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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 4h
Tell travel companies to stop offering cruel camel rides worldwide. Camels deserve better than a life of exploitation. Take action today: www.petauk.org/4mj
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Tell Travel Companies: Drop Camel Rides Worldwide
Travel companies are profiting from cruel camel rides despite evidence of abuse. Urge them to join 30+ companies that have already pledged not to offer camel rides anywhere in the world.
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JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 19h
I think the BBC should close its television news channel to save money It’s so poor now anyway Fund proper journalism, make decent news programmes, maintain Radio 4 Rolling news is awful too
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 20h
Invite your MP to ORG's event on AI action.openrightsgroup.org/invite-your-...
action.openrightsgroup.org
Invite your MP to ORG's event on AI in immigration
Why your MP should attend ORG's meeting Deciding whether someone can or cannot seek refuge in the UK is one of the most serious and life-changing decisions that the state can make about an individual....
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’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?
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Andy Burnham has said he’ll be listening to Londoners and their MPs before deciding the fate of climate-wrecking plans to expand Heathrow airport. I’ve asked my MP to speak out against the third runway. Will you join me? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/ask-y...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Ask your MP to oppose Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runway
Take action The debate about Heathrow expansion is making headline news. Andy Burnham refuses to say whether he backs the controversial plans, saying the issue is "principally a matter for London and ...
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Ashwin Kumar @ashwin-kumar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Been wondering whether Man City paid the right tax when giving money to Mancini via an off-book 'consultancy' contract? Here's Dan Neidle's investigation into that issue
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Save the Amazon from pesticide poisoning! actions.eko.org/a/save-the-a...
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Save the Amazon from pesticide poisoning!
Colombia’s far-right President is on the verge of dousing the Amazon rainforest in glufosinate-ammonium – a pesticide classified as more dangerous than glyphosate!This poison has been linked to seriou
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And so, if this dismal idea is still on the table, I’d urge Alex Norris and Andy Burnham to listen to those of us on the ground. This. Will. Be. A. Mistake. We (along with many other interested groups and parties) stand ready to help you avoid making it. Just say the word.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The 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
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk
I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is an excellent piece - do read.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) has hosted panels featuring, and sponsored by, big tech companies that are driving a dramatic expansion of fossil fuel production in order to power their energy intensive data centres. www.desmog.com/2026/09/29/t...
desmog.com
Tony Blair Institute Brings Gas-Guzzling Tech Giants to Labour Conference
LIVERPOOL – The think tank led by former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has hosted a number of events sponsored by Trump-donating tech firms at this year’s party conference. The Tony Blair…
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Decapod crustaceans have already been recognised in law as sentient beings capable of suffering. They should not be treated differently from other legally recognised sentient animals. www.petauk.org/4mx
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Decapod Crustaceans Feel Pain. Why Are They Still Excluded from UK Animal Research Laws?
Take action now urging the government to bring decapod crustaceans within the scope of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk
I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thames Water is buried in debt, customers are paying more, and our rivers continue to suffer. I’ve emailed Andy Burnham to put Thames Water into Special Administration NOW. You can too --> riveraction.eaction.org.uk/email_Andy_B...
riveraction.eaction.org.uk
Email Andy Burnham
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moths-matt...
crowdfunder.co.uk
Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment
Will you help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths and give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve?
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Holly 🇺🇸🦅 @msdesignerlady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mr. Perez was deliberately shot in the spine, which could lead to paralysis without the proper medical care. This continuation of dehumanizing immigrants is so you will become numb and hardened. They must be held accountable. #AbolishICE #SheShed
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thames Water is buried in debt, customers are paying more, and our rivers continue to suffer. I’ve emailed Andy Burnham to put Thames Water into Special Administration NOW. You can too --> riveraction.eaction.org.uk/email_Andy_B...
riveraction.eaction.org.uk
Email Andy Burnham
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Philip Lymbery @philip-ciwf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"I think sometimes we need to take a step back and just remember we have no greater right to be here than any other animal." Sir David Attenborough #EndFactoryFarming @ciwf.org.uk
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Philip Lymbery @philip-ciwf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Soaring cost of King’s Guards' real fur bearskin caps revealed @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social The bearskin caps worn by soldiers outside Buckingham Palace now cost £2,000+ each & it takes one bear to make a cap! Faux fur is a win win! For bears & taxpayers! #WildForLife www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Soaring cost of King’s Guards' real fur bearskin caps revealed
Bearskin caps worn by soldiers outside Buckingham Palace cost more than £2,000 each, says MOD.
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Philip Lymbery @philip-ciwf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s #FarmAnimalsAwarenessWeek ‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind’ Farm animals deserve a life worth living not the cruel, caging and confinement of #FactoryFarming It’s the biggest abuse of animals on our planet and shames us all #BeKindToAllKinds #EndTheCageAge @ciwf.org.uk
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Philip Lymbery @philip-ciwf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What happened when a Scottish dairy farmer decided to let his cows keep their calves @thescotsman.bsky.social When cows are allowed to keep their calves, we glimpse a dairy system that feels more natural, kind, transparent and trustworthy #FarmAnimalsAwarenessWeek www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
scotsman.com
What happened when a Scottish dairy farmer decided to let his cows keep their calves
Wilma and David Finlay are pioneering a radical new approach to dairy farming
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Personally, I think it's "unfair" that council tax for the most expensive properties is only 3x the cheapest. That seems unfair. The mansion tax is a way of fixing that, but not a very sophisticated one. You may have a different view. Fair/unfair enough.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 16/09/2026
Britain’s Airline industry is out of control - they live tax free at our expense, make big sums of money and emit vast sums of pollution, climate driving pollution. And they want massive expansion.
carbonbrief.org
CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 16/09/2026
Profits up, housebuilding down - that’s the story here, the stranglehold of the big builders on our housing market continues. Barratt just made one third of a Trillion pounds but still calls market conditions tough and calls for government aid….seriously.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe, tax-dodging Brexiter billionaire living in Monaco, says the poorest and most vulnerable should have their rights & benefits removed to bolster our economy. Don’t bother telling us this rancid man’s opinions unless you say how much he’s avoided in tax and what Brexit is costing us all.
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every purchase is an opportunity to choose compassion. Take the pledge to stop buying animal skin and choose animal-free alternatives. secure.speciesunite.com/page/196695/...
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Take the Pledge to Stop Buying Skin!
Every purchase is an opportunity to move demand away from an industry built on animal suffering and toward a future where no animal has to lose their skin for fashion. Please join Species Unite in tak...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC.
Picture of man smiling with tea-mug. Headline reads: "Non-Billionaire who actually lives in the UK and pays its taxes says he has lost confidence in the super-rich", with sub-header: 'One of Britain's taxpayers says he has lost confidence in billionaires, describing them as "on the take"".
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms! action.eko.org/a/meta-big-t...
action.eko.org
Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms!
When Bolsonaro was president, he almost destroyed the Amazon. Now, his son could be elected to start Bolsonaro 2.0 and finish the job. Recent research by Ekō just exposed that Meta AI, Gemini, Grok an
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised"
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For over a year, Elephant Madhuri was living in a sanctuary. Now, she is being sent back to the temple where she lived chained and in pain for years. Tell Indian officials to return Madhuri to Vantara sanctuary! www.petauk.org/4mr
petauk.org
URGENT: Act Now to Help Elephant Madhuri Return to Her Sanctuary Home
For over a year, Elephant Madhuri was living in a sanctuary. Now, she is being sent back to the temple where she lived chained and in pain for years. Tell Indian officials to return Madhuri to Vantara sanctuary!
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran: Cancel your US tour! action.eko.org/a/ed-sheeran...
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Ed Sheeran: cancel your genocide-friendly tour
Macklemore stood on stage with pop superstar Ed Sheeran and said two words: "Free Palestine."Days later, Ed Sheeran dropped him from his remaining US shows.Ed Sheeran chose warmongering billionaires o
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's hard to think of anything less British than the morons doing this to the heroic RNLI
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200648/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
House of Lords reform
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please si...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nigel Farage is posting this morning “More small boats in the Channel this morning. They will keep coming. Open Borders Burnham won’t stop them” Lets remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - the BREXIT he championed youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
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It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The hospitality industry are back lobbying for a VAT cut They don't mention the cost: £12bn They don't mention who gets the £: ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Get nothing ❌ Consumers? Prices won't fall ✅ McDonald's gets £400m. Big chains are big winners 🧵:
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Ben Delo isn't just a "billionaire expat" with a soft spot for Farage. In 2022 he was found guilty of serious criminal charges in the United States. American prosecutors said he deliberately built a dodgy crypto platform designed to help people hide dirty money. He admitted as much in court.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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shirleyeb.bsky.social @shirleyeb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop Musk’s Space base actions.eko.org/a/stop-musk-...
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Stop Musk’s Space base
Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island to rest and feed along their epic migration.Snow geese arrive in enormous flocks. Endangered
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