NickP
@linleynick.bsky.social
Actor, juggler, unicyclist; white van man; trade unionist.
Greenish/liberal/left-libertarian/social-democrat.
atheist Quaker / secular humanist.
Greenish/liberal/left-libertarian/social-democrat.
atheist Quaker / secular humanist.
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Reckless tech billionaires are racing to build AI ‘superintelligence’ - raising massive ethical and security concerns. action.eko.org/a/sign-the-s...
Ban superintelligent AI until it’s safe
Reckless tech billionaires are racing to build AI ‘superintelligence’ - raising massive ethical and security concerns. From controlling nuclear weapons, to replacing millions of jobs, to creating dead
action.eko.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reckless tech billionaires are racing to build AI ‘superintelligence’ - raising massive ethical and security concerns. action.eko.org/a/sign-the-s...
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Healthy oceans, safe future: stop the toxic shark trade
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now!
action.wemove.eu
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
It is abhorrent that commercial corporations can sue governments that are trying to do the Right Thing.
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now
European truckmakers Volvo and Daimler are suing California to slow down the state's switch to zero-emissions trucks — effectively keeping more diesel trucks on the road and more pollution in the air.
action.eko.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It is abhorrent that commercial corporations can sue governments that are trying to do the Right Thing.
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...
All across Europe, homes are disappearing for ordinary people. Families freeze, students struggle, locals are pushed out — while investors get richer. Sign now to tell EU leaders: Homes for people, not profit.👉 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Make Homes for People, Not for Profit
Families freeze, students struggle, locals are pushed out — while investors get richer. Join thousands demanding homes for people, not profit. Add your name:
action.wemove.eu
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
All across Europe, homes are disappearing for ordinary people. Families freeze, students struggle, locals are pushed out — while investors get richer. Sign now to tell EU leaders: Homes for people, not profit.👉 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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I am very glad to hear of this review but as driver in London it is actually bicycle lights that are the bigger problem.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I am very glad to hear of this review but as driver in London it is actually bicycle lights that are the bigger problem.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well, agreed, but it was better than Phillipson winning.
Guys, just because McSweeney et al didn't want Lucy Powell doesn't mean there's been some sort of victory for the Labour left, come on. We don't need to crawl around on the floor licking up crumbs and declaring them delicious.
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Well, agreed, but it was better than Phillipson winning.
Well done Australia.
That's the direction we need to go.
That's the direction we need to go.
With Michael Wipfli, founder of the wonderful Australian campaign "36 Months," aiming to delay kids opening social media accounts for 3 years (36 months, from 13 to 16). And he succeeded — Australia is enforcing 16 as a minimum for social media accounts in December.
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Well done Australia.
That's the direction we need to go.
That's the direction we need to go.
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Save the painted woolly bats
UPDATE: eBay has banned the sale of painted woolly bats on its platform! Now let's keep up the pressure to make sure Amazon follows suit.------Painted woolly bats are selfless little forest guardians,
action.eko.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Tell Amazon: Stop the trinket trade with the painted woolly bat! action.eko.org/a/painted-wo...
Non Crime Hate Incidents.
If it's not a crime, why on Earth were the police investigating them anyway?
If it's not a crime, why on Earth were the police investigating them anyway?
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Non Crime Hate Incidents.
If it's not a crime, why on Earth were the police investigating them anyway?
If it's not a crime, why on Earth were the police investigating them anyway?
🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them: 38d.gs/rezg
Sign the petition: Save our National Parks
🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:
38d.gs
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them: 38d.gs/rezg
10 years on from the Dieselgate scandal, justice still hasn’t been served in the UK. While other countries made carmakers pay, ours let them off the hook. Sign the petition now and demand accountability now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...
Make polluters pay for poisoning our children
10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
10 years on from the Dieselgate scandal, justice still hasn’t been served in the UK. While other countries made carmakers pay, ours let them off the hook. Sign the petition now and demand accountability now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/72vc?utm_cam...
Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...
38d.gs
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/72vc?utm_cam...
I mean, do we really want to align ourselves with Russia and Belarus? I think not!
The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
Open Letter: Keep the UK in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's open letter now if you agree that the UK must remain in the ECHR.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I mean, do we really want to align ourselves with Russia and Belarus? I think not!
The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
The UK must stand up for human rights and reject calls to leave the ECHR - Sign the open letter
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...
They don't need to farm them: there have been millions of the blighters off the coast of Cornwall this summer eating all the lobsters!
And whereas lobsters are delicious, octopus are almost inedibly chewy!
Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms action.eko.org/a/eu-wide-ba...
And whereas lobsters are delicious, octopus are almost inedibly chewy!
Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms action.eko.org/a/eu-wide-ba...
Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms
Seafood corporations want to turn Europe into a testing ground for octopus factory farms, locking these intelligent animals in tiny tanks where suffering is so extreme they even turn to cannibalism.An
action.eko.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
They don't need to farm them: there have been millions of the blighters off the coast of Cornwall this summer eating all the lobsters!
And whereas lobsters are delicious, octopus are almost inedibly chewy!
Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms action.eko.org/a/eu-wide-ba...
And whereas lobsters are delicious, octopus are almost inedibly chewy!
Tell the EU: Ban Octopus Farms action.eko.org/a/eu-wide-ba...
😡 The Government wants to ban repeated protests & jail those who defy them. Stand up for our democratic right to protest - sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Don’t crush our right to protest!
The right to protest is the heartbeat of democracy. It lets us speak out, challenge injustice, and hold those in power accountable. The Government’s plan would give police sweeping powers to ban repea...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
😡 The Government wants to ban repeated protests & jail those who defy them. Stand up for our democratic right to protest - sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Tell Japan: shut down the ivory market, save elephant lives. action.eko.org/a/japan-ivor...
Tell Japan: Shut down the ivory market.
Every year, tens of thousands of elephants are butchered for their tusks despite a global ivory ban -- and Japan’s massive domestic market remains one of the main drivers.But we have a once-in-a-gener
action.eko.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tell Japan: shut down the ivory market, save elephant lives. action.eko.org/a/japan-ivor...
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now action.eko.org/a/world-lead...
World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now
Right now, the last remaining vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, The Marinette, is approaching Gaza's waters -- carrying brave activists who are all risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal siege on G
action.eko.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now action.eko.org/a/world-lead...
BBC Radio 4 - AntiSocial, What is patriotism?
The battle to define patriotism in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM