Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP
@catherinerowett.bsky.social
Ancient Philosopher;
former Member of 🇪🇺 parliament (Green Party);
Norfolk County Cllr (West Depwade) and leader of the Green Group;
Prof emerita at UEA, Orcid 0000-0003-4860-0323
*The name Rowett rhymes with poet. 314.3ppm
former Member of 🇪🇺 parliament (Green Party);
Norfolk County Cllr (West Depwade) and leader of the Green Group;
Prof emerita at UEA, Orcid 0000-0003-4860-0323
*The name Rowett rhymes with poet. 314.3ppm
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Promoted by Claire Sparkes, South Norfolk Green Party, c/o Black Barn, Tabernacle Lane, Forncett End, Norfolk.
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A shameful step back for nature as UK government pushes through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Thanks to all who raised their voices and showed support for our precious wildlife.
Thanks to all who raised their voices and showed support for our precious wildlife.
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill | The Wildlife Trusts
Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles. Matt B...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A shameful step back for nature as UK government pushes through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Thanks to all who raised their voices and showed support for our precious wildlife.
Thanks to all who raised their voices and showed support for our precious wildlife.
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Leaving aside of the folly of out Faraging Farage, what does this serve? It is expensive and will not work in putting off migrants from seeking a new life in the UK. Labour have lost the plot.
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Leaving aside of the folly of out Faraging Farage, what does this serve? It is expensive and will not work in putting off migrants from seeking a new life in the UK. Labour have lost the plot.
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The energy required to run machine learning systems is orders of magnitude less than the energy required to run LLM systems. The entire energy gauntlet and data center explosion is only necessary to enable more of the bad stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The energy required to run machine learning systems is orders of magnitude less than the energy required to run LLM systems. The entire energy gauntlet and data center explosion is only necessary to enable more of the bad stuff.
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It's good to see these lines converging, while Farage's lines begin to diverge. 👌
Nearly three months into his leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales, 21% of British people approve of the job Zack Polanski is doing, while 24% disapprove.
In the past two months, the proportion of people with an opinion of him has risen from 36% to 45%.
In the past two months, the proportion of people with an opinion of him has risen from 36% to 45%.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's good to see these lines converging, while Farage's lines begin to diverge. 👌
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It’s criminal what the UK leadership is not doing it should have a total embargo on everything including travel by Israeli politicians. Sanctions should have been imposed on Israel over a year ago every UK MP knows this why wasn’t the embargo imposed by PM Starmer’s government?.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s criminal what the UK leadership is not doing it should have a total embargo on everything including travel by Israeli politicians. Sanctions should have been imposed on Israel over a year ago every UK MP knows this why wasn’t the embargo imposed by PM Starmer’s government?.
Is the UK supplying arms to Israel? Is the UK government compromised by bribes from the Israel regime?
Another Palestinian family murdered by Israel under the ceasefire agreement. Why isn’t the UN 🇺🇳 sending peacekeepers into Palestine to protect civilians and make sure medical supplies food water is provided for everyone. A question is the UK government still supplying arms to Israel?
No more, no more 😰😰😰😰
youtube.com/post/UgkxKF6...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Is the UK supplying arms to Israel? Is the UK government compromised by bribes from the Israel regime?
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Global Crypto Corruption
Tom Burgis: Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tom Burgis: Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Global Crypto Corruption
Tom Burgis: Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tom Burgis: Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage boasted that he’d given up sole control of his Reform 2025 Ltd company but he hasn’t. And he can launder crypto or dark money through his other 2 companies
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tW5...
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tW5...
Nigel Paul FARAGE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
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November 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Farage boasted that he’d given up sole control of his Reform 2025 Ltd company but he hasn’t. And he can launder crypto or dark money through his other 2 companies
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tW5...
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/tW5...
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This is the result of political choices. My political choice is to vote Green 💚
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is the result of political choices. My political choice is to vote Green 💚
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At every step of the way Farage has parroted Russian strategy.
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
At every step of the way Farage has parroted Russian strategy.
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“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
Russia used a network of 150,000 Twitter accounts to meddle in Brexit
Russian-based Twitter accounts focused their attention on the Brexit referendum in the days leading up to the vote, data scientists have concluded.
www.businessinsider.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
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This is awful. I am so ashamed of this government. Such callous cruelty, wrapped in a Union Jack.
If anyone else feels my sense of shame, then do what I did. Join @greenparty.org.uk, and vote for people who have morals and a conscience.
If anyone else feels my sense of shame, then do what I did. Join @greenparty.org.uk, and vote for people who have morals and a conscience.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is awful. I am so ashamed of this government. Such callous cruelty, wrapped in a Union Jack.
If anyone else feels my sense of shame, then do what I did. Join @greenparty.org.uk, and vote for people who have morals and a conscience.
If anyone else feels my sense of shame, then do what I did. Join @greenparty.org.uk, and vote for people who have morals and a conscience.
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Ya know … they could make this informative instead of threatening just by adding the text: “Remember:” at the front.
As someone with ILR, the amount of times I have to tell people this who don’t know is ridiculous.
The messaging as a whole would still be ghastly, but at least we’d be learning.
As someone with ILR, the amount of times I have to tell people this who don’t know is ridiculous.
The messaging as a whole would still be ghastly, but at least we’d be learning.
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Ya know … they could make this informative instead of threatening just by adding the text: “Remember:” at the front.
As someone with ILR, the amount of times I have to tell people this who don’t know is ridiculous.
The messaging as a whole would still be ghastly, but at least we’d be learning.
As someone with ILR, the amount of times I have to tell people this who don’t know is ridiculous.
The messaging as a whole would still be ghastly, but at least we’d be learning.
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Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
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The UK is really such a joke of a free country these days.
Wild how Starmer and friends saw how people wanted change from long Tory rule and responded through authoritarian evilmaxxing and descending into police state.
Wild how Starmer and friends saw how people wanted change from long Tory rule and responded through authoritarian evilmaxxing and descending into police state.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The UK is really such a joke of a free country these days.
Wild how Starmer and friends saw how people wanted change from long Tory rule and responded through authoritarian evilmaxxing and descending into police state.
Wild how Starmer and friends saw how people wanted change from long Tory rule and responded through authoritarian evilmaxxing and descending into police state.
New cruel ideas every day from the Home Secretary.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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So UK Labour decided to copy the horrendous immigration policy used by Denmark's Social Democrats, on the very day those Social Democrats were routed in elections and lost the mayoral position in Copenhagen. Copying fascism doesn't make you popular with antifascists.
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So UK Labour decided to copy the horrendous immigration policy used by Denmark's Social Democrats, on the very day those Social Democrats were routed in elections and lost the mayoral position in Copenhagen. Copying fascism doesn't make you popular with antifascists.
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
When you thought they couldn't possibly get anywhere worse, or do anything even more stupid than what they just did.
We have a government of idiots and fake fascists.
We have a government of idiots and fake fascists.
We're talking about subsidizing the likes of Google and Amazon while we all freeze to death. Starmer truly is inhumane
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When you thought they couldn't possibly get anywhere worse, or do anything even more stupid than what they just did.
We have a government of idiots and fake fascists.
We have a government of idiots and fake fascists.
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John Major is well and truly to the left of Kier Starmer now
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
John Major is well and truly to the left of Kier Starmer now
When a person is in the wrong party, and just goes on taking the whip 🙄
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When a person is in the wrong party, and just goes on taking the whip 🙄
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Revitalise the economy and life of rural communities;
Legislate to reform land tenure and access to land. (see Land: LD300);
Legislate to stop further destruction of wildlife habitats, the soil, the landscape, ancient monuments and our countryside heritage;
(Continues...)
Legislate to reform land tenure and access to land. (see Land: LD300);
Legislate to stop further destruction of wildlife habitats, the soil, the landscape, ancient monuments and our countryside heritage;
(Continues...)
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Revitalise the economy and life of rural communities;
Legislate to reform land tenure and access to land. (see Land: LD300);
Legislate to stop further destruction of wildlife habitats, the soil, the landscape, ancient monuments and our countryside heritage;
(Continues...)
Legislate to reform land tenure and access to land. (see Land: LD300);
Legislate to stop further destruction of wildlife habitats, the soil, the landscape, ancient monuments and our countryside heritage;
(Continues...)
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We need more Council houses in towns and cities, but instead Labour will concrete over the countryside to build more unaffordable mansions
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find
The Environmental Audit Committee found the government's measures are not enough to meet targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We need more Council houses in towns and cities, but instead Labour will concrete over the countryside to build more unaffordable mansions
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I know many Labour Party members who are decent people and genuinely care about making life better for those who are suffering
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal migration tearing UK apart, Mahmood says
The home secretary is set to announce major policy reforms, including a 20-year wait before people granted asylum can apply to settle permanently.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I know many Labour Party members who are decent people and genuinely care about making life better for those who are suffering
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...