<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
is	O
a	O
British	O
not-for-profit	O
political-activism	O
organisation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
takes	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
"	O
the	O
angle	O
at	O
which	O
snowflakes	O
come	O
together	O
to	O
form	O
an	O
avalanche	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
website	O
states	O
:	O
"	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
activists	O
and	O
funders	O
concerned	O
about	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
our	O
democracy	O
and	O
determined	O
to	O
try	O
something	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Ben	O
Brandzel	O
,	O
Nina	O
Kowalska	O
,	O
David	B-Application
Babbs	I-Application
and	O
Warren	O
Puckett	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
memory	O
of	O
Anita	O
Roddick	O
,	O
a	O
lifetime	O
champion	O
of	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
ordinary	O
people	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
difference.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Executive	O
Director	O
from	O
launch	O
until	O
April	O
2019	O
was	O
David	B-Application
Babbs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
said	O
it	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
groups	O
like	O
MoveOn	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
GetUp	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
Avaaz	B-Application
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
is	O
a	O
not-for-profit	O
company	O
limited	O
by	O
guarantee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
also	O
claims	O
its	O
campaigns	O
are	O
selected	O
by	O
its	O
members	O
under	O
its	O
"	O
Campaigns	O
by	O
You	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	B-Application
Babbs	I-Application
was	O
the	O
founding	O
Executive	O
Director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
capacity	O
he	O
signed	O
off	O
some	O
emails	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
media	O
and	O
frequently	O
spoke	O
at	O
local	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
represented	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
in	O
front	O
of	O
parliamentary	O
select	O
committees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
Babbs	O
had	O
been	O
dismissed	O
from	O
his	O
position	O
as	O
Executive	O
Director	O
following	O
an	O
internal	O
investigation	O
which	O
found	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
shared	O
illegal	O
drugs	O
with	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
stated	O
that	O
a	O
further	O
investigation	O
was	O
underway	O
into	O
other	O
allegations	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
n't	O
detailed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
describes	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
people-powered	O
and	O
multi-issue	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
claims	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
members	O
who	O
set	O
priorities	O
and	O
we	O
decide	O
on	O
what	O
we	O
campaign	O
on	O
together	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
refers	O
to	O
'	O
members	O
 '	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
formal	O
membership	O
and	O
these	O
are	O
simply	O
people	O
on	O
its	O
email	O
mailing	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
took	O
no	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
its	O
success	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
speed	O
with	O
which	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
can	O
launch	O
a	O
campaign	O
or	O
find	O
out	O
members	O
 '	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
has	O
also	O
fundraised	O
from	O
its	O
membership	O
to	O
commission	O
legal	O
advice	O
and	O
to	O
run	O
advertising	O
campaigns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cheltenham	O
Conservative	O
Member	O
of	O
Parliament	O
(	O
MP	O
)	O
Alex	O
Chalk	O
accused	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
of	O
a	O
"	O
misleading	O
"	O
advertising	O
campaign	O
after	O
they	O
drove	O
a	O
billboard	O
round	O
his	O
constituency	O
criticising	O
him	O
for	O
his	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
NHS	O
crisis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
was	O
accused	O
of	O
using	O
"	O
militarist	O
"	O
language	O
in	O
an	O
email	O
encouraging	O
members	O
to	O
take	O
part	O
in	O
a	O
vote	O
to	O
decide	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
 '	O
position	O
on	O
British	O
military	O
action	O
against	O
ISIS	O
in	O
Iraq	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
poll	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
split	O
vote	O
and	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
took	O
no	O
position	O
–	O
angering	O
peace	O
campaigners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
has	O
been	O
criticised	O
,	O
particularly	O
by	O
some	O
MPs	O
for	O
running	O
campaigns	O
which	O
they	O
consider	O
to	O
be	O
biased	O
and	O
amounting	O
to	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
spam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conservative	O
MP	O
Dominic	O
Raab	O
criticised	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
for	O
allowing	O
members	O
to	O
send	O
"	O
clone	O
emails	O
"	O
to	O
MPs	O
via	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
government	O
politicians	O
strongly	O
criticised	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
members	O
for	O
their	O
actions	O
campaigning	O
against	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
NHS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lord	O
Tyler	O
,	O
described	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
members	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
rent	O
a	O
mob	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
Transport	O
Minister	O
Simon	O
Burns	O
described	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
members	O
as	O
"	O
almost	O
zombie	O
like	O
"	O
for	O
following	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
without	O
question	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
has	O
been	O
accused	O
of	O
"	O
alarmism	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
scaremongering	O
"	O
during	O
the	O
passage	O
of	O
the	O
Transparency	O
of	O
Lobbying	O
,	O
Non-party	O
Campaigning	O
and	O
Trade	O
Union	O
Administration	O
Bill	O
,	O
which	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
has	O
claimed	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
gagging	O
law	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
Conservative	O
MP	O
David	O
Davies	O
,	O
have	O
accused	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
,	O
which	O
claims	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
affiliated	O
to	O
a	O
political	O
party	O
,	O
of	O
being	O
left-wing	O
and	O
of	O
having	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
Labour	O
Party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blog	O
site	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
debunked	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
run	O
by	O
a	O
Conservative	O
councillor	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
Although	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
professes	O
to	O
be	O
'	O
not	O
connected	O
with	O
any	O
political	O
parties	O
 '	O
it	O
is	O
intensely	O
political	O
as	O
are	O
its	O
campaigns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conservative	O
MP	O
Robert	O
Halfon	O
described	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
mass	O
database	O
of	O
centrist/floating	O
voters	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
a	O
sizeable	O
minority	O
from	O
the	O
centre	O
left	O
...	O
[	O
which	O
is ]	O
controlled	O
...	O
by	O
leftists	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
has	O
denied	O
these	O
claims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
 '	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
October	O
2015	O
public	O
consultation	O
into	O
the	O
renewal	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	O
Charter	O
was	O
criticised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
relation	O
to	O
38	B-Application
Degrees	I-Application
 '	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
proposal	O
to	O
sell	O
off	O
the	O
Public	O
Forest	O
Estate	O
,	O
former	O
Prime	O
Minister	O
David	O
Cameron	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
organisation	O
would	O
"	O
jump	O
onto	O
any	O
bandwagon	O
and	O
fill	O
MPs	O
 '	O
postbags	O
with	O
endless	O
cut-and-paste	O
objections	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
