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People's Health Movement Scotland @phmscotland.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Today we launch our 2026 People's Health Manifesto for Scotland ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in May. The manifesto is a tool for the critical analysis of political party manifestos and to facilitate engagement and conversation. peopleshealthmovementscotland.wordpress.com/manifesto/
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
As I have said and written countless times, climate breakdown is all-pervasive Nothing and no-one will escape its ramifications And it is only going to get much, much, worse www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain
A thatcher, gardener and others on keeping their business afloat in the bad weather – and their fears for the future
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People's Health Movement Scotland @phmscotland.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
2025 PHA Registration Now Open Friday 31st October – Monday 3rd November; Glasgow, Scotland Bringing people together to inspire each other and help build a stronger public health movement across Europe. www.tinyurl.com/PHA2025
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People's Health Movement Scotland @phmscotland.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
As part of The Scottish Wellbeing Economy Strategy Group, we are launching a new webinar series aiming to generate energy and discussion around the concept of a #WellbeingEconomy and what this means for Scotland. First up will be @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Tony Robertson @tonyrobertson82.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Book Launch: Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities 19th September, 16:00-17:30 Glasgow www.eventbrite.com/e/chp-book-l...
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People's Health Movement Scotland @phmscotland.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
LAND MOOT 2025 Tickets on sale now! A weekend of talks, workshops, skill-sharing, creative practices and a ceilidh - as we move from talking to action. PHMS and @sanecollective.bsky.social have helped organise a workshop on land and health alandmoot2025.brownpapertickets.com
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
UBS, Credit Suisse & Citi among 9 banks fined $21.5mn in Singapore for money-laundering. Are banks in UK different? Chance of UK investigations? FCA required to promote growth of finance. Deregulation mania. 40% of the world's dirty money goes through UK and its offshore havens. archive.ph/b1elj
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UBS and Citi among nine banks fined $21.5mn in Singapore money-laundering case
Scandal involving island-wide seizures of gold bars and luxury cars rocked city-state’s wealth management sector
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Global Justice Now Scotland @globaljusticescot.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hands off Iran Our statement on the US attack, propaganda which echoes the run-up to the Iraq war, the risks of escalation, the ongoing genocide in Gaza - which lies at the heart of this violence in the Middle East - and what the UK gov must do now ⤵️ www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/hands-o...
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Hands off Iran – our statement - Global Justice Now
The US attack on Iran that occurred over the weekend is a dangerous and illegal escalation of violence in the Middle East. Yet again, the US is backing acts of […]
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
RECORD HEAT IN OCEANIA The tropics keep breaking record everywhere Lately there were more records of hot nights: Minimum 28.3C Yap and Majuro MICRONESIA and MARSHALL ISLANDS HOTTEST MAY NIGHT IN HISTORY tied June will also start breaking record allover the tropics.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
'"BBC has refused to publish 'Gaza: Medics Under Fire', a documentary that passed all internal editorial approvals. Scheduled for broadcast in February, the film remains unaired. Hundreds of signatories to an open letter addressed to the BBC have called the decision "political suppression"'
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💙 The Chronic Pain 💙 @thechronicpain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This 👇
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise? In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue). robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
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Ed Matthew @edmatthew.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The Tony Blair Institute should issue a public apology for putting out a climate ‘solutions’ report that has been so easily weaponised by those seeking to delay climate action. This was a gross misjudgement and it should have been properly vetted before publication - what a mess
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Climate experts and politicians round on Tony Blair for ‘wrong message’
Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Strikes will provide Starmer with the opportunity he wants to appear tough... Talk of 'balancing the books' & 'fiscal constraints' are nonsense when you issue your own fiat currency. Read some Modern Monetary Theory & stop lying! www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025...
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No extra money for NHS staff and teacher pay rises, says Downing Street
No 10 says pay increases will not be covered by borrowing and must come from existing budgets
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Blackouts latest: 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge outages in Portugal and Spain Power grids were not built for the extreme #climate that now exists Also shows how elite and corporations push for a cashless society would be a disaster news.sky.com/story/spain-...
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Blackouts latest: 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge outages in Portugal and Spain
Huge power outages have hit major cities across Spain and Portugal. Flights, traffic lights, trains, phone networks and card payments have been affected, with reports of panic-buying at supermarkets. ...
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Ehrc interim guidance following fws case
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An interim update on the practical implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment | EHRC
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Reform UK wants - fewer worker rights - more exploitation Reform is not on the side of working people against migrants It is on the side of profiteering billionaires against working people & migrants "A vote for Reform UK is a vote for Fascism - the last thing the UK needs." via Jason Hill
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A hero on #Earthday - one person can make a difference How a Former Herder Protected Mongolia’s Vast Grasslands Batmunkh Luvsandash fought to protect more than a million acres of steppe lands in Mongolia to take on the powerful mining industry and win e360.yale.edu/features/bat... via @YaleE360
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How a Former Herder Protected Mongolia's Vast Grasslands
Batmunkh Luvsandash has fought to protect more than a million acres of steppe lands in his native Mongolia. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he explains how, by drawing on the knowledge of l...
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
'The headline takeaway: references to sex in the Equality Act are references to biological sex; references to men in the Equality Act are references to biological males; references to women in the Equality Act are references to biological females.' Legal explanation. 🎯 knowingius.org/p/sex-has-al...
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Sex has always meant biological sex
The Supreme Court delivers a seismic ruling on equality law
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
MPs have to vote on benefits cuts legislation in June, months before the Office for Budget Responsibility impact assessment on the effects of the cuts, which isn’t due until the autumn… That’s deliberately Starmerising the vote.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Amazing that another human being would make a decision to halt funding to feed starving children, rather than practice personal austerity, not charge the American people & government for his frequent, multi-million dollar weekend golf excursions, and perhaps direct those funds for better uses…
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Richard Dixon @r-dixon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Report I helped write for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in today's Herald. "Not tackling climate change could leave Scotland between £30 billion and £140 billion poorer by 2035, and “bankrupt the Scottish economy” www.rsgs.org/into-the-red www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509639...
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Climate chnage could cost devastating £45 billion per year to Scotland
Climate change could leave Scotland ‘bankrupt’ says report set to publish following anniversary of dropping of Scotland's climate targets
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 15/04/2025
Guest post: Exploring the risks of ‘cascading’ tipping points in a warming world #Climate
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Guest post: Exploring the risks of ‘cascading’ tipping points in a warming world - Carbon Brief
Recent research suggests triggering one tipping element within the Earth system could cause subsequent changes in others, leading to a “tipping cascade”.
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
How is #conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share how they are focusing on resilience, big landscapes, and local communities. #globalwarming news.mongabay.com/2025/04/how-...
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How is conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share
About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to less than 2,000 people. But it’s not the people that draw Nik Sekhran’s eye...
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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is not good
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As I warned in my latest post: Do not underestimate the gravity of the Trump Shock of 2nd April, 2025. Above all, do not underestimate the impact it will have on your pension, your investments, possibly your job, and your economy - wherever you may be. annpettifor.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Shock: A Lehman’s moment
How should governments react?
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
My thoughts on the passenger cap and solar panels at Dublin Airport Healthcare has learned from aviation to reduce harm. Now aviation must learn from healthcare. Let's put the planet’s health first.
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Passenger cap lift: Solar panels at Dublin Airport will not compensate for more people flying
Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum says Dublin Airport’s greening of its site while pushing for a lift of the passenger cap will not wash environmentally.
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Dr Sue @drsuel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...
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Voice of Reason @raggapegs.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is what democracy looks like! Democracy is alive, and well! #HandsOff
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Dr Sue @drsuel.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Write to your MP: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Let's not forget what these tariffs are really about: raising $4 trillion to make the 2017 tax cuts for the rich permanent. #tradewarsareclasswars
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 28/03/2025
A circular fashion industry could unlock $700 billion by 2030. That means reducing overproduction, designing durable and reusable products, and keeping textiles out of landfills through reuse & recycling. With #ZeroWasteDay fast approaching, let’s #BeatWastePollution: www.unep.org/events/un-da...
A close-up of a person’s hand sewing green thread into dark fabric, illustrating textile repair. Overlay text reads: “Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Redesign, Recycle.” Logo in the corner says “Beat Waste Pollution.”
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Dr Lucinda Hiam @lucindahiam.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
📢 Austerity is a public health emergency Cuts to welfare & public services have worsened health, driving rising mid-life mortality & health inequalities. Yet, more cuts are coming. With @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh in @bmj.com we call for the health community to speak out 1/2
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
The top rate of income tax was 90% throughout the 1950s-60s, dropping to 75% by the 1970s. Now its 45%. In the early 1980s, corporate tax was 52%, now its 19%. Of course, tax avoidance means even these lower rates aren't paid. Starmer has choices, but he's coming for the poor...
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Our current punitive welfare system has led to the deaths of hundreds of Disabled people at the hands of benefits cuts. The Government not only refuses to fix this - but is placing us at risk of further punishment and surveillance. Let us be clear: this is a political choice.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/03/2025
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants. History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well. 🧵
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People's Health Movement Scotland @phmscotland.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We create an economic system that makes people sick then we punish them for being sick and push them into the types of jobs that will definitely make them even more sick and then make them even poorer which makes them sicker. Explain that logic!
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People's Health Movement Scotland @phmscotland.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We're hosting a new People's Health Assembly later this year. Save the Date and sign up to our mailing list and/or WhatsApp community for more info as we release it. 25th October 2025 peopleshealthmovementscotland.wordpress.com/subscribe/
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Dr Sue @drsuel.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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Voice of Reason @raggapegs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The Resistance is strong! #Resist
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 07/03/2025
We're not Russia. We're not China. So why do we punish peaceful protest so harshly? 6 out of 16 climate protesters see their sentences mildly reduced... Fuelling the climate crisis, denying the climate crisis - both should be a crime - not peaceful protest to prevent it.
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Dr Sue @drsuel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland @ercscot.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
ERCS has long advocated for a dedicated environmental court to increase access to justice. Our new briefing highlights the efficiency savings to be gained from such a court along with an estimate of costs, based on figures from comparable courts & tribunals. Read more: tinyurl.com/pmtrej4e
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Hundreds of Climate Scientists Got Fired at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and It will Be a Disaster As hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and wildfires intensify in a warming world - there will be less accurate warnings Lives will be lost www.onegreenplanet.org/news/hundred...
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Hundreds of Climate Scientists Just Got Fired and It Could Be a Disaster
The U.S. just fired hundreds of climate scientists, weakening disaster forecasting as extreme weather worsens. What could go wrong?
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Totally Scunnered @totallyscunnered.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Donald Trump has just been invited for a second UK state visit. The Primer Minister has handed Trump a letter from the King welcoming him back, despite all the trade war threats, ties with Putin and slashing global aid. This is completely unprecedented. We must show how unwelcome Trump really is.
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Dr Sue @drsuel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
There’s no profits on a dead planet www.bbc.com/news/article...
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BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas
The energy giant has announced its strategy after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
50 families in the UK have assets totaling half a trillion £ between them But rather than tax this obscene wealth to pay for defence, Starmer slashes aid to the world's poorest and most vulnerable Utterly despicable www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Starmer slashes aid to fund major increase in defence spending
Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cuts
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