Disagree with the decision by @BorisJohnson + @RishiSunak to renegad on a manifesto commitment and cut the aid budget?
Here is a thread on what you can do NOW..
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Here is a thread on what you can do NOW..
1/n https://twitter.com/PA/status/1331584573541670912
1. Call your MP TelephoneTelephone
Personal contact makes a difference to MPs, but speed is essential, so pick up the phone, and politely share why you disagree with the decision.
Find your MPs contact details here - https://members.parliament.uk/constituencies
Personal contact makes a difference to MPs, but speed is essential, so pick up the phone, and politely share why you disagree with the decision.
Find your MPs contact details here - https://members.parliament.uk/constituencies
2. Share your views on the radio
Expect stations like @LBC, @bbc5live and BBC local radio to be hosting phone-in's on the Spending Review, if you're passionate about the difference lifesaving aid makes, call in and make your views known.
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Expect stations like @LBC, @bbc5live and BBC local radio to be hosting phone-in's on the Spending Review, if you're passionate about the difference lifesaving aid makes, call in and make your views known.
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3. Amplify others on social media
From former politicians to Nobel Prize Winners to faith leaders - you're not alone at thinking this is a bad idea. Share the views of others who are using #SaveAid #saveUKaid
Perhaps start by RTing this -- https://twitter.com/montie/status/1331586342141227008
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From former politicians to Nobel Prize Winners to faith leaders - you're not alone at thinking this is a bad idea. Share the views of others who are using #SaveAid #saveUKaid
Perhaps start by RTing this -- https://twitter.com/montie/status/1331586342141227008
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4. Get into the conversation
Jump into the replies of key journalists and opinion formers who are asking what you think of the decision - let @peston know what you think >> https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1331584306469351426
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Jump into the replies of key journalists and opinion formers who are asking what you think of the decision - let @peston know what you think >> https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1331584306469351426
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4. Write to your local newspaper
Use this great tool from the @ONECampaign to help find out about the impact of #UKaid from your community and then get writing to your local paper about why you want aid to help the world’s poorest people - https://one.org/yourtown/
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Use this great tool from the @ONECampaign to help find out about the impact of #UKaid from your community and then get writing to your local paper about why you want aid to help the world’s poorest people - https://one.org/yourtown/
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5. Write to your MP
Lots of charities will have tools to help you do that - but remember its most powerful when it's in your own words. I'll share those I find - here is one to get started with... https://act.one.org/letter/stop-cuts-to-uk-aid?akid=s530542..KaMYwQ
Lots of charities will have tools to help you do that - but remember its most powerful when it's in your own words. I'll share those I find - here is one to get started with... https://act.one.org/letter/stop-cuts-to-uk-aid?akid=s530542..KaMYwQ
6. Share this Post
And others like it - we know that @RishiSunak + @BorisJohnson
have teams monitoring what everyone is saying on social media - so amplify messages like this one.... https://twitter.com/oxfamgb/status/1331591088675696647
And others like it - we know that @RishiSunak + @BorisJohnson
have teams monitoring what everyone is saying on social media - so amplify messages like this one.... https://twitter.com/oxfamgb/status/1331591088675696647
5a. Write to your MP
More organisations helping you write to your MP to let them know what you think - here is @ActionAidUK https://campaign.actionaid.org.uk/page/71827/action/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter
More organisations helping you write to your MP to let them know what you think - here is @ActionAidUK https://campaign.actionaid.org.uk/page/71827/action/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter
4a. Get into the conversation
Join @GlblCtznUK and ask @BorisJohnson to reverse his decision to cut aid now https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/reinstate-uk-aid-budget-now/
Join @GlblCtznUK and ask @BorisJohnson to reverse his decision to cut aid now https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/reinstate-uk-aid-budget-now/