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Father. Worried for the kids. Kindness matters. Bring back progressive politics. Poor conversationalist: DMs likely to go unanswered.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one is doing the rounds
A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice. 
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs [10th year in a row]. Also among the top ranked countries are Germany (73%) and France (70%).” Via @cultmtl.com #Canada
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Canada named most positive leader on world stage
According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.
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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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike
weownit.org.uk
Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Urgent: the government is soon to decide whether to give the green light to Rosebank, a move that would lock us into decades more climate-wrecking oil. @friends-earth.bsky.social tool helped me ask my MP to say no to new oil and gas – will you do the same? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/deman...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Demand an end to climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects
Take action The fight to stop new oil and gas is heating up. And it’s a fight we can’t afford to lose. After a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, climate breakdown is impossible to ignore. Yet Prime...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 02/09/2026
The new Prime Minister has challenged 40 years of privatisation 😮 Let's keep the pressure on for public ownership ✊
Two politicians, quotes on privatization and high bills.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sewage in the rivers. Companies drowning in debt. Billions siphoned in profits. Private water is working exactly as designed. Just not for us. Tell your MP to back public ownership: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to support public ownership of water!
Sewage in the rivers. Companies drowning in debt. Billions siphoned in profits. Private water is working exactly as designed. Just not for us. Tell your MP to back public ownership: https://actionnet...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We need PUBLIC OWNERSHIP (not just control/regulation) to cut bills Energy Sec @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social looking at the system #r4today Burnham's government could start by - taking back energy network monopolies - setting up a retail wing for Great British Energy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Household energy bills to hit three-year high as Ofgem announces 4% rise from October
A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem says.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk
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Email your MP - give them the answers for Thames Water
An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Police have made 2700+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This cannot go unchallenged. The UK’s chief pr... www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
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End the prosecution of peaceful protestors in the UK
Police have made 2700+ arrests under terrorism laws in the UK for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. This cannot go unchallenged. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/08/2026
Water companies are trying to hike your water bills AGAIN. Privatisation is not affordable. Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST. Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, land-use sprawl, too many cars driving too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Highway filled with car congestionWide, busy road at night filled with cars.
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Twat.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In bookstores across the US on August 25. If ever there was a time to act, it is now.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A massive plastic pellet spill is threatening North Sea wildlife 🌊 Coastal communities are stepping up, but we need action. Join us and ask @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch an emergency response & hold polluters accountable! #NurdleSpill #StopPollution action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tyn...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Tell Andy Burnham: Save the North Sea from plastic pellet disaster
One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’ve just responded to the government’s consultation by saying no to Heathrow’s climate-wrecking third runway. Will you join me and tell the government you oppose expansion too? foe.uk/c7dag @friends-earth.bsky.social
foe.uk
Stop Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runway
Take action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’ve just responded to the government’s consultation by saying no to Heathrow’s climate-wrecking third runway. Will you join me and tell the government you oppose expansion too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/say-n...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Stop Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runway
Take action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb
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Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
112 MPs have called for special administration of Thames Water. Over 10,000 of us have signed the petition for you to bring it into public hands. You've even said this 'should' happen. Will you make good on your promise, @andyburnham.bsky.social? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/AB-thames-promise
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Andy Burnham: bring Thames Water into permanent public ownership
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The more fossil fuels burnt the more of us will die. Faced with Farage, Badenoch, the Daily Mail, the Sun and trade union leaders like Sharon Graham, we need to let them know that we won't go quietly. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3865659...
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Net Zero's killing UK & I'm more right-wing than Farage, says Kemi Badenoch
KEMI BADENOCH is in the driving seat. Her hands are on the wheel of a 50-tonne fuel truck, and she seems pretty fired up as I climb in next to her. Anyone who has watched her blazing Commons clashe…
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
On Monday Jeremy Hunt declared the UK has got much wealthier since the 1980s #GMB: "The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says more than half of families who are not claiming benefits are now struggling to make ends meet" How many food banks did we have in the 1970's, Jeremy?
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
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Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So depressing
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Burnham to Back North Sea Oil and Take Control of Thames Water
Within days of taking office incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is preparing to announce new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea as well as taking public control of Thames Water.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Israel won’t stop its war crimes in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. I just signed the @WaronWant petition to demand the UK imposes sanctions now! Take action 👇 secure.waronwant.org/page/195422/...
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Israel won’t stop. The UK must impose much stronger sanctions to stop the killing.
Over 73,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza strip since October 2023. The UK must do more to stop Israel’s genocide, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid as it is legally obliged to do under UK ...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Climate change means wild fires like this are becoming more frequent and more severe. Where is the national conversation about the urgent need for adaptation in the years ahead? Instead we get politicians demanding billions more for bombs.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Not wanting to state the obvious here, but maybe stop criminalising protest. I, for one, would prefer sex offenders are locked up than pensioners with a conscience... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy
Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The editorial is 'Kill your family, destroy nature' day after day after day from the majority of British newspapers.
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Tom Killick @killicktom.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
That Dicky (©️ @mrjohncrace.bsky.social) doesn't see the glaring contradiction between banging on about an 'establishment' plot at the same time as bigging up his links with 'a very successful aristocratic family') is truly delicious.
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Privatised water has failed us. I’m backing @labourlewis.bsky.social’s call to ensure Andy Burnham meets water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water bosses who’ve profited from the system. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org
Dear Andy Burnham, meet with water campaigners to discuss bringing water back into public ownership
Privatised water is a complete failure. I’m backing Clive Lewis' call to ensure that Andy Burnham meets frontline water campaigners who’ve fought for years to clean up our water -not just the water ...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Govt says England water companies flouting environmental rules face fines of up to £500,000. It is propaganda. Why a cap? Fines are proposed, maybe deferred/waived. Some sewage dumping permitted. Company licence to operate not cancelled for illegal conduct No fines on execs for illegal conduct.
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New penalties introduced in crackdown on water companies
Half a million-pound financial penalties introduced in latest crackdown on polluting water companies
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I've just signed the @friends-earth.bsky.social petition for a legally binding fracking ban. Do you want to add your name too? foe.uk/1hbzf
foe.uk
Tell the Prime Minister to make the fracking ban permanent
Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i...
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action!
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Delivery robots are operating on UK pavements right now with no national regulatory framework governing them. Tell your MP to prioritise people, not robots, and let them know our pavements are not for sale. act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/193798/...
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Our pavements are not for sale
Delivery robots are operating on UK pavements right now with no national regulatory framework governing them. The Government is aware and it's people who pay the price, congesting pavements, creating...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Ridiculous, works well in France
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 27/06/2026
Imagine supermarket, hospital and station car parks that: ☀️ Keep cars cooler in summer. ☔ Keep people drier in winter. ⚡ Generate renewable electricity. Britain considered making it happen. It quietly decided not to.
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Clive @trying-it-out.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I've signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to bring Thames Water into public ownership. Will you sign and share? @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...
weownit.org.uk
Andy Burnham must take back Thames Water
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