Published on 12, July, 2020
It is, unfortunately, that time of the year when fireworks become an increasing menace to many people and animals.
I have submitted 14 separate occurrences of fireworks to Firework Abatement UK (https://fireworkabatement.wordpress.com/fireworkslog/) since I found the website in April and I encourage people to submit their own reports to the site. The organisation seems to be doing a decent job of trying to improve the regulation of fireworks and submitting data will help the cause. Perhaps one day will be be rid of the fireworks menace.
You may also wish to support the RSPCA's firework campaign calling for an urgent review of firework regulations:https://www.rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/campaign/fireworks
Please sign the petition to 'ban the sale of fireworks to the public. Displays for licenced venues only.' At the time of writing, more than 176,000 have signed the petition:https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231147
The Change website also has a fireworks petition, this one is to 'review firework rules to protect animals from injury and distress'. More than 300,000 people have signed the petition:https://www.change.org/p/office-for-product-safety-and-standards-review-firework-rules-to-protect-animals-from-injury-and-distress
As if more evidence is needed to show the selfishness of users of fireworks and their disregard for everything else, I had to endure nearly three hours of fireworks on Remembrance Day.
I urge people to sign both of the above petitions. The first petition mentioned above now has nearly 280,00 signatures. The second petition has over 350,000 signatures.
People have had enough of the public menace that is fireworks.
The number of signatures to the petition on the Parliament website has increased to nearly A QUARTER OF A MILLION.
Even as I am looking at the petition page the signature counter increasing quite rapidly.