And here we have a debate - 6th January 2025.

You may remember this template letter which we published back in August following the summer unrest in towns and cities up and down our country. Most would agree that the situation has deteriorated further with the government seemingly intent on breaking every manifesto promise they made - it's almost like Labour are a different party now they are in "power".

At the time of writing, more than 2.7 million people have shown their anger at the broken promises and are now calling for a general election via the government's e-petition, which you can find here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143. If you haven't signed it already, we urge you to do so and encourage those around you to do so too.

What else can you do?

1) Write to your MP.

If they are Labour, ask why the promises made in their manifesto have been broken: no one remembers removal of the Winter Fuel Allowance, increased national insurance, farmers being charged inheritance tax being mentioned for example. This is not to mention the jailing of people for tweets and Facebook posts whilst allowing those with category 1 child pornography to walk free.

If they are an opposition party then ask them what they plan to do about the measures being imposed by the government.

2) You could arrange to see your MP at their constituency office and ask these questions. You can find out who your MP is here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP.

The momentum built from the petition needs to continue - imagine if we got it to 10 million signatures. We all need to remember that they are in office because we put them there (well some of us did) and they are meant to work for us and not Blackrock or the World Economic Forum!

Another petition worth signing.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700035

Letter 27 - Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

Possibly the most important letter you will write to your MP. But don't stop there, copy in your local councillor, local press (legacy and alternative) and share with your family and friends. What is happening to our country is not right - we need to make our voices heard.

https://www.ukcitizen.org/write-to-your-mp-the-failure-of-keir-starmer-and-the-labour-party/

Important Information regarding the UN Summit of the Future

We have spent a little time reviewing the work we did previously on the UN “Summit of the Future”, which begins next month.

The intention is to sign 3 documents at the Summit:

1. Pact for the Future
2. Declaration on Future Generations
3. Global Digital Compact

The second document, “Declaration on Future Generations”, includes the following text at Clause 32:
“Strengthen cooperation among States to ensure safe, orderly and regular migration between countries of origin, transit and destination, including through expanding pathways for regular migration, while recognizing the positive contribution of migrants to inclusive growth and sustainable development”

This would appear to be in direct conflict with the Labour Manifesto (though there is no legal obligation to carry out “promises” in the manifesto) and the Labour Rule Book 2024. Reference to this will be included in our MP letter we are currently drafting.

There is lots more to share on the Summit of the Future but, for now, the Declaration on Future Generations should be one of our main concerns because yesterday (13th August 2024) the Permanent Representatives to the UN of the Netherlands and Jamaica issued a letter sharing the 3rd version of the Declaration on Future Generations and placed it under “silence procedure until 4:00pm EDT on Friday, 16th August 2024”. https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-letter-dfg-co-facilitators-rev3-silence-procedure.pdf

Through our initial research “silent procedure” was brought in during COVID. The step by step process provided for COVID states at point 3:

“If there are no objections within the specified time period, the President of the General Assembly will circulate a letter confirming adoption.”

https://www.un.org/pga/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2020/04/Updated-Step-by-step-procedure-for-decision-via-silence-procedure.pdf

Whilst this is obviously not good news, we must remember that international “law” binds countries not people so anything adopted at the Summit of the Future would have to be incorporated into domestic law. That said, we all need to push back on this now.

Write to your MP today on the specific clause mentioned above. You could also write to the two permanent representatives (Jamaica and Netherlands) who sent the letter:

[email protected]
(Ms Yanique DaCosta)

and
[email protected]
(Mr Rogelio Voges)

If you wants t read more about The Summit of the Future here is the link:
https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future

And here is a document we drafted last year on the subject:
https://www.ukcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/UN-Summit-of-the-Future-Timeline-FINAL.pdf