Dennis Patton
@dennispatton.bsky.social
Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Despise both Labour and Tory.
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Apartheid South Africa was expelled from Fifa. After the invasion of Ukraine, Fifa swiftly banned Russia from club and international competitions. There is precedent and we call on you to take action against the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/peac...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/peac...
Peace campaigners demand Welsh FA aids call to ban Israel
PEACE campaigners have written to the Football Association of Wales demanding it add its voice to banning Israel from all European football competitions.CND Cymru, Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cymru ...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Apartheid South Africa was expelled from Fifa. After the invasion of Ukraine, Fifa swiftly banned Russia from club and international competitions. There is precedent and we call on you to take action against the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/peac...
www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/peac...
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So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
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Scientist @hanspeterarp.bsky.social warns, "It’s accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades”. David Behringer adds, “If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA, wherever you are in the world"
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Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts
Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development
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November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Scientist @hanspeterarp.bsky.social warns, "It’s accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades”. David Behringer adds, “If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA, wherever you are in the world"
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Since 2000/2001, public sector funding for UK biodiversity relative to gross domestic product (GDP) has fluctuated between 0.02% and 0.04%. In 2022/2023, it amounted to 0.03% of UK GDP.
Peanuts....
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukb...
Peanuts....
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukb...
UKBI - Biodiversity expenditure | Advisor to Government on Nature Conservation | JNCC
jncc.gov.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Since 2000/2001, public sector funding for UK biodiversity relative to gross domestic product (GDP) has fluctuated between 0.02% and 0.04%. In 2022/2023, it amounted to 0.03% of UK GDP.
Peanuts....
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukb...
Peanuts....
jncc.gov.uk/our-work/ukb...
Reeves might be a lesser threat to wildlife than Reed.
www.wildlondon.org.uk/blog/thewild...
www.wildlondon.org.uk/blog/thewild...
A warning to the UK Government – don’t risk disaster by cutting the joy budget | London Wildlife Trust
Ahead of Labour Conference, with rumours swirling about coming deregulation, Ministers are urged to reflect on the “little joys” which are safeguarded by nature protections. Matt Browne, Head of Publi...
www.wildlondon.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Reeves might be a lesser threat to wildlife than Reed.
www.wildlondon.org.uk/blog/thewild...
www.wildlondon.org.uk/blog/thewild...
Is this response strong enough?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wildlif...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wildlif...
The Wildlife Trusts react to today's budget | The Wildlife Trusts
Read our response to the latest budget from the Treasury
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Is this response strong enough?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wildlif...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/wildlif...
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"Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls
Support for Farage's Reform slides as voters shift, ultimately proving that not all attention is good attention
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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"German institute estimates number of Gazans killed by Israel tops 100,000"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/germ...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/germ...
German institute estimates number of Gazans killed by Israel tops 100,000
THE number of Palestinians killed by the Israelis in Gaza exceeds 100,000, a German research institute said today.A new study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), one of Germa...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"German institute estimates number of Gazans killed by Israel tops 100,000"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/germ...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/germ...
"Immigration statistics do not, on their own, show how international students help ensure the ongoing viability of the higher education sector for everyone."
Source: Big Issue
Source: Big Issue
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Immigration statistics do not, on their own, show how international students help ensure the ongoing viability of the higher education sector for everyone."
Source: Big Issue
Source: Big Issue
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Regular reminder that behind all the guff about immigration statistics we are talking about actual people's lives.
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised
Experience tells us that there will be those who try and “weaponise” immigration no matter what, says Stand for All's Daniel Sohege.
www.bigissue.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Regular reminder that behind all the guff about immigration statistics we are talking about actual people's lives.
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
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November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
What is the point of sending people to school? 50% seem to turn out to be halfwits.
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What is the point of sending people to school? 50% seem to turn out to be halfwits.
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Volunteers seek lost pets amid Hong Kong deadly inferno wreckage reut.rs/482BkAi
Volunteers seek lost pets amid Hong Kong deadly inferno wreckage
As firefighters battled floor by floor in Hong Kong's flaming Wang Fuk Court housing complex overnight to find survivors and reunite them with fearful relatives, another band of volunteers swung into action to rescue the estate's pets.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Volunteers seek lost pets amid Hong Kong deadly inferno wreckage reut.rs/482BkAi
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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about the huge fire in Hong Kong yesterday...
something being misleading in the internet so let me posting the information here:
something being misleading in the internet so let me posting the information here:
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
about the huge fire in Hong Kong yesterday...
something being misleading in the internet so let me posting the information here:
something being misleading in the internet so let me posting the information here:
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Putin and Russia are counting on their asset, the US Government, giving them the win in Ukraine that their overrated and incompetent army couldn’t deliver.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Putin and Russia are counting on their asset, the US Government, giving them the win in Ukraine that their overrated and incompetent army couldn’t deliver.
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Thanks Nigel Farage!
🚨🚨OBR: We expect UK & global trade intensity to fall in the coming years, as a result of the recent resurgence in global protectionism on top of the enduring effects of #Brexit. We have not changed our assessment that Brexit will reduce the level of UK productivity by around 4 % after 15 years.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thanks Nigel Farage!
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Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
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Tory Mel Stride crows about how his party planned to kick 450000 people off of disability support, and Nick Robinson does not even try to push back on the claim.
For example, what is so great about removing financial support from a disabled person? Why is that just accepted as a positive?
#r4today
For example, what is so great about removing financial support from a disabled person? Why is that just accepted as a positive?
#r4today
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Tory Mel Stride crows about how his party planned to kick 450000 people off of disability support, and Nick Robinson does not even try to push back on the claim.
For example, what is so great about removing financial support from a disabled person? Why is that just accepted as a positive?
#r4today
For example, what is so great about removing financial support from a disabled person? Why is that just accepted as a positive?
#r4today
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If the chancellor is only just realising the degree of damage Brexit is doing then our government is in more trouble than I thought.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If the chancellor is only just realising the degree of damage Brexit is doing then our government is in more trouble than I thought.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean