Hands Off Our Base

In September 2006, the Ministry of Defence announced that it was reviewing the operation of its Naval Bases across Britain. The options being considered by this review include the closure of Portsmouth Naval Base.

Portsmouth's daily paper, The News , immediately launched the Hands Off Our Base campaign to preserve its future. Portsmouth City Council quickly threw its weight behind the campaign.

The results of the review are not expected to be revealed until summer 2007.

The purpose of this website it to provide an online focus for anyone that wants to support the campaign to keep Portsmouth Naval Base at the heart of the Royal Navy.

What Can you do?

Sign the petition to Tony Blair - We have set up an online petition on the Prime Minister's web site at Number 10. Please click the link to add your name NOW

Download The News' Hands Off Our Base petition (PDF) and get it signed by as many contacts as possible

Register on this site Please, once you've signed the Downing Street petition, come back here and leave us your name and email address. We absolutely promise that we will not pass it to anyone else and will only use it to contact you with information on the campaign. To be effective, we need to be able to tell you how you can help at every stage of the campaign.

Tell everyone you know to sign the petition Please, tell everyone you meet or know about the petition and get them to sign it. For ideas and resources to help, see our "Spread the Message" page.