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Les Parker

@perfectlyloud.bsky.social
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Living in Sleaford. Facilitator of Church by Nature Sleaford Forest Church. Sleaford Climate Action Network. Cycling UK.

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Les Parker @perfectlyloud.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Tell Keir Starmer to bring in a wealth tax to fund public spending, rather than punish the poorest people in the world act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4319
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Prime Minister: Don’t Cut Aid, Tax Wealth
The prime minister has announced a brutal 40% cut to the UK aid budget, in the wake of Donald Trump’s calls for increased military spending. It's a wrong-headed move that represents a retreat from
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Faith & the Environment Lincolnshire @faithenvlincs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Less than 2 weeks to go before this important conference. Are we reading the changing signs of the times? Sign up if you can and bring your lunch and a mug. 😊
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Les Parker @perfectlyloud.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
For Lincolnshire friends: don't forget to book your tickets (but you can just turn up on the day) 🙂
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Les Parker @perfectlyloud.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Pope Francis' letter to US Bishops on 'major crisis' with migration in thr USA. Clear and powerful! www.vatican.va/content/fran...
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Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America (10 February 2025) | Francis
Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United Sates of America, 10 February 2025
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Les Parker @perfectlyloud.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@sarahespencer.bsky.social Good morning from Scargill Sarah 🙂
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
When maximum sentence for chaining yourself to railings is over twice maximum sentence for racially aggravated assault, anyone who cares about justice should be appalled. This is a dangerous, undemocratic & disproportionate attack on longstanding right to peaceful protest in UK #DefendOurJuries
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Les Parker @perfectlyloud.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Labour will lose a lot of support unless they realise that the economy is a subset of the environment, not the other way round. We've lost so much already every bit matters now. Ed Milliband, please have a (very strong) word with your colleagues! 😠 act.350.org/sign/ndc-ope...
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To Keir Starmer & world leaders: set ambitious climate goals!
To Keir Starmer and all other Heads of State, We co-sign the letter to demand ambitious national climate goals. These goals must stop the worst effects of global heating and commit to equitable just s...
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Over 40% of all passenger cars in Japan are K segment microcars (under 660cc). Around 40% of new cars in the U.K are massive SUVs. With regulation, you get what you invite.
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Melaniecycles @melaniecycles.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
This, just 100% this! Was trying to explain the other day how its only with cohesive infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians that the vulnerable users cn use it.. you won't get olders, those with youngsters, or those that feel more risk averse using something that doesn't exist but is necessary
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
When you dig into the hidden detail of the government's carbon capture and storage programme, the sheer scale of fiscal and environmental irresponsibility is hard to comprehend. We could be on the hook for £50 billion, with zero benefit. My column. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot
The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
Yep let’s hope Louise Haigh reads this
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
How many more Palestinians have to be massacred or starved before the US and other Western nations stop supplying weapons to Israel?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Here are the three big things Labour could do to change the disastrous environmental course we're on. Let's see some action. My latest column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour must act to save the environment – here’s my three-point plan | George Monbiot
Carbon budgets that add up, proper protection for Britain’s land and sea, and replacing GDP with a wellbeing index. What Guardian columnist George Monbiot wants for Labour’s manifesto
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