Another milestone reached.
Many thanks to all who have signed and supported, and huge thanks to Stewart Abbott for the thunderclap yesterday which is giving signatures a boost and pushed us over the 41,000 mark. Also a big ‘THANKS!’ to Natalie Bennett who joined that thunderclap and swelled its social reach.
The West Country continues to be an area of strong support with Bath and Taunton Deane (both CON seats) both joining the list of constituencies with 100+ signatures yesterday.
Zac Goldsmith’s seat of Richmond Park has been stuck on 99 signatures for a few days but looks poised to be the first London constituency to join the ‘100 Club’ any time now.
I was travelling around yesterday and passed through constituencies with over 100 signatures and under 30 signatures – and everywhere in between in a long day of travel.
Maybe I will see you this evening in the Museum of Natural History in Oxford where I’ll be talking about the conservation and wider environmental issues surrounding driven grouse shooting and how you can help by signing this e-petition to get a debate on the future of our uplands.
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I’ve been tweeting the petition and supporting materials during the broadcasts of BBC’s Springwatch as their viewers are pretty active on twitter (the hosts might be dodging the issue prettily, but the hashtags in their twitterstream will make sure that it gets seen) so I figure that might help. Just a suggestion that the day’s tweets ought to be timed for the Springwatch and Unsprung broadcasts, with the hashtags “#Springwatch” “#Unsprung” “#BBCspringwatch” and “@BBCspringwatch” to ensure that it is seen by an active, but still largely engaged with the issue, audience. Targeted campaigning, that is the key.
Same for when countryfile is on, and any other big UK-wildlife show. Get the fans of the show on board.