Meg Howarth
@howarthm.bsky.social
☀️ Campaigner. 🕊️⚖️ Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point is to change it 🕊️⚖️ In order to do so we must understand and change ourselves ☀️
#TheBalkans
Excellent programme (first of two) by #BBC #Europe correspondent #KatyaAdler @katbbc.bsky.social. Well worth watching on #iPlayer.
Excellent programme (first of two) by #BBC #Europe correspondent #KatyaAdler @katbbc.bsky.social. Well worth watching on #iPlayer.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#TheBalkans
Excellent programme (first of two) by #BBC #Europe correspondent #KatyaAdler @katbbc.bsky.social. Well worth watching on #iPlayer.
Excellent programme (first of two) by #BBC #Europe correspondent #KatyaAdler @katbbc.bsky.social. Well worth watching on #iPlayer.
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Reposted by Meg Howarth
🌍 As #COP30 finance talks and #UNTaxConvention negotiations unfold on separate tracks, our new analysis shows why they must align. Read more: taxjustice.net/2025/11/24/t... Amos Burudi Wemanya, Global Project Co-Lead on Fair Taxation at @greenpeaceafrica.org, Bemnet Agata.
Two Negotiations, One Crisis: COP30 and the UN Tax Convention Must Finally Speak to Each Other - Tax Justice Network
COP30 and the UN tax convention unfolded in parallel with almost no coordination. This blog explains why climate action and global tax rules must finally be aligned — and how subnational leaders and solidarity levies point to practical solutions.
taxjustice.net
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🌍 As #COP30 finance talks and #UNTaxConvention negotiations unfold on separate tracks, our new analysis shows why they must align. Read more: taxjustice.net/2025/11/24/t... Amos Burudi Wemanya, Global Project Co-Lead on Fair Taxation at @greenpeaceafrica.org, Bemnet Agata.
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Do you have strong feelings on whether Community Notes can work/do work/don't work? If so, please do take part in helping the Oversight Board's work on how/whether they should be rolled out beyond the US
Meta is seeking the Oversight Board’s opinion as it expands the community notes program beyond the United States. The Board will give input on which countries to include and how to scale the rollout.
More details: www.oversightboard.com/news/board-t...
More details: www.oversightboard.com/news/board-t...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Do you have strong feelings on whether Community Notes can work/do work/don't work? If so, please do take part in helping the Oversight Board's work on how/whether they should be rolled out beyond the US
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War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
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Disturbing. Incidentally @rutgerbregman.com has written some interesting books that you might want to read.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Disturbing. Incidentally @rutgerbregman.com has written some interesting books that you might want to read.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
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We'll stay up all night crunching Budget numbers, so you don't have to.
Join us the morning after tolearn what it means for the public, markets & cost of living ⤵️ buff.ly/drrsXC8
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @jamessmithrf.bsky.social, @kamalahmednews.bsky.social, Yael Selfin & Richard Hughes
Join us the morning after tolearn what it means for the public, markets & cost of living ⤵️ buff.ly/drrsXC8
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @jamessmithrf.bsky.social, @kamalahmednews.bsky.social, Yael Selfin & Richard Hughes
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We'll stay up all night crunching Budget numbers, so you don't have to.
Join us the morning after tolearn what it means for the public, markets & cost of living ⤵️ buff.ly/drrsXC8
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @jamessmithrf.bsky.social, @kamalahmednews.bsky.social, Yael Selfin & Richard Hughes
Join us the morning after tolearn what it means for the public, markets & cost of living ⤵️ buff.ly/drrsXC8
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social, @jamessmithrf.bsky.social, @kamalahmednews.bsky.social, Yael Selfin & Richard Hughes
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Reith Lecture of Rutger Bregman www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... includes realist utopias, UBI and tech regulation
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reith Lecture of Rutger Bregman www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... includes realist utopias, UBI and tech regulation
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The motive! Chilling timeline on Farage's mate Gill and his taking bribes - thank you @thenerve.news! - it's also all about Ukraine and Putin's efforts to undermine support for Ukraine. Take a look: www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The motive! Chilling timeline on Farage's mate Gill and his taking bribes - thank you @thenerve.news! - it's also all about Ukraine and Putin's efforts to undermine support for Ukraine. Take a look: www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🤔 All of our programmes are required to comply with the #BBC’s editorial guidelines, and we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice🤔
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🤔 All of our programmes are required to comply with the #BBC’s editorial guidelines, and we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice🤔
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It's an easy problem to solve: just revalue councl tax bands. This is looooong overdue.
But the reason it's overdue is that it's politically tricky. If revaluation raises £0 new tax, it will still mean (crudely) half of households will pay less tax, and half will pay more.
But the reason it's overdue is that it's politically tricky. If revaluation raises £0 new tax, it will still mean (crudely) half of households will pay less tax, and half will pay more.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Another night of horror in Kyiv: russia attacked the capital again, killing at least 6 civilians, and injuring 14 more.
People screaming inside a burning apartment is a nightmare that came true.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Help protect Ukrainians:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
People screaming inside a burning apartment is a nightmare that came true.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Help protect Ukrainians:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Another night of horror in Kyiv: russia attacked the capital again, killing at least 6 civilians, and injuring 14 more.
People screaming inside a burning apartment is a nightmare that came true.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Help protect Ukrainians:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
People screaming inside a burning apartment is a nightmare that came true.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Help protect Ukrainians:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
⚡️ #Tata #coal-fired power station, opened 1984 & subject to laxer emissions rules, is a key source of #AirPollution in #Mumbai, now granted a 5-year extension due to increased #DataCentre #energy demand.
💥 #WhoKnew #Tata owns #Tetley tea💥@wikipedia.org
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
💥 #WhoKnew #Tata owns #Tetley tea💥@wikipedia.org
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
⚡️ #Tata #coal-fired power station, opened 1984 & subject to laxer emissions rules, is a key source of #AirPollution in #Mumbai, now granted a 5-year extension due to increased #DataCentre #energy demand.
💥 #WhoKnew #Tata owns #Tetley tea💥@wikipedia.org
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
💥 #WhoKnew #Tata owns #Tetley tea💥@wikipedia.org
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"Tommy Robinson wants you to believe Muslims are your enemy, they are people to fear.
Forgetting ...
5.5 million Muslims fought with the allies in WWII with 1.5 million killed in action.
Muslims give 2.5% of their income to charity, 4 times as much as the average British person"
via Durah Ashton
Forgetting ...
5.5 million Muslims fought with the allies in WWII with 1.5 million killed in action.
Muslims give 2.5% of their income to charity, 4 times as much as the average British person"
via Durah Ashton
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚶🏾 #pedestrians #roads #London 🚶🏾
😡 Another day, another #KSI, this time a fatal #HitAndRun in #CanaryWharf 😡
@londonls.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk @cycleoptic.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/police-...
😡 Another day, another #KSI, this time a fatal #HitAndRun in #CanaryWharf 😡
@londonls.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk @cycleoptic.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/police-...
Police appeal after fatal collision in Canary Wharf
The collision happened on Thursday, 30 October.
news.met.police.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚶🏾 #pedestrians #roads #London 🚶🏾
😡 Another day, another #KSI, this time a fatal #HitAndRun in #CanaryWharf 😡
@londonls.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk @cycleoptic.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/police-...
😡 Another day, another #KSI, this time a fatal #HitAndRun in #CanaryWharf 😡
@londonls.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk @cycleoptic.bsky.social
news.met.police.uk/news/police-...
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The 68yr old said: “People are now increasingly in politics calling other people traitors or terrorists, but for the government to call people terrorists when they’re not, and we all know that holding a placard is not terrorism, is quite another matter”
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
Norwich man arrested for SIXTH time at Palestine Action protest
A Norwich man has been arrested for the sixth time at a Palestine Action protest in London.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The 68yr old said: “People are now increasingly in politics calling other people traitors or terrorists, but for the government to call people terrorists when they’re not, and we all know that holding a placard is not terrorism, is quite another matter”
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
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Climate activist Chris Packham talks to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the disappointing outcome of COP30 and tells us he’d like to see subsidies being given to fossil fuel giants withdrawn and put into renewables.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/were-a-...
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/were-a-...
‘We’re a species in crisis – and we’re still talking about extra runways?’ says Chris Packham
The climate activist talks about the outcomes of COP30 and tells us he'd like to see subsidies being given to fossil fuel giants withdrawn and put into renewables.
www.channel4.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Climate activist Chris Packham talks to @cathynewman.bsky.social about the disappointing outcome of COP30 and tells us he’d like to see subsidies being given to fossil fuel giants withdrawn and put into renewables.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/were-a-...
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/were-a-...
A child abuse survivor shares her frustrations with the former detective who investigated her complaints against police officers she says left her in harm’s way
Read our latest newsletter and watch the report by @clarefallon.bsky.social here:
Read our latest newsletter and watch the report by @clarefallon.bsky.social here:
Answers and accountability demand from child grooming gang survivors
A child abuse survivor shares her frustrations with the former detective who investigated her complaints against police officers she says left her in harm’s way, writes Clare Fallon.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨 #C4News
Another #CSA scandal, this time in #Cleveland. #IOPC failed utterly in its duty. Great ongoing work by @channel4news.bsky.social.
@axrenton.bsky.social #ICYMI
Another #CSA scandal, this time in #Cleveland. #IOPC failed utterly in its duty. Great ongoing work by @channel4news.bsky.social.
@axrenton.bsky.social #ICYMI
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚨 #C4News
Another #CSA scandal, this time in #Cleveland. #IOPC failed utterly in its duty. Great ongoing work by @channel4news.bsky.social.
@axrenton.bsky.social #ICYMI
Another #CSA scandal, this time in #Cleveland. #IOPC failed utterly in its duty. Great ongoing work by @channel4news.bsky.social.
@axrenton.bsky.social #ICYMI
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BREAKING: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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