Nov 2nd, 2011
Delivering our Robin Hood Tax message
By Travis.K
38 Degrees with Bob Russel, MP for Colchester, outside Parliament this morning
This morning, 38 Degrees volunteers went down to Westminster to deliver the petition on calling for a Robin Hood Tax, and take our message to MPs as they arrived at work. Alongside volunteers from Oxfam, Save the Children and lots of other organisations, we spent over an hour outside Parliament.
We caught lots of MPs on their way into the Houses of Parliament and asked them to put pressure on David Cameron before he leaves for the world leaders’ G20 meeting tomorrow. And at least one of them did: Caroline Lucas asked David Cameron in Prime Minister’s Questions if he would listen to the protesters outside parliament and the 80,000 people (including over 15,000 38 Degrees members) who have signed the petition asking him to back the Robin Hood Tax at the global meeting.
What will David Cameron do this week? Will he listen to the bankers and vote against putting the brakes on banks? Or will he back a tax to help fight poverty, combat climate change and protect public services, schools and hospitals? There’ll be more news from the G20 talks in France coming soon on the 38 Degrees blog.
