicated in people with severe ME/CFS and related conditions,” Harvey said. Studies show about half of all Long COVID patients meet the diagnostic criteria ...
thesicktimes.org
Up to 88,748 signatures. We need to get to 100,000 by 22nd May to be able to push for a debate in parliament...
Dr Farbod@emergencybod.medsky.social · last yr.Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting This practice is devastating to the wildlife. It's archaic, cruel and elitist. Let's consign it to history where it belongs. @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Painter Melissa Scott-Miller, one of the many fantastic contemporary artists interviewed for the womensart1 book 'Unlocking Women's Art' .....via all good bookshops :)
‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema
‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema
As the much-loved cinema faces the threat of closure, six cinemagoers reminisce about their favourite moments at the film institution Just off London’s heaving Leicester Square, around the corner from M&M’s World, is the cult film venue the Prince…
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