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Megan Corton Scott

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deputy director of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum • all my own views

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Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
⚡ LCEF EVENTS DAILY GUIDE: MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER Day 2 at the Hub promises to be great - we’ve got a heavy-hitting lineup today, including our In Conversations and our evening reception!
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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very excited to be sitting down with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in our @lcefuk.bsky.social Hub, to talk political vision, global challenges and climate leadership at 4pm! Join the waitlist/ irl queue to come along: luma.com/lcef-edm-2026
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Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pleased to be in @opendemocracy.net discussing @persuasionuk.bsky.social's work assessing what messages work against Reform and why the summer of financial scandals has caught up to the party. www.opendemocracy.net/reform-uk-ni...
opendemocracy.net
Why crypto and financial scandals are finally denting Reform UK
Our research shows Nigel Farage’s anti-elitist brand is vulnerable to stories linking billionaire cash to party policy
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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: How did the summer heatwaves and wildfires change attitudes to climate and Net Zero, if at all? A short thread on analysis of tracker polling now summer is winding down. 🧵 (for @persuasionuk.bsky.social with @yougov.co.uk)
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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
LCEF is hiring! 🌟 We're looking for a brilliant Parliamentary Engagement Manager over at @lcefuk.bsky.social . Are you - or is someone you know- political, organised and enjoy a reactive and varied workload? Take a look here- and please share with networks! www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.a...
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w4mp | The site for everyone working for an MP
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretary
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
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Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🗓️ NEW EVENT: In Conversation with Miatta Fahnbulleh 🗓️ We're delighted to be hosting Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social in the LCEF Hub, in conversation with @pronouncedalva.bsky.social, Political Editor at the New Statesman.
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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Excited to be heading to NYC for Climate Week this month, and to be speaking on this panel on Monday 21st. Getting clean industrial policy right is good for the country, good for the economy, good for citizens and good for the climate. Looking forward to discussing!
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Patriot Platform, the far-right group whose black-clad masked members caused hours of disruption in Dover yesterday, calls itself a Christian “army of patriots” dedicated to protecting women and children. There’s a problem with that story.
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Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Diesel vans are now the single largest transport source of NOx pollution in central London - with 18 diesel vans for every 1 electric van on the road. @zakbond.bsky.social from @cleancitiescampaign.org argues it’s time for a Zero Emission Zone for Freight. Link: buff.ly/MUcxG6k
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Morgan Jones @morganj0nes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A full thrilling report on the right's sharp turn on Net Zero here: persuasionuk.org/research/apa...
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Apathy and opposition
Exploring trends in UK public and elite attitudes to the clean energy transition
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Excellent piece - understanding the construction of these arguments against popular climate policy can also (as Sam writes!) lets us recognise these arguments when made against other policies too, and how to dismantle them. We must all learn to read the opposition’s playbook!
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours.
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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reform UK are back parroting Peter Lilley's little list. I grew up in a single parent household. What matters is the love and care families provide, not their shape or size. Britain rejected these outdated views in the 1990s, we will do so again. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Couples with children should be married, Reform UK’s deputy leader says
Richard Tice also said ‘British-born children’ are a ‘good thing’ and should be encouraged
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Very depressing that this highly misleading statistic is now being promoted by Conservative Shadow Home Secretary. Philp contrasts “foreign born” with “British citizens” but a lot of the people in the “foreign born” group ARE British citizens.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What really concerns me - and what I think this shows - is how pernicious and cancerous this language is: entering our political bloodstream via osmosis. See also the Boriswave. Far right language and framing being adopted across the right (and often left) without them realising the implications.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The lines of MAGA attack against both Ossoff and Talarico--"feminine," "beta," "theater kid," "low-T," etc.--are a beta test for the GOP, which is hoping that anti-gay hatred will be their next winning argument. You'll hear "homo" and "faggot" in their 2028 campaigns--and they'll come for marriage.
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Imogen Shaw @imogenshaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
From the emergency services, to farms, to schools - our infrastructure is not set up to cope with extreme heat. An illustration of why net zero targets are not a ‘nice to have’, and why climate adaptation is essential www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today is A-level results day – a milestone for hundreds of thousands of young people and the families that supported them. This year, exam candidates faced an extra burden: two record-breaking heatwaves.
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Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Record heatwaves mean it's time for regulators to move faster. People need quick, easy access to government subsidies to stay cool - read about the campaign for air-con on LabourList: labourlist.org/2026/08/cool...
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‘Cool Britannia?’ – LabourList
Over the last few months, we all know or have heard about a child being sent home from school because it was too hot to learn safely. Children are estimated to have missed over seven million school…
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Sofie Jenkinson @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's encouraging to see the government holding & @andyburnham.bsky.social chairing a Cobra meeting today about extreme heat – at @roundourwayuk.bsky.social we have been calling from urgent action from the government on the climate impacts hitting people across the country now.
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Joe Morris MP @joemorrismp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Fill out my Climate Survey here -> survey.labour.org.uk/sdix3gzhfa5b...
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Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
☀️ HEATWAVE SPOTLIGHT ☀️ The impacts of the extreme weather events continue to make themselves felt as we head into August. An estimated 2,700 deaths were attributed to the two heatwaves earlier this year and we are now potentially facing the worst harvest for farmers on record.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/08/2026
It's now been confirmed that this summer will be the hottest on record. For those opposing bold action on the climate crisis - you're not just putting lives and the planet at risk today, but dooming future generations.
theguardian.com
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Important article from @katiewhitemp.bsky.social and @fbunational.bsky.social @unionstevew.bsky.social. The world is failing to limit global warming. We mustn’t give up, but we also need to do much more to adapt to extreme weather and the consequences of it. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk
Firefighters have seen the future. Here’s what we must ch...
Those on the frontline have witnessed the summer’s wildfires draw a scorched line through life as we knew it. Reducing emissions and adapting Britain to this new reality must now be our urgent focus
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Sadik Al-Hassan MP @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More than half of England is currently in drought, and more than 20 million people are under hosepipe bans. Extreme weather is unfortunately an issue that is only going to accelerate as we see more effects of human-made climate change. That is why I wrote to the Secretary of State, Dame Angela
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Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Climate Change & the extreme weather we are witnessing across the UK and Europe shows why we need to act. We need to act to adapt our buildings, transport & public services & we need to act to reduce our emissions and move to clean & green energy. hounslowherald.com/climate-chan...
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Climate change, extreme weather and the push for clean energy
Ruth Cadbury discusses summer heat and renewable energy benefits
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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The record temperatures, wildfires and drought we have seen in the UK & Europe is climate change in action. There is hope. It has been a record year for renewable energy generation, all new homes will have solar panels from next year. But we must accelerate the transition to clean & green energy.
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Imogen Shaw @imogenshaw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
LCEF is proud to have supported this - with extreme heat becoming a regular occurrence in UK summers, it’s vital that we help keep people safe, cool and comfortable in their homes, as well as decarbonising to combat climate change. Air to air heat pumps will be an important part of the solution.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW - The NHS has been warned by Yvette Cooper to prepare for potential annual summer crises caused by extreme heat with the same pressures as winter, as heatwaves caused by the climate crisis become routine in the UK. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper
Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand
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Alistair Strathern MP @alistrathern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Let’s get a move on with air-con grants 🆒 Despite Labour approving grants for air to air heating and cooling systems last year, 4 heatwaves later and they still aren’t available… Why? Because agencies haven’t approved an accreditation scheme 😐 It’s time to get it done👇
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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hello I'm an idiot
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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s a low bar but I am delighted to see this. The UK has had four widespread instances of extreme heat this year. The national May temperature record was broken at 35.1°C in West London, and June bringing temperatures above 37°C in East Anglia.
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Excited that @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social and @andyburnham.bsky.social are creating 5,000 good jobs with the National Grid. Two reasons this will make life affordable (in next post).
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/08/2026
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
londoncentric.media
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
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Imogen Shaw @imogenshaw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Did you know 50% of the East Anglia One offshore wind farm was made in the UK? Here’s me on board one of their maintenance vessels last week, talking about the site and its in-construction neighbour, East Anglia Three.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Climate change is an affordability issue. A burning planet means more drought. More drought means fewer crops. Fewer crops means higher food prices.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Absolutely shameful piece. Even if a "Mediterranean" future were desirable - and a third of a million people are currently fleeing an inferno - what about those parts of the world being made uninhabitable? Where do their people go? Heath doesn't want them here. www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
telegraph.co.uk
Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life
We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather
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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sheer fantasy to think that climate change is just going to give us 'hot weather like on holiday'. 300,000 people evacuated across France and Spain. Wildfires in the UK barely kept under control. Yes - we desperately need adaptation, but if we don't mitigate things will get drastically worse.
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David Walsh @davidwalsh16.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The warmer weather this year is the best it's going to get. This will be one of the coldest years of the rest of your life. A Mediterranean climate is increasingly deadly.
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"Three Greek firefighters die as wildfires threaten parts of southern Europe"
"Devastating European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled"
The headlines are accompanied with images of the wildfires and a firefighting plane.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Paul McNamee @paulmcnamee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
On the day we congratulate Burnham as he enters No 10, I wanted to gift him the good news that climate and environmental ambition speaks exactly to the people he wants his government to deliver for. lcef.co.uk/blog/good-ne...
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Good news for Burnham: A strong climate vision speaks to both the north and the south | Blog | Labour Climate and Environment Forum
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Ralph Palmer @ralphpalmer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Glad to see govt spokesperson say the "2035 ban was not up for negotiation", but nor should interim targets that get us to 2035 either. The ZEV mandate creates a clear timeline & certainty - opening it up won't help industry or workers, but instead risks leaving the UK exposed to global competition.
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We must remember the Utøya massacre, and remember it for what it was: a far-right attack specifically targeted against democratic socialist activists. Today, the ideologies of its perpetrator are openly espoused by a global network of nationalist oligarchs as they wage war on democratic societies.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 22/07/2026
NEW: Ex-CEO of Southern Water facing charge of conspiracy to defraud, alongside three members of his team. It's alleged Matthew Wright conspired to defraud the Environment Agency and OfWat, the regulator, over the wastewater compliance testing regime.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Really interesting and thoughtful reflections on his time in office, including his mistakes in Rishi Sunak’s Sunday Times column this week:
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Rishi Sunak: How it feels as a new PM — my guide for Andy Burnham
The to-do list is long but time is short, so the incoming prime minister will have to choose his priorities and put the right people in charge of them
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