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Karen Miller

@cheekablue.bsky.social
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Cricket, Everton, running, walking, reading, politics, eating, cooking, drinking, cats… the order depends on the day

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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 18h
🐔 @wagamama_uk says it wants to “tread softly” on the planet. The chickens it serves can barely tread at all. After seven years of promises, Wagamama is still serving #Frankenchickens. Tell them to keep their promise. #GoForSlow: bit.ly/4rtnLBK
A young bird sits on a bed of straw, surrounded by others in a dimly lit setting. The text "treading softly wagamama?" appears above it in bold letters.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 16h
There's a consultation open about what could be the world's biggest AI data centre at Chapelcross near Annan in Dumfries and Galloway. However, the local council don't seem too pleased about the number of objections.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please take action by 5PM THIS FRIDAY! protectthewild.org.uk/northern-ire...
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Northern Ireland Badger Cull Consultation - Protect the Wild
TAKE ACTION: Northern Ireland Badger Cull ConsultationDAERA is consulting on plans to start culling badgers in Northern Ireland. This is your chance to speak up. The consultation closes on Friday 9…
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1. Click the link below. 2. Use our 60-second quick-response template. 3. Send your views to DAERA Anyone can fill in the public consultation on culling badgers in Northern Ireland - you don't need to live in NI. protectthewild.org.uk/northern-ire...
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 04/10/2026
🐷 After decades of campaigning, we're closer than ever to ending cages for farmed animals. The UK Gov has committed to consulting on phasing out farrowing crates, but consultation isn't a ban. Help the fight to end factory farming. Donations will be matched up to £30,000: bit.ly/4iMvsRs
Pigs in a pen with a fundraising announcement above: "Your donation today could go twice as far thanks to a generous supporter who will match donations up to a total of £30,000!"
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great article. Nige spouting shit straight from the Trump playbook www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new Wildlife Trusts report exposes the devastating impact of unchecked mega-dairies on UK wildlife. There are more than 40 mega-dairies in the UK, but lack of government oversight leaves their growth and pollution unmonitored. “Zero-grazing" mega-dairies keep cows inside all year round.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The chicken industry is doing enormous damage to rivers, communities and animals. The Government wants to expand Big Chicken. Help stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
The deadline to renew Palantir's £330m contract is coming up fast. Join us to make ministers stop hiding Palantir's secrets – before it’s too late👇 goodlaw.social/o9zr
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ordinary members of the public have been prohibited from using glue traps to catch rodents. Yet it remains legal in England for anyone to buy one from a shop or online. That makes no sense. If members of the public cannot legally use glue traps, they should not be able to buy them.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
The
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The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Harvest Moon (Golden Hare) by Tamsin Abbott, English stained glass artist. #HarvestMoon is the #fullmoon closest to the autumn equinox #WomensArt
Stained glass artwork in gold and black featuring a hare lying down amonst grasses under a golden full moon
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Scottish Rewilding Alliance wants YOU to join them and demonstrate outside Holyrood on Weds 30 September. The Scottish Parliament will be debating a parliamentary motion calling for urgent action to tackle these threats at scale.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This makes no sense at all!
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another tale of moral and environmental crimes by landowners and abject failure by @environmentagency.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brexit and Trump have combined to be an absolute disaster for UK food and drink exports. Deficit worst in a quarter of a century and sales have plummeted ever since we left the single market
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Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn
In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record
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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This picture of the Pope at his 40th birthday party is everything to me.x
The Pope at his crazy as fuck 40th birthday party wearing a tiny sea captain hat, holding a tiny ice cream surrounded by THREE sad looking balloons. He's wearing a blue jacket and jeans with a brown belt and he's got a navy polo shirt on.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 21/09/2026
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Kelcy Warren don’t care about your future because they’re profiting off the chaos destroying it. Don’t embrace the chaos!  DEFEND YOUR FREEDOMS + DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS = DEFEND THE PLANET🌍 Resistance is a duty, and the time to resist is now. #ClimateWeek
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Use our handy tool to email Defra in seconds, telling the government department to BAN SNARES IN ENGLAND. protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
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Ban snares petition - Protect the Wild
Ban Snares in England – Labour Promised, Now They Must Deliver If this form does not work properly on your laptop or phone, please copy and paste the text in the letter below and send it to…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
💥 On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page below to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, 61% of the UK public for joining, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign and share everywhere please. 👇
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Being grotesquely rich doesn't mean you're good at anything except taking money off other people and hoarding it. And by definition, that skill cannot work for more than 1 in a million of us. So why the hell do expect wisdom or useful policy from these ghouls? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit
Supporters’ club says billionaire should stand down after ‘completely unacceptable’ comments on the UK and empire
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This should be the moment people finally realise that Farage has turned them into fascists. If you’re choosing this dangerous inhumanity over the rescue work of the RNLI, you’ve lost your minds to racism and hatred.
Reform UK
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Charities' actions in aiding and abetting the invasion of our country will be illegal under
Reform UK.

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How is this news? billionaire oil person says uk needs to drill more and tax less, though, of course, he‘s actually in Monaco. And he would do more in the uk if the state subsidised him more. Dear BBC, that‘s like me saying the uk‘s problem is underpaid law profs. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.
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pharaoh house crash @phchq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
AI isn't only destroying culture and emitting bazillion tonnes of carbon, it also has the potential to destroy our landscapes. Thanks @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social for sending this petition against a huge data centre in the Lammermuirs. Please do sign if of interest: c.org/P9KmWfwdCJ1
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Save The Lammermuirs - Stop The Data Centre
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sure if they’d been old ladies and pro-Palestine or climate defenders they’d have been arrested. No doubt this ‘success’ will embolden them. Really scary… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you agree with us, take one minute to sign our handy tool. It will send a letter to the Welsh Government telling it NO BADGER CULL IN WALES! protectthewild.org.uk/wales-badger...
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Wales Badger Cull - Protect the Wild
Welsh Government: Don't cull badgers If for some reason the email link doesn't open, please copy and paste the text of the letter below into your email client and send to…
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Stop development on green belt land in our town
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good!!!!!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mass breeding of game birds without welfare checks may be curtailed in England
Campaigners say pheasants and partridges reared ‘on industrial scale’ do not have same protections as chickens
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📌 ICYMI — Gold Firm That Employs Nigel Farage Predicts Unrest and Violence Under a Reform Government — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Exclusive: Promo material for Direct Bullion tells savers a Farage-led government could spark riots not seen since the poll tax – while paying the Reform leader…
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Gold Firm That Employs Nigel Farage Predicts Unrest and Violence Under a Reform Government
Exclusive: Promo material for Direct Bullion tells savers a Farage-led government could spark riots not seen since the poll tax – while paying the Reform leader hundreds of thousands of pounds
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Labour is allowing these hunts to exploit loopholes, such as the 'research and observation' exemption used by stag hunts. We are calling on the government to abolish loopholes and ensure that a new drag hunting loophole isn't introduced. Sign here protectthewild.org.uk/stop-drag-hu...
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Stop the Drag Hunting Smokescreen - Protect the Wild
Drag hunting: the next smokescreen (If your browser will not open your email client, please copy the text below and send to Baroness Sue Hayman - haymans@parliament.uk - and Dame Angela Eagle -…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This talks of Lowe’s “extraordinary success on X” and asks if Musk is paying an MP to peddle his own extreme views Err Yes. What TF else could be going on? Lowe isn’t some kind of genius. Musk pays him to whip up civil unrest and hatred. He’s a traitorous racist. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Rupert Lowe set to be paid as much for divisive posts on Elon Musk’s X as for being MP
Restore Britain leader paid up to £1,476 an hour by platform, which critics say is financially incentivising inflammatory content
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Caimh/CK McDonnell @caimhmc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BARGAIN ALERT! To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the million-selling tv-bound infuriatingly-inaccurately named Dublin Trilogy, the first three books are a scandalous 99p/99c on kindle. Grab ‘em now and tell a friend! amzn.to/4wI7nhK
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 23/08/2026
🐔 Around 7 billion hens are still kept in cages worldwide. The UK Government asked the public whether cages for laying hens should end. Months later, we're still waiting for the result. It's time to #EndTheCageAge. 📢 Tell the Government: hens can't wait: bit.ly/4fS03er
The image shows several chickens crowded inside a cage, with dull brown feathers and visible distress. Text at the top reads, "This is why it's cruel."A close-up of a chicken in a cage, with a distressed expression. The image features text: "1. They can’t properly perform natural behaviours like dust bathing & wing flapping, causing discomfort and frustration."Chickens behind a metal fence with text stating, "2 They can’t properly forage or explore, leading to boredom."Chickens are tightly confined in stacked wire cages. Text reads: "3. They're unable to move freely. This causes stress, pain, fear, discomfort & frustration."
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 22/08/2026
Animals trapped in factory farms cannot escape extreme heat, floods or storms. Millions suffer as climate change intensifies. And factory farming fuels the climate crisis. Please donate to help farmed animals. 🔗 bit.ly/4xq4GSQ
Two cows are seen closely behind red bars, looking out. The text above them reads: "Heatwaves. Wildfires. Floods. There are hidden victims suffering out of sight: animals trapped inside factory farms."
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back fire fighters and invest in a national wildfire prevention plan. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Using 20 years of satellite data, "The Data Heat Island Effect" found AI data centres warm the land by an average of 2°C after they begin operation. In some cases, the temperature rose by up to 9°C.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I cannot see a dead fish as a "conservation success". Bluefin tuna are still rare - they only avoid being technically endangered cos they stabilised at a tiny number. That's not a healthy population, just a stable one. Let them breed and really do well before you fish for them if you have to.
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First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation
Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 18/08/2026
It is #TimeToResist AI data centres sucking up increasingly scarce fresh water and guzzling fossil fuel energy like there’s no tomorrow. It is #TimeToResist a system that forces pushing for profits at the expense of planetary wellbeing and social justice. Take action - link in bio.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📌 ICYMI — Reform UK Accounts Raise Fresh Questions About Origins of Richard Tice Donations — Olly Haynes Newly published accounts reveal a pattern of loans being channelled through firms run by Nigel Farage's Deputy
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Reform UK Accounts Raise Fresh Questions About Origins of Richard Tice Donations
Newly published accounts reveal a pattern of loans being channelled through firms run by Nigel Farage's Deputy
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oak with no name, or a name only known to other oaks - Brenchley, the Kingdom of Kent Photo: Owen Johnson
Massive oak tree with human for scale
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Karen Miller @cheekablue.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yet another case of green belt being sacrificed to builders. Sign and share if you can. c.org/yPdg7jNf4F
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STOP the destruction of conservation land and St. Josephs Seminary Upholland
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
While fires rage in large parts of Europe incl UK, farmers face crop failure and livestock loss, every RefUK or Tory politician on the news must be challenged on their "let's do away with costly net zero nonsense" stance, side-by-side with live images of the cost of inaction. Expose the charlatans.
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