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Neil Peel

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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” WB Yeats. Rebel without a pause. Green Party. Brewed up in 1798 - #WeExist. Anti-racist. LGBTQI+ ally.

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So, when can we stop destroying the natural world so a tiny percentage can live in indescribable luxury? When can we scale back fossil fuel use and shift to de-growth? If we don't start taking care of the natural world we'll follow on the way to extinction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom
Thousands of sea dragons, pipefishes and seahorses have washed up along state’s coastline according to analysis of citizen scientist records
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As we approach the Autumn Equinox – Alban Elfed, it really is the second harvest here at the organic farm on the banks of the River Teme. Look at these absolute beauties from Mother Earth. 😍❤️😍 #AlbanElfed #AutumnEquinox #Harvest
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Pete Hadland @hadlandpete.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Suicide prevention/awareness month. This is a great place for some great stories. I donated a story here a while ago due to my history with suicide. Sean was really lovely to communicate with. Please check Brian's Bookcase out. #mentalhealth #fiction #suicideprevention
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Brian's Bookcase - Supporting Mental Health Through Stories
A charity website dedicated to mental health, offering donated fiction stories to support crisis intervention and mental wellness.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20/09/2026
“It's tinkering around the edges of a system that is failing people. We need to have inequality tackled with bold, bold measures.” Deputy Leader Rachel Millward calling for a fundamentally different approach to the economy, on Cathy Newman.
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Youth Mental Health Canada @ymhc.ngo · 15/09/2026
There are different types of suicidal ideation. By @alyseruriani #suicideprevention #mentalhealth #suicideintervention #suicideeducation #hope #makehopehappen #ymhc
A thermometer graphic illustrating levels of suicidal ideation, ranging from 'no thoughts' to 'suicide attempt', with a note that all levels of distress are valid. By @alyseruriani.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
WOW. Massive thank you to the hundreds of people who volunteered in Holborn & St Pancras. And a huge thank you to @owenjones.bsky.social for joining us! Just getting started. See you tomorrow (Sunday) in Tavistock Square! actionnetwork.org/events/1309-...
Huge crowd with Vote Green signs
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 12/09/2026
“…and every year everything keeps getting worse to the point we now have cascading tipping points being triggered in multiple systems. what is the IPCC even doing.” Quite.
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 12/09/2026
A friend writes: “We’ve now had over 3 decades of this bullshit and every year we get a new IPCC report and every year reality keeps getting worse and every year we keep hearing from the IPCC to focus on the good scenarios…”
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform have made £72m from two donors in a single day. Absolutely obscene. And Labour refuse to cap political donations. The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today! donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
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Donate to the Green Party - Green Party
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The #fossilfuels sold by #Equinor in 2025 alone will bring about between 34,000 and 58,000 additional human deaths www.klimakultur.no/nyheter/esti...
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Estimating the deadly consequences of Equinor’s fossil fuel product use - Klimakultur
The fossil fuels sold by Equinor in 2025 alone will bring about between 34,000 and 58,000 additional human deaths (compared to a world in which they were never burned). New briefing by Ketan Joshi.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔴 NEW Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism By Karam Bales Read below. ↓
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Jason Arday’s Death Has Unmasked Trump’s Support for Anti-Black Racism
The reinstatement by Ghent University of Nathan Cofnas – a key figure in the Jason Arday affair – followed pressure from Trump’s State Department
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Sustainable Farming @sustainablefarming.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Rivers starting in the Himalayas are not the biggest on the planet (measured by discharge), but their combined water flow feeds more than a quarter of humanity. Small changes in flow upstream can cause extreme outcomes downstream. Millions could die from reduced farm yields if flows become chaotic
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Israeli airstrike hits near Abu Asi School, west of Gaza City.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gaza begins funerals for 100 Palestinians recovered from buildings destroyed by Israel.
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 05/09/2026
Chatting just now with local Kent winegrower at farmer's market. This year's grapes are "smaller than peas" - not going to bother to harvest. What did he think of politicians saying 'hey enjoy your English sparkling wine thanks to climate change'? "Fucking morons."
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#Farage claims the #BBC has been 'institutionally biased for decades' & that he wants to scrap its license fee. Whether you support the license or not, he & his party sure as heck continue to get massive free marketing on the Beeb for sure. Today’s top 5 politics stories are? You guessed it #Reform
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” #WendellBerry #RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🦇 Most UK bat species evolved to use trees as roosts, while many also hunt in woodland. Explore how bats use and rely on woodlands and trees in our 'Bats and woodland' pages: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bat...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Toxic politics - toxic men. Police data has “consistently shown that a significant proportion of men arrested during far-right riots are already known to the police for domestic abuse” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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James English: one of many men with far-right ties accused of domestic violence
Podcaster James English is one of many men with far-right ties to have been found guilty or accused of domestic violence
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Protecting women and children? This is James White, a member of Britain First and on their security team has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for rape ... He was also banned from all football grounds for wearing a shirt mocking the deaths of the 97 victims at Hillsborough" via Mike F Shaw
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The only sensible reference we should make to “the summer of 1976” is the loss of glacial ice since then. #ClimateChange #Glaciers #Ice #Nepal
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our approach to new oil and gas and replacing them with renewables matters hugely. Kudos to Greenpeace for this land art at the site of a North Wales wildfire. #FossilFuels #Renewables #ClimateChange #Wildfires phots from Greenpeace/Reuters
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 15/08/2026
“It isn't corruption despite their values, it's corruption entirely consistent with their values.” Rachel Millward, Green Party Deputy Leader, arguing against the motion ‘This House Believes Reform is Fit to Govern’ at the Oxford Union.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The Reform Party wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it was a US-style insurance based system.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Israeli settlers shot Palestinian nurse Mohammad Al-Mutawwar, leaving him permanently paralyzed.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Look, put simply, people should not be comfortable saying that in public and the way to fix society runs directly through making them afraid to say it again.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Still gobsmacking that Andy Burnhams response to the deaths from the climate crisis has been to pledge to try & stop the sale of single use barbeques. A monumental mistake. Time to do the right thing. Fund our firefighters & say no to new oil & gas. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Still gobsmacking that Andy Burnhams response to the deaths from the climate crisis has been to pledge to try & stop the sale of single use barbeques. A monumental mistake. Time to do the right thing. Fund our firefighters & say no to new oil & gas. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sending love to Jason Arday's family and friends. He was subject of sustained and malicious media attacks which were no doubt more vicious because he was Black. We must now reflect on the impact of a trial by some of the media and online on someone under extreme pressure.
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#Farage #Clacton #CountBinface From the wonderful cartoonist Martyn Turner in today’s Irish Times.
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As #AI greedily swallows #water and #energy, we have a choice of datacentres or homes and communities. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris
Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026
The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Well, this isn’t going to be good. We all know how this will likely go. The Supreme Court has announced that one of the first cases it will hear when its new term begins in October is a major climate change lawsuit. Boulder County, Colorado, is seeking millions of dollars from fossil fuel
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Let’s see if Susan Collins stands by her “concerns”, or if she folds like she always does.
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Profits of war and anthropogenic #climatechange: $90bn windfall for oil giants triggers claim of ‘cashing in on human misery’. Yup. #fossilfuels 🔥🌍🛢️
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social It’s the climate, stupid! Keep it in the ground. #FossilFools #Oil #ClimateChange
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The details are in my story but nobody knows about this or understands the consequences..but I think there are potential knock-on effects here & now.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The NCA has done an investigation like this before. In 2018/19 into the ‘true source of Arron Banks’s £8m donation to LeaveEU. That investigation led to the creation of a loophole in UK law. A loophole Arron Banks took legal action against the Electoral Commission for even speaking about 2/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Big new story from @annaisaac.bsky.social. Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother before she made Reform & Tice donations. The even bigger question now is where did Cottrell’s money come from? And this is where I think a very big problem lies.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If Andy Burnham truly wants to put politics aside to grip social care, the Greens should be at the table. Last month, I sat down listening to the experiences of carers. We need new thinking and urgent change now: m.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJJ...
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The UK Care System Is Broken
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Food growers & farmers are increasingly experiencing climate breakdown harvests That means higher prices - and more food insecurity. Politicians have been quiet on this growing crisis - but silence isn't good enough when our food supply is at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More than half of England officially in drought - Environment Agency
The drought declarations follow an exceptionally hot and dry period, which has hit rivers, crops and nature.
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#GlenHansard RIP. We’ll miss you hugely. “Take this sinking boat and point it home We've still got time Raise your hopeful voice, you had a choice You've made it now” 💔 youtube.com/watch?v=k8mt...
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Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)
YouTube video by GlenHansardVEVO
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
1/2 “We are not mainstream politicians. We are politicians who are fighting the establishment every single day.” - Robert Jenrick. Why does the media and the voting public buy this crap? Bob, you literally are the Establishment. Here’s why…..
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Neil Peel @neilpeel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Inside the grubby and nasty little world of #Reform. Party of the people? Not a chance. Funded by millionaires, billionaires and off shore interests, it really is the self-interested #establishment. Why would anyone with a modicum of wit vote for them? www.opendemocracy.net/inside-refor...
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Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro
Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The pressure is mounting on NatureScot to do the right thing and not licence the Guga hunt protectthewild.substack.com/p/we-protest...
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We Protested Outside NatureScot as their Board Discussed the Guga Hunt
This morning, we were there.
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FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Mmmmmm…and then they tried to convert them to Christianity. The Ten Commandments must have left them a little mystified…”Thou shalt not kill”. They then learned the meaning of something called hypocrisy. They didn’t have a word for it.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think | Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds" www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think
Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds.
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