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Walter Menteth

@waltermenteth.bsky.social
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Architect, planner, writer, London - views my own (he/him) People, #culture, #politics, #environment, #climate, #justice, #sustainability, #democracy

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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s time to end the uncontrolled and unaccountable foreign military presence in Britain.
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‘Time to end the US's unaccountable military presence in Britain’
ANTI-WAR campaigners have called for the further removal of US militarism from Britain after the country’s bombers were withdrawn from RAF Fairford.Downing Street insisted the site remains safe follow...
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Public ownership of water now? Vote Green 💚 Possible public ownership in the future? Vote Labour 🥀 Public owned NHS? Vote Green 💚 NHS privatisation? Vote Labour 🥀 Fight climate change? Vote Green 💚 Ignore climate change? Vote Labour 🥀 Condemn genocide? Vote Green 💚 Ignore genocide? Vote Lab 🥀
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY Four Dutch supporters travelled to Liverpool to participate in a peaceful signholding action outside the Labour conference. One was arrested under the Terrorism Act on arrival in the UK. A second was arrested for having shoe repair glue in their bag.
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Paul Da Pork Hunt & Mr Moo (Friends with Larry) @paulcwgb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.trackisraellobby.uk
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'To be a Green MP, or not be a Green MP: Zack is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Daily Mail hit jobs. Or to take arms against a sea of has-been podcasters' @zackpolanski.bsky.social would be a phenomenal MP! Major plot twist ahead? 💚🗳
Green MP Candidate Zack Polanski on stage at St George Hall in Bristol back in November 2025 holding a microphone and the crowds most fullest attention.
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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voting in HOLBORN & ST PANCRAS on Thursday? Your Strongest Vote for Climate is: ✅ Zack Polanski 🟢 GREEN PARTY Re-post to share with friends & family. #HolbornAndStPancras #BackZack
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globaltimoto 🐸 @globaltimoto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How can I take this police terrorism arrest seriously, when they have made thousands of terrorism arrests for people holding placards? How can we be expected to trust the law with this glaring disparity? Yvette Cooper must be brought to trial for deceiving the British people.
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British man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford terrorism plot
Counter-terrorism police say 22-year-old detained in London on suspicion of terrorism offences
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: We accept Ed Miliband’s Pizza Express invitation. Writing on behalf of Defend Our Juries, Margaret Owen OBE and Jonathon Porritt CBE, both arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @labouruk.bsky.social conference, accept the offer to meet. Read in full: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Andy Burnham remains silent as Israel continues to commit acts of genocide in Gaza.
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Three years on: Israel is asphyxiating Gaza and dismantling the means of survival | MSF
In Gaza, Palestine, Israel continues to systematically destroy the conditions people need to survive.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 02/10/2026
Many homes, infrastructure, livelihoods, and loved ones have been lost to recent extreme weather events around the world. And fossil fuel corporations are continuing to pollute and fuel these for their profits. #makepolluterspay act.gp/4usPymE
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Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.
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Lord Jeffrey of Nottingham #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 @onemoregoodman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grenfell United, a bereaved families and survivors group, said "no family should have to fight this hard, for this long, for justice".
bbc.co.uk
Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire that killed 72 people.
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.threads.com/share/BAA20O...
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Peckham Keffiyeh (@peckham_keffiyeh) on Threads
We have been overwhelmed by sales of our patches. But no problem, we have been busy printing more. We are determined to keep the public informed. “ In the UK it’s a crime to say I support Palestine Ac...
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Germany wasted so much money on fossil fuels the last 5 years when they could have invested in cheap solar and batteries. Now Germany tells the rest of Europe that because Germany is so bad with its own finances and burnt it all on overpriced fossil fuels, now all of Europe needs to spend less.
cnbc.com
Drastic budget cutbacks essential to fund Europe's defense, Germany and allies warn
Six European leaders have called for major cuts to a proposed 2 trillion euro budget.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Christabel Pankhurst, leading suffragette, was born on this day 1880 in Old Trafford.
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I would suspect it’s only going to get worse. As ppl start to think it’s viable to do this for ‘cost efficiencies’. Challenging value engineering will begin to look like a doddle.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LETTER LEAKED Israel are threatening to ban from entering the country individuals associated with 11 British groups including Palestine Action, Oxfam, Save the Children, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. 🧵1/5
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An excellent must watch for everyone other than Oscar & Hugo’s dad. War crimes complicity www.facebook.com/share/v/1E3T...
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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How do you net zero this level of emissions when you still need to grow food? www.carbonbrief.org/uk-aviation-...
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UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits - Carbon Brief
The Labour government has signalled its support for a contentious third runway at Heathrow airport, with a final planning decision expected by 2029.
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ever the same. This is the identical argument used for not taxing air fuel, which has had so many adverse & distorting consequences. It is a way of giving the AI promoters a clear field to penetrate the market & denies anyone the capacity to resist www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK government rejects 'kill switch' idea for dangerous AI
The Cabinet Office, which leads on AI safety, says the UK "cannot simply turn AI off".
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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm awaiting a comment from Network Rail, but this could be a major gut punch if what I suspect is happening in the background is in fact on the table. Is a full national rail electric bike ban on the table? Rail executives are certainly lobbying for it. www.cyclingelectric.com/news/rail-el...
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Is a full national rail electric bike ban on the table?
Signage displayed at Leeds train station recently has sparked panic in the electric bike world, with wording suggesting that Network
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SirKidStarverIsGone @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Which of these groups are more likely to be arrested under the Terrorism Act? These days the top picture shows the "terrorists" the bottom shows the "legitimate protesters" Thank God for a Labour gov in charge. We'd never look back at them for making bad judgement calls
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Lest we forget:
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you privatise the profits from fossil fuels, you can’t keep socialising the costs of the damage. Those who’ve profited should pay their fair share of the impacts. That’s why Spain’s push for an EU oil and gas tax to help fund climate adaptation is worth supporting. www.ft.com/content/86da...
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Spain pushes for EU oil and gas tax to pay for climate change response
Rising extreme weather costs fuel campaign ahead of new resilience strategy
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
actionnetwork.org/petitions/as...
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Asda: Stop Selling Israeli Produce and Products
Asda: Stop Selling Israeli Produce and Products Our Demands STOP Stop sourcing, buying and selling Israeli produce and products across all Asda stores and online. START Prioritise UK-grown produc...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 21/08/2026
#OtD 21 Aug 1791 the Haitian revolution began as 100,000 enslaved people rose up and eventually overthrew both slavery and French rule, creating the world's first Black republic shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-h...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING Peaceful protesters have revealed “terrorism” signs outside Preston Courts in support of the Barclays 5. The signs state “Saving lives is not terrorism - I support Palestine Action” This is in response to reports that the five may be unjustly sentenced as terrorists.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
EXCEPTIONAL WINTER HEAT Hotter and Hotter in this insane winter heat wave in Southern Africa Highlands In particular,Gobabis NAMIBIA at over 1400m asl rose to 36.7C,pulverizing its record of winter highest temperature in history with another summer-like max. More records coming
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I don’t think people realize how big an area is experiencing its hottest water temps ever recorded. 90% of the W. #Mediterranean and ~3/4ths of the nearby E. Atlantic are experiencing record warm sea surface temps (in magenta) This simply does not happen without human-caused climate change 1/
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders $31m more than to fire victims/survivors. 72 Britons died in fire due to faulty cladding. US shareholders sued for inadequate disclosures about cladding, received $74m compensation. Victims of fire, their families received $43m. No one prosecuted.
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Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders £23m more in compensation than to fire victims
Report’s author said findings highlighted ‘near-total failure’ to hold corporations accountable over the disaster that killed 72 people
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fixing the UK’s broken energy system does NOT mean opening new oil & gas fields. 🔥We are in a #climateemergency ➡️ Head to www.stopcambo.org.uk for actions you can take today to oppose Rosebank and Jackdaw @stopcambo.bsky.social #stoprosebank #oilandgas
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 04/07/2026
Hotter and hotter and hotter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New records set in many European countries
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Willem Huiskamp @willemh.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It's worth stressing that the *magnitude* by which some of these records are being broken is nothing short of astonishing
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"Wealthy societies are complacent. The deranged idea—as Amitav Ghosh describes it—that we are safe, that things are under control, that bad things only happen to people who are far away, persists. Anticipating future ruin, we fail to act in the here and now." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Capitalism is great at making more. Terrible at knowing when to stop. Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...
A map of Europes with dots for all 854 cities analysed, pink dots for the cities that broke humid heat records, grey dots elsewhere. Pink dots conentrated over Southern UK, Germany, Poland and Benelux.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I especially love this diagram.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I keep hearing "Keir Starmer is a decent man". Never mind the vibes: decent is as decent does. And all this and more is the opposite of decent.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
via We Stand With Francesca Albanese
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
6 🇪🇺 oil & gas companies have raked in record profits this year, totalling more than US$ 22 billion in the first three months of 2026. While the crisis is felt across the continent, they're cashing in despite knowing pollution shoudn't be profitable. Sign the petition ✒️ act.350.org/sign/tell-eu...
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Slash oil and gas profits, make the polluters pay!
Fossil fuel companies keep raking in obscene profits while our bills soar and our planet gets hotter. We can’t keep paying while they profit. Our governments must break free from oil and gas. We can't...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
European businesses are ready to electrify. 90% of 🇫🇷 business leaders say clean electrification can reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports. 83% of 🇩🇪 business leaders expect lower energy bills. 84% of 🇵🇱 business leaders expect improved energy security. More via 👉 powering-up-business-poll.com
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Europe is self-sabotaging by expanding its fossil gas capacity. “The prioritisation of gas as a controllable power source is especially problematic because it draws investment and political focus away from making renewables more flexible,” writes Euronews. 👀 www.euronews.com/2026/06/19/g...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
via Helen Spedding-Lowe
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thats a real problem too with Fossil Fuels, Property, Pharma & Weapons - the complicity of fund management to destroy & ruin lives
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It's called integrity & now seemingly too rare
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Absolute chancers. Nationalise water. Now. And keep it in public hands forever.
Thames water told the BBC we remain of the view that w market led solution is the best way to secure the long term stability needed to continue improving performance and advancing our turnaround plan for the benefit of customers, the environment and our stakeholders
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Great photo of it
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A Swiss court acquitted 5 Palestine solidarity activists, recognised the reality of genocide in Palestine, & affirmed that peaceful civil disobedience is protected by freedom of expression. substack.com/@tawfiqalghu...
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Tawfiq Al- Ghussein (@tawfiqalghussein)
This is a significant ruling. A Swiss court has acquitted five Palestine solidarity activists, annulled their fines, recognised the reality of genocide in Palestine, and affirmed that peaceful civil d...
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Walter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Climate talks are about to start in Bonn and progress towards a fair transition away from fossil fuels is on the line. I’ve just emailed Ed Miliband calling for him to back a strong plan. Will you join me and take action too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/suppo...
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Support a fair transition away from fossil fuels
Take action Last autumn, thousands of us helped win a big step forward at the UN climate talks. We got energy secretary Ed Miliband to commit the UK government to the Belém Action Mechanism (BAM). Nam...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Israel bombed a Roman Fort in Lebanon, over 2000 years old, one of the finest examples of Roman Architecture left on the planet, stood isolated on a hill. But Israel bombed it anyway. They are terrorists, and they destroy everything.
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