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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ISDS explained in 60 seconds ⏱️ Join the Global Days of Action against ISDS – 15th to 17th October 2026 Visit stopisds.global to learn more
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🐬📢 We're taking action against destructive bottom trawling in Italy📢🐬 With our partners Legambiente and the support of @bluemarinef.bsky.social, we’re urging the authorities to take steps to avoid the destruction of MPAs and protect their vitally important marine habitats and species. 1/5
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Best thing you can do with us useless humans!
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Colleen Molloy, 70, a retired educator from Leicester: "I'm here today because I wish to expose government hypocrisy.  I agree with Miliband when he said Palestine protesters were right. Young people from Palestine Action acting with love to stop a genocide are not terrorists.”
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I've just sent Sainsbury's a message demanding that they honour their plastic packaging recycling commitments. I cordially invite you to do so too: everydayplastic.eaction.org.uk/sainsburyssaga
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The Sainsbury's Saga
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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BBC Four - The Shaman's Grave
Researchers in Germany reopen an archaeological cold case from the Mesolithic period.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is an absolutely fascinating revelation of life in the mesolithic age, using modern science to see into the world, and perhaps even the minds, of our forebears, and how their science may have been far richer than ours www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Multinational corporations can sue governments in secret tribunals for passing laws that protect people and the planet. It's called ISDS, it's in trade deals, and it's blocking climate action right now. This October, we fight back. Join the action!👇 stopisds.global #StopISDS
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've just signed a petition to stop Big Oil killing cleaner flights. Planes can already fly on cleaner fuel made from waste, and the EU has a law to make it happen. But the oil giants like BP and Shell are lobbying to kill it. Add your name now: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-09...
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Keep Big Oil out of our skies
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 18/09/2026
🚨This government wants mayors to oversee private water companies Without OWNERSHIP, this plan only foists the blame for failures onto local leaders. @angelaeagle1.bsky.social MP read our open letter on why you MUST give leadership AND ownership to local leaders: weownit.org.uk/mayors/ownership
Image with a picture of Environment Secretary Angela Eagle, with text that says "Open letter to Angela Eagle and regional mayors: NO to local oversight of private water companies, without local ownership"
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Really digging those tuk tuks!
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Definition of 'Marine Protected Area' = an area in which no one gives a toss about protecting the marine environment
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Maybe even more mysterious is the 5,500 year old Ggantija Temple in Gozo www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“It’s one thing to go out and hold up a placard” Deputy Met Police Commissioner Matt Jukes said that the police take neo-Nazi threats more seriously than those peacefully holding placards. There have been over 3,600 arrests since July 2025 for peacefully holding up a placard.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Last year, the UK Government chose trade relations with Israel over action to stop genocide. Join our call to Andy Burnham to turn words into action – and impose meaningful sanctions on Israel to stop Israel’s war crimes. act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
UK govt may be about to approve Rosebank which will add 200 to 250 million tonnes of CO2 to Earth's atmosphere. Well, that would be one way of responding.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
On Monday 14th September, MPs are debating whether there should be a referendum on who owns England's water. I've just asked my MP to attend and support giving us a say. Take 2mins to email your MP: weownit.org.uk/act-now/deba... @weownit.org.uk
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Give the public a say on who owns our water - email your MP
Public ownership of water is popular. MPs must give us a say on who owns our water.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Is your MP going to attend the govt debate on 3 Sept on ecosystem collapse? www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Big UK banks pocketed £29.2bn in six months while our bills went up! A windfall tax on bank profits would raise £19bn for our schools & NHS. @TheGreenParty's already backing it - sign the petition and tell John Healey to #TaxtheBanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We'll have to wait and see how successful the industry lobbyists are in massaging this research away.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I don't agree that the expense of a public inquiry is justified at this stage. Surely Cambridge Uni has all the relevant facts already? Let's first see their full report including what Prof Arday did and did not in fact do.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
First class job Mr Khan!
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yes I entirely agree. It's dead simple: the more we burn oil and gas, the hotter we make the earth. That's it. I was exasperated but not surprised by the lazy-minded way in which Faisal Islam conducted the interview with you and others on Newsnight last night. The root of the issue was ignored.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Big Oil makes € 3.000 every second. While Europe burns, Shell, BP, and Total rake in billions. ACT NOW to #MakePollutersPay. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-08...
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Make Polluters Pay for Climate Disasters
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@avivauk.bsky.social You continue to underwrite & profit from fossil fuel industries that are driving #climatechaos, deaths, poor health & ecocide. The global community needs you to urgently #InsureOurSurvival & lead us into a liveable future. Stop insuring oil and gas #StopFossilFinance
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I've just written a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social letter: Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass
Just a few weeks ago the Government signed a £1.1bn deal agreeing new subsidies with Lynemouth, the UK’s sixth largest polluter. Just like Drax, Lynemouth burns trees from precious forests around the ...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Andy Burnham, Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper, James Purnell, David Lammy, Bridget Phillpson, Peter Kyle, and many other Labour senior figures support Labour Friends of Israel. They're not going to lift the ban.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
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Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Palawan’s watersheds sustain upland communities, farmers and fisherfolk downstream. Nickel mining threatens them all. Stand with Indigenous Pala’wan people defending their ancestral land rom Calmia Nickel Inc. ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
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Philippines: stand with the Indigenous resistance to nickel mining in Palawan!
Palawan, long celebrated as the Philippines’ last ecological frontier, has become ground zero for a disturbing pattern: nickel mining advancing with impunity while the rights of Indigenous peoples are...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
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Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name to make sure Burnham keeps his word. water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/s/AvlgZH
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Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tell Ireland: protect Palestinian and Lebanese kids - sanction Israel action.eko.org/a/ireland-sa...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
⚽🔴 A US player gets a red card. Trump calls up. The card vanishes. FIFA's Infantino is cosying up to Trump instead of protecting fair play. Add your name to demand an investigation into FIFA’s leader 👇 action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...
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Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A fascinating investigation into the funders of Restore from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - and an interesting link to Camelot Castle in Cornwall. A hotbed of Scientology! bylinetimes.com/2026/07/10/w...
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Who Is Really Bankrolling Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain
Byline Times investigates the figures behind the Elon Musk-backed far-right rival to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate Please read and share democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...
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"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/07/2026
🚨The UK-US pharma deal with Trump will cost 229,000 lives in England. The deal is so bad that the editor of the British Medical Journal says it suggests "We’ll kill our poor people to make your rich companies richer”. Dear Andy Burnham, tear up this deal as Prime Minister. Thank you.
A graphic with pictures of Trump and Burnham, a Guardian headline screenshot that says "US-UK drug deal would result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests", and a demand that Andy Burnham "show Trump the red card and tear up the pharma deal"
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Two billionaires who live abroad are planning to sidestep the Government's £100,000 cap on overseas donations. It's clear we need to kick big money out of our politics entirely with a donations cap. Please sign the petition. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/194728/...
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It’s happening again…
Two billionaires who live abroad are planning to sidestep the Government's £100,000 cap on overseas donations. It's clear we need to kick big money out of our politics entirely with a donations cap.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yeah dead right. Met my MP's PA yesterday at PSC lobby in Westminster Hall and lobbied her urging that UK govt call out Israel's genocide, stop arms sales to Israel, stop trade with illegal settlements, exercise Palantir break clause. Get a spine Britain.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I've just signed a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop Drax, Stop Dirty Data Centres!
Data centres’ huge demand for energy can’t be allowed to prop up dirty polluting tree-burning power stations like Drax. We can’t sacrifice a safe climate for AI pipedreams. The business behind Drax,...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
UPDATE Mr Justice Johnson has resumed his prosecution for alleged “contempt of court”. Rajiv was the defence barrister for Lottie Head (Filton 4), and is believed to be the first barrister in British legal history to be pursued over the contents of their closing speech.
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Santander: stop the Ariana mining project actions.eko.org/a/santander-...
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The government has just advised businesses not to trade with illegal Israeli settlements. But with no consequences for businesses that refuse to comply, this is a cop out. We need a complete ban on trade with illegal settlements, and sanctions targeting the illegal occupation. Share if you agree.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The UK is being sued for £300 million for halting the Cumbria coal mine, via a secretive tribunal which gives corporations special rights. Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Rosebank is a disaster that we can still stop, but the oil industry will stop at nothing to get it over the line. I've written to my MP to make sure the Government stands firm and rejects Rosebank once and for all. Can you do the same? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask your MP to Stop Rosebank for good.
Rosebank is a disaster that we can still stop, but the oil industry will stop at nothing to get it over the line. I've written to my MP to make sure the Government stands firm and rejects Rosebank on...
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Water companies continue dumping sewage and ripping us off; it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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gjoallan.bsky.social @gjoallan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Britain’s voting system is broken. 100 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it. But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask your MP to back the amendment to fix our broken voting system.
Last month’s elections have shown just how broken our voting system is. 100 MPs have just supported an amendment demanding a total review of this system, and a change to proportional representation. ...
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