Mastodawn

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-activists-appeal-to-mp-not-to-use-her-ballot-position-to-bring-assisted-dying-bill-back-to-parliament/. "Disabled #campaigners have appealed to an MP not to use her #success in the private members’ #bill #ballot to launch a new bid to #legalise #assisted #suicide. Not Dead Yet UK hand-delivered a #letter to the #constituency #office of #Labour MP Lauren Edwards on Saturday, asking her to take forward a bill on #palliative #care rather than one that would legalise assisted #dying." See: https://www.notdeadyetuk.org/.

Disabled activists appeal to MP not to use her ballot position to bring assisted dying bill back to parliament

Disabled campaigners have appealed to an MP not to use her success in the private members’ bill ballot to launch a new bid to legalise assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet UK hand-delivered a letter to t…

Disability News Service

Richard Michael Blaber May 29

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-scheme-offers-a-bridge-to-disabled-people-left-waiting-for-months-by-access-to-work-delays/. "A new disabled-led #scheme in #Wales is set to provide a 'bridge for #disabled people' who are facing lengthy #delays with their #Access to #Work #applications. Disabled #campaigners have been raising the alarm for months about the backlogs plaguing the Access to Work (AtW) #system."

New scheme offers a ‘bridge’ to disabled people left waiting for months by Access to Work delays

A new disabled-led scheme in Wales is set to provide a “bridge for disabled people” who are facing lengthy delays with their Access to Work applications. Disabled campaigners have been raising the …

Disability News Service

Richard Michael Blaber May 25

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/25/uk-urgently-install-air-conditioning-in-schools-care-homes-climate-campaigners-say. Who are these so-called #climate #campaigners, @guardian? The #IPPR? Since when have THEY been "climate campaigners"? Accurate, truthful #journalism WOULD be appreciated, instead of this great steaming pile of horse manure! #Air #conditioning will only make matters WORSE, by increasing #carbon #emissions! If the IPPR are calling for this, they are calling for the wrong thing, & they are NOT climate campaigners!

UK needs to urgently install air conditioning in schools and care homes, climate campaigners say

Government should fit solar panels to power air con units where vulnerable people live, say green advocates

The Guardian

CBC Canada Apr 29

A 'smoke-free generation' tobacco ban is coming to the U.K. Could it also happen in Canada?
A new law in the United Kingdom banning the sale of tobacco products to future generations has been hailed as a landmark moment in the fight against nicotine addiction. The ban by birth date has given heart to campaigners and researchers in Canada, who see it as the ultimate goal — and a plausible one — in makin...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tobacco-generation-smoking-ban-uk-canada-9.7180845?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Apr 29

Richard Michael Blaber Apr 7

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/children-uk-report-online-sextortion-attempts-record-numbers; https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/ashamed-scared-how-online-friendship-became-sextortion-nightmare. "Children are reporting #online #sextortion attempts in record numbers in the #UK, as #campaigners urge #tech #companies to do more to stamp out the #crime... Sextortion is the term for when a person is manipulated into sending an explicit #selfie or #video to a #predator, who then threatens to publish it online unless the #victim sends #money or further #intimate #images. Boys aged 14 to 17 accounted for 98% of the #blackmail #victims."

Children in UK report online sextortion attempts in record numbers

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%

The Guardian

Richard Michael Blaber Apr 6

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/06/compensation-victims-crime-capped-great-britain-lifetime-care. "A 30-year freeze on compensation for #victims of #crime should be lifted, #campaigners have said, adding that the maximum of £500,000 is insufficient to plan for a #lifetime." The sum should at least be raised to account for #inflation, surely?

Compensation for crime victims capped in 1996 not enough, say campaigners

Figures suggest if £500,000 limit set for Great Britain 30 years ago was adjusted for inflation the maximum would be more than £1m

The Guardian

Mark Feb 10

#UK & #US sunk to new lows in global #corruption index, amid worrying trend of #democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access, state targeting of #campaigners & #journalists

Experts & businesspeople rated 182 countries based on perception of corruption levels in public sector. Bookended by #Denmark at the top with lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption

#bribes #USThreats #CapitalismFail #DemocracyNOW #Trump #

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption

Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies

The Guardian

Pianozzino Aug 13, 2025

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Mark Feb 22, 2025

The tyranny of #apps

Those without #smartphones are unfairly #penalised, say #campaigners

From #loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply #parking your #car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners

#discrimination #CarParks #ParkingLots #privacy #security #BigData #digital #phones #mobilePhone

‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps

The Guardian