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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17h

"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?" Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

The winner of Nobel peace prize doing what the Government of the United Kingdom will not do: calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide.

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The media are working very hard to keep out the Greens. I wander why 🤔

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Thomas Watson, now Senior VP at Palantir UK, wrote to me defending their public contracts. Instead of trading letters, I’ve challenged him to an open, public debate. He can defend Palantir’s ethos; I’ll argue for public accountability. Will you accept, Tom?

Formal letter from Clive Lewis MP, Member of Parliament for Norwich South, to Lord Thomas Watson of Wyre Forest, Senior Vice President of Palantir Technologies UK Limited, dated 7 October 2026. In the letter, Lewis challenges Watson to a public debate regarding Palantir's role in government contracts and public institutions. Lewis rejects Watson's claim that criticisms malign software engineers, stressing that elected officials must scrutinize corporate power, democratic control, and public accountability. He proposes a debate with an impartial chair, equal time, and audience questions.

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Assaad Razzouk @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social · 11h

Jaw-dropping headline $80M: cost to charter 1 supertanker US-to-China ($17M before the US-Israel war on Iran)  $74M: a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch $40 a barrel to drag 2M barrels halfway around the planet to burn once NB: The sun doesn't charge any delivery fees

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 20h

Conservatives double the cost of net zero with spreadsheet error. Spiky comment from the Climate Change Committee, whose estimates they messed up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h

Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 16h

🏆 BREAKING: Defend Our Juries to receive 2026 Quaker Truth and Integrity Award “Defend Our Juries is as aligned to Quaker values today, in 2026, as it was in 1670, when the independence of juries was struggled for, and won by Quakers for us all.” Full: defendourjuries.net/press-releas...

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 16h

UK Terrorism Arrests up 1,553% Since Palestine Action Ban 94% of arrests in the year ending June 2026 were linked to the proscription. “We are seeing a shameful attack on our right to protest. It’s past time to end the proscription of Palestine Action” novaramedia.com/2026/10/08/u...

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UK Terrorism Arrests up 1,553% Since Palestine Action Ban

Terror arrests in the UK have hit a record high thanks to the government’s ban on Palestine Action.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oops! UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese calls for ICC to open an investigation into the British ministers—including Rishi Sunak, Keir_Starmer, DavidLammy, JohnHealey_MP, GrantShapps—who authorised UK participation in the Gaza genocide “The UK has not complied with international law”

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hengymraes6.bsky.social @hengymraes6.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Amazing courageous woman. What a shame our uk government leaders are incapable of the same clear-minded, focused bravery to speak out and stand up against the evil terrorist perpetrators of the ongoing abhorrent, barbaric crimes against humanity.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you’re reading today’s papers and thinking, did I watch a different Badenoch speech, may I recommend our sanity-restoring review? “The same people who could not build a railtrack from London to Manchester for £100bn, will build the Kemi Death Star for 10bn. It’s so ludicrous as to be offensive.”

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 08/10/2026

👉REVEALED -- The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry by Stéffie Banatvala & Giorgio Michalopoulos Satellite imagery shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...

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Revealed: The BP-linked oil spill leaving Angolans sick and hungry

Satellite imagery uncovered by Declassified shows how oil has been leaking off Angola’s coast for 13 years, sickening locals and polluting their environment

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Q on Politics Live: Why is inheritance tax so unpopular, despite so few paying it? Answers offered: Double taxation; against aspiration; something something British psyche. Answer not offered: Media owners, pundits, politicians (i.e. everyone in that studio), and pollsters would be caught by it.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Some thoughts I shared while in the UK, where Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has acknowledged that anti-genocide protestors "were right" but activists are still serving long prison terms for stepping in where their government failed. @astra.bsky.social

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

BREAKING 15 people face arrest outside Elbit’s UAV-Tactical Systems factory in Leicester for peacefully holding signs. The Israeli Elbit owned factory on the doorstep of Leicester residents makes and exports parts for Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jury Equity Centuries ago, this legal principle enshrined in law the absolute right of jurors to acquit (find not-guilty) a defendant according to their conscience. It’s proudly carved in stone inside the Old Bailey. Yet judges are lying to jurors about this right. Why? 1/2

A row of peaceful sign-holders sits in the rain, opposite the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in London. Their signs display the words “jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience” - words that replicate a 1670AD stone plaque inside the Old Bailey referencing the legal rights of jurors following the trial of two Quakers and subsequent implementation of the legal principle known as “jury equity”.

As traffic passes by, a lone man sits in the rain, opposite the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in London. His sign also displays the words “jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience”

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Quoted in the Guardian today on the technical hopium that, in my experience, has become widespread among many, usually senior, climate experts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action

‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Quoted in the Guardian today on the technical hopium that, in my experience, has become widespread among many, usually senior, climate experts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For the sake of a slogan achieving nothing except great concern and distress to British Jews, Green members have probably destroyed any hope that a party - their party - which consistently and clearly opposes the #genocide will join the next government. Genius. 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote

Minister says they could not see parties cooperating, while official says coalition should be formally ruled out

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is the Hannibal Directive? How and why was it activated on Oct 7th, as the Israeli defense minister admitted? And how many Israelis were killed as a result of it on Oct 7th? My full deep-dive for Zeteo on the third anniversary of the Hamas attack: zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 06/10/2026

👉NEW -- Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements by Martin Williams & Dania Akkad Amnesty International says Conservative donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements www.declassifieduk.org/tories-took-...

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Tories took £1.3 million from firm linked to Israeli settlements

Amnesty International says Conservative-donor JCB is ‘part of the machinery of ethnic cleansing’ in illegal West Bank settlements

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4 Billion Dead @4billiondead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

THERE ARE NO WORDS.

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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And Billionaires and the capitalist system!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The IDF came into my Twitter replies to try & boost their fake report accusing Palestinian journalists they murdered of being Hamas. But when Piers Morgan invited them to debate the so-called evidence with me, they didn't show up so... he empty-chaired them. And then I debunked their 'study':

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Burnham’s government loathes democratic process. “courts will have the final say over where cases should be heard, preventing criminals accused of relatively minor crimes trying to game the system by electing a jury trial in an attempt to avoid prison" www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Justice reforms to be rolled out faster as Justice Secretary sets out changes to Courts Bill

Victims will get the fast and fair justice they deserve under changes to court reforms, the Justice Secretary has announced today.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot

A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Largely because it was the end of 14 years of the Tories.

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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 02/10/2026

Europe didnt just experience an exceptionally hot summer in 2026. It experienced a summer where multiple climate extremes reinforced each other. First - temperature records were broken at daily, monthly and seasonal scales across Europe Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/summer-revie...

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📣 The first screening of the People's Emergency Briefing in a national parliament! The film was shown at Holyrood last night. Grateful to First Minister John Swinney for committing to helping ensure it is “shared and understood very widely within Scotland”. #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

The First Minister John Swinney with Gillian Martin msp cabinet secretary for climate and rural affairs, and Prof Mike Berners-Lee

The First Minister giving an address next to a large screen about to show the Peoples Emergency Briefing

A packed room of MSPs and staff watching the film

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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There was so much hope when Labour won in 2024, Starmer excelled at smashing all that hope and failing at almost everything. Let his position on Gaza be his epitaph.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide

Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)

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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Probably the most comprehensive destruction of a populated urban area in modern history. Horrific!

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...

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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year

Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026

I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism

"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...

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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 29/09/2026

👏 Great to see the PM aim for GB’s energy prices to match those across Europe within 10 years and to speed up grid connections.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

UNLAWFUL ARREST On Sunday, police forcefully detained and handcuffed a young man under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act. They stripped him of clothing while dragging him across the floor. He had not committed any crime.

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