• Westminster government to comply with European Directive 2004/38/EC
    To uphold a basic human right that families are united. I am an UK citizen married to a Russian citizen. France has granted my wife the right of residency (a carte de sejour) this entitles her to visit most EU countries without the need for a visa. European Directive 2004/38/EC (https://eumovement.wordpress.com/directive-200438ec/ ) The UK government will not fully comply with this directive but It will allow entry to the UK to anyone who has an Estonian or German certificate of residency. One can only assume that the Westminster government considers that other EU countries are too liberal when it comes to issuing certificates of residency.. This is an insult to the integrity of other EU States, in our case France. They are suggesting that France issues such documents without careful examination. I can assure you that is not the case their enquiries are vigorous and searching. My wife and I had intended visiting the UK earlier this year to visit friends and relatives but the UK Visa and Immigration Office refused her a visa on the basis that she does not have her own financial means to fund a visit. The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that UK rules requiring visas for non-EU family members of EU citizens entering the UK are in breach of EU law and the matter has been referred to the High Court in London for final judgement. Procrastination by all the agencies involved affect many people who simply want to visit the UK. I implore you to support my petition to get the UK government to respect the Human rights of a family to be together. We only want to visit, there's no way we'd intend settling in the UK. How did we get in ? We arrived in Calais and took our chances. Fortunately the two Border Agency employees at the sharp end were sensible people and agreed with us that the decision by the UK Border Agency to refuse her a visa was ludicrous and gave her a 6 month tourist visa. She enjoyed her visit and we will not be applying for another visa. If the UK government persists in breaking the law i.e. the EU Directive 2004/38 then if we ever decide to revisit the UK at some date in the future Catherine will do so on a French passport. On 19th May 2015 Catherine and I caught the 0920 hrs Channel Tunnel train and to our disappointment no-one bothered to check her out of the UK. I suppose she'll now be included in the Westminster government's figures of Immigrants who remain illegally in the UK. They couldn't organise a party in a brewery. Catherine's visa expires soon so we hope to get it extended by persuading the Border Agency to stamp her passport with a 6 month Visitors visa.
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  • Tackle parking issues on Technology Drive, Rugby
    Bad parking restricts visibility to other road users, restricts the road width , forces lorries and buses into the opposite carriageway and has caused a number of near miss accidents.
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  • Keep Blackpool clean!
    Blackpool's major asset its tourism. However when the tourists come here they are greeted by rubbish bins that are overfull. Rubbish is strewn over the streets and no one is cleaning it up. The council need to keep on top of this to present a cleaner town for tourists and residents. It is unsightly, unhygienic and puts off residents and tourists alike. The petition is being put up here due to Blackpool council not allowing petitions on their own website.
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  • Save Helping Hands Community Trust
    There is an increasing number of local people who need support and guidance in coping with hard times. The support they need is Botha practical and essential. There is no other service providing free advice and support in the community. Without Helping Hands Community Trust many will find it increasingly difficult to have access to the help they need.
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  • Fund More Into Deep Sea And Antarctic Research
    We fund so much money into research which is done worldwide yet we know so little about what we are all surrounded by. Climate Change is affecting these areas massively and the research into the changes could tell us so much about our planet and about how it changes, these environments are undisturbed, life is at its purest, most natural and from this we could learn so much, not only about our planet but also the information found could lead to discoveries about other planets in our solar system and in the universe.
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  • improve national recycling targets
    National targets for recycling cannot be reached while some manufacturer’s plastic packaging provides no information regarding recycling. Meanwhile others state the container is recyclable but not the lid, and others place onus on consumers to check local policy. Councils and customers are expected to play their part in recycling - What are manufacturers doing?
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  • We owe Jamaica
    Jamaican campaigners and parliamentarians are calling on the UK government to apologise for Britain's role in the Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial theft, and to contribute reparations to help tackle the lasting damage that slavery and colonialism have done.
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  • Animal Welfare Team Brighton and Hove
    Brighton and Hove receives an invaluable service from this department. Any reduction in its' services will lead to pain and misery for both animals and humans in the community. Charities such as the RSPCA cannot manage this workload alone!
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  • STOP Ali Mohammed al-Nimr's crucifixion in Saudi Arabia
    A Saudi pro democracy teenage protester lost his appeal against a death sentence by crucifixion, and could be killed at any time. The justice ministry still says that it would not be in the “wider interests of the British government” to withdraw the bid at this late stage. The UK cannot condone the abuses taking place in the Saudi system because of its financial interests! It is urgent to pressure the Justice Ministry to DROP THE BID and save a life. Read more about this here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/the-uk-interest-in-saudi-prisons-and-why-corbyn-opposes-it
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  • Save our heroic PCSO’s so that they can continue to help keep us safe
    PCSO’s are a critical component in helping to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour across London and they are making people feel safer in their homes and within their communities. We ask you to please act now to keep our PCSO’s in place carrying out their often heroic jobs making Londoners safe.
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  • Include Syrians in Calais in UK Refugee Plan
    Syrian refugees are living in desperate and degrading conditions in Calais. These people have survived deadly journeys out of Syria - many through Turkey, by boat to Greece and then smuggled into France in the hope of being reunited with family members in the UK. Now they're surviving on the cold steps of Calais. A friend and I were personally moved by the situation in Calais, enough so that we decided to go and spend a few days there. During that time, we got to know the Syrian people who have camped in front of the church in town and asked them if they could give us an idea of how many Syrians there are in Calais. They said they didn't know so we suggested that we collect names. One of the Syrian guys took it upon himself to compile this list, which consisted of handwritten names of all the people camped in town and in the "Jungle". The names added to 269. Two hundred and sixty nine on the 6th of September 2015. That's 269 Syrian people who have made it this far and seek only safety and the love of a family member who is already in the UK. We ask David Cameron MP to review the situation of the Syrians in France and to allow them refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK.
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  • Stop Bristol Airport charging for passenger Drop-Off
    By charging for this, Bristol Airport gives the impression that they are trying to squeeze their customers for every last penny. Particularly for those making frequent visits to the airport, why should they be forced to pay for a simple drop off? What exactly is the service that Bristol Airport is charging for? The concept of airport drop off is merely a means of delivering the airport's customers to the point of business. The knock on effect is that the police at the airport waste time policing the airport roadways where people elect to drop off as an alternative to paying the fee.
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