EU says Radioactive Effluent from Lillyhall will not affect Member States – What does the MP for Workington say?

  The powers that be are allowing higher activities and high volumes of radionuclides into the environment, into our landfill, our food and our water. Democracy does not come into it as this is top down government where the decision has already been made at European level with collusion of the nuclear industry. Europe's  Euratom …

Workington Says a Big Fat NO to Radioactive Effluent in Cumbrian Groundwaters

On Saturday, the United Nations World Water Day, around 100 people stopped to sign a letter to Workington MP Tony Cunningham.  In fact so many people stopped in such a short time that campaigners ran out of letters. The letter says: Dear Tony Cunningham MP,  Sellafield was fined £700,000 for illegally dumping 3 bags of …

Radioactive Groundwaters Two Miles from Workington? – Join us this Saturday to Say NO

Radiation Free Lakeland will be in Workington town cente Saturday 22nd March from 12 noon till 2pm at The Hub. This Saturday is the United Nations World Water Day. Here at home in  Cumbria there is the plan for the "controlled release of radioactivity to groundwaters" from over one million cubic meters of planned radioactive landfill at …

SPINNING FURIOUSLY ON THE NUKE DUMP

Accounts of the cross party meeting of MPs reveals that there is some spinning going on - so much so that the accounts are completely at odds. Jamie Reed MP for Copeland states: Following today’s session and the written submissions received from the witnesses in advance, it is the view of the majority of the …

Arise Sir Tony – Protector of the Worlds Biggest Land Mine?

Tony Cunningham the MP for Workington area has been rewarded with a knighthood for services to politics and the public. From 1994 to 1999 Sir Tony was MEP for Cumbria and North Lancashire, and in 1995 he wrote an influential report on land mines which called for a treaty to instigate an outright ban, now …