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In November 2020, Hannah Bourne Taylor walked towards Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park

to voice her concern for a bird she cares deeply for.

I stand here today as a go-between for Swifts. Today I open a petition and invite you to sign it

to make Swift Bricks compulsory in new housing across Britain.

I'm not a campaigner. I'm not a protester.

I haven't done anything remotely like campaigning before,

but I care so much about these birds and their plight that I launched this campaign.

If Swift's could fight for their existence with words,

they might say,

I have spiraled above the clouds,

cloaked in the setting sun,

have spun through the eyes of ferocious storms.

It was a speech that attracted a lot of attention, not only because of its message,

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