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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/@did:plc:cod...
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Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophistica...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...
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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries
Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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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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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
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Graham Smyth @grahamsmyth.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
From mid-September I'll be joining Leeds United as club journalist. Match reports, news, interviews and features. Podcast too, ideally. Really excited. The club gets under your skin and it feels like a particularly good time to get involved. #lufc
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Despair is not just wrong. It's irrational. Things can change, at astonishing speed. In fact, the flip might be happening already. My article for the Guardian's climate support campaign. www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Italy could be the next country to build a solar railway after Switzerland’s successful trial. I feel we are on the cusp of breaking free from fossil fuels...even though predatory capitalist are trying to hold us back. www.euronews.com/2026/07/05/i...
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Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next?
Solar railways could soon become commonplace in Europe, following a successful trial in Switzerland.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I believe Clacton deserves an MP who will spend their time shining a light on everything the area has to offer. And why wait till I'm elected? I've been to visit one of the constituency's most stunning landmarks.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It.
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JewelzinAZ @jewelzinaz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Never underestimate the self-pity of the ruling classes.
Photo of Nigel Farage during his lament.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just in case you’re missing me… liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/461...
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Farage and Trump have a vicious trick to deceive voters – and it’s working
James O’Brien: The Right is waging a war on education and it’s making the working class vote against their own interest
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I think we just passed oops.
A timeline of climate change concern.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/06/2026
Jezus: UK's Reform Party has gotten two-thirds of its funding from fossil fuel interests.
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The multimillionaire Nigel Farage rails against climate action, while gliding from one air-conditioned building to another. He knows that he and his ilk will suffer least. But he is prepared to sacrifice everyone else to the demands of his fossil-fuelled funders. So much for "the man of the people".
A painting which depicts Nero fiddling while Rome burns.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
All the right now has to offer is conflict. Some of its key figures have moved on from culture wars towards what seems to be a deliberate effort to foment civil war. If you're a conflict entrepreneur, the worse it gets, the better it is for you. Where they break, we must mend, building community.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
While they’re lecturing us about freedom of speech…. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A bit glowing but the thrust of this article is fair. A good example of what can be done when land is owned publicly rather than privately. Take water companies back into public ownership? Have more public land with nature recovery as its main aim? I would! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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How England’s largest forest went from commodity to conservation haven
Kielder in Northumberland is balancing commercial production with conserving peatland and rare plants and animals
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A train to nowhere anytime soon that only costs £100,000,000,000. A financial disaster and an environmental scar across the land. I’d like my share (c£1500) redirected to hospitals, education and pothole filling please. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery | Simon Jenkins
The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Once again, there is no pleasure in accurately predicting the dishonesty of Farage & his crew or the dereliction of duty across much of the media.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/05/2026
Important news. I asked four senior Reform people on last week’s election night programme if Mr Farage would provide the receipts to show that the £5m Harborne gift had only been used solely for security. The reply, from all four, was that it wasn’t necessary.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nigel Farage’s partner, a former waitress not known to have any private money, bought a £1 million house for cash shortly after he secretly received £5 million from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire - the same house that he claimed, months previously, that he was about to pay for himself.
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
As a former NATO chief identifies the necessity of ending UK military dependence on a no longer reliable or trustworthy USA, we thank our lucky stars we haven’t done anything really stupid, like let Farage, Johnson & co persuade us to turn our backs on EU allies… open.spotify.com/episode/2ANY...
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Is the UK-US "special relationship" over?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.
James Bembridge on X:
Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Donald Trump has decided to keep the controversial $70 million luxury jet leased by former Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem until she was ousted. The plane will now be made available to first lady Melania Trump and to cabinet secretaries TAT: [Corruption]
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White House is keeping Kristi Noem’s $70M jet for Melania and senior staff to use
Luxury plane, complete with queen-size bed and cocktail bar, that was leased by former DHS secretary will now be available to first lady and cabinet officials for long-distance travel
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Translation: Net Zero threatens the value of our proprietor's investments. The world must cook for the sake of his portfolio.
Daily Mail headline says "Drill, Ed, Drill"
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚨🚨Breaking news: #EUenergy commissioner Dan Jorgensen has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the #Gulf. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Top Brussels official urges Europeans to work from home and drive less
Energy commissioner says the oil crisis triggered by Iran war will bring lengthy upheaval, in a speech reminiscent of the Covid pandemic.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
BREAKING: “It is increasingly clear that as the world continues down this volatile path our long term national interest requires closer partnership with our allies in Europe and with the European Union.. Brexit did deep damage to our economy” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Regardless of the issue, it's always the same story: commercial interests allowed to ride roughshod over everything and everyone else. Faced with the urgent need for action, successive governments twiddle their thumbs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters
‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
But calling for it anyway, however ignorantly, will make a direct difference to what climate change denying donors pay politicians. So there’s that.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Yet another position that's almost identical to the policy promoted by English fascists in the 1930s. There seems to be a kind of ideological homing instinct at work. Before long, the entire package will be back in place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double
Exclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis
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Stuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Wonder why he was chosen by Farage.. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Farmer protest organiser was behind racist and homophobic posts online
Clive Bailye, one of the five farmers who organised the march in the capital, wrote: "only a disabled, unemployed, black, LGBT, transgender, non tax paying, homeless, vegan immigrant in immediate need...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/03/2026
Watch this extraordinary short video. 1) Here's a national leader with a coherent viewpoint & an ability to articulate it, who is 2) saying & doing the correct things in response to this crisis, & sticking to it in the face of 3) a more adversarial press than you'd *ever* see around Trump. Sigh.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."
"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Important for understanding the context for Farage’s witless opposition to ‘net zero’.
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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We are facing a sixth economic crisis in less than two decades (two, Brexit and Truss, self-inflicted). Unless there is a cease fire and de-escalation this could be the scariest of the lot. And yet, every new situation is met with further military escalation. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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The world energy shock is coming
The US and Israel's illegal attack on Iran will provoke a global economic catastrophe
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We are trying to improve on: "unfortunately we did not spot that" [big false claim] - but the presenter did argue with him about anecdotal experiences of crime just after that, if that helps, + we corrected a different false claim. [So: is there a quota of one correction per interview?!?!]
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