#uk petitions

[defiant-firefly]

Saw a post talking about a basic universal income and it got me wondering about whether there's an active UK government petition for it... Apparently there is!

Thought I'd might as well post it since I found it on the off chance it can wrack the signatures numbers on it up. They're pretty low at the moment, but it's running until the 24th of March 2024 so there's time. The government legally have to respond to and debate it if it gets enough signatures so its worth a shot, right?

[wolfinlavender]

Petition: TELL SUNAK TO STOP ARMING ISRAEL

"Last year, I presented a Bill to Parliament that would suspend arms sales to Israel.

My Bill is due to have its Second Reading this Friday.

The Bill would suspend arms sales to any country that might use them in violation of international law."

It takes less than a minute to sign, if you're in the UK go for it! And whether you're in the UK or not, please share!

[down-therabbithole]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/608056

[bread-making-vikings]

Hey y'all, I'd appreciate anyone from the UK signing this petition to allow trans/nonbinary kids to stay closeted from their parents if they're out at school. It's obviously very important that children be able to keep potentially dangerous information about their identity away from their parents, and explore it safely in a school environment.

If it reaches 10k votes the government must respond, and 100k means they need to debate it, but any votes are good for raising awareness and profile.

If you're not from the UK please share this so others see it

[excessively-english-jd]

UK Gov Petitions To Help Palestine

Call for a ceasefire and end to Israeli occupation

Urge Israel to allow food, fuel and electricity into Gaza

Increase aid and support to Palestinians

Create Homes For Palestine scheme to allow refugees to seek safety

Withdraw support for Israel and remain neutral

Withdraw support for Israel and support Palestine

Call for Israel to establish a humanitarian corridor

Call to impose economic sanctions on Israel

Condemn Israel's actions in Gaza

Recall Royal Navy and RAF support to Israel

I have italicised petitions which have not yet reached signature thresholds. Thresholds for petitions are 10,000 to require a government response, and 100,000 to require parliament debate. Even if a petition has broken 100,000, it's worth continuing to add your signature, to show how much support the proposal has.

You must be a UK citizen or resident in order to sign these petitions. Remember that your signature only counts after clicking the confirmation link in the email sent to you.

[catskincass]

UK folks!!

There's some new 'guidance' for schools in the works, which aims to force teachers to inform parents if a child is questioning their gender, or identifies as trans.

This would also involve refusing to acknowledge a child's gender identity without express consent of the parents AND the personal approval of the head teacher.

I can't stress enough how dangerous this will be for trans and queer children in the UK. Some of you may remember Thatcher's Section 28, a piece of legislation designed to "prohibit the promotion of homosexuality".

Practically, this bill legalised homophobia and orientation-based discrimination for years.

THIS guidance for teachers will be worse. This guidance directly targets trans children and puts them at risk of discrimination, harassment and abuse by the people supposed to protect them.

Below is a link to a petition you can sign to counter this guidance. If you can, PLEASE write to your local MP. If they are labour, it is likely they will have opposed Section 28 when it was released and, if enough determination is shown CHANGE CAN HAPPEN.

We cannot let this guidance get a foothold.

We cannot endanger trans children.

DON'T GIVE THEM AN INCH.

[mxactivist]

UK petition: Sandyford Clinic [Scotland] to immediately continue to prescribe trans kids hormone blockers

[ Sign here ]

Following the Cass Review, trans kids are no longer able to receive puberty blocker prescriptions from Sandyford, Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under 18s. This is devastating news for trans kids who will now see their bodies change in ways that will trigger dysphoria. It will ultimately cost lives as trans kids are driven to suicide. All this will happen because of some despicable, manufactured "trans debate", where trans kids, and adults, are being used as a scapegoat for society's problems. Trans charities and advocate groups are condemning the awful Cass Review all over the country. The only groups celebrating this dreadful document are anti-trans ones. Hormone blockers have been used for decades safely, and the vast majority of trans kids that go on to transition are happy. A common argument against blockers is that trans kids are not old enough to make such decisions. This is exactly what puberty blockers are for; to hit the pause button on any irreversible changes; to give trans kids time to make these decisions. We urge Sandyford clinic to immediately resume providing trans kids with their life-saving puberty blockers.

[ Sign here ]

[rhube]

I think this one is pretty important, folks. UK ppl please sign. Others, please boost!

It's frankly nightmarish how manufacturers of medical implants operate!

We believe it should be made illegal for manufacturers of medical devices implanted into patients to regularly charge the patient for upgrades or maintenance.

We also believe it should be a legal requirement that if the manufacturer goes out of business, all the Intellectual Property (IP) - both hardware and software - for the device must be made public.

We believe no one, and no company, should be allowed to essentially charge rent for any implant that is placed inside a person's body, and people should not be left with a device that cannot be maintained if its manufacturer goes bankrupt.

[daisy-mooon]

Here is a petition that UK citizens can sign, encouraging the UK government to assist a ceasefire in Gaza and to assist ending the occupation of Palestine.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648292

You will need:

Name

Postcode

Email

UK citizenship

The signature will not count unless you click a link that will be sent to you by email.

All UK petitions with more than 100k signatures are discussed in Parliament. The petition already has over a 100k and parliament are waiting to find a time to discuss it, but the more signatures it gets, the more pressure we can put on the government to do something.

EDIT: A petition from Amnesty International demanding a ceasefire. ANYONE FROM ANY COUNTRY can sign this petition:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/demand-a-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-civilian-suffering/

EDIT 2: Change.Org petition demanding a ceasefire. ANYONE FROM ANY COUNTRY can sign this petition:

https://chng.it/dg4PgfrXhr

EDIT 3: Another UK petition for Palestine - this one to create a Visa scheme to assist Palestinian refugees affected by the war, similiar to the one used for Ukranian refugees:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648577

EDIT 4: A petition for UK citizens to sign to encourage the government to send aid to Palestine:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/648337

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

[marshmiillow]

UK students are being fucked over by the government. Inflation has gone up 21% and student loans only 5.2% in the last 2 years. I’m a student - we all have to get jobs to afford rent. Loans just don’t cover it anymore.

If you’re a UK resident or british citizen please sign the petition, if you aren’t please spread this around! Repost this, share the link on discord, text it to your mum. This is important.

[defiant-firefly]

Hey so. There's apparently a petition with not a lot of signatures for the current UK Prime Minister to sell his country home to fund things like the NHS and what not. I think it'd be pretty funny if this got a bunch of signatures ngl

[wolfinlavender]

"Protest isn't a gift from the State – it's our right. But this Government is clamping down on the ways we speak up on important issues.

Sign the petition to protect our right to protest."

[cassolotl]

UK petition: Call an immediate general election

[ Sign here ]

The Prime Minister should call an immediate general election to allow the British public to have their say on how we are governed, we should not be made to wait until January 2025 Consistent opinion polling has shown the British public have lost confidence in the current government. The NHS is in crisis, the asylum system is broken, there are delays at the ports, and institutions are failing. The British people should be given a say on what to do next.

Deadline: 4 February 2024

Signatures: 12,653 of the 100,000 needed for a discussion in parliament (as of 4th Oct 2023, at the time of writing this!)

Track signatures on a graph: here

Who can sign? British citizens and UK residents [source]

[ Sign here ]

[crynwr-drwg]

*this is aimed mostly at people who live in or are from Wales/Cymru, but anyone can give their thoughts.

Would love to hear reasonings from either side with it in the tags or replies

In reference to this petition:

[fayrobertsuk]

X Marks the Spot

Okay, UK Citizens, we're giving this another go. Sign and/ or share, please (if you're not UK-based, PLEASE share). It went pretty much as you'd expect last time: decent public support, got to debate stage, some lovely speeches from supportive MPs, then… random shit about women's prisons and sports from people unwilling to do anything to address the actual issues in prisons and gendered sports. 🙄

So behold, we're going to try again to join the increasing numbers of countries out there who allow an X or similar on the passports and driving licences of nonbinary folk.

(And we'll keep bloody trying until the UK rejoins the 21st Century.)

[mxactivist]

UK petition: Do not require schools to tell parents their child is transgender/non-binary

[ Sign here ]

There are reports that the Government is planning to introduce guidance stating that schools in England must inform parents if a young person seeks to change their name or starts wearing different uniform. We believe this information should be kept confidential, unless the child chooses to share it. For many trans and non-binary children, school is a safe space where they can escape any transphobia at home and live as their preferred gender. We are concerned about reports of new Government guidance that would require schools to tell a trans or non-binary child's parents if the child wishes to socially transition in school. This has the potential to put these children in danger of abuse at home This will not only affect today's children, but children of future generations. We need to stop this before it is too late.

Deadline: 27 October 2023

Signatures: 36,987 (track here) - 100,000 needed for a debate in parliament

Who can sign?

Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship, and

Anyone with UK citizenship living anywhere in the world.