{"id":301529,"date":"2010-02-10T04:49:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T09:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org.uk\/applications\/blogs\/pressoffice\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2010-02-10T04:49:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T09:49:31","slug":"to-all-robin-hood%e2%80%99s-merry-women-take-political-action-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/301529","title":{"rendered":"To all Robin Hood\u2019s merry (wo)men – take political action now!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tiny tax on bankers would raise billions to tackle poverty and climate change, at home in the UK and abroad. Maya Segas explains.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The arrows have been primed and now we’re off! The Robin Hood Tax campaign has been launched! This brilliant idea is now on it’s way to become a reality – a teeny tiny tax on some banking transactions that would bolster crucial public services in the UK, save lives and reduce poverty overseas, and help pay the bill for tackling climate change.<\/p>\n

There are so many actions you can take via Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a> and they only take a few minutes in your tea break to do. Check out www.robinhoodtax.org.uk<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

But if you Oxfamers out there have got a few minutes more to spare and you want to take political action, why not tell your MP that you support the campaign?\u00a0Ask them to tell their party leaders that they should include a global Robin Hood Tax in their manifestos and show UK leadership by implementing its own Robin Hood Tax on the pound.<\/p>\n

There’s lots you could do. Here are some suggestions:<\/p>\n

1. Find your MP<\/a> by searching by your postcode.<\/p>\n

2. Print off this sample letter<\/a> or better yet, handwrite something yourself and post your letter to your MP at House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.<\/p>\n

3. If you’re up for it, visit your MP and tell him\/her what you think. You can get more information on the tax here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. While you’re at it, why not find out who your prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) are and ask them to contact their party leaders as well?<\/p>\n

5. Print off the Robin Hood mask<\/a>, take your picture and email it to your MP or PPCs with your ask.<\/p>\n

6. Find your MP or PPCs on Twitter<\/a> and direct message\u00a0them with your request.<\/p>\n

7. Don’t forget to tell us what they said.<\/p>\n

The time is right for this so I’m calling on all you merry (wo)men to take political action now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A tiny tax on bankers would raise billions to tackle poverty and climate change, at home in the UK and abroad. Maya Segas explains. The arrows have been primed and now we’re off! The Robin Hood Tax campaign has been launched! This brilliant idea is now on it’s way to become a reality – a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}