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Gary

@huitcent.bsky.social
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Doing what we can, solar, battery, EV and ASHP, cycle mostly ! Insulated bits of a 1930’s solid wall bungalow and it’s lovely.💚

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big business excels at tax evasion so the rest of us suckers have to pay more "Starbucks brought in £556 million from coffee sales in the UK last year. Yet the taxman paid them £13.7 million. Not a typo. Not unlawful. Just the tax rules operating exactly as they are written." via Immanuel Ezekiel
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 26/09/2026
We need more Greens in Parliament to hold Labour to account 💚
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 22/09/2026
Overshooting 1.5°C is not a reason to give up. On the contrary, it’s a reason to act faster, because the higher the temperature rise and the longer it stays there, the greater the damage. Here’s what “overshoot” means and why every fraction of a degree matters.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man who migrated to another country to avoid taxes says Britain's problem is migration and taxes that he doesn't pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Jim Ratcliffe: UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’
Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Gary @huitcent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@nebriefing.bsky.social This free film is being shown in Potters Bar at 3pm on Sunday 27th September. It gives a clear overview of where we are now with Climate Change, food security, energy security etc. Please come along & please share widely. Thank you 🙏 wyllyottstheatre.co.uk/whats-on/peo...
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People's Emergency Briefing (12A) | Wyllyotts Theatre
Heatwaves and funny weather got you thinking about what the future may look like? Learn more through this FREE FILM screening, presented by Chris Packham with contributions from Deborah Meaden and oth...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026
“A real test of this government will be torule out new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The reason they have decided not to announce that before the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is incredibly telling.” Caroline Lucas on the government’s refusal to rule out new oil and gas on #BBCQT.
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Labour and Burnham have been silent on capping political donations while Reform gets £72 million from Farage's billionaire mates. We need @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Parliament to hold Labour to account, not another Labour backbencher to wave through Burnham's policies without scrutiny.
A quote from Rachel Millward, Deputy Leader of the Green Party. It reads, "Reform is a vessel for the super wealthy. They will always act in the interests of the super wealthy. Labour could have stopped this years ago by capping donations. Burnham promised to do it then backtracked. Will he now admit this was a mistake? Burnham and Labour have been quiet on a donations cap for the last 24 hours. The public needs to know where he stands."
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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's not enough to say the donors won't get peerages or contracts. They don't ask for either. Those donations are for political influence, to turn this 🇬🇧 into a place where only the super rich thrive, where crypto currency is not regulated, and there's no protection for ordinary working folk.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Migrants and refugees should be welcomed and treated with dignity and respect, not met with balaclavas.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Thank you @gilltav.bsky.social for reminding us all of the Police response in 2021 👇 when some 40 environmental activists of Insulate Britain blocked the Port of Dover: 39 arrests. Compare that to yesterday when 200-400 fascist paramilitaries intimidated Dover town and blocked the Port: 0 arrests.
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Port of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks port
Queues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Ban the Burqa!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's Day 3 and we've knocked on thousands of doors. The response is already incredible. We can absolutely win this. Join us on Sunday for our huge day out! t.co/gi7awKPvrq
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 31/08/2026
Britain should be at the forefront of the global fight against climate change. The Conservatives trying to scrap our climate commitments is the opposite of leadership.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Months after the govt announced they were looking into decoupling the price of electricity from gas, we still have no further details or timelines on these plans - all while families across the UK face down surging energy bills. I've written to the SoS for Energy Security and Net Zero for answers.
I am writing to you regarding the urgent need to address the high and inflated cost of electricity, 
particularly in light of this week’s announcement that, from October, households already 
struggling with the cost of living will face the highest energy costs in three years. 
As you are aware, billpayers across the country remain at the mercy of volatile global fossil fuel 
markets due to the UK’s marginal pricing system. Under this system gas-fired power stations set 
the wholesale price of electricity the majority of the time, even though cheaper renewables 
generate a significant and growing share of our energy. 
This flawed system has repeatedly resulted in huge spikes to household energy bills and cost the 
UK economy billions. Since 2021, £90 billion extra has been spent on gas, with £40 billion in 
public money used to cushion soaring household bills (Greenpeace, 2025). 
Considering this, the government’s announcement earlier this year that it would look into breaking 
the link between gas prices and electricity prices marked a welcome acknowledgment that this 
system is broken and needs to change.  
However, months have now passed seemingly without any published updates, detailed plans, or 
clear timelines on how exactly this is being delivered, let alone when billpayers will feel the 
benefits. While the public waits for action, volatile global gas prices are once again pushing bills 
up just in time for winter.  
I also have concerns that the model of decoupling announced, which relies on electricity 
generators voluntarily leaving the market, will not properly break the link and deliver substantially 
lower bills. By pursuing a more ambitious model of market decoupling, such as the approach set 
out in Greenpeace’s Power Shift proposal or Common Wealth’s fixed price model proposals, the 
government would cut average bills by hundreds of pounds, while simultaneously taking real 
control over our energy system and accelerating the transition to clean, affo…plans, timelines, and progress to implement the decoupling policy, and whether you are 
considering adopting a more thorough model of price decoupling.  
I look forward to hearing your response and to seeing swift, decisive action on this critical issue.
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The end of our society will be: 1- spectacular 2- extremely well-documented 3- painful beyond imagination Everything you love, Every location you love Everyone you love will be damaged, destroyed or killed What about 600 killed in China ? #ClimateChange #Metacrisis
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I mean… this is a painful watch. Here we are, Brexit Britain, in our not-so-splendid isolation, being battered on trade, less secure, less reliable, less trusted… just so much less… Canada wants in and we still can’t admit what arrogant, clueless fools we were for throwing it all away.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Selling the oil and gas from new North Sea fields would generate £28.7 bn And burning it would cause £119-336 billion in economic damage Yet there's nothing special about those fields, I bet you'd find similar figures for any fossil fuels. That stuff is deadly
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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/08/2026
Reform UK wants power. But it's haemorrhaging recruits - resigning, suspended, or quitting Farage's outfit - then mopping up failed Tories to fill the gaps. The pattern is the story. But no one's keeping track. Until now. 👇 bestforbritain.org/reform-uk-defect…
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This supercharged El Niño will raise global temperatures and shift rainfall, causing severe drought in some regions and flooding in others. In the UK we expect to go straight from a summer of drought to an autumn/winter of heavy rain and flooding. interactive.carbonbrief.org/el-nino-expl...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you lied like this in a normal job you’d be sacked, why is white Reform leader George Finch still in office? Why are our journos who’ve been clutching their pearls defending publishing stories in the public interest not hounding him for fabricating complaints & lying to his constituents 🤨 ?
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So moving to see real results for children so quickly from the London ULEZ 👏💚 Let us never forget what a political knife edge this policy faced before it came in. We need a new national Clean Air Act - Ella’s Law - to reduce health risks from air pollution everywhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 15/08/2026
“It isn't corruption despite their values, it's corruption entirely consistent with their values.” Rachel Millward, Green Party Deputy Leader, arguing against the motion ‘This House Believes Reform is Fit to Govern’ at the Oxford Union.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Please share with family and friends to get the petition to 100,000 for a parliamentary debate. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #NationalEmergencyBriefing
Graphic with the NEB flag logo saying the country deserves the full picture - sign the government petition for a televised briefing
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Matthew Todd @matthewtodd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dr Charlie Gardner, conservation scientist at the university of Kent, explaining the UK government has no plan to protect us from the coming food crisis that even farmers are now warning about. Largely ignored by media also. #wildfires #climatechange
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office. Until we stop burning fossil fuels, this summer will be one of the coolest of the rest of our lifetimes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – latest news
Prediction comes amid warning of ‘extreme heat’ this week with temperatures of 38C possible
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last week Zack Polanski and the Green Party held a press conference with Chris Packham, the BBC did not play full clips of it This morning, Nigel Farage and Reform UK held a press conference, since, the BBC have continued to play full clips from it
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A climate scientist is clearly brilliant on climate science & the dangers of this moment. Even more powerful @kevinclimate.bsky.social says "As individuals we don't have much power. When we're a collective, we have so much power." It's time to take back our power. youtu.be/mBFos_T7cT0?...
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Ex Oil-Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is Britain, under a Labour government.
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Gary @huitcent.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hey! Can you sign this urgent petition? Life-threatening heatwaves in the UK are causing chaos and claiming lives. We’re demanding an urgent extreme heat strategy - heat-proofed schools, hospitals and care homes - funded by taxing the fossil fuel giants cooking our planet. It takes 30 seconds 🙏
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
‘Last month, an investigation led by Pogrund, editor of the Sunday Times’s Insight team, revealed that Farage had been secretly funded by convicted criminal George Cottrell, known as “Posh George”. @emilylawford Read the full story here: newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…’
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The petition for a televised emergency briefing just passed 50,000. Thanks for your help. What if everyone who’s signed it asks one other friend or family member to do so…. 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
More of this please 👏 #ClimateLeadership
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
As usual it's worth looking at facts rather than knee-jerking. Three solar parks are proposed, all are pre-DCO application All three are proposed to be built on "best and most versatile farmland", in flood zone 3, within(!) or next to SSSI, Ramsar, SPA, and SAC wildlife sites. That's... insane
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Zack Polanksi, "We need to look at the £2.7 billion in tax breaks that is given to fossil fuel companies, that should go into jobs in renewables, in nature, in care"
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Professor Mike Berners-Lee, in this month’s Byline Times, explaining why it’s time for the government to level with the public about the climate and nature crisis. Article online here: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/88/n... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp
Image of the article also available in the link in the post
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Gary @huitcent.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@faizashaheen.bsky.social great balance added to the debate on GMB. It did seem like both of you were pushing back on NF 👏
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
1/ Kemi Badenoch says she isn't a climate denier. Let's take her at her word. Here are five findings she wrote around this week as though they don't exist. 🧵
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Gary @huitcent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In a recent Podcast with Gabriel Zucman he mentioned countries should develop a US style tax, where even if you leave you pay tax, you have benefited from all the societal structures to make money & if you needed help, your home country would come to your aid( like the recent flights from Dubai).
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
We had so much fun warming the planet , didn't we? Those giant SUVs Flying to watch a football match on the other side of the 🌎 or joining a wedding Then, something went wrong 🔥🔥 🤣🤣 🔥🔥 #ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis #WarOnNature #Wildfires #Climatemergency
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Susan SB Count Binface Appreciation Society My Dad: my hero!! He's 94 and partially deaf but he ran rings around this Reform Councillor today who was canvassing fof Nigel Farage Also my Dad never ever swore in front of us growing up when he said that's absolute b*ll*cks it made my day! #BinfortheWin
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A letter to the Prime Minister from the #𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 experts in today's @financialtimes.com. Please share. Link to a zoomable image: www.nebriefing.org/media With thanks to Business Declares. #TimeToStepUp #NationalRenewal
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