nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 7happle.news/AR15dgekhS7i...apple.newsOpinion | Don’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference — The Guardian‘It’s a Britannia Shield’ announcement proves no one does farcical improv better than the Conservative leader 000
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 9hBy August, some livestock farmers were already feeding their animals the supplies they'd put aside for winter. After five heatwaves and months of drought, the consequences for our food supply are becoming impossible to ignore. Martin Lines explainseastangliabylines.co.ukFood security and resilience vital after extreme summer droughtAfter this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient 05530
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8hUk and EU agree to link emission trading systems www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...politico.euUK and EU reach Brexit agreement to link carbon emissions trading systemsThe two sides are now just “tying a ribbon” on the agreement, according to one EU diplomat. 0239
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8hThis is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them 84703150
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 8hTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 56494261
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialNicki Kenyon @nickikenyon.bsky.social · 21hToday, the UK has imposed 38 new designations on Russian oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, and those supplying goods critical to Russia’s military. www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukNew UK sanctions hit the money, oil and supply chains fuelling Russia's war38 new designations include Russian oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, and those supplying goods critical to Russia’s military. 2176
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21hWall-to-wall praise for the policy in today’s papers but they either don’t understand it or don’t care. We’ve been here before, of course. Bexit, Boris Johnson, Truss… all bigged up by the media despite, all obviously awful. 29671151
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 20h"You think the Saudis want to give up their land to Israel?" A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that parts of the Arab world now see a 'Greater Israel' as a valuable neighbor rather than a threat, a claim Mehdi pushes back on hard. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/october-7-... 25619
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 20h⭕️ A Palestinian woman was killed and several others wounded on Thursday by Israeli artillery fire northwest of Gaza City, WAFA reported. Video: التلفزيون العربي via X (@AlarabyTV) 34226
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026The stranger in the asylum hotel may be frightening. But the evidence points somewhere much closer to home. 84% of rapes and sexual assaults in 2025 were committed by a partner, family member or someone known to the victim. Asylum seekers have too much to lose. Stephen McNair with some statistics 19338
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social 161109221
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialZeteo @zeteo.com · 07/10/2026"Now we're finding out about an Emirati warning. There was an Egyptian warning. There was a battle plan." A former Israeli intelligence official tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social the questions about October 7th are fair. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/october-7-... 110034
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade... 12610203
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30 18264129
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026There is no evidence that asylum seekers are more likely to commit crimes than local people, writes Stephen McNair. And they have much more to lose if they try. So who is benefiting from the stories about the dangers to ‘our’ women and children? eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...eastangliabylines.co.ukWho should women and girls really fear? It isn’t AbdulProtesters on the right often claim to be defending ‘our women and girls’ from asylum seekers. But where is the real threat? 1307
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialThe News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 08/10/2026"One of the reasons I did so badly at school was that I didn't get to mark my own homework... We all saw the Channel Four report." Reform has cleared itself of all wrongdoing over its donations, but is the real trouble for Farage just around the corner? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/refo...thenewsagents.co.ukReform investigation into Reform finds Reform did nothing wrong. Is it any surprise? | The News AgentsReform UK has investigated itself, and found it broke no rules and no laws when it accepted overseas donations in a Channel 4 sting. Was there going to be any other outcome? 512536
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the new Private Eye 562720982
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...subscribe.bylinetimes.com#LightUpTheDark – Byline TimesDark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me... 6343166
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comStockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George MonbiotThe UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 30619239
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policyFGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy 7376178
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026Three years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services.aljazeera.comThree years of Israel's genocide in Gaza: In numbersThree years of attacks has devastated Gaza, killing tens of thousands, destroying homes, and collapsing basic services. 7164119
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 06/10/2026The Nolan Principles expect public office-holders to promote and support standards of public life and challenge poor behaviour. They provide important context to an argument over a Norfolk councillor’s social media posts – and Reform’s response to them.eastangliabylines.co.ukReform leader says removing whip from Norfolk councillor would be ‘a waste of my time’Concerns about Karl Catchpole’s social media posts were raised with Reform before his election and subsequent committee appointment 0116
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year 41652428
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Let me try this once more. It was a choice. EITHER the Greens adopted a slogan. OR they could have joined the next govt, where they could push for an end to arms sales, sanctions, support for the arrest warrants etc. It was never going to be both. Which one makes a material difference? #GazaGenocide 243933130
nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It is stories like this that highlight the need to go much further than just banning the import of settler goods. For too long Israel has been allowed to act with impunity; we and the world should hang our heads in shame. We have to do more. apple.news/A967m0HdPRse...apple.newsIsraeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank — The GuardianJaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles 000
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialThe Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As previously reported by @thenerve.news, the company has hired more than 30 people with experience and knowledge of government. www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-r...thenerve.newsThe Palantir pipeline: how Peter Thiel's surveillance firm hired more than 30 senior UK officialsThe AI company holds £670m in UK government contracts. It has also hired dozens of senior officials from the departments awarding them – raising what transparency experts call an 'acute' corruption… 01414
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialThe Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Watson is only the latest example of the wider revolving door between Westminster and Palantir. citizensreunited.substack.com/p/labour-blo... 1179
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialSarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abusetheguardian.com‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrolsSeven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement 3369173
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree. 291818452
nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026apple.news/Ak7n4AJIORT-...apple.newsOpinion | No queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference — The GuardianBirmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat 100
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In July 2024 the ICJ found that Israel is an apartheid state, stating its legislation & measures constitute a breach of article 3 of the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination 315579
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 05/10/2026With the Tory conference proposing abolition of Natural England, the Environment Agency & many regulations what would be the impact on the health of our environment & river pollution? 165
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 771395441
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Adrian Ramsay: "I'm deeply saddened that this motion has passed. It doesn't reflect my view & I don't think it reflects long standing Green principles either. We've always supported a right to self determination.." 114610
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialCaroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I wanted to speak on an amendment to motion EO2 Zionism is racism at Green Party conference today, but was not called on. I’ve copied over what I would have said in the next posts. I was heartbroken this amendment fell and that the vote went against providing this protection for Jewish members. 1011521
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialJohn Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comFor Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John CraceThe Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’ 1613749
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialDr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I am deeply saddened that the "Zionism is Racism" motion has passed. 6123144
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens 21470169
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread: 4307144
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 04/10/2026“With climate change increasing the likelihood of milder winters and hotter summers, pests and pathogens that were once unable to survive here can now make their home. This will profoundly impact not only farmers, but the wider public” Via The Guardiantheguardian.comWorst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farmsClimate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire 02114
nickygoddard.bsky.social @nickygoddard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When you hear stories such as these about the West Bank you realise how much more we need to do than just sanctioning illegal settlements. Stop training their soldiers for a start. apple.news/A_yd92ddTTR-...apple.newsNetanyahu is fighting for his future. In the West Bank, Palestinians are losing theirs — The i PaperPatrick Cockburn: For many Israeli voters, the October 7 Hamas slaughter justifies everything Israel is doing 000
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Not beating the genocide allegations 518380
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialNa'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We welcome the reopening of the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS). Around one in four referrals will be for Afghan women and girls and Palestinian refugees fleeing war and persecution. In Palestinians’ case a war waged in part with British weapons and British military support. 11813
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like 25592251
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Austerity 2.0 is it chaps? I’m always amazed at how these guys derive genuine excitement at the idea of slashing public servicestheguardian.comTories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak revealsExclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election 2624791
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the 1960s the UK built one new home for every 14 people. By the 2020 that had fallen to one new home for every 43 people And that, right there, is the story www.theguardian.com/housing-netw... 59327
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialAlex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s a badge of honour for @bylinetimes.bsky.social to be banned from Reform and Conservative conferences - like being banned by Russia or China, it says more about them, than the journalists. Also, so ironic that the parties which waffle on about freedom of speech are the most scared of it. 528397
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are people calling this conviction "two tier policing." Er - no. If you set off a politically motivated bomb in a public area and if shrapnel flies about that is terrorism. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 39701127
Reposted by @nickygoddard.bsky.socialJewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"We, as residents and activists from Masafer Yatta, are calling on journalists, diplomats, human rights defenders, activists, and everyone who can help to come to Masafer Yatta and stand with our communities." 14621