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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature

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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🌳This death of the Major Oak is tragic. 🌲But it joins a community of ancient oaks from Sherwood that were all killed in the 30s - 60s when Corsican Pine was planted throughout the area. 👎We saddened by an individual death, but but un-moved by ecocide! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New research shows the Gulf Stream is much more likely to collapse - plunging Western Europe into freezing temperatures and summer drought🌊 ONLY reaching NET ZERO can halt this✅️ Yet oil funded Reform UK cancell net zero commitments wherever elected🛢 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
❎️ It's simply beyond the ability of Labour to sustainably manage UK fishing. 🐟 Soon Cod and Mackeral will be gone. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ UK-caught cod as population plunges
Marine Conservation Society warns that fish numbers have reached dangerous point of decline
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🦆Labour fail to stop the shooting of rare birds! ✅️ There, fixed that headline. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Shooting restricted for six British wild birds to halt population decline
Woodcocks and pochard, pintail and goldeneye ducks among threatened species protected by proposals
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🐳 83 countries have signed the High Seas Treaty. 🐋 This could protect of 30% of the High Seas by 2030. A vital lifeline to marine ecosystems. 💚 Finally some real hope in an otherwise bleak world. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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What is the High Seas Treaty? The agreement ratified by 83 countries
The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters took effect on Saturday
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
UK NATURE'S RIGHTS BILL LAUNCHED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY The bill reclassifies nature as a SUBJECT of law, with legal personhood. It recognises that neither humans or economies can exist without nature. This profound but positive disruption is needed NOW. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights
Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
BOTTOM TRAWLING IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO CONTINUE Government has announced that efforts to ban this super destructive method of fishing are "disproportionate." Labour's #WarOnNature continues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Labour has announced a continuation and expansion of the badger cull. This despite the advice of the Natural England Scientific chief. The war on nature continues. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials against advice of own science chief
Exclusive: Supplementary culls set to begin in nine areas from Sunday and 10 areas from September
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
💯 An excellent choice I would say. ✅️His priorities include poverty and the environment. 📣 Lets hope @PopeLeo quickly gets to work helping the far right and MAGA cultists understand that their ideology is the antithesis of Christ. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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MAGA melts down over ‘WOKE MARXIST POPE’ who is a ‘Never Trumper liberal’
Laura Loomer lamented that the new pope ‘is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis,’ adding that it’s ‘GROSS’ that he now leads the Catholic Church
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
@UKLabour is backtracking on a new rule that would require a Swift Friendly brick, in new build houses. They think it's woke. I think they've completely lost the plot. Sign the petition below. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...
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Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts
Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...
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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
For as long as I’ve been a @greenparty.org.uk member, @jonathanelmer.bsky.social has been the constant driving force at election time - pushing all of us North East folk to do better Jonathan’s hard work in his community has now been vindicated with his re-election, and election of a second Green!
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Chris Williams @chrisw100.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congratulations Durham Greens Now up to 2 seats on Durham Council - two more people to hold Reform to account So pleased for @jonathanelmer.bsky.social #GetGreensElected
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
😬 The #LabourParty roll-back of protections for UK Wildlife has been unprecedented. 💡 It's becoming clear that #keir_Starmer himself is the driving force, as he seeks to curry favour with corporations. 📢 He said so himself! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Wildlife Trusts have stepped up their opposition to Labour's Planning & Infrastructure Bill which: -rolls back existing site protections -allows for impacts to be balanced off site -will create geographic DEAD ZONES www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/chariti...
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Charities challenge Ministers: fix the Planning Bill, or nature will pay the price | The Wildlife Trusts
In a joint letter, over 30 charity leaders issued a warning to Government calling for urgent repairs to the new planning reforms. The reforms fail to deliver the Government’s promise of a ‘win-win’ fo...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
💚ANGLERS 1 GOVERNMENT 0 🐟Anglers fighting to improve the Costa Beck have defeated Labour's blocking tactics in court. 👏A rare victory against Labour in their war on nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Environment secretary’s appeal against Yorkshire river pollution ruling fails
Appeal court finds in favour of anglers who said plans to clean up river were so vague ​a​s to be totally ineffectual
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🐟Supertrawlers are destroying fish populations in UK Marine Protected Areas. 😔Labour have the power to stop this, but they are not! ❓️What happened to the Brexit promise to take back control of UK waters? www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/supertr...
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Supertrawlers spent 7,380 hours fishing in UK Marine Protected Areas each year since Brexit - Greenpeace UK
An investigation by Greenpeace UK reveals today that giant supertrawlers relentlessly continue to catch fish in the UK’s Marine Protected Areas, damaging precious marine habitats and fish populations,...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Labour's Planning & Infrastructure Bill positions NATURE as a BARRIER to development. It.. -drops the need for pre development nature surveys -allows for impacts to be balanced off site -will create geographic DEAD ZONES -rolls back Tory legislation! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Green leader Adrian Ramsay: Labour’s ‘growth v nature’ framing is an outrage
Co-leader says deprioritisation of net zero is ‘extremely dangerous’ as he rejects ‘nimby-in-chief’ characterisation
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Just appalled at Labours' sudden decision to cut funding for Nature Friendly Farming. It's a huge blow to nature and a huge blow to farmers. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Most people think lead shot was banned years ago, but its still the weapon of choice for the shooting industry. 🤢Birds eat it thinking its seed, people accidentally eat it in game, and the soil is poisoned. ✅Time for a complete ban! Come on Labour! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
💚Great to see agreement at COP16 on financing of the 30/30 targets, and the very late submission of the UK #NBSAP. But the emerging Planning & Infrastructure Bill gives developers freedom to bulldoze. The two don't line up at all! www.carbonbrief.org/uk-belatedly...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
✈️ #RachelReeves claims #SustainableAviationFuel will ensure airport expansion is compatible with climate and nature targets. ✖️ There is NO evidence to support this claim www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds
IPS report says replacement fuels well off track to replace kerosene within timeframe needed to avert climate disaster
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Says @rspb.bsky.social “There is some deeply shocking rhetoric coming from the UK government" Yes. The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are physical realities that the government ignores at all of our peril www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Labour risks ‘powder keg’ clash with environmentalists as it puts growth before going green
As chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plan to expand London airports gains traction, the party is accused of back-pedalling on its green commitments
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
#democracy - it would be a good idea. And it demands getting the #BigMoney out of politics www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Nearly two-thirds of Britons say very rich have too much influence on politics
Opinium survey of 2,000 adults found concern about the impact of growing wealth inequality in the UK
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Labour have just trashed a bill that only intended to ensure compliance with agreed Climate and Nature targets. DO YOU SEE THEM YET? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers
Ministers avoid internal party row by promising potential rebels they will have input into environmental legislation
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
To whom are you beholden?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
A story in two parts: Green Party - "(Tories) protest came after Zack Polanski refused to host an all-male panel discussion." The Tories- "We’re not going to put up with the wokery" and walked out of the committee. Then we got on with the meeting. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Tories walk out of City Hall meeting in protest over 'wokery'
The protest came after the Green Party’s Zack Polanski refused to agree to host an all-male panel discussion
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
On the bright side...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
And as the Tuna dissappear, their financial value increases. The only chance they stand is through #RightsOfNature legislation. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Sushi restaurateurs fork out $1.3m for motorbike-sized tuna at auction in Tokyo
Onodera Group paid second highest price ever at prestigious annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish market
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Jenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Here's some common sense about what should lead our news from @robertsaunders.bsky.social I want to hear about events, UK and worldwide, not nutty outbursts from a 'foreign plutocrat' which are low on news value.
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Labour needs to understand that functional natural systems support all life, including our own.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
An interesting read "Given money is indirectly granted personhood through mechanical pursuit of profits among corporations as ‘legal persons’, increasingly difficult to see why Amazonian rainforest should have less legal support" #RightsofNature www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alf-...
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Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World
Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving theWorld examines the emergence of money and its social and ecological repercussions. It views money as a new phenomenon in the evolution of ...
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It's not just Musk, there are British millionaires bankrolling national policy choices. #Labour have the power to reform party funding, but seem happy with the status quo. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
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It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late, writes former Electoral Commission David Howarth.
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Come on Labour, stop the pointless slaughter of wildlife.
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMMY Marcus is having to lobby his local MP (The Foreign Secretary) to get involved. Come on David, it's your actual job now. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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UK teenager begins Dubai jail term for relationship with 17-year-old girl
Marcus Fakana hands himself in to authorities and will serve year-long sentence in Dubai’s al-Awir prison
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It's basically women's fault for existing!
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Jenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Terrible Govt decision. Many of us tried to stop these repressive measures being passed in the Lords, but @uklabour.bsky.social let the laws go through unopposed. We should have known then that they might use them. 😠
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Labour's planning reforms capitulate control to bulk developers. But the self same companies are ignoring their responsibilities to nature. It's a dark future for UK wildlife. wildjustice.org.uk/general/lost...
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Lost Nature - housing developers fail to deliver their ecological commitments. - Wild Justice
Below you will find two versions of the Lost Nature report; a summary version (20 pages) and a full report […]
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
📣 The media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question Time The BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration By Dr Russell Jackson
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The media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question Time
The BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The silence of the Lammy (his MP) www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
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Brit teen issues 5-word statement from Dubai after being sentenced over fling
Marcus Fakana has been left shocked by the sentence for a holiday romance with a fellow Londoner
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#AngelaRayner pits people against nature in an attempt to draw attention away from the real reasons homes are not built. Evidence of an increasingly close relationship between Labour and the bulk house builders.
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 11/12/2024
It's not just foxes that suffer due to illegal hunting.....
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The assisted dying debate highlighted the importance of palliative care. However, palliative care is in a state of collapse due to underfunding. Will government step in to save St.Cuthberts Hospice? www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2478759...
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Durham hospice in crisis with dozens of jobs at risk amid spiralling costs
Much-loved Durham hospice St Cuthbert's is in crisis - and dozens of jobs are now at risk amid spiralling costs.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
📢 Stop the Badger Cull! 🦡 Every signature counts. Let’s hit 100,000 signatures to protect these innocent animals. Sign the petition now: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"We're a multi-party democracy, trying to jam every possible shape into a square hole." Excellent article by @josiah.writes.news citing research by @electoralreform.bsky.social. Nearly 78% of votes in 2024 didn't directly affect the local result. FPTP isn't working. bylinetimes.com/2024/12/10/b...
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'Britain's Deeply Unfair Two-Party Electoral System is Dying and MPs Know It'
Startling new research reveals that this year's General Election was the 'most disproportionate ever' with millions of votes wasted
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
“What we’re trying to achieve here is making sure that we’ve got fresher minds for longer,” he said. “Because that’s when we’re doing our best work.” Four-day week makes sense for employers, as well as employees and society www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/b...
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Inside the Four-Day Workweek Experiment
A British group is pushing for more companies to offer their workers shorter hours. Here’s what it looks like for two companies willing to test it out.
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Jenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Today ... Hoping to join five campaign events, plus the Football Bill. A We Own It protest at the Dept of Env, a @unison.org.uk event on clean water, two transport safety meetings, then finally at 7pm a Water Bill briefing re sewage. I say 'hoping' cos timing of Bill debates can be unpredictable.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Proud of what we have built with the Bylines Network in a few short years… …a complete answer to the billionaire buyout & destruction of local media — our own network of citizen journalism that lets the residents of communities write the news. Follow all in our starter pack —> go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
Map of the UK with nations and regions colour coded by the Bylines publications of their areas.
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Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature @jonathanelmer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
@AngelReyner deliberately misrepresenting the planning system to pit people against nature a) Newts don't stop construction as they are translocated b) The lack of biodiversity is a much bigger threat than the problems with the property market. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Prioritise people’s needs ‘over newts’ in housing policy, says Angela Rayner
Housing secretary says wildlife should be protected but not at the expense of building the homes the country needs
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Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 01/12/2024
Together with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social we're counting down to Christmas with the top 20 worst fox hunting crimes we have exposed. #MerryChristmas
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