Reposted by Julian MorganGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 11/01/2025“Public services should be in public hands, not making profits for shareholders. Support common ownership of rail, mail, energy and water; end outsourcing in our NHS, local government and justice system” Keir Starmer 38640
Reposted by Julian MorganPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/12/2024UK exported 8,500 tonnes of pesticides that are banned on British farms because of the dangers they pose to human health and nature. Profits prioritised over people, with full approval of the state. Today someone else, tomorrow it will happen to you. unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/12/08/u...unearthed.greenpeace.org‘Ultimate hypocrisy’: UK exported 8,500 tonnes of banned pesticides last year 13512275
Reposted by Julian MorganSage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 23/05/2024Find the Snow Leopard looking directly at you 1361224298
Reposted by Julian MorganMim💙 🇪🇺🇺🇦 💛 @mirminx55.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I miss real journalism which is why I support @bylinetimes.bsky.social @yorksbylines.bsky.social 14800160
Reposted by Julian Morgan2Tone4Real @2tone4real.bsky.social · 08/09/2024No.9 bsky.app/profile/2ton... 113127
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Reposted by Julian MorganJohn Johnston @bawsman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Wonder what’s wrong at the BBC? 🤔 47322
Reposted by Julian MorganGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16/12/20244/ This 'Protected Landscapes duty' was enshrined - following a LOT of campaigning by groups like @wclnews.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social - into the Levelling Up Act passed by the last govt. However, it doesn't yet have full legal force - until the govt pass regulations to this effect. 1187
Reposted by Julian MorganGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16/12/20243/ Thirdly, Labour have announced they will lay regulations to ensure landowning public bodies & water companies have a strong 'Protected Landscapes duty'. This means they have to 'seek to further' the purposes & Management Plans of National Parks & National Landscapes: www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukGuidance for relevant authorities on seeking to further the purposes of Protected Landscapes 1216
Reposted by Julian MorganGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16/12/20242/ The Government have also announced they will "revamp governance" of National Parks & National Landscapes. That has to mean changes to the Boards that govern NPAs/ NLs - too many of whom lack diversity, and, in my view, over-represent landed interests: whoownsengland.org/2019/06/24/a...whoownsengland.orgAre landed interests over-represented on England’s National Park Authorities?Image: Frank Sherwin, 1952. Science Museum collection. This post is by Guy Shrubsole. 30% of the appointed members of England’s 9 National Park Authorities have interests in land, farming or forest… 2205
Reposted by Julian MorganGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Very good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature". This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/ defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk75th Anniversary of the National Parks Act: New legislation to ensure Protected Landscapes are fit for the futureToday is the 75th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. Read how the government is marking the occasion by empowering our Protected Landscapes. 522467
Reposted by Julian MorganWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 16/12/2024🚨 Tomorrow, Thames Water is asking the High Court to rubber stamp a £3 BILLION vulture loan to bail it out. To pay it back could cost £250 a YEAR from every household bill! Register and join the protest to BLOCK THE BAILOUT at 10.30 outside the Court. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dear-steve... 39676
Reposted by Julian MorganSarahTonin @iamsarahtonin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024:Add your name to the petition & repost to stop #KeirStarmer giving the #DWP powers to scrutinise disabled people's bank accounts: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne... #Benefits #Disability #disabilitybenefitsthe.organise.networkPrevent the DWP scrutinising disabled people's bank accountsAdd your name: 067
Reposted by Julian MorganSaid Sami @saidsami.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Once Elected... Simply summed up beautifully👌👏 341406353
Reposted by Julian MorganBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents. It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years. There should be no profit in education or healthcare. 9637701297
Reposted by Julian MorganTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Cartoon: Nick Newman 526148
Reposted by Julian MorganLeft Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 13/12/2024This announcement has gone down badly with Labour's LGBT+ wingleftfootforward.orgLabour LGBT+ group voices ‘deep concern’ over Wes Streeting’s ban on puberty blockersStreeting has said the blockers present ‘an unacceptable safety risk for children and young people’ 12211
Reposted by Julian MorganBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Also see Landlords and CEO's. 10582125
Reposted by Julian MorganPaul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 11/12/2024What happened to the guardians of UK press standards and why is it that IPSO does nothing to improve the shocking record of the press and media in this country? It's time Starmer stepped up to the plate. The UK has the least trusted media in the OECD www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/t...thelondoneconomic.comThe UK has the least trusted media in the OECDThe UK has the least trusted news media in the OECD, new polling by the intergovernmental organisation OECD has revealed. 910940
Reposted by Julian MorganZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Wes Streetings decision to ban puberty blockers should be called out for what it is. He's playing culture wars where trans & non binary youth are collateral damage & Labour dance to Reforms tune. An attack on trans people is an attack on our LGBTQ+ community. We must say no. 25489178
Reposted by Julian Morganpaulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 09/12/2024@mwuerker.bsky.social 126118871967
Reposted by Julian MorganTechpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 08/12/2024If anyone is wondering how wind power generation holds up in a storm... Three Quarters of UK power generation is currently wind power alone. There's so much renewable power online that the UK is currently exporting electricity to Denmark and even Norway 516557
Julian Morgan @julianmorgan65.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Many years ago I spent several hours in a DIY hide cramped & bitten by mozzies trying to get a photo of a baby tawny owl. It showed up exactly one minute after it was too dark. At breakfast the next morning our 6 year old pointed out the kitchen window and said 'owl' as if this happened everyday 130
Reposted by Julian MorganFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Left: Romania has canceled the results of an election after they declassify intelligence to show Russian interference Right: Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak all refused to investigate Russian interference in Brexit because all four of them used Brexit to become PM 16634221
Reposted by Julian MorganPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Government’s decision to slash winter fuel payments set to be reignited as new evidence reveals more than one million older people are skipping meals because of financial concerns & millions more are turning down heating or reducing hours they turn it on www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comOne million elderly people skipping meals amid winter fuel benefit crisisThe row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new research 44459192
Reposted by Julian MorganChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/12/2024I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign. 9955704113434
Julian Morgan @julianmorgan65.bsky.social · 07/12/2024If you were offered a job at £2.94 an hour would you take it? Didn't think so Thats what carers get so long as they work a minimum of 35 hours a week. If, as I do, they work over 100 hours they dont get a penny more + it gets deducted from other benefits petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Stop deducting carer's allowance from income based welfareCurrently carer's allowance affects income based welfare. Carer's allowance is deducted from income based welfare like universal credit and Income based ESA. 21410
Reposted by Julian MorganWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/12/2024🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal. ⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal. 📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...weownit.org.ukTell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS! 43606528
Reposted by Julian MorganPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR. I think he’s talking absolute boll****. What about you? 66419122
Reposted by Julian MorganProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 06/12/2024BREAKING: Time is running out for badgers! Thousands more face slaughter unless we act now. We’re aiming for 100K signatures—your signature will help make a difference! 📢 Sign & share: 🦡✍️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB controlThe Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W... 15838
Julian Morgan @julianmorgan65.bsky.social · 06/12/2024If you're getting pretty sick of hearing politicians throw around the word 'billion' as if it weren't an unimaginably vast sum such as we normally confine to astronomy, then maybe it helps to know that your average wage earner would take 7,000 years to earn a billion? www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-5...bbc.co.ukWhat does a billion pounds look like?The number is thrown around a lot, especially during election campaigning - but what does it mean? 020
Reposted by Julian MorganLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This plan is so ridiculous I can't believe I'm about to write these words - water companies want to build pipelines to divert sewage away from protected rivers to... other rivers & lakes with fewer legal protections...& they want to raise our bills to pay for it... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCustomers set to pay for new sewage pipelines - BBC NewsWater companies are to spend billions of pounds of consumers' money building new pipelines. 17189124
Reposted by Julian MorganMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation… The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media” We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.sussexbylines.co.ukWe need a free pressIt’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled 14136241305
Julian Morgan @julianmorgan65.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Ornitholigists think this albatross has flown over 3,000,000 miles since she was first tagged in 1956. That's the same as flying around the world 120 times and (just for giggles) it's a bit more than if she'd flown to the moon and back six times. bsky.app/profile/pape... 120
Reposted by Julian MorganLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 04/12/2024"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on) youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5asyoutu.beYes, it's a genocideYouTube video by Led By Donkeys 6538501966
Reposted by Julian MorganGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Just did a string of BBC radio interviews about the 75th anniversary of National Parks, how nature is doing terribly in them & how Labour need to reform them for the 21st century - restoring slashed budgets, a new nature recovery duty & more land brought into public ownership 1033957
Reposted by Julian MorganThe Ferret @theferret.scot · 02/12/2024🔴NEW: More than three million pheasants and partridges were imported into Scotland throughout the most severe bird flu outbreak in history – a move critics say risked endangering native birds. Find out more: theferret.scot/millions-gam... 34228
Reposted by Julian MorganDr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024If you're a benefits claimant who is vulnerable right now, I strongly recommend muting the hashtag #Dispatches over the next 72 hours. It pretends to offer care for those wanting to work while stealthily piling on blame, implying benefits are too generous to want to leave. 2367
Reposted by Julian MorganDr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Disabled people in the UK face £583 extra costs per month on average, even after benefits are taken into account. One in five disabled people face extra costs of over £1,000 per month. Disabled people are exceptionally likely to live in poverty. #Dispatches 117167
Reposted by Julian MorganDr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 02/12/2024As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who works with many people on benefits nationally, let me truth-check #Dispatches: - Benefits are grossly inadequate - The system is dehumanising - Invisible disabilities are as valid as visible ones. Stop the cruelty. Uplift #benefits. 521861
Reposted by Julian MorganDr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Any new housing should be built fit for the future, and a big part of that is energy efficiency. The Government must ensure all new social homes are built to the highest standards - to keep homes warm, bring down bills, and reduce emissions. 1217952
Reposted by Julian MorganChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Day 2 of my (b)advent calendar highlighting the top 20 worst fox hunting crimes with @huntsabs.bsky.social . . . it’s a recent one from the West Somerset Vale Hunt This isn’t trail hunting , it’s wildlife crime . #RealBanNow 34852267