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Latest –
5th October 2011 – An amazing National Poetry Day on the South Bank and all round the country. Here’s the main NPD site, the Poetry Society page is here, and for me the highlight of the day was the Foyle Young Poets of the Year awards.
26th September 2011 – The new Board had a long meeting last Wednesday – there’s an announcement on the Poetry Society website here.
20th September 2011 – a positive headline on the Guardian’s letters page: Peace breaks out at the Poetry Society
17th September 2011 – An audio recording of the AGM is available here.
15th September 2011 – AGM: In total there were 341 voters: 211 appointed a proxy to vote on their behalf, and 130 voted in person.
Following the AGM, the new Trustees are Shanta Acharya, Martin Alexander, Polly Clark, Robert Hutchison, Sir Stephen Irwin, Edward Mackay, Kona Macphee, Heather Neill, Paul Ranford, Michael Schmidt, Laurie Smith and Dr Stephen Wilson. Further information is posted on the Poetry Society website here.
13th September 2011 – The National Poetry Competition is now open for entries.
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Further down this page –
Updates – for all news which is older than Latest …
31st August 2011 – Nominees’ statements in Wordle form…
Kate Clanchy on the AGM and proxies
26th August 2011 – AGM Proxies – all you need to know
2nd August 2011 – Signatures on the Petition for the reinstatement of Judith Palmer as Director
28th July 2011 – From Anne-Marie Fyfe, former Chair of Board of Trustees
27th July 2011 – A statement from the former Director of the Poetry Society, Judith Palmer.
22nd July 2011 – 11pm – First summary of the EGM
22nd July 2011 – 10:00am – Statement from Paul Ranford, former Finance Manager for the Board
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Nominees’ Wordles…
Many thanks to Alex Swann for the gallery of images below, taken from the Wordles he created. Click on this link to go directly to Alex’s Wordle page.
Agenda
Annual General Meeting of
THE POETRY SOCIETY (INCORPORATED)
Company Registration Number: 190736
Charity Registration Number: 303334
St Giles-in-the-Field, St Giles High Street, London, WC2H 8LG
at 6.30pm, Wednesday 14 September 2011
Agenda
Doors open 6.30pm. Access is via presentation of your Poetry Society membership card. Voting papers to elect new Board members will be handed to you on arrival and should be completed and handed in by 7pm
Refreshments will be provided.
- 7pm: voting scheduled to close. Please note that the voting period may be extended by discretion at the meeting if necessary. Votes will be counted while the meeting proceeds.
- Apologies for absence
- Approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 24 November 2010
- Report of the Board
- Report on preparation of the Financial Statements of the Society for the year ended 31 March 2011, which are complete but remain unapproved and unaudited as they are subject to Auditor confirmations of future ACE funding.
- Report from the Director
- Poetry performances
- Declaration of results. New Board announced.
Getting there: The church is located in the heart of the West End, close to Tottenham Court Road tube station – PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY THE CENTRAL LINE CURRENTLY STOPS AT TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD. Take exit 5 to Charing Cross Road and then turn left into Denmark Street. The church is just south of the Centre Point building.
Message from Kate Clanchy about AGM proxy votes
Things are clearly changing fast at the Poetry Society. Not only have they published an agenda for the AGM, but they’ve devised a safe, secret voting system. Excitingly, it can all be electronic! You can complete your form right now, in privacy, from your computer chair!
The proxy can work in two ways:
If you know which candidates you want to vote for, but can’t get to the meeting, then:
1) Find a proxy holder. There are some on our website. You don’t need to exchange any information other than the holder’s promise to attend the meeting.
2) Fill in the proxy form and send it in. Email is fine! (The address is at the top of the form.)
3) When the proxy-holder attends the meeting and signs in, your vote will be validated. He/she doesn’t need to know who you voted for, nor does anyone else.
It is as simple as that. No embarrassing horse-trading, no anxious confessions – just a few clicks of the mouse.
If you can’t get to the meeting, are not sure which candidates you want to vote for, and would like to have a discussion and make a small group decision, then :
1) Find a proxy-holder and have that discussion.
2) Fill in the form but leave the trustee list blank
3) Your holder will then attend the meeting carrying your vote as well as his own.
And that’s it. I think that’s brilliant. Congratulations to PoSoc for embracing the modern age.
There is now no excuse not to vote! If you cared enough to sign the requisition or petition, please care enough to do this.
Kate
Docs
This page is for documents which may be of interest to Members
2009-2010 Poetry Society Accounts
ACE / Poetry Society correspondence For information we have obtained the following information from ACE under the Freedom of Information Act. The correspondence gives some grounds for optimism that the quarterly grant of £78499 may be restored after the AGM.
Updates
5th September 2011 – Please note that Bryan Owen and Cary Archard have withdrawn their nominations as potential trustees.
31st August 2011 – Monthly bulletin from the Poetry Society – a terrific collection of news items, poetry activities and events, and information about the AGM.
Click on the image to see the Wordles Alex Swann has made from all the nominees’ statements. (A Wordle takes a block of text and arranges the words randomly in a sort of mosaic so that the most frequently repeated words appear in a larger font and therefore stand out. The result can bring out interesting and often surprising emphases which might not otherwise have been evident.) Click on this link for Alex’s Wordle site.
29th August 2011 – AGM Agenda here. Trustee nominations and statements are in theAGM menu above, or click here.
27th August 2011 – See the Docs page (under Info) for information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, as well as the PoSoc Constitution and accounts for 2009-2010.
Messages from the Director, Judith Palmer, with full details of nominations and the agenda for the AGM; and from Kate Clanchy about how easy it now is to vote by proxy.
The Nominations page has now been updated with details posted directly by candidates and pasted from the Poetry Society website. To download the updated version of the proxy form, click here.
25th August 2011 – List of nominees, with their statements and areas of interest, on the Poetry Society website. Further information on our Nominations page.
19th August 2011 – Read Alison Flood’s article in the Guardian – about Judith Palmer’s reinstatement and the Poetry Society’s future.
18th August 2011 – Click here for the list of trustee candidates, with links to candidates’ statements posted on the Nominations page (under AGM). And click here for the Poetry Society’s official website, where there is an updated list of nominations to the Board.
18th August 2011 – New announcement from the Board here.
17th August 2011 –
JUDITH PALMER REINSTATED AS DIRECTOR OF THE POETRY SOCIETY – link
17th August 2011 – Please visit the AGM page to read about and support potential Trustees, to arrange a proxy or to offer to be a proxy for others. (Note that not all nominations will appear on this site – the official route is through the Poetry Society home site and the announcement to be made to members by e-mail on the 26th August.)
10th August 2011 – Message from Kate Clanchy: and Proxy form – AGM
7th August 2011 – we invite Prospective Trustees to tell us about themselves on the AGM Nominations page.
6th August 2011 – Message from the Board lists the Society’s Trustees – and somehow forgets to mention the new members of the Council, co-opted following the EGM: Cary Archard, Edward Mackay and Robyn Marsack. See Paul Ranford’s post.
Laurie Smith’s post, with important information for potential Trustees living outside London.
PoetOnTheRocks – Polly Clark’s Guardian Diary piece.
3rd August 2011 – Please read the Comments Guidelines on the About page.
2nd August 2011 – Go to the Petition page to see a list of signatories, and to Information for today’s press release.
31st July 2011 – The petition now contains more than 1000 signatures. Please visit the Petition page if you’d like to sign. If you have already signed, please check that your signature has been verified.
EGM: the video, courtesy of Phil Brown
29th July 2011 – Poetry Society Monthly Bulletin with comments on the EGM and information about the AGM. Dates, more detail and Draft Minutes of the EGM are here.
28th July 2011 – The Guardian wonders whether history is repeating itself. Unaccountably, a link to this site in the comments section following the article was removed.
Kate Clanchy on paranoid poets
Message from Anne-Marie Fyfe, former Chair of Board of Trustees
Detailed account of EGM on CivilSociety.Co.UK, including the full text of the Board’s statement (Word file) as read by John Simmons at the meeting. Also an account of the Arts Council’s response
27th July 2011 – Petition for the reinstatement Judith Palmer as Director of the Poetry Society
Judith Palmer’s summary of the current situation at the Poetry Society
A statement from the former Director of the Poetry Society, Judith Palmer
24th July 2011 – read Michelene Wandor’s commentary about the EGM in the Fortnightly Review here or on theLinks page.
23rd July 2011 – Message from Kate Clanchy on the EGM page.
22nd July, 2011 – EGM vote of No Confidence: 302 for, 69 against, 11 abstentions.
22nd July 2011 – Audio recording of the whole meeting.
Video – Vote of No Confidence – the result.
Video – ‘Lost in the wash…’ Laura Banford on laundering.
Photographs – feel free to upload your own.
Friday 22nd July 2011 – Two final posts, from The Board and from us. STILL no confirmation that a vote of confidence will take place. (I’m on the bus to London, so this is the final update.)
Thursday 21st July 2011 –
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE EGM:
Shortish version of the whole thing… on the Discussion page.
‘The Meeting is About Money‘ – on the Discussion page.
On the FAQ page: Members’ questions, FAQ and Q&A.
Time, place, directions, lunch, what to bring… details on the EGM page.
All you need is a ten-minute read
to bring you up to date ….
Can’t be there? For a live EGM Twitter feed, follow Phil Brown (no signal…)
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Silkworms ink – thoughtful analysis and links from Phil Brown – with a live Twitter feed for the EGM – all on the Links page.
‘The Meeting is About Money‘ – on the Discussion page, a crucial message from Laurie Smith on the single key issue that Members need to know about before tomorrow’s meeting.
A list of the questions Members have submitted and would like the Board to answer is postedhere, on the Discussion page.
A very brief reply from the Acting Chair.
20th July 2011 – Still exasperated and confused? Read this long and exciting post on the Discussion page.
Doors open at RCS at 1:30 on Friday. Bring a sandwich and a name-tag (and an umbrella?) to the field opposite from 12:00 to meet other Members for lunch. See EGM for details.
Letter to Acting Chair regretting a lack of response from the Board to previous letters.
19th July 2011 – Fiona Moore’s Displacement blog – link here or on the FAQ page.
The Poetry Society staff e-mail address for proxy forms is PMcGrane@poetrysociety.org.uk – see more on the Proxies page. NOTE: Change to e-mail address.
18th July 2011 – Read our reply to the Chair of the Board on The Mail.
Confused by all the drama? Befuddled by rumour? Read Conversation with a Perplexed Poet on the FAQ page and all will become perfectly clear.
Latest on Proxies – if you STILL haven’t done so, you may arrange your proxy by e-mail, so long as you use the e-mail address the Poetry Society has on file from when you joined. However, please do not duplicate the correspondence if you’ve already sent your proxy in. It will be a nightmare for the staff to deal with doubled-up proxies!
Message to her readers from Anne-Marie Fyfe (convenor of Troubador Series and Coffee-House Poetry, and previous Chair of the Board of Trustees: on the Discussion page.
17th July 2011 – DEADLINE for proxy forms to reach the Poetry Society office is 2:00pm on Wednesday. Those arriving later than this time will be discounted. Please make sure yours arrives on time! Go to the Proxies page for full details.
It has been suggested that we may be planning to get all the requisitioners to give their vote to a proxy in order to force a vote of no confidence, dismiss the Board and take over the Society. This is not the case. The people who organised the requisition and who have set up this website are ordinary members who started all this because we want to know what’s going on in our Society.
We urge you to attend or to choose a proxy who reflects your own views. We have no intention of harvesting your proxies for our own secret and dastardly schemes. Vote the way you want, or get a proxy who will do it for you.
As of 8pm today, this site has had 9,773 visits since the 5th July.
15th July 2011 – New pages added – FAQ, your one-stop-shop for the whole thing in a two-minute read… Opening our new Poetry page (about time), Vicki Feaver’s wise and moving new poem puts this worrying time into perspective. More poems, on any subject, are very welcome!
14th July 2011 – Kate Clanchy’s letter to all requisitioners outlining and explaining exactly what the current Board has been up to without informing members. See The Mail for details.
Kate Clanchy’s letter to all requisitioners outlining and explaining exactly what the current Board has been up to behind members’ backs. See The Mail for details.
13th July 2011 – See The Mail for our latest letter to the Acting Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Gwyneth Lewis resigns as Vice President of the Poetry Society
Gwyneth Lewis resigned as a Vice President of the Poetry Society on Tuesday 12 July, 2011. She said: “I have felt very honoured to serve as a Vice President of the Poetry Society but, because of the way in which the role of the Vice Presidents is now being perceived as identical with that of the Board of Trustees, rather than purely honorary, I feel compelled to resign with immediate effect.”
13th July 2011 – Are you unable to attend the meeting? Have you appointed a proxy? If not, PLEASE APPOINT A PROXY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Click on the Proxies link above to find a proxy or to let us know that you have appointed one. The proxy form can be downloaded here or from the link on the Proxies page. And if you ARE attending the meeting, you MUST bring your membership card. See EGM page for details.
12th July 2011 – I’ve altered the settings so that the most recent comments appear first. Should have spotted this ages ago…
We’ve set up a separate discussion forum for a small group of people who have already made several contributions or who would like to be more involved. Kate has had several thousand e-mails from a huge number of contributors to deal with, and this has become unmanageable. Our intention is to post material resulting from this discussion on the main site, here. If you’d like to join the small group, and feel that you can devote a good deal of time to it, please send Kate an e-mail.
10th July 2011 – Lunch before the meeting, anyone? Details on EGM page.
9th July 2011 – New page for the EGM. Please go there to post questions, answers, comments, information and suggestions.
8th July 2011 – the Board has announced the agenda of an Extraordinary General Meeting. Details here and on The Mail here.
8th July 2011 – the Board has announced the agenda of an Extraordinary General Meeting. Details here and on The Mail.
New pages on the top bar: The Mail now contains all the correspondence between our valiant Convenor, Kate Clanchy, and Laura Bamford, the Chair of the Board of Trustees. Only silence now, though, from the Board’s side; the only squeak, sadly, is a bland and generic reply to a member, which you can read on the Board? page. Interesting Places is the beginning of a list of links to organisations, writers, journals and more. There’s a copy of the Constitution here. Media hosts a subversive and distasteful film which I urge you not to watch.
Earlier – I’ve added a link on the About page to a PDF of the Constitution.
Some people have posted comments on the Discussion page, though if you’re writing about the current crisis, perhaps the EGM post below would be the best place to add your thoughts. Copies of letters e-mailed to the Board of Trustees might best be placed on the Board? page.
On the Proxies page, there are details on what to do and how to do it, as well as a copy of the form. I’ve just been asked to tell those who haven’t yet posted their form that they should write ‘Proxy’ on the front of the envelope to make sure it gets to the right person.
And of course, if you have poetry events or news you’d like to share with other members, please go ahead and use the News and Events pages!
Finally, if you’d like me to add your own blog or website to the Links page, please write to ThePoetrySocietyUK@GMail.Com, or directly to Martin@Alexander.Org
AGM Proxies
Please post here if you need a proxy for the AGM or if you would like to offer to be a proxy for others. You can see links and dates, and download a proxy form from the AGM page or click here. (Please note that this is the updated form.)
The key issue for which proxies are likely to be needed is the appointment of new Trustees.
This page, like the EGM proxy page, is a sort of dating agency where Members can pick a Proxy who will represent their views at the meeting. It’s absolutely NOT a mechanism for harvesting votes or packing the ballots with a single view!
If you want to offer to be a proxy, please post a comment and either include contact details or assume that I shall pass on your e-mail address to anyone who says he or she wants to choose you as a proxy.
If you can’t attend the AGM yourself and would like a proxy, have a look at the names and comments of the people who offer themselves. Either respond directly to the e-mail given, or if there isn’t one, I’ll put the two of you in touch.
Please let your proxy know which prospective Trustees you would like to support. Details of each nominee will be distributed by Poetry Society staff by e-mail to all Members before the AGM. If there is another issue on which you think there may be a vote, you should either trust the judgment of your proxy or let him or her know how you would like your vote to be counted.
Please get in touch with me through the address on the About page if you have any concerns or questions.
Martin – admin
Proxies for the AGM – message from Kate Clanchy
There is a small concession from the Board:
As the timescales are tight, Trustee nomination forms can be sent without signatures as long as the nominees’ membership numbers are included. If the candidate is successfully elected, signatures will be required later.
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/membership/agm/trusteenomination/
If you are standing, or know someone who is interested, please, complete the form.
Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
Petition of a thousand voices calls to restore order at the Poetry Society
Over a thousand poetry-lovers, writers, publishers, teachers and readers have signed a petition to restore order at the Poetry Society.
Following last week’s stormy general meeting, which resulted in a vote of no confidence against the Society’s board of trustees, TS Eliot prize-winning poet George Szirtes launched the petition on Wednesday to restore the Director, Judith Palmer, to her position, which she resigned in May.
The petition asks for Ms Palmer’s reinstatement “without apportioning blame and in the interests of a new start; and as the best hope for the Society which serves the art form we all love.”
Since Wednesday afternoon the petition – which carries the names of laureates Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, and the former Poetry Society president Jo Shapcott – has gained over a thousand signatures, including those of many well-loved poets including Simon Armitage, Roger McGough and Fleur Adcock.
The petition also attracted the support of novelists Linda Grant, Helen Dunmore and Tim Parks, independent publishers Chris Hamilton-Emery, Neil Astley and Michael Schmidt, writer Marina Warner, and others.
George Szirtes said: “Poetry is recognised all over the world as Britain’s greatest contribution to international culture. The Poetry Society should represent the great power of poetry in this country and be a cause of pride. This petition is an attempt to ensure that it can be so.”
Poet Luke Wright, who runs workshops for pupils of all ages as well as adults, said: “The Poetry Society does all kinds of amazing work with all kinds of amazing people, showing them how poetry can connect with their lives. This is the Poetry Society I know and love and I think we all want them to keep on doing it.”
The petition can be read here.
George Szirtes and Luke Wright are both available for interview. Please contact Katy Evans-Bush on 07931 563408 or katy.evansbush@gmail.com
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Notes:
The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 and has a mission to “advance the study, use and enjoyment of poetry.
Judith Palmer had recently secured an increase in the Arts Council grant from £262,000pa to £360,000pa starting in 2012-13. The current grant is currently being withheld due to the Poetry Society’s current situation.
A verifiable account by Judith Palmer of the events leading to her resignation statement, as well as other documentation of recent events, can be found at https://thepoetrysocietyuk.wordpress.com
Other signatories of the petition include:
Jackie Kay
Michael Horovitz
Matthew Sweeney
Owen Sheers
Lavinia Greenlaw
Douglas Dunn
Philip Gross
Imtiaz Dharker
Penelope Shuttle
Gwyneth Lewis
Ian Duhig
Naomi Alderman
Desmond Clarke
Colin Ford
Vicky Feaver
Jen Hadfield
Maurice Riordan
Alistair Niven
Roddy Lumsden
Kei Miller
Signatures
Signatories as of 3rd August 2011:
Petition to reinstate Judith Palmer as Director of the Poetry Society
1106. Janet Rogerson : I support this petition
1105. Simon Miles Miles : I support this petition
1104. Elaine Booth : I support this petition
1103. Tim Cumming : I support this petition
1102. RONALD PRIESTNER : I support this petition
1101. Graeme Rigby : I support this petition
1100. john agard : I support this petition
1099. Paul Sutherland : I support this petition
1098. Michel Dudropt : I support this petition
1097. bea duxbury : I support this petition
1096. simon barrett : I support this petition
1095. Angela Stoner : I support this petition
1094. Chris HARDY : I support this petition
1093. Roddy Williams : I support this petition
1092. Sarah Tait : I support this petition
1091. Abigail Parry : I support this petition
1090. G Hayes Hayes : I support this petition
1089. James Priestman : I support this petition
1088. Helen Hill : I support this petition
1087. greta stoddart : I support this petition
1086. Hen Coleman : I support this petition
1085. Tony Shelley : I support this petition
1084. Anna Reckin : I support this petition
1083. louise marley : I support this petition
1082. Raychel Lloyd : I support this petition
1081. Kenneth Mackay : I support this petition
1080. Jane Corbett : I support this petition
1079. Joanna Ezekiel : support this petition
1078. Wilson Edward : I support this petition
1077. Chris Crawford : I support this petition
1076. Alan Johnson : I support this petition
1075. Janet Lancaster : I support this petition
1074. Donna Daley-Clarke : I support this petition
1073. Tim Blackwell : I support this petition
1072. Jenny Welch : I support this petition
1071. John Gorman : I support this petition
1070. David Barlow : I support this petition
1069. Voirrey Faragher : I support this petition
1068. Ann Whitehurst : I support this petition
1067. Sheila Spence : I support this petition
1066. Patricia wood Wood : I support this petition
1065. michael greavy : I support this petition
1064. Mandy Coe : I support this petition
1063. Andrea Porter : I support this petition
1062. John Alwyine-Mosely : I support this petition
1061. Gyongyi Vegh : I support this petition
1060. Barry Wood : I support this petition
1059. Hilary Jenkins : I support this petition
1058. Maggie John : Agree.Time to get Judith back to work.stop the rot!
1057. Frances Spurrier : I support this petition
1056. Brenda Leckie : I support this petition
1055. Ray Fisher : I support this petition
1054. Christopher Ogden : I support this petition
1053. Conor Whelan : This is a time for leadership.
1052. maxim mackay-james : I support this petition
1051. Cliff Laine : I support this petition
1050. S Barraclough : I support this petition
1049. john lucas : I support this petition
1048. Holly Anderson : I support this petition
1047. Rob Mackenzie : I support this petition
1046. Sarah Wardle : I support this petition
1045. Philip Pollecoff : I support this petition
1044. Dave Brooks : I support this petition
1043. Susan Cunningham : I support this petition
1042. Maria Gornell : I support this petition
1041. Beth Wald Brian Moore :
1040. Mary Legallet : I support this petition
1039. Winona Azure : I support this petition
1038. Ian Nenna : I support this petition
1037. simon gladdish : I support this petition
1036. simon gladdish : I support this petition
1035. Rusty Gladdish : I support this petition
1034. Vivienne Fogel : I support this petition
1033. Miranda Lloyd : I support this petition
1032. Stav Poleg : I support this petition
1031. Kathryn Alderman : I support this petition
1030. Hilary Mellon : I support this petition
1029. Geoffrey Bailey : I support this petition
1028. Hamish Montgomery : I support this petition
1027. Colin Watts : I support this petition
1026. Rebecca Swift : I support this petition
1025. Doreen Gurrey : I support this petition
1024. Richard Gwyn : I support this petition
1023. Julia Buxton : I support this petition
1022. Elizabeth Macklin : I support this petition
1021. harriet Proudfoot Proudfoot : I support this petition
1020. Fiona Russell : I support this petition
1019. Sandy Goldbeck-Wood : I support this petition
1018. Valerie Clarke Brajuha : I support this petition
1017. Diana Dixon : I support this petition
1016. Dominic McLoughlin : I support this petition
1015. Sarah Eliot : I support this petition
1014. steve boorman Boorman : I support this petition
1013. Jeanne Macdonald : I support this petition
1012. Oliver Levy :
1011. Helen Mort : I support this petition
1010. Liz Bahs : I support this petition
1009. Jenny Hamlett : I support this petition
1008. Mavis Howard : I support this petition
1007. Ann Brown : I support this petition
1006. Jackie Kay : I support this petition
1005. Kittie Walker : I support this petition
1004. Chanel Benjamin Ms. : I support this petition
1003. Jen Hadfield : I support this petition
1002. James Brightman : I support this petition
1001. Frank Hooper Hooper : I support this petition unreservedly
1000. Ella Duffy : I support this petition
999. AJ Ashworth : I support this petition
998. Laura Fernandez-Kayne : I support this petition
997. tinashe mushakavanhu : I support this petition
996. Michael Scott :
995. Chris Port : I support this petition
994. Ben Cartwright : I support this petition
993. Anjali Desai : I support this petition
992. Carole Bell : I support this petition
991. Simon Barraclough : I support this petition
990. Ra Page : I support this petition
989. Sue Spencer : I support this petition
988. Natalie Haynes : I support this petition
987. Jane Schaffer : I support this petition
986. Richie Brown : I support this petition
985. Robert Mullen : I offer my full support to this endeavor.
984. Peter Doyle : I support this petition
983. Imtiaz Dharker : I support this petition
982. Denni Turp : I support this petition
981. Fiona Beaton : I support this petition
980. Linda Black : I support this petition
979. robert beake : I support this petition
978. Jean Johnstone : I support this petition
977. Wendy Milne : I support this petition
976. Ian Blyth : I support this petition
975. Norman Bissell : I support this petition but not the trustees.
974. Jacqueline Bradley : I support this petition
973. Julia Webb : I support this petition
972. Felicity Brookesmith : I support this petition
971. Robert Alan Jamieson : I support this petition
970. Terry Kelly : I support this petition
969. Jean Johnstone : I support this petition
968. Richard O’Brien : I support this petition
967. Laura Marsh : I support this petition
966. Maurice Riordan : I support this petition [2nd time for verification]
965. Leela Soma : I support this petition
964. Shawn Mulcahy : I support this petition
963. Anthony Farmer : I support this petition
962. Miriam Johnson : I support this petition
961. Daniel Barrow Barrow : I support this petition
960. Pey Colborne : I support this petition
959. Sonia Hendy-Isaac : I support this petition
958. Lesley Cookman : I support this petition
957. Ken Holmes : I support this petition
956. sharon champion : I support this petition and wish you well
955. Gwyneth Lewis : I support this petition
954. Heather Jones : I support this petition
953. Charlotte Geater : I support this petition
952. Victoria Ramsay Ramsay : I support this petition
951. Marilyn Ricci Ricci : I support this petition
950. Robert Doughty : I support this petition
949. Mary Hamer : I support this petition
948. Rachel Davies : I support this petition
947. JANET BAIRD : I support this petition
946. Annabel Chown : I support this petition
945. Lindsay Balderson : I support this petition
944. Philip Fried : I support this petition
943. Rob Lowe : I support this petition
942. Helena Petre : I support this petition
941. Heather Neill : I support this petition
940. Graham Burchell : I support this petition
939. Andrea Holland : I support this petition
938. Peter Halliwell : Peter
937. Jamie Jones : I support this petition
936. Sally Warrell : I support this petition
935. Rebecca Farmer : I support this petition
934. Eric Beston : I support this petition
933. Peter Davis : I support this petition
932. Annie Fisher : I support this petition
931. anne-marie fyfe : I support this petition
930. Cahal Dallat : I support this petition
929. Angela Rees-Jones : I support this petition
928. Bohdan Piasecki : I support this petition
927. Rebecca Guy Ver : I support this petition
926. Patience Agbabi : I support this petition
925. David Thomas : I support this petition
924. Margaret Speak : I support this petition
923. Susan Mackervoy : I support this petition
922. Andy Jackson : I support this petition
921. The Itinerant Poetry Librarian : I support this petition
920. JULIE O’CALLAGHAN : I support this petition
919. DENNIS O’DRISCOLL : I support this petition
918. patrick mcGuinness : I support this petition
917. Kenny Knight : I support this petition
916. Helen Dewbery : I support this petition
915. alicia stubbersfield : I support this petition
914. Miriam Scott : I support this petition
913. greg delanty : I support this petition
912. Matilda Leyser : I support this petition
911. Ann Atkinson Atkinson : I support this petition
910. Graham Mummery : I support this petition
909. Lawrence Sail : I support this petition
908. Michele Poet : I support this petition
907. Mary Stacey : I support this petition
906. Barbara Randall : I support this petition
905. Jim Dening : I support this petition
904. Simon Altmann : I support this petition
903. Timothy Walker : I support this petition
902. Jonathan Barker : I support this petition
901. helen constantine constantine : I support this petition
900. Katie Fesel : I support this petition
899. Ann Alexander : I support this petition
898. Hannah Copley : I support this petition
897. Bob Dew : I support this petition
896. Nadine Brummer : I support this petition
895. Elaine Borthwick : I support this petition
894. Benjamin Scott : I support this petition
893. Daniel Powell : I support this petition
892. Jennifer Hunt : I support this petition
891. Trish Davis : I support this petition
890. Peter Mortimer Mortimer : I support this petition
889. Jane Kite : I support this petition
888. Neil Astley : I support this petition again and am now verified!
887. Joshua Allen : I support this petition
886. Susanne Chowdhury : I support this petition
885. cary archard archard : I support this petition
884. Sophie Yeomans : I support this petition
883. Pat Borthwick Borthwick : I support this petition
882. Paul McLoughlin : I support this petition
881. diana wilson : I support this petition
880. Nick Jarvis : I support this petition
879. Caroline Cook : I support this petition
878. Hannah Thomson : I support this petition
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876. Gabrielle Hatfield : I support this petition
875. Sarah Kemp : I support this petition
874. Donald Atkinson : I support this petition
873. Paul HYLAND : I support this petition
872. John Tufail : I support this petition
871. John Brown : I support this petition
870. David Brown : I support this petition
869. Esther Morgan : I support this petition
868. Caitlin Heffernan : I support this petition
867. Lyn Stephens Stephens : I support this petition
866. Jane Monson : I support this petition
865. Matthew Gregory : I support this petition
864. Tim Cockburn :
863. Bill Greenwell : I support this petition
862. Clive McWilliam : I support this petition
861. Doug Robertson : I support this petition
860. Sue Rose : I support this petition
859. Hugh Dunkerley : I support this petition
858. Geoff Hands : I support this petition
857. Bill Trüb : I support this petition
856. Miki Byrne : I support this petition
855. Jenny Gladstone : I support this petition
854. Sarah Dallat-Laverty : I support this petition
853. maura dooley : I support this petition
852. Avril Staple : I support this petition
851. Stewart Conn : I support this petition
850. Julia Copus : I support this petition
849. padrika tarrant : I support this petition
848. Marc R. Sherland : Ambassador for the Federation of Writers (Scotland)
847. James Goodman : I support this petition
846. Bill Greenwell : I support this petition
845. Sophie Hannah : I support this petition
844. Joelle Taylor : I support this petition
843. John Osborne : I support this petition
842. Rosalind Fairclough : I support this petition
841. Anthony Martel : I support this petition
840. Ruth Wiggins : I support this petition
839. Michael Skaife d’Ingerthorpe : I support this petition
838. Clive Watkins : I support this petition
837. david and helen constantine : I support this petition
836. Andrew Forster : I support this petition
835. Samantha Christie : I support this petition
834. Cahal Dallat : I support this petition
833. Nessa O’Mahony : I support this petition
832. Jane Draycott : I support this petition
831. Emily Dening : I support this petition
830. Ramona Herdman : I support this petition
829. Chris Scott : I support this petition
828. Gregory Dowling : I support this petition
827. Vicky Kimm : I support this petition
826. Marianne Burton : I support this petition
825. Nicholas Murray : I support this petition
824. Heather Danson : I support this petition
823. matthew lanyon : I support this petition
822. victoria bean : I support this petition
821. Caroline Gilfillan : I support this petition
820. Melanie Drane : I support this petition
819. Rachel Mikos : I support this petition
818. Alison Brackenbury : I support this petition
817. Lucy Collins : I support this petition
816. Kathleen Bainbridge : I support this petition
815. Janan Saab : I support this petition
814. Lynn Roberts : I support this petition
813. Ted Millichap : I support this petition
812. Phil Barrett : I support this petition
811. Jane Duran : I support this petition
810. Philip Gross : I support this petition
809. Helen Cherry : I support this petition
808. Jacqueline Saphra : I support this petition
807. Bobby Parker : I support this petition
806. Grevel Lindop : I support this petition
805. John Haynes : I support this petition
804. Mary Rozmus-West : I support this petition
803. Charles Lauder, Jr : I support this petition
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801. dan wyke : I support this petition
800. Catherine Gardner : I support this petition
799. Alan Hayes : I support this petition
798. Keith Roberts : I support this petition
797. Rose Flint Flint : I support this petition
796. Matthew Rice : I support this petition
795. Beverley Kemp : I support this petition
794. Tiffany Atkinson : I support this petition
793. Steve Thomas : I support this petition
792. Judith Marsh : I support this petition
791. Sophia Roberts : I support this petition
790. Bill Swainson : I support this petition
789. Theo Dorgan : I support this petition
788. Charles Christian : I support this petition
787. Russell Turner : I support this petition
786. David Borrott : I support this petition
785. Emma bragginton : I support this petition
784. Lavinia Greenlaw : I support this petition
783. Steve Rudd (inventor of Potty Poetry, poet, visionary and seer) : Get a grip, FFS.
782. Siofra MaCherie : I support this petition
781. Jerry Carr-Brion : I support this petition
780. Llinora Milner : I support this petition.
779. Rosemaris Jesson : I support this petition
778. Elena Kaufman : I support this petition
777. Carol DeVaughn : I support this petition
776. Emma Lee : I support this petition
775. Anneliese Emmans Dean : I support this petition
774. Juliet England : I support this petition
773. Olivia Waldron : I support this petition
772. Richard Parkinson : I support this petition
771. Robin Taylor Gilbert : I support this petition
770. Maria Bennett : I support this petition
769. Margaret Wilmot : I support this petition
768. Fahima Sahabdeen : I support this petition
767. Chris Meade : I support this petition
766. Siobhan Evans : I support this petition
765. David Wheatley : I support this petition
764. John Lucas : I support this petition
763. Jeff Taylor : I support this petition Jeff Taylor
762. Rosie Godfrey : I support this petition
761. Shirley Jones : I support this petition
760. B Wheeler : I support this petition
759. stuart pickford : I support this petition
758. Jeremy PAGE : I support this petition
757. Naomi Alderman : I support this petition
756. Sheila Preston : I support this petition
755. Diane Simkin : I support this petition
754. Valerie Striker : I support this petition
753. Sarah Duckworth : I support this petition
752. Marcelle Olivier : I support this petition
751. Nigel Fortune : I support this petition
750. Frances-Anne King : I support this petition
749. Linda Marlowe : I support this petition
748. Jane Knights : I support this petition
747. Roger Boylan : I support this petition
746. Joanna Wilsher :
745. Judy Prince : I support this petition
744. Desmond Clarke : I support this petition
743. Fleur Adcock : I support this petition
742. Ian Pindar : I support this petition
741. Stuart Charlesworth : I support this petition
740. David Oprava : I support this petition
739. Noreen Drake -Stoker : I support this petition in full
738. kaaren Whitney : I support this petition
737. BARBARA DORDI DORDI : I support this petition
736. Cathy Moore : I support this petition
735. John Harrison : I support this petition
734. Nicole O’Driscoll : I support this petition
733. Duncan MacLaurin : I support this petition
732. ANN Gray : I support this petition
731. marion tracy : I support this petition
730. Edward Fox : I support this petition
729. Kate Bonfield : I support this petition
728. Keith Armstrong Armstrong : I support this petition
727. Michael Loveday : I support the petition
726. Mary Gilonne : I support this petition
725. Christine Coleman : I support this petition
724. Robert Holbach : I support this petition
723. Christine Wain-Heapy : I support this petition
722. Jo Field : I support this petition
721. Howard Young : I support this petition
720. Benjamin Morris : I support this petition
719. Alana James : I support this petition
718. Lisa Gee : I support this petition
717. Bev Robinson : I support this petition
716. caroline richardson : I support this petition
715. Dot Cobley : I support this petition
714. Glyn Davies : I support this petition
713. Jenny Hutchings : I support this petition
712. Wendy Klein : I support this petition
711. Bernie Morgan : I support this petition
710. Sarah Passingham : I support this petition
709. Jennie Bailey :
708. Tom Stevenson : I support this petition
707. Paulene H : I support this petition
706. Pauline Keith : I support this petition
705. Neil mac Neil : I support this petition
704. Michael Horovitz : I support this petition
703. Tim Parks : I support this petition
702. Berko Berkavitch : I support this petition
701. John Smallshaw Smallshaw : I support this petition
700. Sophie Mayer : A unified call for a dignified solution.
699. Richard Crockatt : I support this petition
698. Richard Roberts : I support this petition
697. Val Dunmore-Francis : I support this petition
696. Mark Cobley : I support this petition
695. Jenny Hope : I support this petition
694. Valerie Darville : I support this petition
693. ZOFIA DYMITR : I support this petition
692. Adam Wyeth : I support this petition
691. Annie Bishop : I support this petition
690. pippa little : I support this petition
689. Roger Collett : I support this petition
688. Michael Hutchinson : I support this petition
687. Tom Gardner : I support this petition
686. Josh Williams : I support this petition
685. Pippa Chapman : I support this petition
684. Frances Spalding : I support this petition
683. Lisa Wilson : I support this petition
682. Alice Huzar : I support this petition
681. Mark Bond-Webster : I support this petition unreservedly.
680. Melanie Prince : I support this petition
679. paul askew : I support this petition
678. Susie Burns : Proud to be paranoid, this needs every support.
677. Brian F Docherty : I support this petition
676. Darrelyn Gunzburg : I support this petition
675. Veronika Bowker : I support this petition
674. Helen Szirtes : I support this petition
673. Roger Thompson : I support this petition
672. hugo lambton : i thinhk everyone needs to grow up and stop this nonsence
671. Simon Smith : I support this petition
670. Rachel Hore : I support this petition
669. Lorna Thorpe : I support this petition
668. Carole Coates : I support this petition
667. Kona Macphee : I support this petition
666. Nigel McLoughlin : I support this petition
665. Ian Crockatt : I support this petition
664. Sasha Dugdale : I support this petition
663. Frances Clarke : I support this petition
662. ALISON MILLER : I support this petition
661. Marina Warner : I support this petition
660. Henry Fisher : Save poetry!
659. Julian Turner : I support this petition
658. Jonathan Davidson : I support this petition
657. Morag Styles : I support this petition
656. Jacky Tarleton Tarleton : I support this petition because Judith Palmer has done so m
655. Marialuisa Stella : I support this petition
654. Michael Scott Byrne : I support this petition
653. Colin Ford CBE : I support this petition
652. Liz Berry : I support this petition
651. Alan Buckley : I support this petition
650. John McAuliffe : I support this petition
649. Maximilian Ellis : I support this petition
648. Derek Morris : I support this petition
647. Paul Henry : I support this petition
646. Simon Dalley : I support this petition
645. Linda Grant : I support this petition
644. Aileen La Tourette : I support this petition
643. Crysse Morrison : I support this petition
642. Roy Woolley : I support this petition
641. Camilla McLean : I support this petition
640. Kevin Cadwallender : I support this petition
639. William Palmer : I support this petition
638. Laura Barnes : I support this petition
637. Anjali Joseph : I support this petition
636. Michael Carver Carver : I support this petition.
635. Rosemary Norman : I support this petition
634. Luke Wright : I support this petition
633. geoff rowe : I support this petition
632. Will Wilson : I support this petition
631. Adele Clifford : I support this petition
630. David Craythorne : I support this petition
629. Daniel Sluman : I support this petition
628. Caroline Davies : I support this petition
627. Alan Harper : I support this petition
626. Rosie Blagg : I support this petition
625. Graham Norman : I support this petition
624. David Whitley : I support this petition
623. Isobel Montgomery Campbell : I support this petition
622. Bruce Barnes : I support this petition
621. Martin Zarrop : I support this petition
620. Patrizia Longhitano : I support this petition
619. Peter Gruffydd Gruffydd : I support this petition
618. Michael Wyndham :
617. Andrew McDonnell : I support this petition. Andrew McDonnell.
616. Ashley Bovan : I support this petition
615. Simon Martin : I support this petition
614. Dorothy Fryd : I support this petition
613. Michael Woods : I support this petition
612. Veronica Zundel : I support this petition
611. stephen cross : I support this petition
610. Linda Herbertson : I support this petition
609. Sally Douglas : I support this petition
608. Michael Thomas : I support this petition
607. Ron Capell : I whole heartedly support this petition
606. Jude Cowan Montague Cowan Montague : I support this petition
605. Rona Hamilton : I support this petition
604. Lindy Barbour : I support this petition
603. Kathy Miles : I support this petition
602. Chris Neale : I support this petition
601. Sheena Clover : I support this petition
600. Catherine Czerkawska : I support this petition
599. Christian Ward : I support this petition
598. Maria McCarthy : I support this petition
597. Phil Bowen : I support this petition
596. valerie pargeter : I support this petition
595. Anthony Ellis : I support this petition
594. Julie Hammerton : I support this petition
593. Susan Burns : I support this petition
592. Jeanette Burton : I support this petition
591. Sarah Rudston : I support this petition
590. Mandy Precious : I support this petition
589. David Gwynne Harries : I support this petition
588. Helen Clare : I support this petition
587. Louise Halvardsson : I support this petition
586. Wullie Purcell : I support this petition
585. sherry pasquarello pasquarello : I support this petition
584. Christie Williamson : I support this petition
583. Linda Johnson : I support this petition
582. Alasdair Paterson : I support this petition
581. Diane Cockburn : I support this petition
580. David Austin : I support this petition
579. Glenna O’Neill : I support this petition
578. Rachel Bennett : I support this petition
577. Kaye Lee : I support this petition
576. Catherine McLoughlin : I support this petition
575. Dawn Morris : I support this petition
574. Meg Peacocke : I support this petition
573. MARIE CLOWES : I support this petition
572. Hattie Grünewald : I support this petition
571. Helen Cadbury : I support this petition
570. angela croft : I support this petition
569. meriel malone : I support this petition
568. Wils Wilson : I support this petition
567. Ruth Stacey : I support this petition
566. Diana Brodie : I support this petition
565. Lesley Quayle : I support this petition
564. Neil Morris : I support this petition
563. Kay COTTON : I support this petition
562. Mick Wood : I support this petition
561. Sue Moules : I support this petition
560. Linda Innes : I support this petition
559. Fanny Gapper : I support this petition
558. Anna Crowe : I support this petition
557. Andrea Ball : I support this petition
556. audrey yeardley : I support this petition
555. Matt Howard : I support this petition
554. Anne Rouse : I support this petition
553. Petra Collis : I support this petition
552. Maureen Jeffs : I support this petition
551. Jane Yeh : I support this petition
550. Janice Windle : I support this petition
549. Kirsten Irving : I support this petition
548. Gareth Writer-Davies : I support this petition
547. Harry Man : I support this petition.
546. Janetta Otter-Barry : I support this petition
545. Seán Street : I support this petition
544. Elizabeth Burns : I support this petition
543. R V BAILEY : I support this petition
542. Judith Taylor : I support this petition
541. Bill Tasker : I support this petition
540. Carola Luther : I support this petition. Thanks for measured wording
539. Faye Fornasier : I support this petition
538. Douglas Dunn : I support this petition
537. Steve Carroll : I support this petition
536. Chris Beckett : I support this petition
535. Frances Sword OBE : I support this petition
534. Cathy Bolton : I support this petition
533. Jon Glover : I support this petition
532. Jim Farley : I support this petition
531. Nancy Mattson : I support this petition
530. Catherine Smith : I support this petition
529. Kei Miller : I support this petition
528. Paul St George : Disgusted by the rendition, I support this petition
527. Lesley Stokell : I support this petition
526. Jena Winberry : I support this petition
525. Joanne Clement : I support this petition
524. Ama Bolton : I support this petition
523. Sarah Wheeler : I support this petition
522. Simon Austin : I support this petition
521. John A. Sampson : I support this petition
520. Sarah Hobbs : I support this petition
519. sue boyle : I support this petition
518. Lynne Hjelmgaard : I support this petition
517. Susan Watson : I support this petition
516. Elaine Baker : I support this petition
515. Nick Asbury : I support this petition
514. Ian Duhig : I support this petition
513. Maggie Hannan :
512. Lynn Woollacott : I support this petition
511. Fran Brearton : I support this petition
510. Mark Husmann : I support this petition.
509. Kathleen Jones : I support this petition absolutely.
508. Simon Barraclough : I support this petition
507. Kath Lloyd : I support this petition
506. David McKelvie : I support this petition
505. Alex Hammond : I support this petition
504. Julie Corbett : I support this petition
503. Jo Radcliffe : I support this petition
502. Luke Kennard : I support this petition
501. Wayne Holloway-Smith : I support this petition
500. Lesley Ingram : I support this petition
499. Anna Robinson : I support this petition
498. Sally Goldsmith : I support this petition
497. Jennie Osborne : I support this petition
496. Corina Papouis : I support this petition
495. Calum Kerr : I support this petition
494. Nick Stone : I support this petition
493. Valerie Josephs : I support this petition
492. Elizabeth Rimmer : I support this petition
491. Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch : I support this petition
490. Jessica Van Doremalen : I support this petition
489. Eleanor Livingstone : I support this petition
488. James Sutherland-Smith : I support this petition
487. Helen Lawrenson : I support this petition
486. jules wilkinson : I support this petition
485. Rebecca Perry : I support this petition
484. Jane McKie : I support this petition
483. Rose Hawley : I support this petition
482. Celia Mitchell : I support this petition
481. Maureen Jivani : I support this petition
480. Robbie Guillory : I support this petition
479. Stewart Hildred : I support this petition
478. Christopher Barnes : I support this petition
477. Hayley Newman : I support this petition
476. Pam Zinnemann-Hope : I support this petition
475. Nancy Campbell : I support this petition
474. Rupert Lally : I support this petition
473. Mandy Haggith : I support this petition
472. Geraldine Green : I support this petition
471. Simon Craft-Stanley : I support this petition
470. Edmund Matyjaszek : I support this petition
469. Dafydd Pritchard : I support this petition
468. Brian Johnstone : I support this petition
467. Herman Deetman : I support this petition
466. Ashley Lister : I support this petition
465. Brigid Smith : I support this petition
464. Andy Willoughby : I support this petition
463. Nikki Magennis : I support this petition
462. Maggie Butt : I support this petition
461. Michael Schmidt : I support this petition
460. Susan Wicks : I support this petition
459. Simon Armitage : I support this petition
458. Choman Hardi : I support this petition
457. Kevin Crossley-Holland : I support this petition
456. Alyson Hallett : I support this petition
455. Robin Bowles : I support this petition
454. Douglas Houston : I support this petition
453. harriet proudfoot : I support this petition
452. Patricia Oxley : I support this petition
451. Ruth Aylett : Not someone PoSoc can afford to lose
450. Will Carr : I support this petition
449. John Mackay : I support this petition
448. Andrew Biswell : I support this petition
447. Martin Burton : I support this petition
446. Stephen Elves Elves : I support this petition
445. Douglas Houston : I support this petition.
444. Adam Strickson : I support this petition
443. Jessica Holifield : I support this petition
442. Catherine Burton : I support this petition
441. Keith Parker : I support this petition
440. Ian McLachlan : I support this petition
439. Cathy Strawson : I support this petition
438. Lance Pierson : I support this petition
437. Steven Waling : I support this petition
436. Claire Crowther : I support this petition
435. Lynne Rees : I support this petition
434. Katherine Venn : I support this petition
433. Aaron ben-Joseph : I support this petition
432. Rusty Gladdish : I support this petition
431. Stephen Tunnicliffe Tunnicliffe : I support this petition
430. Simon R Gladdish : I support this petition
429. Alex MacDonald : I couldn’t support this petition more. Nearly half way!
428. Ute Penny : I support this petition
427. Alwyn Marriage : I support this petition
426. Jenny Price : I support this petition
425. Deborah Alma : I support this petition
424. Sylvie Sims : I support this petition
423. Zoe Redgrove : I support this petition
422. Stephanie Norgate : I support this petition
421. Jenny Shepherd : BTW, has anyone asked the staff what they think?
420. Abegail Morley : I support this petition
419. Jon Turney : I support this petition
418. Helen Taylor : I support this petition
417. Roselle Angwin : I support this petition
416. Ann Drysdale : I support this petition
415. Kate Fox : I support this petition
414. Jen Wainwright : I support this petition
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412. Petra K : I support this petition
411. Diana Reich : I support this petition
410. Peter Forbes : I support this petition
409. David Peter : I support this petition
408. Anna Kisby : I support this petition
407. will stone : I support this petition
406. VICKI FEAVER : I support this petition
405. David Morphet : I support this petition
404. Rob Spence : I support this petition
403. Nick MacKinnon : I support this petition
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401. Daffni Percival : I support this petition
400. Arabella Harvey : I support this petition
399. David Chapman : I support this petition
398. Geraldine Paine : I support this petition
397. Rodney Wood : I support this petition
396. C J Driver DRIVER : I support this petition
395. Richard Price : I support this petition
394. Marion McCready : I support this petition
393. Jehane Markham : I support this petition
392. Richard Livermore : I support this petition
391. Margaret Beston : I support this petition
390. Charles Bennett : I support this petition
389. William Ayot : I wholeheartedly support this petition
388. shirley may : I support this petition
387. mao oliver : I support this petition
386. Kate Noakes : I support this petition
385. Maura Hazelden : I support this petition
384. Sarah Jackson : I support this petition
383. Antony Dunn : I support this petition
382. Tamar Yoseloff : I support this petition
381. Colin Will : I support this petition
380. John Glenday : I support this petition
379. Fran Martel : I support this petition
378. Claire Dyer : I support this petition
377. Ira Lightman : I support this petition
376. Ani Jackson : I support this petition
375. Jon Gamble : I support this petition
374. Laurie Smith : I support this petition very strongly.
373. Erika Glenday : I support this petition
372. Michael Mackmin : I support this petition
371. George Roberts : I support this petition
370. david lebor : this is really helpful to poets, who are helpful to society
369. ALISON BRACKENBURY : I support this petition
368. Sarah Miller : I support this petition
367. Laura-Jane Foley : I support this petition
366. Donna Collier : I support this petition
365. Jonathan Ng : I support this petition
364. Van Howell : I support this petition
363. Al Barz : I support this petition
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361. Joy Ill : I support this petition
360. Pauline Rowe Rowe : I support this petition
359. Chris Gribble : I support this petition
358. Carole Humphreys : I support this petition
357. Eliza Gregory : I support this petition
356. James Harringman : I support this petition. Petition.
355. Julie Boden : I support this petition
354. Jon Stone : I fully support this petition.
353. angela Readman : I support this petition
352. Pamela Robertson-Pearce : I support this petition
351. Luke Smith : it’s so important for there to be a Poetry Society in the UK
350. Jack Underwood : I support this petition
349. Joan Hewitt : I support this petition
348. Aine MacAodha : I support this petition
347. Alan Baker : I support this petition
346. Nicki Hastie : I support this petition
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344. joe sherman : I support this petition.
343. James Gardner : I support this petition
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339. David James : I support this petition
338. Julia Gaze : I support this petition
337. Daphne Williamson : I support this petition
336. Nicky Guthrie : I support this petition
335. Richard Woodcock : I support this petition
334. Alison Miller : I support this petition
333. Morag Massey : I support this petition
332. Lorraine Mariner : I support this petition
331. Frances Causer : I support this petition
330. Angela France : I support this petition
329. Helen Dunmore : I support this petition
328. Dom Waters : I support this petition
327. Liane Strauss : I support this petition
326. Barbara Farley : I support this petition
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323. Polly Atkin : I support this petition
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321. Mark Roper : I support this petition
320. Karen Dennison : I support this petition
319. Penelope Young Young : I support this petition
318. Victoria Heath : I support this petition
317. Robbie Burton : I support this petition
316. Norbert Hirschhorn : I support this petition
315. Alastair Niven : I support this petition
314. Ian W King : I support this petition
313. james Grant : I support this petition
312. Mark Granier : I support this petition
311. Paul Claridge : I support this petition
310. Alexander Mcmillen : I support this petition
309. Kim Morrissey : I support this petition
308. Zaffar Kunial : I support this petition
307. hazel buchan cameron : I support this petition
306. Professor Diane DeBell : I support this petition
305. Marius Kociejowski : I support this petition
304. Fiona Finlay : I support this petition
303. Alastair Cook : I support this petition wholeheartedly.
302. Valerie Laws : I support this petition
301. derrick porter : I support this petition
300. Sean McCann : I support this petition and poets.
299. Pamela Johnson : I fully support the what is proposed by here
298. Pat Jourdan : I support this petition
297. Sabine Pascarelli : I support this petition
296. Pascale Petit : I support this petition
295. Tony Turner : I support this petition
294. Andy Ching : I support this petition
293. Jen Hamilton-Emery : I support this petition
292. Matthew Johnson : I support this petition
291. Phil Simmons : I support this petition
290. Justin Coe : Sounds about right from over here
289. Joanna Watson : I support this petition
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