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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now that would be interesting @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social @novaramedia.com
theguardian.com
Dale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the media
Green energy entrepreneur plans rescue package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham announces a Great British Grid ...and a National Care Service. Guardian explainer of the first below.
theguardian.com
What is Burnham’s GB Grid plan and could it bring down energy bills?
Proposed government-backed network body welcomed by some in sector but others call it just another quango
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 29/09/2026
This summer didn't just break records for extreme heat, the amount of work required of London's emergency services also set new records. In the latest episode of our podcast, deputy mayor of London, Mete Coban, explains why this should be an alarm bell for action on adaptation.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OUTRAGEOUS scenes outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday! But it’s nothing new... In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘And under Andy’s leadership, we …call out ethnic cleansing by the settler terrorists in the West Bank. We call out the evidence of war crimes in Gaza. We call out Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. And we match words with actions.’ EM Great speech now end proscription of Palestine Action?
theguardian.com
‘You were right’: Ed Miliband tells critics Labour was wrong on Gaza
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Nice one @labourlewis.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social Does joining leadership of #Palantir get you kicked out of @labouruk.bsky.social? If not, why not? @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Clearly not on the side of most people, who have limited employment options
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At last suppressed security report is being acted on by @edmilibandmp.bsky.social. Is he now the UKs only political giant? The joint intelligence committee (JIC) report, revealed by the Guardian, was scheduled to be published last October, but was suppressed on the eve of its launch by Downing St
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... At last @drandrewboswell.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social @juststopoil.bsky.social
theguardian.com
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You may be confused by the arguments & counter arguments around North Sea gas. So here’s a scientist & ex FF engineer giving us chapter & verse: @climatedesk.org @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
climateuncensored.com
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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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 19/09/2026
Is it too much to ask for water companies to have more actual engineers than financial engineers? Labour MPs are speaking out for public ownership of water It is time for Andy Burnham to bring our water into public hands
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A "Media Sovereignty Act" to keep non-UK based billionaires out of British media control... ...could be just what we need. 👇
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz?
A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This approach is an unrigorous mess & goes against the science. We hope to put out a briefing soon that explains why which u can share with your MP. @drandrewboswell.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social @mikebernerslee.bsky.social
bbc.co.uk
Third Heathrow runway should only go ahead if airlines pay for cleaner flying, say advisers
The government's climate advisers say Heathrow's third runway cannot be approved under current climate policies.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Quietly excited about @edmilibandmp.bsky.social’s admission in the @restispoliticsus.bsky.social that he will be looking to collaborate with other countries on Net Zero. The prize woukd be to draw China into a coalition of the willing
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"Not Enough?" | Rory and Alastair Challenge Ed Miliband on Israel-Palestine
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 15 September · 54min
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tax the rich. Tax multinationals. Tax and regulate tech bros & AI. Get rid of non doms. Trickle down was a hoax. Let’s stop being patsies. Literally everything is at stake.
you.38degrees.org.uk
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘It’s really taking off’: hedge revival as farmers rediscover ancient tools Grant applications in England surge as interest grows in habitat that captures carbon and helps reduce flood risk www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The debate on having a referendum on water industry yesterday @weownit.org.uk @compassoffice.bsky.social @windrushwasp.bsky.social
mirror.co.uk
Public ownership of water industry could save £22billion, MPs are told
Labour MP Paul Davies, who led a Westminster Hall debate, said scrapping the “disastrous” privatised model could also help restore public trust in the sector
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What do you think? Climate campaigners have always had an issue with ‘hope’ & seeing lack of it as self defeating. But critics argue it’s made us mute the message so it has no impact. Now a nuanced look at the whole area. @climatedesk.org
tandfonline.com
A caution on climate hope
In this paper, we caution against the tendency in climate discourse to equate hope with progress. While hope is often framed as essential for motivating change, its uncritical celebration can under...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1.6 B of tax payers money on financial fees. Ash Smith tells the today programme why water privatisation has to go ahead of the debate in parliament today. @windrushwasp.bsky.social @climatecentreuk.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees. Result of years of borrowing to pay dividends, cost passed to customers. TW has violated terms of its licence, has numerous criminal convictions. Must be brought into public ownership. archive.ph/FXmvV
ft.com
Thames Water hit by £2bn bill for finance costs and advisers’ fees
Embattled UK utility faces mounting costs as government debates moving ahead with temporary nationalisation
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Burnham said he supported limits on political donations to clean up our politics but he’s been too slow to tackle that 🤷‍♀️
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Tufferman *Boxt *Dialaflight *AllClearTravel *YourUnbelievaBowl *BridgnorthWindows *BurlingtonsLtd *MustHaveIdeas *ThomasPaineHotel *Maxus *MadisonandMayfair *Movinglife *AgeCareBathrooms *Love2Stay *Homestoreinteriors *TrailFinders *EveysPreloved
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Go see 'Pressure'. "Because the storms that I'm talking about are real, and the jet stream that's propelling them towards the Normandy coast is real, and the wrath of nature is real. And if you ignore it..." youtu.be/xpVZho3fjhg #ClimateMovie
https://www.pressurefilm.co.uk/
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The backlash to enshittification enters ‘street’ culture. (Not before time) @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 11/09/2026
What should happen with the water industry? Mutualisation, cooperative, public control or public ownership? We are cutting through the noise. Here are 5 tests any reform of our water industry MUST pass: vist.ly/5i5e3
weownit.org.uk
POWER: The 5 key tests of public ownership
When he came to power as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham said he wanted to end 40 years of neoliberalism, and repeatedly criticised the privatisation of life’s essentials.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I guess the shame & dismay this conjures is similar to that American citizens routinely feel? 🙁
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Government is pledging to cut down on consultations. Case study from the presser: "Between 2019 and 2023, the Government asked the public three times for views on introducing legislation to microchip cats, including gathering views on the legal definition of a cat."
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We re such fans of @privateeyenews.bsky.social . So much fun as well as brave reporting and unlike most publications they keep the price down too.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please support. Mist folks doing this work are volunteers for goodness sake!!
act.38degrees.org.uk
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The defence secretary told Sky News Defence Insider that the threat from Russia is real and urged for greater resilience in the UK.
news.sky.com
Wes Streeting: We need a national conversation about preparedness
The defence secretary told Sky News Defence Insider that the threat from Russia is real and urged for greater resilience in the UK.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Putting her money where her mouth is bravo @jennyjones.bsky.social
novaramedia.com
Green Peer Refuses to Pay Full Thames Water Bill to Protest Sewage Pollution
A Green party peer is refusing to pay her full Thames Water bill in protest at the supplier’s pollution record.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The normalisation of hatred is stage 3 of @ecetemelkuran.bsky.com s ‘7 steps from democracy to dictatorship’ @brianenosdiary.bsky.social
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Support for bringing water back into public ownership is rising, and MPs are taking notice. If you want clean rivers and seas, ask your MP to join next week's debate. Help me get them there! It takes 2 minutes: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nick Lowles from @hopenothate.org.uk is always worth listening to. As is @thenerve.news
thenerve.news
Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform
Between a Home Office determined to seem tough, and a police force too slow – or too scared – to act against far-right disorder, the country is entering dangerous territory, writes Nick Lowles
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Critical Bill. @criticalbill76.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The UK is among 12 countries who said on Tuesday that they would impose the sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. They include Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Some humanity at last from the @labourpartyuk.bsky.social on Gaza. Well judged speech from @edmilibandmp.bsky.social on a policy reset as a raft of other countries such as Canada and Norway do the same.
news.sky.com
Politics latest: Israeli settlers committing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in parts of West Bank, says foreign secretary
The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is announcing a ban on trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank as part of a "comprehensive reset" of the UK's Middle East policy. Follow th...
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KeninDevon @redbilledchough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
foxglove.org.uk
Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
‘The leader of the free world?’
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Meanwhile in Europe…
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Saxony-Anhalt election results live: Far-right AfD on track for landslide victory in German state - but 'firewall' may block it from government
A far-right party could govern a German state for the first time since the Second World War, after exit polls projected a landslide win for AfD in Saxony-Anhalt. But short of an absolute majority, the...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Here s hoping…
news.sky.com
Ukraine war latest: Zelenskyy says peace negotiations with US 'very substantial'
Donald Trump's envoys have been in Kyiv after meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow - catch up on that below. Plus, Russia's foreign minister has warned the West about its accusations over an airport ...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In Farage’s words : boom! ‘…a yearlong Verbatim investigation…exposes a plot – masterminded by the Reform leader's top advisers, and welcomed by Farage himself – to break election law by funnelling foreign money into British politics.’
verbatiminvestigations.com
Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
An increasingly brittle Reform UK is banning journalists from its conference. @annaisaac.bsky.social @willhaycardiff.bsky.social @petergeoghegan.bsky.social among those to be denied credentials, apparently as a punishment for breaking negative stories about the Farage and Tice led party.
theguardian.com
Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting
Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollster JL Partners' slogan - "giving you the conviction to lead" - has really taken on a new meaning tonight...
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conviction to lead.
We are a global stakeholder research firm. We listen to those who matter to your organisation, learn what moves them, advise on how you lead them. 

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Tom F @twf79.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
foxglove.org.uk
Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More Wendell Berry
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The Peace of Wild Things
Directed and animated by Katy Wang Illustration and art direction by Charlotte Ager Music and sound by David Kamp Poem written and narrated by Wendell Berry I'm so excited and grateful to have colla...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another great soul passes …
theguardian.com
Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92
Author and Kentucky native, who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, died at home
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
RIP Wendell Berry Because we have not made our lives to fit our places, the forests are ruined the fields eroded the streams polluted the mountains overturned. Hope then to belong to your place by your own knowledge of what it is that no other place is, to the stream banks & the open fields
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