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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
On Question Time last night, I talked about the extractive economic model that has left Wales - and many other nations - impoverished *because they were so rich in resources*. You can see the problem simply by looking at the map: the infrastructure looks like a drainage system.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is how we should see these magnificant animals, not hauled up on a boat or in fillets on a slab. We should no more catch or kill this rare and stunning megafauna than we should trap or kill tigers or whales. Here are some more of Rupert’s photos from yesterday, with his kind permission.
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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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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I talked this week about the mental health crisis afflicting young people, in particular the isolation and loneliness caused by the neoliberal smashing of society. Everyone needs community. Everyone needs belonging. We cannot survive without them.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should ask ourselves why this is something a Labour Prime Minister feels the need to refute. After 16 years of austerity, a tax and spend socialist is just what we need.
Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ - Guardian headline
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This, my friends, is one of your legislators. We didn't elect him, but he sits in the House of Lords as a reward for bringing us Brexit, injecting his bigotry, perversity and ignorance into our lives. Daniel Hannan in the Daily Mail today, once again grossly misrepresenting history.
Meanwhile, Caribbean countries are demanding ‘reparations’, not from the African states that enslaved their ancestors, but from the nation that poured its blood and treasure into a relentless campaign for abolition.

Incredibly, African countries – which became British colonies, in no small measure, because we were trying to extirpate slavery – also straight-facedly demand compensation.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And here's another. They move so fast!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The tuna are much harder to film, especially on your phone. Here's one feeble attempt.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What's happening here is that as the garfish flee from the bluefin tuna hunting them, they run into the seals waiting in the wings, who drive them into the rocks (right under our feet). 1/3
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Many things need to be done to avert this possibility *before* it happens. I list some of them in the Hunger Gap presentation linked in this thread. Government stockpiling is one of them. Crucially, it also gives us some breathing space as we to try to rebuild a collapsed system. Otherwise ...
Still from The Road, in which people try to survive on a planet whose biosphere has collapsed.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Remind me why we're doing this again. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
 Andrew Bailey: AI threatens to unleash global market downturn

Governor of the Bank of England issues warning over debt-fuelled investment boom and cyber attacks
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What is so important to the ultra-rich that they must seize and destroy the world's resources, hold down wages and crush organised labour, capture politics to reduce the tax they pay, fund the far right to stifle democracy? Here's an answer. A Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Bag. On sale for £449,555.68
Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Blanc Himalaya Matte Crocodile Limited Edition Bag
£449,555.68
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It seems to me that "dropping a bombshell" by suddenly supporting new oil and gas is what counts for Dale Vince. By no means the first time he's taken a poorly-evidenced position that generates a lot of publicity. I see him as multi-millionaire self-publicist first, environmentalist a distant second
Post by Dale Vince stating he has just dropped a bombshell on North Sea oil and gas.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Land Rover also does a Discovery Metropolitan edition. The name suggests it's for use in cities. Because you never know how high the kerb / cyclist / pedestrian you need to mount might be. And because there must be no limit to the pointless environmental harm you inflict.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Climate science denial in physical form. The Land Rover Defender X (yup - they've gone full Musk). Price: £103,460, plus a few kids' lives. 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm glad to see this. It's what many of us have been arguing for a long time, but until now no one in government seemed ready to listen. Let's hope we will begin to see an education policy which works for children, and for the 21st Century. In The Times today.
Schooling ‘straitjacket’ has left a million behind, minister says

Lucy Powell, the education secretary, says ‘one-size-fits-all’ academic approach has led to children being branded a ‘failure’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I always wondered what it would take for the Telegraph to decide there might be a downside to climate breakdown. Well, now we know. Even so, this article manages not to mention it.
Victoria Moore: It may already be too late for Bordeaux's wine.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And on the same front page:
 Forget the Med, Scotland is the perfect holiday destination

Balmy days, island havens and festivals galore make this northern wonderland an ideal option this summer
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
Column by Allister Heath

Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life

We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The shocking truth is that the last good Environment Secretary we had, who told the National Farmers Union and other corporate lobbyists where to get off, and sought to protect and restore the living world was ... Michael Gove. I know, it's a hard thing to admit, but there it is.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The outgoing Environment Secretary, Emma Reynolds, exemplified the problem. She spent her final weeks in office ripping down controls on industrial chicken farming, which destroys our rivers. She did so at the behest of corporate lobbyists. Her job before joining the government? Corporate lobbyist.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Poster promoting Count Binface, in the famous Obama style
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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 · 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 · 25/06/2026
A single black spleenwort growing from the wall of a sea cave. Clinging on despite permanent shade, salt spray and winter storms. I expect you know the feeling.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Oh yes, good old "natural" food production
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Dad, what was a 'slow news day'?"
Father and son looking into the sunset
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Terrorism" on the left. "Protest" on the right.
People sitting with "I support Palestine Action" placards"STREET FURY Protesters hurl bins & bricks in clash with riot cops injuring 11 as two arrested amid outrage over Henry Nowak murder" Headline and still in The Sun
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
There's an exceptionalist belief that the UK's immune to the worst political extremes. In reality, we were lucky not to get a fascist government in the 1930s. Now that the world's richest man supports our most extreme political party, we need more than luck. We need to get the money out of politics.
Elon Musk's quote-tweet of a post by Rupert Lowe MP, stating "Only Restore Britain can save Britain"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Another great look ... 🙄
Trump's post depicting him as a giant seizing GreenlandGoya's El Coloso
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Something I learnt today, while reading an article about Egyptian dynasties, is that Philadelphia means incest. Even if I weren't a vegan, it would put me right off.
Tub of Philadelphia cream cheese.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Cartoon of daleks at foot of a staircase. "Well, this certainly buggers our plan to conquer the Universe. "
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Some welcome regeneration in the Dart Valley, Dartmoor (with the image the right way up this time!). Would love to see much more of this.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
How is this cartoon of Zack Polanski, published in the Sun - complete with forked tongue and other Der Stürmer tropes - not blatantly antisemitic?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"You can't let a bunch of lunatics have a nuclear weapon." Donald J. Trump, May 5, 2026.
Photo of Trump, Vance, Rubio and Hegseth.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I've seen a few people here denying that antisemitic hate crimes are still a major or widespread problem in this country. This denial does no one any favours. We must be rock-solid against all hate and prejudice.
Chart showing recorded hate crimes by perceived religion of victim per 10,000 population in 2024-25. Published in The Guardian
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
5. So what’s really going on? The value of any grazing created is minimal – arguably negative, as sheep-farming here is loss-making and survives only through subsidies. I believe the real reason it continues is the same reason the far right attaches flags to lamp-posts. It’s a territorial marker.
St George flags hung on lamp-posts, Birmingham. Photo Anita Maric/SWNS
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
3. The practice comes first, the justifications follow. Given that gorse is a crucial successional stage on the way to temperate rainforest, which burns about as readily as wet asbestos, the latest justification is yet more self-serving bull. Photo of Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor, by Neil Burnell
Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
1. Every year, large areas of gorse in Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks are deliberately burnt. It’s an appalling act of vandalism, killing wildlife, preventing regeneration of crucial habitats, releasing toxic smoke and carbon. This thread is about why it’s happening. Pic from this weekend. 1/7
Burnt gorse on Dartmoor
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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It's the Second Dumbing.
The AI image Trump posted depicting him as the Messiah.
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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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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Moonroe Doctrine.
White House tweet stating "America will never give up the moon again."
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Every time I see these Reform UK placards, I misread them.
Reform supporters holding placards reading "Nigel cut my bills".
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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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