Save Our Language Papers Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-our-language-papers.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:02 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Sophie Mak-Schram [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12655785?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:37:06 UTC 12655785 Miss Rachel Belward [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12654636?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:56:17 UTC 12654636 Ms Caoimhe Mader McGuinness [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12653356?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:55:38 UTC 12653356 mrs khondoker rahman [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12006026?utm_medium=rss As humans we have our rights to be allowed to have our own culture but now your stopping Newham from being multi-cultural. This doesn't allow people to learn new languages and new cultures. Learning new languages benefits us because when you go to a new country for example France you won't know anything and you won't be able to communicate with others. So therefore I think that everyone should be allowed new cultures and languages as there is nothing wrong with it.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:41:21 UTC 12006026 Mr Bill Bolloten [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11407517?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:10:31 UTC 11407517 Mr Rupert Jeffery [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11309055?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:09:30 UTC 11309055 Ms Catherine McNally [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11303450?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:11:56 UTC 11303450 Miss Carly Miller [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11209253?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:52:56 UTC 11209253 Ms Shelagh Wilcox Hughes [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11208197?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:00:29 UTC 11208197 MS ANNA COLLINS [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11207958?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:43:11 UTC 11207958 Sarra Facey [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11205392?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:05:59 UTC 11205392 Ms Elizabeth Chapman [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11204919?utm_medium=rss Community language newspapers are vital for inclusivity and can provide essential links to the country and culture of origin. Failing to provide them suggests a parochial and discriminatory worldview. Furthermore it seems highly likely that the library service would be in breach of its statutory duties.

]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:09:25 UTC 11204919 MR KEVIN MANSELL [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11189120?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:03:32 UTC 11189120 Helen Backhouse [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11165982?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:52:50 UTC 11165982 Anonymous [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11149612?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:04:37 UTC 11149612 kwaku boaten [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11139151?utm_medium=rss I support this petition. Clearly the originators of this decision are monolingual and ignorant of current research research with regard to bilingualism and bilteracy. Challenge them to a public debate.

]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2011 09:33:39 UTC 11139151 Ms Dympna McGahern [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11138959?utm_medium=rss This move denies the close link between mother tongue maintenance and acquisition of additional languages; it goes against research findings and attempts to diminish the linguistic richness of speakers of other languages. Isnt it time we embraced, cherished and capitalised on the vast linguistic wealth of British citizens? Even out of self interest should we not be aware of global shifts in economic power and be ready to use our linguistic capital to forge advantageous links? Denuding libraries

]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:41:51 UTC 11138959 Anonymous [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11135460?utm_medium=rss Research is quite clear that literacy in more than one language is cognitively enhancing and gthat maintenance of home languages- in addition to learning English - is an advantage.
This sounds like a poor justification for finding budget cuts in library services in Newham and is ill founded in its argument to the detriment of many in the community.

]]> Thu, 8 Sep 2011 01:45:02 UTC 11135460 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11134975?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:07:26 UTC 11134975 Dr Charmian Kenner [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11134202?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:56:41 UTC 11134202 Ms Didi Rossi LBTQ in GWS [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11130085?utm_medium=rss Shame on Newham Council for this racist, anti-immigrant discrimination! Is the ban legal? I'm an immigrant lesbian woman, we have a right to speak all our languages and we have a right to be here. All of us from different communities will fight this racist decision together to win. This is the same council who spent £111 million on luxury offices (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11984977) while making life-threatening cuts to the community. Shame on Newham Council!

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:02:15 UTC 11130085 Anwar Khan [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11128757?utm_medium=rss I fully endorse the retention of community language papers as a vehicle for strengthening community cohesion, and to develop the individual's literacy to support English Additional Language acquisition.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2011 05:03:04 UTC 11128757 Peter Barton [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11128490?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2011 03:15:04 UTC 11128490 Ms Balwinder Johal [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11127451?utm_medium=rss Will this policy really help anyone - how would people even find out about english courses if there are no publications in a language they can read.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 06:31:57 UTC 11127451 Ms Anonymous [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126716?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:30:42 UTC 11126716 ms Nerea Olano [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126383?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:30:17 UTC 11126383 mr brian netto [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11125611?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:44:18 UTC 11125611 Mr Martin Goold [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124689?utm_medium=rss It is important also for English-speaking citizens to have access to community language texts for educational / learning purposes. Would we take books and magazines in French or German out of the library? All cultures are important and mother tongue is a vital part of who we are. Some GCSE English syllabuses teach poetry about other cultures so hopefully our younger generation will better understand how important this is to people of different backgrounds. Let's celebrate diversity.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:43:12 UTC 11124689 Dr Ann Jones [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124651?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:31:45 UTC 11124651 Ms Jane Kelly [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124623?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:24:09 UTC 11124623 miss nurjahan julie begum [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124455?utm_medium=rss this has happened in tower hamlets!
stop the rot

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 06:29:51 UTC 11124455 Mr Adam Ramsay [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124275?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 05:33:18 UTC 11124275 Mr Dave Brinson [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124169?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 05:00:48 UTC 11124169 Omar Khan [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124135?utm_medium=rss Because this obviously does not remove barriers for learning English, it's hard to be charitable about why this policy is adopted. If the aim is less access to public services, then mission accomplished. Or perhaps the aim is to worsen further our woeful record of learning second languages, and to increase deprivation in Newham. It's hard to resist the view that this is discrimination. If the borough genuinely cared about learning English, they could fund more classes rather than ban newspapers.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:48:41 UTC 11124135 Mr Gerry German [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124078?utm_medium=rss This unfortunate man is trying to restore the monolingual position imposed on people by the English colonialists/imperialists - they even killed off the UK's Celtic languages, and what a battle there has had to be for the mother tongue and bilingualism!

This is probably racially discriminatory and actionable under the equalities legislation. Contact the EHRC for advice and support.

Gerry German
Communities Emopowerment Network

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:26:37 UTC 11124078 Miss Catrina Pickering [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124065?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:22:24 UTC 11124065 Dr Katharine Burn [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124018?utm_medium=rss All the evidence suggests that language and literacy development in a second lanaguage depends on secure language and literacy development in oner's first language. Inhibiting access to community language resources implies a rejection of those languages and will not support the development of English as a second lanaguage.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 04:01:22 UTC 11124018 Mr Naeem Malik [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11123977?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:42:25 UTC 11123977 Mrs Sharon Kimouche [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11123903?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:21:06 UTC 11123903 Dr Christina Howell-Richardson [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11121240?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:01:04 UTC 11121240 ms suzan mehmet [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11121000?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:52:40 UTC 11121000 Mr Petter Lundgren [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11120984?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:47:16 UTC 11120984 Miss Lisa Tozer [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11120981?utm_medium=rss This is ridiculous - we should aim to be more inclusive not exclusive

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:46:48 UTC 11120981 Ms Elysa Alton [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11120841?utm_medium=rss Language is the identify of a culture. Banning literature is a seperatist act. Do we learn nothing from the lessons of the past?

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:12:27 UTC 11120841 Lev Taylor [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119831?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 05:18:19 UTC 11119831 Mr Anonymous [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119801?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 05:12:30 UTC 11119801 Dr Gibson Ferguson [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119777?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 05:05:22 UTC 11119777 Mr Saleh Mamon [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119616?utm_medium=rss This is an attempt to devalue other world languages which should be totally condemned. It falsely assumes that speaking another language specially a non-European language forms a barrier to learning English. To the contrary being multilingual enriches ones life. I also see elements of racism here under the guise of integration.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 04:27:46 UTC 11119616 Mr Liam Barrington-Bush [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119610?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 04:27:20 UTC 11119610 Mr Anonymous [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119454?utm_medium=rss It is quite hideous, discrminatory and closed minded to attempt to stop people from speaking or learning their first languages, all under the guise of forced assimilation into 'Britishness'. It is only in Britain that the notion of speaking and learning more than one language appears problematic.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 03:40:24 UTC 11119454 Dr Peter Sercombe [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119316?utm_medium=rss This is very short-sighted. Reducing access to heritage language resources does not equate with learning or wishing to learn more English.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 03:06:54 UTC 11119316 Robin Head [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119300?utm_medium=rss London has been a multicultural city for centuries. Banning language papers does nothing except put barriers up to community cohesion creating division and resentment.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 03:02:49 UTC 11119300 mr kuljit Chuhan [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11119258?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 02:48:44 UTC 11119258 Professor Guy Cook [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11115608?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:36:48 UTC 11115608 Mrs Yvonne Foley [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11115558?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:22:02 UTC 11115558 Mr Iain MacIlleChiar [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11115265?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 08:57:05 UTC 11115265 Ms Penny Travers [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11114734?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 05:42:52 UTC 11114734 Mr Samuel Burrowes [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112943?utm_medium=rss I think Britain's immigrant communities are facing enough attacks from the government to not have to deal with this.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 02:42:41 UTC 11112943 Dr. Mike Reynolds [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112516?utm_medium=rss Providing resources in community languages in no way detracts from learning English, and is important to the esteem and value n which communities hold themselves in. This is NOT an 'either/or', but a 'both/and' - both English amnd the community language. LBN must reverse their decision.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:58:17 UTC 11112516 Zarina Bhatia [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112052?utm_medium=rss Does it mean non-English speakers have no right to live in this City, nay this country, if other mayors follow suit?

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:06:26 UTC 11112052 Ms Sarbjit Johal [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11111396?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 04:21:06 UTC 11111396 Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11111200?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 02:15:54 UTC 11111200 Dr Robert Phillipson [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11111193?utm_medium=rss The decision reflects a misunderstanding of the issues and is counter-productive

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 02:11:33 UTC 11111193 Nicola Carty [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110294?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 04:30:52 UTC 11110294 Nicola Mclelland [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110201?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 04:01:08 UTC 11110201 Mrs Elizabeth Tanguay [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110145?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 03:48:26 UTC 11110145 Ms Cathie Lacey [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110128?utm_medium=rss These are essential services to the coherence of a 21st century Britain. They promote cohesion rahter than detract from it.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 03:44:00 UTC 11110128 Miss Anonymous [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109885?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:33:46 UTC 11109885 Ms Anonymous [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109425?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:17:22 UTC 11109425 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109310?utm_medium=rss Only respect for the language and culture of the other will lead to a healthy and long lasting integration and inclusion. Imposing any language or culture, in any shape or form, often, if not always, leads to resentment, resistance, and disintegration. Don't do what has been done in places that are plagued with civil war, ethnic conflict and so forth (e.g., Turkey, Sri Lanka, Iran, etc etc.). Good luck!

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 11:49:01 UTC 11109310 Ms Barbara Sinnemann [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11108719?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:52:42 UTC 11108719 Dr Gareth Roberts [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11108439?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:01:53 UTC 11108439 Maggie Dorsman [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11108087?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:30:24 UTC 11108087 Dr Estevao Cabral [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107918?utm_medium=rss British Banladeshi community should have the option to chose which language they choose to read. They have contributed to British society through their work and their taxes and therefore have the right to have cultural resources available to them in local libraries.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 06:50:05 UTC 11107918 Stuart Thompson [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107730?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 06:09:00 UTC 11107730 Ms Mary Williams [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107542?utm_medium=rss Most people in the world are bi/multilingual and enjoy access to more than one culture via their languages. This step would be depriving people in your borough of part of their identity.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:21:49 UTC 11107542 Dr Sue Fox [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107448?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 04:51:20 UTC 11107448 Ms Katharine Roberts [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107137?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:58:01 UTC 11107137 Dr Fiona Copland [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11107102?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 02:44:25 UTC 11107102 Mr Achilleas Kostoulas [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106960?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:41:22 UTC 11106960 Dr Winifred Davies [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106256?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:05:34 UTC 11106256 Clare Huxley [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106137?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 06:05:30 UTC 11106137 Prof Marilyn Martin-Jones [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106058?utm_medium=rss This move is based on a flawed view of identity as being unitary and based on monolingual practice. This view is completely out of touch with 21st century realities.

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 05:37:27 UTC 11106058 Roger Payne [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105976?utm_medium=rss Maintenance and development of the mother tongue supports the learning of second and further languages.

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 05:15:42 UTC 11105976 Mrs Ann Horton [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105849?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 04:40:54 UTC 11105849 Mr David Mallows [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105828?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 04:35:38 UTC 11105828 Melanie Griffin [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105804?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 04:29:11 UTC 11105804 Mrs Kanchan Patel [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105774?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 04:20:10 UTC 11105774 Ms Helen Tucker [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105663?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 03:47:05 UTC 11105663 mr michael hawkins [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105424?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:45:33 UTC 11105424 Mr Michael Lee [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105413?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:43:26 UTC 11105413 Mr Martyn Pendergast [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105254?utm_medium=rss True equality is related to providing for need and this policy does the opposite.
In addition, research has shown that learning of a second language is enhanced by development of the first, so this policy would be counter-productive.

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:13:09 UTC 11105254 Mr John Clegg [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11105023?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 01:25:27 UTC 11105023 Mr Peter McGinty [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104894?utm_medium=rss As anyone who has to learn a second language because they have moved countries can attest, having community news available in multiple languages is an invaluable aid to learing and aculturalisation.

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 01:01:23 UTC 11104894 Sofia Ali [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104822?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:44:39 UTC 11104822 Ms Silvaine Wiles [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104685?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:11:12 UTC 11104685 Dr Jean Conteh [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104477?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:28:09 UTC 11104477 Ddr Christine Hélot [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104292?utm_medium=rss Having access to newspapers in many different languages in a public library is a sign of democracy and could encourage language learning

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:40:47 UTC 11104292 Jenny Millman [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104146?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:09:25 UTC 11104146 Mrs Christiana Rose [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11104040?utm_medium=rss What a pity that the leaders of this borough have been so badly informed! I feel that their action is actually counter-productive to what they are trying to achieve. Hopefully they will reconsider.

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