There have been 20,500+ petitions submitted during this parliament. 13,700 of them were rejected – we weren’t. Of the 6,800 or so not rejected – only 293 have passed the 10,000 signature barrier (we’ve done that twice – in this parliament). Of the 6,800 or so not rejected, only 47 have reached 100,000 signatures…
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League Against Cruel Sports press release
Parliamentary debate expected as surge in petition signatures to ban driven grouse shooting reaches magic 100,000 Support for a total ban on driven grouse shooting has rocketed with a key petition achieving the 100,000 signatures needed to trigger a debate in Parliament. As the grouse shooting season opens, support for the e-petition – set up…
Tim Melling – Pied Flycatcher
Tim writes: my sister moved to Snowdonia last year and invited me across to stay. I was surprised and delighted to find she had both Pied Flycatchers and Redstarts as garden birds. The Pied Flycatchers were particularly showy and there was lots of light too as the leaves had not yet opened to block the…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
100,000!!
We did it – 100,000 of us (so far). Thank you! I hope someone has a screen grab I can add here later (above – although it went past in a blur and I’ve been sent several slightly photoshopped ones like the above – thank you) but now I’m off to get a train home…