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Lee Irving

@magpieuk.bsky.social
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Green Party member, proud member of anti growth coalition. Based NE England, UK Ruby on Rails developer

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Lee Irving @magpieuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If there is panic selling of bonds, who is panic buying?
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Barry @northernbarry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Cleona @cleonaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Andy Burnham may be saying the right things, but he's still arresting people protesting genocide, still drilling for more chaos-inducing oil fields. A new Labour backbencher won't challenge him. We need Green Party MPs representing real people's interests, and Zack especially! #voteZack #voteGreen 💚
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Campaigning With Zack Polanski In Holborn & St Pancras - Episode 2
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Lee Irving @magpieuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Burnham on LK prevaricating on Heathrow runway 3, one eye on the Holborn by-election? Is he going to back it after the vote?
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Heathrow third runway is “betrayal of climate commitments, betrayal of communities breathing polluted air, and betrayal of our children’s future" says @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
standard.co.uk
Polanski slams Heathrow third runway 'great betrayal' as Holborn by-election hots up
Green leader says new runway is “betrayal of climate commitments, betrayal of communities breathing polluted air, and betrayal of our children’s future’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is a lot of misinformation about the UK social security spending. The chart below shows Total UK social security spending as a percentage of GDP, 2013/14 to 2030/31 (spending & forecast) 55% goes to pensioners, the remainder covers everything else. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/welfare-refo...
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 21/09/2026
Just look at that chart?! This is shaping up to be the strongest El Niño of all time - by quite some margin... "Remarkable, in part, because of how early in the calendar year it is occurring. El Niño typically peaks in the winter months, most commonly in November or December."
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.
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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ian Hislop from @privateeyenews.bsky.social pointed out that during WW2 the RNLI rescued German and Italian crews, because their remit is the preservation of human life. They rescued people who were actively at war with our country, and they didn't face this level of hostility. This shit must stop!
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Chthönic Smïth @chthonicsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And we constantly here the same trope, "Legitimate concerns", yeah, well what about our legitimate concerns about gangs of balaclava wearing 'militia' harrassing local areas and emergency workers with impunity?
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
AI can now detect, automate, and chain together exploits faster than any human hacker can. That is significant. Which means that the system vulnerabilities once considered not so low hanging fruit are actually very low hanging.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The anthropic whistleblower is like "no other activity has the potential to create human extinction." Well, speaking as someone who works for a climate think tank, I can think of one
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Lee Irving @magpieuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
AI bosses are calling for a slowdown/pause. Are they scared of what they are creating or are they realising its limitations and need time to IPO
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Im 💯 sure when asked what I wanted to be when I grow up I never said a pissed off woman cursing out the patriarchy while watching Democracy burn down but here I am killing it.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I see commentators using terms like “DEI” I immediately suspect that they’re trying to ignite a US inspired (and maybe funded?) culture war here. Because the acronym used in the UK is EDI - equality, diversity, inclusion - linked to the equality act 2010. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/1...
legislation.gov.uk
Equality Act 2010
An Act to make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economi...
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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
There are over* 3,000 people in the UK who can't enjoy the heat. Because the heat killed them. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
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☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌈🗿🌻💙💛⭐️ @astartiel.substack.com · 14/08/2026
If only those 66% who stayed home would've gone and voted for The Bin, they could've thrown out the garbage Farage for good. 🤷🏻‍♀️🙄
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"That's it for the four cast, hope you're wiser" - Matt Frei, @channel4news.bsky.social No, I'm not! You just hosted a completely one-sided discussion with 3 Net Zero sceptics who all lined up to trash the #ClimateChange Act & validate Badenoch's plan to revoke it That's not balanced journalism!
https://youtu.be/Nf9umJ-TD9w
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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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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Well wouldn’t you know it? The Telegraph is having to report that Britain has suffered the biggest fall in wealth in the world! Who knew that cutting a trading country off from its own economic hinterland would make us poor? #BrexitBrokeBritain #RejoinEU #BrexitDisaster
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I don’t know if this really happened. But if it did, I salute you Alan.
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Lee Irving @magpieuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social saying that @zackpolanski.bsky.social was incorrect when talking about heat deaths in the UK. Well there is another report, it’s also an estimate but it shows 2877. The report also talks about why it’s an estimate. Don’t look up! www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Interim heat mortality monitoring report, England: May and June 2026
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
​A UNSW study reveals a "triple whammy" of winds, greenhouse gases, and ocean mixing has flipped the Southern Ocean. Deep-stored ocean heat is breaking through, converting Antarctica from a crucial climate buffer into an amplifier of global warming. 📉 #ClimateCrisis
unsw.edu.au
Drivers of Antarctica’s dramatic sea ice decline could accelerate global warming: new research
For decades, Antarctic sea ice appeared resistant to global warming. Now, scientists say a cascade of ocean and atmospheric changes has ‘flipped the system’ – and the consequences could accelerate cli...
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Turns out that the incident on Sunday with a collapsed crane at the port of Tyne is a lot more serious. Lots of plastic pollution across the ne coastline. I hope the shipping company that caused this is forced to pay for the cleanup. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide
Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Drax power station produced more carbon emissions than any other UK site in 2025 while receiving a record £999 million in public subsidies, according to new analysis from Ember."
energylivenews.com
Drax power station is still by far our biggest polluter - Energy Live News
Drax is the biggest polluter for 11th year in a row but supplier says report authors aren't accounting correctly
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🇬🇧🇨🇦 @richard-breakfast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Turned off #LBC when honest Bob Jenrick came on for @mrjamesob.bsky.social today. Turned on @bbc5live.bsky.social and they were talking about honest Bob Jenrick being investigated by the Met. Why on earth does @lbc.co.uk have these self serving people on? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Robert Jenrick: Met investigates donation to Tory leadership campaign
The former Conservative, now Reform UK, MP says the allegations are "entirely false".
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
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"The noble Lord had stated, that it was unusual to refuse the Chiltern Hundreds, except on account of mental incapacity, or where proceedings were pending for the expulsion of the applicants from their seats. In this case, however, the House had decided that compromises had been entered into, which had the effect of obstructing the investigation of bribery; "
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
British politics has reached the silly season.
Election leaflet from Count Binface against Nigel Farage
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Sonali Gwalani @sonaligwalani.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Count Binface should call his party Recycle
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/06/2026
BBC News: "A Reform UK councillor's bid to scrap his authority's climate emergency declaration has been delayed because the chamber was too hot to debate it." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
West Norfolk council climate debate delayed due to extreme heat
Simon Ring says the fact the meeting was postponed due to the heat was "undeniably ironic".
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Lee Irving @magpieuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Cathy Newman talking about the rush to net zero, sorry what rush, we have known about the threat of climate change for over 50 years
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 05/06/2026
THEY ARE BASTARDS
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I've been out the loop. Are you genuinely telling me that Trump signed his surrender agreement in Versailles and that this really truly happened.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What an amazing story.❤️
bbc.co.uk
Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This story isn’t getting the coverage that the initial (and incorrect) allegations enjoyed.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
And here it is. For all the whining about condescension & belittling the poorly educated, nobody - and I mean nobody - holds Nigel Farage’s base in more profound contempt than Nigel Farage.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really not beating those 'gone into hiding' rumours
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Misinformation is everywhere. Listening to Hannah Spencer you realise how cynical & targeted it is. Confirmation bias of all who oppose her leads to most believing fake news without even an attempt of double-checking the 'info' they read. All it takes is a screenshot of her shirt & a reverse search.
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
How is this for quick AND expert?
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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Expert on extremism here: In 2025, there were 1798 right-wing extremism referrals to Prevent, the UK counter-extremism programme. This is *double* the amount of Islamic extremism referrals (870). And yet, the government is incapable of seeing far-right extremism as a threat. Why? 1/
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE.
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Benedek @juhasz-benedek.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
You know what UBI does? It lets people leave abusive jobs, start businesses, and go back to school. So you're against... freedom?
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