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Ian Butler

@iangbutler.bsky.social

74 followers 150 following 46 posts

Environment, biodiversity, paddling, climbing and SuDS. Kayaking Sussex to Scotland by sea for RNLI https://t.co/yIDFq1FOHM Husband to the author of Starling.

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Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 13h

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 13h

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 15h

Here we go!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is on Question Time #BBCQT

Like what you hear? Join us for as little as £6. You could be our 100,000th member! join.greenparty.org.uk

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

Is the government blocking the publication of a report into the national security threat posed by the climate crisis?

If so, why?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/national-security-threatened-climate-crisis-uk-defence-chiefs-warn

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 2d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

influencemap.org

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2d

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 🚨 🚨 #BREAKING | Scottish flotilla participant Yvonne Ridley is MISSING after being IMPRISONED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Yvonne Ridley had been held at Ketziot prison on hunger strike and denied her medication.

She was due to be deported to Istanbul but disappeared 👇‼️

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 4d

My two stand-out highlights of Green Party conference were @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social's Deputy Leaders' speeches. Grounded, emotional, and inspiring.

Well worth watching in full:
www.youtube.com/live/Nw1waIc...

#GPC25

Co-Deputy Leaders' Speech - Rachel Millward & Mothin Ali at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 5d

Zack Polanski has done the impossible…

Made me feel hope in politics again.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 6d

#BREAKING | Israel continues attacking Gaza despite Trump order to 'immediately' stop

Hamas accepted a proposal to end the war on Gaza and release captives but Israel continued attacks

Israel continues attacking Gaza despite Trump order to 'immediately' stop

Hamas accepted a proposal to end the war on Gaza and release captives but Israel continued attacks

www.middleeasteye.net

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship.

Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing.

And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary.

Thank you Zack. 💪

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 7d

Pollution kills all Tees Estuary seal pups
Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Pollution kills all Tees Estuary seal pups

Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 8d

Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8d

Military ships may surround them, but the flotilla answers with resistance songs and calls to Free Palestine. Courage is louder than gun

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8d

Global Sumud Flotilla

HIGH ALERT
OUR VESSELS ARE BEING ILLEGALY INTERCEPTED

Cameras are offline and vessels have been boarded by military personnel. We are actively working to confirm the safety and status of all participants on board.

Details to come as available.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 8d

If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.

If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8d

118 nautical miles to Gaza. Last night, an Israeli warship circled the boats and launched a cyber attack, damaging devices and navigation — but flotilla keep sailing. This is the largest flotilla ever: 41 boats, grounded in international law and powered by global solidarity.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 11d

“When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians & their homeland”

Hugely powerful from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 12d

#WATCH | A child with disabilities struggles to fetch water on his own, a scene that reflects the harsh suffering endured in the displacement camps across the Gaza Strip.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 12d

Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 13d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 15d

#BREAKING | Today, Italy and Spain have deployed warships to protect and provide rescue efforts if needed to the Global Sumud flotilla which is heading to break the Israeli siege on Gaza

Picture of a military ship with the flags of Spain and Italy with the caption: SPAIN ANNOUNCES IT WILL DEPLOY A MILITARY VESSEL TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA TO GAZA AFTER ITALY DEPLOYED NAVY SHIP

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 18d

🇨🇳🇮🇱 China just DESTROYED the Israeli spokesperson, Watch 👇

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 18d

In 2016, the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT offered Nigel Farage his own show.

It is clear that the Kremlin regarded Farage as a useful tool to serve Russia and weaken the UK and EU. Farage has fulfilled exactly that role and continues to do so.

He is a traitor.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18d

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.

And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.

Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 19d

#BREAKING | The International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza announced that a new wave of 1,000 SHIPS ‼️ aiming to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza will set sail from southern Italy next Wednesday.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 19d

China calls for 'comprehensive ceasefire' in Gaza with pressing urgency

Top diplomat Wang Yi criticises Israel's efforts to take over Gaza City and its "encroachment" in occupied West Bank, saying its actions "seriously violate international law"

TRT World - China calls for 'comprehensive ceasefire' in Gaza with pressing urgency

Top diplomat Wang Yi criticises Israel's efforts to take over Gaza City and its "encroachment" in occupied West Bank, saying its actions "seriously violate international law".

www.trtworld.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 19d

Dr Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, stated:

⭕️The Israeli army destroyed my home and killed several members of my family without warning, aiming to commit a massacre.

⭕️The situation in Gaza City is tragic, with ongoing bombardment and almost no access (1/2)

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