Dear fantastic [Name],

Here's the August 2023 latest news from VoteClimate.

The Conservatives' election strategy is emerging: as inflation makes us all poorer, suggest (wrongly) we can't afford action on climate change. Alarmingly, they appear to be pulling Labour in the same direction.

We (you!) have to rally enough people behind VoteClimate to stop this rot. With more members we can drag party manifestos back in a positive direction, once MPs and party strategists understand that action on climate will win votes and seats.

VoteClimate is looking for funding but, even with that, there are strict limits on how much election law allows us to spend. The VoteClimate idea needs ordinary people to give their time for free to make it work. There is no legal limit on time contributed by volunteers.

Recruit, Recruit, Recruit!

Please keep pushing hard with friends, family and colleagues. It's amazing how our membership is continuously growing from your efforts. Massive, massive thank you! Reminder: we need each member to recruit 2 more members in their first 30 days after joining to reach our million-member target.

Please see our Helping Out and Recruitment Resources pages.

New: Promote VoteClimate on Newspaper Websites

We had a flurry of new members joining when VoteClimate was recommended in a comment under an Observer article, igniting an online discussion. Can you do similar?

• If you see an article in the national press where VoteClimate is relevant, please find the article online and post a comment publicising VoteClimate.
• Local papers are desperate for content for their websites and they publish many letters received. Please visit the website of your local paper and write them a message mentioning VoteClimate eg how voters can look up their MP's record.
• You can often comment under articles and letters on local newspaper websites. Please try to start a debate about VoteClimate.

New: All Climate-Related Speeches in Parliament

Find every Parliamentary speech mentioning climate made by MPs in recent years at:

• https://voteclimate.uk/mps/parliament/speeches/all
• Eg https://voteclimate.uk/mps/daniel-zeichner/climate-timeline/90

Please promote this widely through email, social media and conversation and use it to recruit more members.

New: @VoteClimateBot

We've set up an automated Twitter account @VoteClimateBot that watches for whenever an MP posts a climate-related tweet and posts back including their voting record. The aim is to promote VoteClimate. So please share.

Can't access Twitter? you can find the same data on https://voteclimate.uk/mps/tweets/2023/08.

Can You Help More?

Can you spare time to help with recruitment or research online or off-line? - please reply to this email.

Thank You & Bye For Now

Love and courage from the VoteClimate team

Future Emails

We're running two email lists:

• Monthly updates on progress and encouragement - this one
• Minimal emails: when to vote and how, approximately twice per year

You can opt out any time by replying "unsubscribe".

If you want more frequent updates please follow @VoteClimateUK on Twitter.

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