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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱

@wendymcd.bsky.social
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Green/lefty/lib/humanist walker/retired organic gardener, Sussex, UK. Here for polite politics (!?), general enlightenment and all things environmental. Trying to stay positive in the face of all the lunacy and venality🌱🦉🤞

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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 2h
Never mind the cap, where can I get a third arm?
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 8h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... And good riddance...
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US bombers pulled from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot
Aircraft leave Gloucestershire base to return to US following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Knee, meet Jerk.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Storming speech from Andy Burnham. I expect Chris Mason will be along soon, to get Nigel Farage's opinion on it.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, he has to get his nasty point airborne before actual evidence can nullify it.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI slop! 😉
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Seems that the only thing that's changed is the speed at which these gentlemen can be triggered.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A split in the patriot faction.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When put like that, a lot of the world makes more sense
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absobloodylutely!
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just been listening to Charlie Mullins saying that he'll only return to Britain if Farage becomes PM. Labour should put that on their election leaflets.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quite right!
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's beautiful. I can feel the serenity.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unfortunately, we still get to suffer the Gatwick expansion blight.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just busted mine too, by bouncing it on the kitchen floor. This domestic goddessing stuff is overrated 🤦
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What started as one teenager’s idea is now pulling millions of kilograms of plastic out of the world’s oceans. I've been donating to this amazing org. since it's inception. Hope you will too. theoceancleanup.com/donate/ #Innovation #PlasticPlanet #OceanCleanUp #EnvironmentalSolutions
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/09/2026
🔥8320 people have already sent our response to Ofwat's bill hike consultation Our water bills have more than doubled since 1990. In return we got: 💩Sewage-filled rivers 💧3 billion litres wasted daily 💷£90 billion taken out in dividends Send the response now: vist.ly/5jq7n
Quote from Andy Burnham: "Households “have been asked to pay more for years, yet serious pollution incidents are at record levels and the pipes are still leaking... Customers cannot be treated as a blank cheque. Where water companies seek to pass unnecessary costs on to households, they will be challenged.”"
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.
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Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
ALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It also comes in handy for a bit of art therapy once discarded
Collage depicting a goldfish issuing air bubbles containing cartoon heads of bad influencers. Set against a blue background made up of fishy tales taken from Private Eye satirical magazine.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/bill...
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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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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There'll be snakes in that there hair oil...
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'd be interested to know the spread of funds across the sector. I bet this'll be the small family farms missing out on essential help again. Only the big boys can afford a land agents gofer dedicated to securing their funding. Debacle.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If I venture up to town the week before Remembrance day, I always sport both models. White for all casualties of war; and red for the military. That makes it perfectly possible to use both symbols for their original message. Probably won't be going to town this year. Town being Crowborough 🙄
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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Deep in Scotland's Pentland Firth, a grid scale tidal turbine at the MeyGen site just set a massive milestone: over 6.5 years of continuous operation without a single unplanned maintenance stop. ​Operating 40 meters underwater in one of the fastest tidal currents on Earth.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Companies pay employer national insurance (ENI) on director pay. Partners in limited liability partnerships (LLPs) share profit, instead of salary. LLPs don't pay ENI on that. £150k ENI for every £1m of profit shared is avoided. Big four law firms alone avoided paying £4bn. Must end this perk.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Totnes decided, in an unofficial referendum, to join the EU, I wonder how many pages of coverage the BBC would give to a cat that can play a banjo?
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hard to shake the impression that the overriding sentiment in Tories and Labour to the Reform donations was envy rather than concern about our democratic system….
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He's just concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other ☹️
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills to lower bills, pay from general taxation. Money should not be handed out without the govt taking a stake. Must end profiteering. Public ownership of energy is common in the EU countries. Same needed in the UK.
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UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills
Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Speaking as somebody who spent this entire century watching his mum die in pain and humiliation, this decision is a big fat load of shite. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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MPs vote against legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
Bill fails at second reading despite near-identical legislation being approved by Commons in last parliament
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This post is very personal and relates to my grand daughter who was diagnosed with Cancer, aged 3 last year. When the chemotherapy started she lost all her hair which really scared her, and my daughter decided to write a book for her and other children to offer comfort and hope. 1/3
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lovely idea, happy to help.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
KNEEZIS! I hate kneezis.
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Indiana Jones: I Hate These Guys
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The only reason senior figures in Reform have condemned the fascist protest in Dover is because they want to distance themselves from the ugly face of the xenophobic politics that they have legitimised. Stop giving them credit.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We invited 9 water firm bosses to swim in their local bathing spot. Zero said yes. They ought to before hiking prices, collecting undeserved pay and bonuses. Only 15% of England rivers and fewer than 7% of lakes reach good ecological standard. archive.ph/8hxPg
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We invited 9 water firm bosses to swim in their local bathing spot. Zero said yes
These CEOs earn seven-figure salaries and insist their water quality is 'excellent'. Yet they have suddenly become very hard to reach...
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Absolutely! Until the flow stops...
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Toast!
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
donate.careinternational.org.uk/page/nepal-f...
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Nepal Flash Floods Appeal
Devastating floods have hit Nepal and Tibet, leaving families in urgent need of help. Hundreds have been killed, hundreds more are missing, and over 10,000 families have been left without somewhere sa...
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Isles of Scilly is home to amazing marine life, but South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage straight into these protected waters. They deserve the best sewage treatment, not a cheap fix. Help protect this beautiful ecosystem and add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/gi...
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Stop untreated sewage polluting the Isles of Scilly
South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage into one of the UK's most protected marine environments. Add your name to demand the highest standard of sewage treatment for the Isles of Scilly and he...
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You’re laughing? Milo is coming back to the UK and you’re laughing?
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cerulean Freeman Hardy-Willis
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Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱 @wendymcd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cerulean Freeman Hardy-Willis
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opinion
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Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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