Innovating the UK

50 Peaceful Ways We the People Can Take Back Power

When millions of us act together - calmly, legally, and relentlessly - governments, police, councils, corporations and media have no choice but to listen. Here are 50 proven, peaceful tactics we can use on weuk.co.uk to hold power to account and rebuild trust in Britain.

Alone, a single voice is ignored.

But together, we have countless ways to make ourselves impossible to ignore-without leaving the sofa. A 30-second email, a shared post, a coordinated complaint, a mass boycott, a petition that crashes the server. Each takes almost no effort, yet when millions act at once, governments panic, corporations back down, and the media has no choice but to listen. That is real people power-and it's already in your hands.

1. Mass FOI campaigns - Thousands send identical Freedom of Information requests on the same day.
2. People's Petitions - Turbocharge official Parliament petitions to force debates.
3. Crowdfunded legal challenges - Pool £5-£10 donations for judicial reviews.
4. National boycotts - Time-limited, evidence-based boycotts of proven liars.
5. Reverse sponsorship - Collectively buy from and promote ethical companies.
6. Mass reporting - Flood ASA & platforms with reports of false advertising.
7. Public evidence vaults - Open archive of leaks, contradictions and whistleblower documents.
8. Constituency pressure weeks - Every member contacts their own MP in the same week.
9. Council meeting flood - Hundreds legally attend and speak at local council meetings.
10. People's audits - Crowdsource analysis of contracts and spending.
11. Truth sandwiches - Calm, sourced corrections posted everywhere a lie appears.
12. Open-letter avalanches - One letter, tens of thousands of signatures, sent to every decision-maker.
13. Election pledge tracker - Live public database of broken promises.
14. Candidate scorecards - Rate every candidate before elections and publish.
15. Mass switch days - Everyone moves bank/energy provider on the same day.
16. Legal transparency hacks - Mass use of WhatDoTheyKnow to expose hidden decisions.
17. Citizen journalism surges - Thousands livestream the same suppressed event.
18. People-powered select committees - Flood parliamentary inquiries with coordinated evidence.
19. Local referendum campaigns - Trigger legal referendums where councils allow them.
20. Ethical advertiser pull - Politely inform advertisers their ads fund misinformation.
21. Police complaint waves - Hundreds file formal complaints over the same filmed incident.
22. Crowdfunded private prosecutions - Bring cases the CPS ignores.
23. National letter-writing days - Physical letters are harder to ignore than emails.
24. Transparency trophies - Publicly celebrate the most open institutions.
25. Planning objection storms - Evidence-based mass objections to dodgy developments.
26. Register of interests checker - Highlight MPs' conflicts of interest.
27. Public NHS watch - Real-time map of cancelled operations and A&E waits.
28. School governor takeover - Stand en masse in failing academy areas.
29. Mass pre-action letters - Thousands of "letter before claim" notices.
30. Good news amplification - Praise power when it does the right thing.
31. Crowdfunded billboards - Correct lies in key constituencies.
32. People's lobbying days - Book every MP surgery slot on the same day.
33. Local newspaper rescue - Save real journalism with mass subscriptions.
34. Standards complaint tsunamis - Flood IPSO, Ofcom and Parliament with complaints.
35. Voter registration drives - Targeted pushes plus tactical voting guides.
36. Accountability picnics - Friendly gatherings outside council/police buildings.
37. Data dashboard of shame - Live rankings of FOI and complaint response times.
38. Collective memory project - Searchable "liar's library" of every U-turn.
39. Ethical pension pressure - Force council pension funds to divest.
40. Crowdsourced policy alternatives - Serious, costed policies sent to every MP.
41. Adopt a councillor - Polite, year-round accountability pairs.
42. Mass subject access requests - Everyone asks for their police/council file at once.
43. Public apology demands - Name and shame those who refuse to correct lies.
44. Independent candidate pipeline - Train and fund honest independents.
45. Recall petition support - Trigger recall votes when MPs cross the line.
46. Citizens' constitutional convention - Campaign for real democratic reform.
47. "Look them in the eye" events - Silent vigils holding photos of those affected.
48. Transparency champions league - Quarterly rankings of every public body.
49. Mass legal protest applications - Dare authorities to reject thousands of marches.
50. The "We Are Watching" pledge - Millions commit to reading Hansard and council papers every month.