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Mark Burton

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Mostly at Mastodon: @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy I use this a/c to repost from #Mastodon / #Fediverse Scholar-activist. #degrowth #Marxist. Various topics, chiefly orientated to the pancrisis we are all in. Anti-imperialist. Manchester

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Mark Burton @marhburton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
National Emergency Briefings – what next? 3 workshops, the 1st on Thursday. Steady State Manchester What does it mean for us? Who needs to act, and how do we pressure them to do the right thing? We've still some places - if you want to come, please book. steadystatemanchester.net/2026/08/10/e...
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Events: National Emergency Briefings – what next?
Updated 11 Aug: third workshop added We bring you a series of three workshops looking at the implications of the National Emergency Briefings for Greater Manchester.  What does it mean for us? Who …
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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high
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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 29/09/2026
In 2022, the biggest 20 providers of children’s social care made £310 million in profits. At Labour Conference we're calling on Josh MacAlister OBE MP, Minister for Children and Families, to end private profit in children's social care in England. #Labour26 Sign the petition: vist.ly/5kai6
A We Own It stand outside Labour Conference: Councils are paying £7,772 a week for an average children's home placement.A We Own It stand outside Labour Conference: Wales is ending profit in children's care. Why not England?
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Greens lead, others follow. It just takes the others far too long: yes, looking at you @uklabour.bsky.social #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Green party leader pledges free social care for over-65s
Natalie Bennett revives her standing in party after disastrous LBC interview with well-received speech
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 28/09/2026
We asked delegates at #Labourconference to cast their vote on the future of Thames Water. The result? 99 votes in favour of public ownership for the failed company. #Labour26 Give your MP the facts on the future of Thames Water - send them our MP briefing. vist.ly/5k6se
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 28/09/2026
This morning, 99% of delegates polled at Labour Conference said that Thames Water should be brought into public ownership. It's SO obvious what the public want. Now it's time for Andy Burnham to do it. #labour26
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The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial
strongEditorial:/strong Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 27/09/2026
We have entered the era of Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism, but what is it and what could it mean for the country as a whole? | Mark Burton
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Manchesterism: A new politics trapped in an old economy?
We have entered the era of Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism, but what is it and what could it mean for the country as a whole?
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Abolition Day). www.un.org/en/observanc...
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Mark Burton @marhburton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The public wants public OWNERSHIP, not public CONTROL. We Own It's new report explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership. I have just sent the report to my MP. Can you take 2 mins now to send it to your MP too? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/burn...
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Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: Share our NEW report with your MP
Your MP can be one of the MPs telling the Prime Minister that he has to deliver public ownership.
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lindas200.bsky.social @lindas200.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Defensive refuelling of fighter jets going to do what in Yemen? + a few spy plane missions seeking out aid workers while their at it maybe. I guess this Burnham's Gaza.
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Patrick Seurre @patrick.seurre.com · 18/09/2026
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Is there any chance of reposting a link to this petition? The government seems to be relying on ignorance of the impact of data centres in order to ease the process of pushing them through. I believe we all deserve to know the impact they will have on our resources.
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Petition: Mandate publishing annual statistics on data centre water & electricity usage
Parts of the UK have experienced a drought, and residents have been asked to conserve water. We are concerned that the concerted efforts to build new data centres could place a huge strain on our wate...
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Allan McLeod @allansjmcleod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Greens have a shot at winning this by-election. Workers Party doesn't. Greens have a shot of enough seats to force our way into a coalition at the next GE. Workers Party doesn't. This is about harming the left because Workers Party isn't leading it. Hope & prosperity Vs Reforms left counterpart
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Remember how keen the BBC were to report on the growth of the far right in Sweden. The actual result was they lost votes and the left made progress. So the result was tucked away on more obscure pages www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Swedish opposition have slim lead in 'too close to call' election
A preliminary count by Sweden's election authority projected that left-wing opposition bloc would win a three-seat majority.
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
They really don't care do they? www.carbonbrief.org/uk-aviation-emi… #UKPol #climate #aviation
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
The evidence is in Burnham and his government are as toxic as the last ones for the environment and climate. Government has ‘given the go-ahead’ to Heathrow expansion, says Chancellor | The Standard […]
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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Can we expand Heathrow with a third runway and meet our legally binding climate targets? ❌️ This was a question that we set out to answer – and on this basis, on this evidence, a third runway at Heathrow should NOT be approved ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/heathro...
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Heathrow Airport expansion risks for the Climate Change Act - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
This report examines whether a third runway at Heathrow Airport is compatible with the UK’s domestic and international legal climate change obligations, and shows how growing airport capacity before…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There's only one solution to the danger of an AI-triggered nuclear war: decommission all nuclear weapons everywhere. On paper, the major powers are signed up to this objective. Now they need to do something about it.
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Knut Einar Rosendahl @rosendahlke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This question and good reply from @kevinclimate.bsky.social is also highly relevant wrt Norwegian oil and gas extraction ⬇️
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Women counter demonstrate against the fascist mob in Portsmouth. One placard reads "I don't need racists to protect me". "I don't need racists to protect me".
Women counter demonstrate against the fascist mob in Portsmouth. One placard reads 
"I don't need racists to protect me".
"I don't need racists to protect me".
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
Alexei Sayle: “Whether anything has changed in the Labour Party is questionable. Miliband by his own description is a zionist. The two-state solution is a ridiculous fantasy. And I suspect we’ll get disillusioned with Burnham because he’s in hock to the same forces that Starmer was.” Alexei […]
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Mark Burton @marhburton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas" By @kevinclimate climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Protester assaulted at Reform conference: "The focus really shouldn't be on whether the police will investigate this particular assault, but rather on how Reform incite and celebrate this sort of violent behaviour."
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I was violently assaulted at Reform's conference for protesting. Here's why I did it
A PROTESTER who disrupted Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham has spoken out after they were violently assaulted by audience members.
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I'll add China to that list; absolutely no threat whatsoever to us. We are not militarily threatened by any country in the world. It is also true to say that our democracy is under attack, it is being proactively undermined every single day by wealthy individuals spreading dark political ideologies.
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Peaceful protest as in sitting on a pavement with a cardboard placard is terrorism. Strutting about paramilitary style, intimidating and dusrupting trafic. Fine. No problem.
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DegrowthUK @degrowthuk.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Are you in the UK and positive about #degrowth? Would you like to see a stronger, effective degrowth movement here? Then join us in Sheffield on Saturday, 17 October, to consider how best to achieve that. degrowthuk.org/2026/08/03/degrowth-…
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Degrowth Gathering – Building the UK movement
**Saturday, 17 October, 9:30-5.00** Degrowth is both a transformative movement and a critical framework, aiming to ensure social justice and well-being for all, with human activities being in alignment with ecological limits. However, degrowth in the UK currently exists as an informal network rather than a cohesive movement. This one-day event will bring together those with an interest in working on degrowth in the UK. Together we will consider the potential for establishing the foundations of a degrowth movement in the UK, and planning for a UK presence at the International Degrowth Conference in 2027. The outcomes and future steps arising from this gathering will be shaped by those present, in the hope that this will be the first of several events and actions dedicated towards building and furthering a movement for degrowth in the UK. The target audience is people who already have knowledge of degrowth and may be more formally connected to degrowth through local initiatives or through networks such as DegrowthUK. Therefore, the gathering does not intend to promote the need for degrowth or to discuss the meaning of degrowth as part of the structure of the gathering. **If this sounds like you, and you’d like to attend,see full details and booking at this link.** **_Booking is required but the event is free._** ### Share this: * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Print (Opens in new window) Print * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * ### Like this: Like Loading… ### _Related_
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As Greens we understand that our economy and society are complete subsets of nature and our joint future is dependent on its survival. 2/2
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/09/2026
Israeli forces bar Israeli and Palestinian activists from delivering food and medicine to homes besieged by settlers.
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Israeli police kill Palestinian in Jerusalem as army blocks aid for Qusra
Israeli forces bar Israeli and Palestinian activists from delivering food and medicine to homes besieged by settlers.
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Michael Hindley @hindleylancs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A History of the Jewish Labour Bund northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu... Molly Crabapple's excellent history of the secular, socialist Bund shows that there been and still is an alternative to Zionism.
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A History of the Jewish Labour Bund
Molly Crabapple’s book “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund”, tells of a Jewish, Socialist, Anti-Zionist Party
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 05/09/2026
EL BOLETÍN DEL DIRECTOR | La sentencia que cambió la frontera de Ceuta ✍️ Por Ignacio Escolar
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La sentencia que cambió la frontera de Ceuta
'El boletín del director' es una carta semanal de Ignacio Escolar exclusiva para socios y socias de elDiario.es. Si tú también lo quieres leer y recibir cada sábado en tu buzón, hazte socio o socia
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
But as Ignacio Escolar adds, the real reason for so many risking their lives like this is never a court ruling, nor a regularisation of status. It is the immense inequality [between Global North and South].
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
The migration crisis in Ceuta was the immediate consequence of a judicial decision by 5 judges, the majority conservative. The decision said those who cross the frontier by ' horizontal means', i.e. by swimming, can't be summarily returned, unlike those who scale the border fence. Shortly […]
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Look, I'm not doing this for bants and likes, which seems to put me at odds with most of the political culture these days. This issue literally keeps me awake at night. How the hell do we get government - which exists above all to protect us from harm - to wake up to the scale of this threat?
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
"The truth is that the British government has placed itself in an exposed position thanks to its increasingly aggressive intervention in the Russia-Ukraine war. "From the first, it has spared no effort to prolong the war – Boris Johnson stopped partying in Downing Street long enough to fly to […]
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm pretty confident about this.
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
UNEP has written a nice report on overshoot, though, perhaps 10 years too late. But I am somewhat surprised there is so little focus on the requirement of short-term action. Overshoot and non-overshoot both require deep & immediate reductions in emissions... www.unep.org/resources/li... 6/6
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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It may be that the new generation of scenarios don't even return to 1.5C, noting there is uncertainty in climate model projections. The scenarios that may be consistent with 1.5C with overshoot require rapid emission reductions, sort of happening immediately! Otherwise they are fantasy! 4/
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/09/2026
"When can we take this failing company back into public hands?" - Rupa Huq People in Ealing and across the Thames Water area are desperate to put this nightmare water company in their rearview mirror They can't wait for a 10-year plan or legislation. This can be done now.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Brilliant to see Andy Burnham recognising that privatisation and austerity have failed since the 1980s and that "Britain's water industry is run in the private rather than public interest" The answer is PUBLIC OWNERSHIP There will be no public control without ownership
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Despite years of calls from MPs across the House to ban all trade with illegal Israeli settlements, the last govt failed to take genuine action in the face of war crimes and human rights abuses. The new Foreign Sec cannot repeat the mistakes of the old; we must act to end Britain's complicity now.
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
'It should also be remembered that British homicide rates are now at their lowest level for two decades. '[People were convicted of] manslaughter rather than murder precisely because they had no intention of taking a life and little or no understanding that this could be a consequence of their […]
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yesterday, terrorist settlers kidnapped a British peace activist Finn Joughin and Israeli police are still detaining him - our government is silent. This is the same old Labour: complicit in genocide, apartheid, and too cowardly to defend British citizens.
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Mark Burton @marhburton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Pull the other one.
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
There are 315 'Data Centres' queued up to be added to the UK grid. They will use 73GW of electricity. The current average use for the ENTIRE UK is 24GW. They will use 3x more electricity than everyone in the UK combined. And YOU will be paying their heavily subsidised bills. WHY????
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
The wrong decision. Manslaughter is not murder. They'll be out quite soon anyway but it piles more pressure on a creaking prison system. Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx5zw4… #UKPol
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Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?
The prime minister says he will keep hundreds more criminals behind bars but doing so requires complex changes.
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Correct framing from the Morning Star. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nep…
Screenshot from the Morning Star online 

"Climate Crisis / 27 August 2026
More than 1,300 missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods"
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Mark Burton @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
A bit embarrassing. The Green Party E&W has made the right call - a moratorium on new data centres. Rachel Millward (deputy leader) was on R4 Today to discuss it but appeared poorly prepared, making claims that were refuted by a data centres spokesman. She had no effective comback as she didn't […]
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Amazing really: the BBC ruined and neutered its big politics news show because it’s become impossible to honestly cover British politics without repeatedly leading on “today’s most serious government crimes”. Are its detractors grateful for the favour? No, they are not.
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ANDREW NEIL: Newsnight looks set to be axed after becoming a shadow of its former self. This is why it calls into question the entire future of the BBC
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