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YesCymru @yes.cymru · 16/10/2026

“You can tell the economic character of a nation by the way its infrastructure works.” Powerful words from George Monbiot on BBC Question Time explaining how Wales’s economy was built to extract wealth rather than enrich its own people, and why we need the powers to put that right. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Annibyniaeth

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5h

Why treat the film makers who have risked their lives to tell this story as your enemies?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Since 1284, the wealth of Wales has been used to enrich English oligarchs, leaving Wales in poverty. And you can see the legacy today: six of the ten poorest boroughs in Britain are in South Wales - and all of them are places that generated massive wealth.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

On Question Time last night, I talked about the extractive economic model that has left Wales - and many other nations - impoverished *because they were so rich in resources*. You can see the problem simply by looking at the map: the infrastructure looks like a drainage system.

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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on this week's episode of Saving the World from Bad Ideas podcast discusses the importance of protecting bluefin tuna, a species once nearly hunted to extinction, from further exploitation by the fishing industry. Watch the full episode here --> shorturl.at/spIGf #Tuna

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

"There is nothing out there. There is nowhere to go. You go to the GP and there's nowhere for them to send you to. It's really at the back of the queue as far as research, knowledge, expertise, funding." The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day with #ME www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

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Beth Dobbin: British Olympic sprinter in bed for 22 hours a day after ME diagnosis

Beth Dobbin ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Five years on, she is largely bedbound after being diagnosed with ME, a devastating illness for which there is no cure.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

It was a colourful Question Time last night - we could have gone on for hours. You can watch it here. From 34’29” I raise an issue that isn't discussed nearly enough. It's a situation faced by many nations around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Question Time - 2026: 15/10/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Brecon. On the panel are Stephen Kinnock, Mims Davies, Delyth Jewell, James Evans and George Monbiot.

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote. They knew it would harm the UK and harm the EU if we left. They were very clear about that, and boy, have they been proved right!" ~ @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

George Monbiot explains why the UK should rejoin the EU, "There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote, they knew that it would harm the UK and the EU if we left" "They were very clear about that and boy have they been proved right"

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I'm on Question Time tonight, in Brecon. The other panellists are currently from Reform, the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and Labour. Though, given the rate of resignations and defections in Wales, that might change by 9pm this evening. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC One - Question Time, 2026, 15/10/2026

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Brecon.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I wonder why they bother. Is this really the best use of their time? Don't they have better targets? Don't they see that everyone might benefit if they read the thing they claim to be responding to, and sought to understand what it says before wading in? But hey-ho, life's great mysteries ...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I’ve seen this pattern many times. You write a nuanced thread about a complex issue. The first responses are thoughtful and interesting. Then someone on another forum extracts a sentence and deliberately misinterprets it. Then your timeline is flooded by trolls all saying exactly the same thing.

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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Atlantic bluefin tuna are making a comeback in British waters. But instead of protecting this magnificent fish, the UK government has greenlit further fishing. Listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social speak with host Mark Lynas about his encounters with bluefin tuna on this week's podcast episode.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

“No timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaque” Ministers have publicly committed to open up data on land ownership - but the Land Registry themselves are dragging their feet. Tag your MP: let’s finally reveal who owns England! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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No timeline for lifting Land Registry paywall as ownership remains opaque

Defra promised in March to work towards free access to data on large plots in England and Wales

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The US and UK largely closed their doors. Otherwise, it might have been a very different story.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Which is not what I am saying at all. So why are you saying it?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Because that's exactly what I said, isn't it? 🙄

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

With apologies for confusing the MCS with the MSC in a previous post, and with thanks to the person who spotted it.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If it wants to do some good, it should shut down its "Good Fish Guide". A good fish is a living one.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

IMO, the Marine Conservation Society does more harm than good. It mis-rates species & spreads confusion, when it should be telling us to eat less fish/simply stop. Now, FFS, it has given bluefin tuna a green rating, despite v little data. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/2

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Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I just recognise that there's a very deep sensitivity here. It can be hard for non-Jews to understand the intergenerational trauma and terror of people who have been subject to centuries of extermination attempts, merely for being who they are. Please try to bear the context in mind. Thank you.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I don't expect to convince many people. I've been stunned by the response those of us who objected to the Green Party motion have received. I've been called a “genocide lover” a “warmonger”, a “colonialist” etc. I'm none of these things. The very opposite in fact.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Many people seem to be passionately attached to the statement “Zionism is racism”. But it seems unnecessary, even gratuitous, to me. We can say all the things we need about successive governments of Israel and their horrific policies without having to make this generalisation.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I don’t identify as Jewish – I have a very mixed ancestry: French, Belgian, Spanish, Swedish, Peruvian and West African as well as Ashkenazi. But I know enough to recognise how ignorant, ahistorical, insulting and threatening this crude compression of a long and complex history feels to many Jews.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

You can also rightly note that the Israeli government is both Zionist and racist (as well as murderous and genocidal). But to extend that conjunction to all Zionists is a syllogism - a logical fallacy. It becomes even worse when “Zionist” is used by some people as code for Jew.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

So you could reasonably argue that an *outcome* of Zionism is racism. But that is not the same as stating “Zionism is racism”. Racism is not where it came from. It is not what motivated the deep yearning for safety, for a refuge, whether 80 years ago or 800.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Now of course there's a problem here, a very big one: a dedicated homeland and self-determination for the Jewish people meant a loss of homeland and of self-determination for the Palestinians. That was the unacknowledged truth, from Balfour onwards, and no serious attempt was made to resolve it.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In the late 1930s, as the scale and intent of the Holocaust became clear, some of my ancestors and relatives, like many Jews across Europe, changed their minds again. A permanent refuge suddenly looked like a very good idea. Is this because they were racist? No. It's because they were desperate.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

But in the 1920s, some of them changed their views. They became anti-Zionists. Why? Because they believed that if Jews achieved a dedicated homeland, this would give antisemites yet another excuse to expel them from Europe and Russia.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

OK. Now let me tell you about my ancestors. They fled across Europe, keeping ahead of a long series of pogroms, persecutions and antisemitic laws. They arrived in England in the mid-19th century. Many, going back a long way, were Zionists: they craved a dedicated homeland, a refuge from persecution.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I hope we can also agree that Western governments, including the US, UK and Germany, have been assisting these crimes, through weapons sales, surveillance, diplomatic and media support and arrests of protesters. I hope we can further agree that these great crimes should be prosecuted. Agreed so far?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Call me a masochist, but I'm returning to this issue, as I feel it has been poorly understood. Please read the whole thread before responding. First, I hope we can agree that the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza and horrific crimes in the West Bank and the wider region.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

You want to do something positive? Shut down your "Good Fish Guide", which is nothing of the kind. A good fish is a living one.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Anyone could see that, including MPs from across the parties who were questioning him in this evidence session. It must have taken superhuman efforts *not* to see it. Why was Watson so determined, even back then, to defend a system of controls which hardly existed, let alone being "really robust"?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Quotes from his testimony to the PAC in 2008: "my impression is we have a pretty good system in the UK" "I have not seen evidence to show that there is a problem yet" "My sense is we actually have a really robust system." "My view is that it works pretty well." But the system was & is total shite.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I could have written thousands of words on this story, as there's so much to tell. One aspect is the way Tom Watson blocked reform of the lobbying system when he was Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office. Here he is saying "nothing to see here". publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/...

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House of Commons - Public Administration Committee - Minutes of Evidence

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot

Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record Nearly 1/2 of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️🐦 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Every Right Wing Goverment ever.

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