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Phil A · Feb 11, 2011

Just got this email,

Dear Ziggy,

Breaking news! The government have announced they will pause forest sell-offs for a few months. It's a brilliant sign, but our forests are still in danger. If we keep working together, we can save our forests forever - not just for a few months.

The government is still going full steam ahead with changing the law to clear the way for a 100% sell-off. It looks like they hope the fuss will die down if they pause a few sales here and there - so they can press on with quietly scrapping legal protection for our public woodlands.

Our petition is now 490,000 strong. Let's show the government we will keep campaigning until English forests are safe, by making sure the petition passes half a million signatures today.

Please forward this email and ask your friends to sign:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests

Picture yourself in the last forest you visited. Remember how you felt, what you saw, how peaceful it was. Now imagine hearing that this beautiful place has been auctioned off. We just can't let it happen!

By working together, bit by bit, we are protecting our woodlands for future generations. Since 38 Degrees members voted to launch this campaign, we've spread the word, emailed our MPs, and chipped in to pay for opinion polls and adverts. It’s starting to work - today is a time to celebrate. But we also need to keep the pressure building.

Please forward this email and ask your friends to help get our petition past half a million signatures today:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests

Let's keep going!

David, Johnny, Hannah and the 38 Degrees team

PS:
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NOTES:

See for example:
BBC: Ministers halt some forest sales after public outcry - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12428814
Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/11/english-forest-sell-off-on-hold

Marley Farley · Feb 11, 2011

Yes I have had that one too Zig as I am a member of 38..!! Yes we need to keep the pressure on as we are nearly at the 500,000 mark for the petition.....!!!!!

I am not at all sure about leasing the forests either... Their will have to be a strict role of limitations by a separate governing body which will need to be monitored & listened too or we shall still see our forests ruined forever....!!!!!!

cajary · Feb 15, 2011

The first thing that this shower in G'ment did was to make sure they couldn't be voted out for 5 yrs. :WINK1: They can now do what they like. In 5yrs time no one is going to care about the forests, they're going to think " Oh they've cut the taxes." I've written to my MP etc. but it's not going to make a difference. Congrats to everyone who voted Tory or even voted. Now you know why you vote, replace one crowd of rubbish for another crowd of rubbish. This isn't a rant. I'm genuinely intersted in why you vote for these clowns who care nothing about anything, other than how can they stay in power.

lukenotts · Feb 16, 2011

I'm genuinely intersted in why you vote for these clowns who care nothing about anything, other than how can they stay in power.
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I always consider my vote is putting plenty of £££££ into other peoples pockets for not doing very much.

Loofah · Feb 17, 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12488847

Looks like Mr Cameron can listen afterall...

clueless1 · Feb 17, 2011

We won. It was on the news this morning. The idea has been scrapped.

Marley Farley · Feb 17, 2011

Hmmm .... I am undecided about this to be honest...................................... I am convinced we need to keep the pressure on before the government suddenly come in & say........... OOOOPPPSSSS....... OK but as far as I am concerned if you didn't keep talking to us & you keep the pressure on so we thought you were in agreement with us................................................. I have to say I grew up in the New Forest as a child & the thought of losing this to private ownership or even charities will mean we will lose part of our Heritage...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am really concerned about this & that the Government is trying to pull the wool over our eyes as usual......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARMANDII · Feb 17, 2011

Although the minister has said the Government's decided to drop the Forest Sale she also said that she was going to form an "independent" body of "independent and interested parties" later this year to decide on what path the Forestry Commission has to take now that they been forced by public opinion to drop their plans to sell off our forests. Does that sound as though they've given up? I still think they'll try to do it by changing the character and aims of the Forestry Commission and then say it's not fit for purpose and introduce a new and more compliant body. The old joke about "how do you know when a Politician is lying" still stands: i.e:

If a Politician scratches his nose - he's not lying.
If a Politician looks you in the face - he not lying.
If a Politician puts his hand out to shake yours - he's not lying.
If a Politician smiles at you - he's not lying.

If a Politician opens his mouth - he's LYING!!

Phil A · Feb 17, 2011

[size=x-small]Has anyone noticed ?[/size]

[size=xx-large]WE WON !!![/size]

ARMANDII · Feb 17, 2011

I ain't too sure about that, Ziggy. I think they'll wait and slowly change and weaken the structure we've got now and drip by drip ,,,,,,,,,

Phil A · Feb 17, 2011

But they know we are watching them now

ARMANDII · Feb 17, 2011

Oh, but we surely are!!

Marley Farley · Feb 18, 2011

ARMANDII said:
Although the minister has said the Government's decided to drop the Forest Sale she also said that she was going to form an "independent" body of "independent and interested parties" later this year to decide on what path the Forestry Commission has to take now that they been forced by public opinion to drop their plans to sell off our forests. Does that sound as though they've given up? I still think they'll try to do it by changing the character and aims of the Forestry Commission and then say it's not fit for purpose and introduce a new and more compliant body. The old joke about "how do you know when a Politician is lying" still stands: i.e:

If a Politician scratches his nose - he's not lying.
If a Politician looks you in the face - he not lying.
If a Politician puts his hand out to shake yours - he's not lying.
If a Politician smiles at you - he's not lying.

If a Politician opens his mouth - he's LYING!!
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Sorry Ziggy... I know we have had this letter, but I do not trust this government I think they are just trying to lure us into a false sense of security that they will do as the electorate asks.............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Not so sure they will at at all....... So keep a watchful eye & the pressure on as I have told 38 Degrees......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the latest I have had from 38, but I shall keep the pressure on as I hope you will too, so as to not let the Government do a U turn on it as they say there was no support from the public......BE VIGILENT EVERYONE PLEASE....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know this is very important to me personally, but think YOU & everyone should be involved..... They are part of our Heritage.........!! What if the UK had no forests left... Or even walks left...!!!!

DEVASTATION & GREED WILL WIN IF WE ARE NOT VIGILENT..!!! :WINK1:

Dear Marley,

WE'VE WON! The
government has just confirmed they're totally scrapping the forest
sell-off. The phoney consultation has been cancelled. The sinister legal
changes to pave the way for privatisation have been dropped.

We did this together.
Next time someone tries to tell any of us that signing petitions or
emailing our MPs doesn’t work, we’ll know exactly what to say: “People power does work. Just look at the Save Our Forests campaign”.

Over half a million of us can feel very proud of what we've achieved together today.

On the 38 Degrees Facebook page,
members are celebrating. Fiona, for example, says "Fantastic news! And
great for letting people see that actually there IS something they can
do when they don't like what the government does, and their protest can
make a difference!" Even Sky News seems to agree: "This is a great example of people power". [1]

38 Degrees members voted to start this campaign.
We knew that making forests safe for future generations was something
worth fighting for. So we signed the petition, emailed our MPs, put up
posters in our local woodlands, organised local events, and chipped in
for a people-powered opinion poll and national newspaper ads.

Local groups joined in, as did national organisations like the
National Trust, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace, and celebrities
who spoke out in the press. Together we stopped the sell-off plans. [2]

We need to keep an eye on what happens next, but we've shown that if forests are under threat, people power can come to the rescue. Right now, let's celebrate that we forced the government to back down from plans to sell up to 100% of our woodlands!

Hundreds of 38 Degrees members are celebrating now on our Facebook page and the website. You can click here to join in: http://www.facebook.com/peoplepowerchange and http://www.38degrees.org.uk/forests-we-won-blog

And if you know someone who thinks writing to MPs or signing a
petition is a waste of time, maybe you should forward them this email!

Thanks for everything you did to save our forests,

David, Hannah, Johnny and the 38 Degrees team

PS - 38 Degrees isn't funded by big business, government or
political parties - winning campaigns relies on thousands of us chipping
in. To help keep us campaigning on the issues that matter to you, you
can chip in by making a:

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PPS - Here's what other 38 Degrees members are saying on the Facebook page now:

Fiona - "Fantastic news! And great for letting people see that
actually there IS something they can do when they don't like what the
gov does, and their protest can make a difference! Good work 38 Degrees
getting this going."

Phil -"Well done! Now to tackle the planned dismantling of the NHS.
God knows there are major problems - this will do absolutely nothing to
solve them - we aint seen nothing yet!

Julie -"People power can work !!"

Dave - "It's a seriously well done, pat on the back to all
involved, from the 38 Degrees Team and us members to the public that got
behind it. It goes to show that WE THE PEOPLE rule! Now to get the same
response to the NHS campaign, the TAX dodgers and The Robin Hood TAX!
And away we go! Woo-Hoo!"

Anne - "Fantastic. This would never have happened without the power
of the Internet and social networking. Let's hope the same can be
achieved with the NHS."

You can join in at: http://www.facebook.com/peoplepowerchange

Notes:

[1] Forest Sell-Off http://blogs.news.sky.com/boultonandco/Post:537787ac-7aeb-4fb3-8e58-025a28254511

Sky News: "Forest Sell-Off Plans 'To Be Axed" http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Po..._Off_Englands_Public_Forests,_Sky_Sources_Say

Independent: "Forest farce: Cameron to axe sell-off policy" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ce-cameron-to-axe-selloff-policy-2217131.html

[2] Dozens of groups across the country organised Save Our Forests
rallies and meetings. The campaigning also took place on a national
scale, with great work by organisations like Woodland Trust, Save Our
Forests, Save Our Woods, Save Britain’s Forests,Greenpeace, WWF,
National Trust, Ramblers and The British Horse Society. All the groups
involved are listed here: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/forests-we-won-blog

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I AM STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THIS.........................................!!!!!!!! Keep a watch on them..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Phil A · Feb 18, 2011

The UK has more Ancient trees than any other country in Europe, except perhaps the Vatican City.

Marley Farley · Feb 18, 2011

Nice one Ziggy.... My Favourite is The Tortworth Chestnut........ & this is only part of it..!!! :D

[size=x-large] W just cannot let them trash our Heritage for money... Whether Car Park or Entrance fees...!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

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