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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11h
The Tory party goes full-on climate denier and nature hater Pure lunacy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Richard Perryman @richperr501.bsky.social · 11h
Quote from the article -: However, it has now emerged the programme was never implemented, with the current government stating the commitment “was made by the previous government but was not brought into effect”.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12h
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
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Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Richard Perryman @richperr501.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goodbye @rspb.bsky.social RSPB Minsmere
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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
E Anglia is still in drought- likely to continue into 2027. Despite this, Sizewell C plan a huge increase in extraction of groundwater from a borehole previously licenced to supply 49 million litres/yr for agricultural purposes. SZC want to...1/2 consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/sizewell...
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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his generals to abandon the rules of war and step up attacks on civilian targets and nuclear energy sites, Ukrainian officials have warned." nypost.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Putin orders military leaders to target civilians and nuclear facilities, Zelensky warns: ‘No rules now’
“He [Putin] said there are no rules now,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The breakdown of our ecosystems is a national security threat. We must put restoring nature at the heart of government decision-making. So I'm delighted that @TheGreenParty members backed my conference motion on the need for a Nature, Biodiversity and Security Act.
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No national security without nature security, say Green Party - Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales says today that nature loss and biodiversity decline should be treated as seriously as other national security threats.  Delegates to the Party’s conference in…
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Earlier this summer mosquitoes capable of transmitting Zika virus and dengue were found breeding in homes in east London" Oh joy! Another perk of global heating www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 3 74% of Brits say climate change is important. 62% want the UK among the world's most ambitious. We're not a fringe. We're the majority — we just don't feel like the powerful collective we are. Time to feel it. Please share + tag 2. #TogetherUnstoppable #FateOfTheWorld
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills
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‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills
Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026
"Privatisation means cutting services and pumping public money into private pockets" - @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Profit-greedy hedge funds have no place in our water, children's social care and public services in general Greens are calling on Andy Burnham to deliver on his words
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chinese Govt owned Syngenta to cease operations at Grangemouth, 400 jobs at risk. Previously oil refinery closed. England-based British Steel rescued. What would govt do now? UK govts oppose state ownership but let foreign govts own infrastructure. Why? Any industrial strategy?
independent.co.uk
Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.
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Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/10/2026
TODAY is the People vs Palantir – International Day of Action Private firms should be nowhere near our NHS patient data. Palantir's NHS contract expires in February 2027. You can help ensure the NHS does not renew its contract. Find an action near you: vist.ly/5kk7f
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People vs Palantir – International Day of Action
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS. Join a local action near you!
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 01/10/2026
For 30 years, the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) has shown the value of innovative policy to local communities, notably playing a crucial role in saving the much-loved Wellington Monument back in 2018. Here's how...
Wellington Monument. A tall stone structure extends at the top of a hillside, overlooking trees and fields belowA cream and green-coloured graphic. Details include illustrations of a house, a slide and a hand. Wording is as follows: "more than 60,000 community, heritage and nature recovery projects successfully delivered. Over £1.7 billion channeled into local community infrastructure and the natural environment."
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/10/2026
Palantir's founder hates the NHS, so why is he handling our NHS patient data? Private companies should be nowhere near our NHS and our patient data It is time for them to go. Their contract ends in February 2026. You can help make sure it is not renewed Add your name: vist.ly/5kkst
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Tell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHS
Palantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in...
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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average from the heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution and the destruction of nature, with Alpine regions experiencing some of the most dramatic changes." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is the end of the 'bathing season'. That means regular water quality testing at designated bathing waters in England and Wales stops until next May... 🌊 How do you use the water? 🌊 datahq.sas.org.uk/recreational...
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Where do you surf, swim, paddle or play? - Surfers Against Sewage • Data HQ
Recreational Data HQ Updated by Kirsty Davies Where do you swim, surf, paddle or play? Are you a 'bather'? no, we thought not. In the legislation that
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 30/09/2026
The profiteering from children’s social care is OUT OF CONTROL 💷Hundreds of millions in profits for big private-equity-backed providers 💰Senior civil servant owning shares in children’s care provider Add your name to demand an end to profit in children’s care: vist.ly/5kg88
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some good stuff in here, but missing one key word - climate That's right. Not a single mention of the greatest threat this country, and the world, have ever faced Really quite bizarre www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Burnham giving first Labour conference speech as prime minister - watch live
Under the plan, the state pension will continue to rise each year in line with inflation or by 2.5% - but the annual earnings link will be dropped.
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 29/09/2026
Locals expect a tree, but what they're actually paying for is someone to come and strimmer the tree to death
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Give trees a chance
Development-planted trees have consistently shown to be faring poorly, according to recent surveys.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
New UK homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
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New UK homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
Amanda Blanc says flooding threat is ‘absolutely increasing’, as she also warns ministers over ‘kite flying’ before budget
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says UK high court. Profitable for developers, misery for buyers/residents. Problems with insurance, reselling, quality of life. Too many defective homes built. Get a private survey before buying a new home. Must change laws.
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Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A huge songbird trapping site has been shut down in northern Italy, according to the Committee Against Bird Slaughter:
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Huge Pied Flycatcher trapping site shut down in Italy
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter estimates that hundreds of birds were being caught every day.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleeced
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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’
Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/09/2026
This former golf course has been turned into a nature reserve 💚 Sandilands is designed to help nature thrive. The reserve is expected to provide important habitat for birds and forms part of the internationally important East Coast Flyway, one of Europe's major migration routes.
Two long-legged avocets with white chests and black heads and beaks at the edge of water, with four tiny white fluffy chicks following in their wakeAn aerial view of a former golf course at the edge of the coast, with a strip of beige sand on one side, and many ponds, pathways, wetland and marshes within it under a cloudy skyA view of long thistley grass under a hazy blue sky surrounding a vast pondAn adult avocet with long legs, a white body, black head and beak leading three fluffy grey chicks behind it along the water's edge with a scrubby bank rising behind them
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK's Suella Braverman promises ‘consequences’ if pupils don’t sing Christian hymns. That would be policed. So what happens to atheists, agnostics, non-believers and other religious denominations. Will they be persecuted, imprisoned? Reform UK getting desperate and bizarre.
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Passionate, inspiring speech @heidialexander.bsky.social The trains (rolling stock) on our railway are still privatised and they're the most profitable bit 💰💰💰 Today the government announces Great British Railways will start OWNING TRAINS for benefit of passengers + public! 🚄🎉🚄🎉🚄🎉
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is such a sorry & infuriating tale. Via @davidpetts1.bsky.social from another place. www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...
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Richard Perryman @richperr501.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beautiful Marbled - caught by Actinic trap on 27th September, SW Ipswich.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.
living.insidehousing.co.uk
Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolio
A Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UK has no strategic food reserves, imports more than 40 percent of its food, and grows most of the rest in parts of the country most prone to serious drought in the years and decades to come We are not - to say the least -in a good place www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns
Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high risk
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
London investment bankers, lawyers, accountants make £1.2bn from takeover frenzy. Everything for sale in slicing/dicing, asset stripping bazaars. Anyone focused on the long term? UK has been at/near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets for 30 yrs.
theguardian.com
London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The obvious explanation for the increase in drone spying of our nuclear facilities is to gain intelligence useful to an enemy planning an attack on the UK, which would be the harbinger of a general war in Europe against Nato." www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Foreign drones flying over UK's nuclear sites at rate of THREE a week
Drones are making illegal incursions over nuclear power stations and UK military bases at a rate of almost three a week amid escalating tensions with Russia.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Private equity controlled TalkTalk, UK's 4th largest broadband provider, facing administration. Loaded with debt by PE, asset-stripped, low investment, poor service. PE control of essential services damages economy and national security. Neoliberals eye a bailout.
lbc.co.uk
National security concerns as broadband giant TalkTalk 'could go into administration within days' | LBC
Security officials are warning that the Ministry of Defence could be impacted if the telecom provider goes under
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 26/09/2026
They keep lying about public ownership of water Thank goodness we have fighters like Feargal Sharkey to call them out on this lie every time Make sure your MP has the facts. Take 2 minutes now to send them our NEW REPORT on how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: vist.ly/5jytv
Screenshot of a Feargal sharkey tweet that says ""Thatcher Minister Defends Water Selloff Despite Thames Crisis."  Let's be clear about this renationalising the water industry does not force water company investment to compete with other demands on the public purse like the NHS or education. Frankly that's a lie.  We, the consumer, the bill payer, we are already paying for all this today, upfront, now. EG over the next 5 years we the bill players are financing 99% of the so called investment, paying for it directly from our water bills, that's why they gone up so much, it's not coming from shareholders, not from govt, not from tax payers but from us, directly from our bills.  When will they stop making this stuff up?"
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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"This article is based upon a recent interview with @profbillmcguire.bsky.social. () For those who prefer “sugar-coated” analyses, such as: “we still have time” … “transitioning to a Net-Zero future” … “plants love CO2” … “carbon capture technology” this article is not for you. Stop reading now.
counterpunch.org
Elites Have No Plan for Climate Collapse
Bill McGuire, emeritus professor, Geophysical & Climate Hazards, University College London is unique within the scientific community. He claims that
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 26/09/2026
Not one single new reservoir has been completed in England since privatisation This is a national security issue, and many MPs have been raising the alarm about it Our NEW REPORT explains how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership so we can invest in our water: vist.ly/5jy48
Screenshot of a Financial Times headline that says "Blow for drought-hit England as opening of new reservoir delayed by 5 years"
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Martine Fenn @martinefenn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We saw our first Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies of the year in Northumberland last week. I can remember when they seemed to be on every Buddleia bush. #Butterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Important piece by @fionaharvey.bsky.social on huge significance of the Report by UK Security Chiefs on rising climate & nature threats which has been shamefully suppressed by Government. Also the focus of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social mini-series, #WhenNatureBecomesASecurityThreat
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is more than likely we will continue to ignore increasingly dire warnings until the situation is completely irrevocable and then we'll start blaming scientists for not shouting loudly enough and each other for not doing enough - it's an absolute shit show! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...
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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries
Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Datacentre are being foisted on people living in low/medium income areas, not in wealthy areas. Resulting in excessive use of water, energy; pollution and environmental damage. Very few long-term jobs are generated. Watch the Minister's reply.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto...
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