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Well said During the US unprovoked & illegal war on Iran, the Gulf States found to their cost that hosting US bases on their sovereign territory did not give them security but made them targets The people living in the Fairford hinterland must be relieved

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 19h

If only Burnham had expelled the USA from all UK airbases on principle and dissociated us from Netenyahu's bloody wars at the right time, instead of waiting for Trump to put on a silly tantrum and storm off. Let's clear out the rest of them now. Not welcome here.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Vote Green, watch Labour move.” The argument here - which I think is true - is that Labour is understanding more and more that the real threat they face is to their Left, and the Greens are putting actual pressure on Labour

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now bringing up this summer’s heatwaves. “What shocked me the most? The silence from our government”

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Polanski’s speech was largely on cost of living crisis. He also condemned recent anti-migrant attacks and the ongoing attacks on trans people. “The Green party will always stand with our LGBTI communities, our migrant communities, our disabled communities. We stand with everyone under attack”

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If your mind is boggled by this maybe you need to get back in touch with sanity. Why would anyone travel to the USA if they don't have to?

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, here’s the long arc of Thatcherism: they handed you The Road To Serfdom; they told you to get on your knees and pray for cheaper consumer goods, and maybe a house, and when you opened your eyes the state was falling apart, nothing worked and maybe ten guys owned 60% of the planet Earth.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look we need it now. There won't be a next term for them. They are parking this when they could do it in time to elect a government that commands majority support next time.

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wrote to Miatta Fahnbulleh to urge her to publish a Fossil Fuel Transition Roadmap ahead of COP31 in November. Ending all new licenses & publishing a clear roadmap will show that the UK is not just calling for a global transition, but delivering one.

The post is a graphic. At the top, white text on a light green background says:

"The Government must publish a fossil fuel transition roadmap before COP31"

The rest of the image shows the top of a letter to Miatta Fahnbulleh.

"The Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Cc: The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Katie White MP

Dear Secretary of State,

RE: Securing a fossil fuel transition roadmap for the UK

I am writing on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales to urge your department to move swiftly to publish a comprehensive fossil fuel transition roadmap for the UK ahead of COP31 in November."

The post is a text box on a dark green background. In the box is a parliamentary paper-style letter extract that reads:

"The impacts of the climate and nature emergency are escalating at a terrifyingly dangerous rate, as global temperatures continue to climb rapidly.

At the same time, the poorest peoples of the world, with the least historic responsibility for climate emissions, continue to bear the brunt of climate breakdown.

As you will be aware, nearly a year ago, at COP30 in Belém, the UK endorsed a fossil fuels transition roadmap. More recently, at the Santa Marta TAFF conference in April, the UK reiterated its support for such a roadmap. Since then, France, Germany and the Netherlands have all published plans.

In this context, it is unacceptable that the government is still yet to publish a comprehensive domestic roadmap"

The post is a text box on a dark green background. In the box is a parliamentary paper-style letter extract that reads:

"The UK cannot claim global leadership at COP31 while expanding fossil fuels at home.

Ending all new licenses – including Jackdaw and Rosebank - and publishing a clear
roadmap will demonstrate that the UK is not merely calling for global transition, but
actively delivering the domestic plan required to deliver one.

Can your department confirm that such a roadmap will be published before COP31?
And will you meet with me to discuss how we can work together to advance this
strategy?

Yours sincerely,
Carla Denyer MP
Green Party Spokesperson for Energy and Net Zero"

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Lex @lxpeanut.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Corbyn was pretty much on the way to winning the election. Until Reform stepped back to get Boris in. As we now know both Farage and Johnson received a nice little bung for that arrangement.

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suepurseglove.bsky.social @suepurseglove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The super-rich are profiting from the cost-of-living crisis. While our energy bills rose by 50%, the super-rich who make their money from energy have seen their wealth grow by 20%. Demand that the UK government taxes extreme wealth with @waronwant.bsky.social: secure.waronwant.org/page/201460/...

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Stop the Super-Rich Profiting from the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Tax extreme wealth now

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Get Palantir out of the UK. This is just part of what's creepy about them. 👀

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Denis Buckley @wellingtonrock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'All of them, and now Andy Burnham, signed up to the belief that the purpose of government was to meet the needs of the financial services sector, and not the people of this country.' www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09...

taxresearch.org.uk

It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour

As I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical...

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dear journalists, does Burnham's speech match up to the visions presented by Jeremy Corbyn when he was leader? Or is it less aware of what needs to be done? And why did we have to endure another ten years of neoliberalism and austerity? You're just afraid of the Greens, who'd do it it for real, no?

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How about taxing the people with private jets, the frequent flyers, the people whose carbon footprint is destroying the planet? That way you could reduce inequality, fund social care, invest in home grown renewables, and restore sanity to the climate to improve food security. Win, win, win, win.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you want real action on what's causing our problems, you need the Green Party.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why didn't Andy Burnham address the climate and harvest crisis? He's going for fake subsidies to pretend things feel better when they're actually being made worse. Come on Andy. No new oil and gas. No more runways. No data centres. We need realism. Only the Green Party gets it.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dear BBC and prime minister the "net zero efforts we've seen were tokenism insufficient and funded in the wrong way. The answer is not to open the strait of hormuz, still less drill for more expensive and insecure oil and gas. The answer is to install the low energy resilience we should have had.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The solution is to be in the club, not complain about being penalised for being outside it 🤦

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wey hey!! Two cheers. Hurrah! I’m almost, but not, quite, mildly excited that something might not be ruled out in a few years time. Way to go, Andy. Bold, bravely ambivalent, solidly ambiguous, resolutely vague leadership, at last. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Andy Burnham does not rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto

PM says immediate focus is on rebuilding bridges with EU as he prepares for first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen

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Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Busted!

"100% of this text is AI" score on the first lines of Wittgenstein's Tractatus (Pangram)

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I dream of a time when UKHEI is led by a co-operative team of educators

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Bikeability @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wrong question. It isn’t so much a question of whether he can or can’t. It’s whether we WANT him to do so given how utterly corrupt and wicked Trump’s régime is. Would we WANT him to have a “strong relationship” with Hitler’s Germany. Isn’t is just WRONG? Fly under the radar maybe. At best

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why did the BBC think this was news? Ratcliffe is part of the reason why the UK is in such a state. No one should be listening to him or any other unpatriotic tax exiles who wanted a country where they could get rich and pay nothing.

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rankamateur @rankamateur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Radicalising the French (further) by sending them Polanski’s accent 😘

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pecknsquawk @pecknsquawk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And I don't think it's too controversial to say that the main cause of both two and three is - billionaires

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You don't solve the refugee problem by moving from hotels to barracks. You solve it by 1. Processing those waiting for an answer. 2. Addressing the causes of displacement, famine, economic deprivation and war. 3. Being honest about what is making life more and more rubbish for UK residents.

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why Burnham will fail richardjmurphy.substack.com/p/why-burnha...

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Why Burnham will fail

A letter to a friend who does not agree

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

No one from abroad should be funding UK electioneering. No one from the UK should be donating millions. We need to end the sleaze. Labour is not ending the sleaze. We need clean politics.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If you're a crypto billionaire, there are plenty of philanthropic and patriotic things you could do with the money. You could join the patriotic millionaires and ask to be taxed more, to fund good public services. You could donate to research, higher education, scholarships, climate mitigation...

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction

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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's not enough to say the donors won't get peerages or contracts. They don't ask for either. Those donations are for political influence, to turn this 🇬🇧 into a place where only the super rich thrive, where crypto currency is not regulated, and there's no protection for ordinary working folk.

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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson @keithwilson.eu · 05/09/2026

Farage looks on and laughs while a female protester is assaulted by his supporters. This is the disturbing future that #Reform envisions for the UK. #NigelFraud #REFUK

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Eddie Cooper @diamondforyes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't recall any of the pensioners who held up cardboard signs to protest genocide, covering their faces to hide their identity, or fighting the police while being arrested as terrorists.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It seems to me the most incriminating bit of the Farage exposure is the list of foreign donors who launder their money by giving it to their son or other UK connections. This is not just willingness to consider doing that. It was a list of who they already knowingly do that with.

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Simon Scott @simonscott1975.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Enjoyed Orr explaining that the Reform party is mainly funded by non-UK-resident doners.

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

During yesterday's debate on the Representation of the People Bill, our Vice-Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social laid out our three priorities to fix our democracy: ✅ Stop the harmful influence of dark and big money ✅ Tackle disinformation ✅ Implement a fair voting system in which all votes matter

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It underplays the scale of potential shocks to our food supply, which could include systemic failure. Good luck surviving on what the minister calls "a bit of food that can keep you going for a while before the emergency services can get to you" in that situation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same | George Monbiot

Massive food producers hold too much power – and the regulators scarcely understand what is happening. Sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Big disappointment" is an understatement. This is criminal. Breaks every UK environmental commitment, in a year when we've seen a tiny glimpse of what the disruption will be from climate catastrophe. Supporters of such schemes are way out of touch with what's needed to undo 200 years of emissions.

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Climate breakdown is a national security threat. Nature loss puts our food, water, health, economy and stability at risk. The Government no longer has the luxury of time. We need urgent action and a dedicated Climate Protection Unit. We need a Number 10 for the future.

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When Starmer says "international affairs" we should probably ask who is paying for him, and to do what for which country.

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Gillian @gillianmcshane.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think “Handsomely remunerated international speaking circuit” was the expression you were after, rather than “international affairs”, but ok. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP

The former prime minister said he would now turn his focus to international affairs.

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Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great post @andyburnham.bsky.social please take note!

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