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Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 34m

Robin Cook quote of the day: “A world governed by rules rather than by force requires an agreed forum to regulate the use of force. That forum can only be the UN.”

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Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 29m

EU billionaire wealth soared by over €400bn in just six months. This is enough money to hit Net Zero emissions in the UK about 3 times over, and maybe buy yourself some socks. I don't know. I don't know what you do with that kind of money. Wait, yes I do. TAX IT.

Text stating European billionaires earn 2 billion euros daily in the first half of 2025, with falling euro banknotes in the background.

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 1m

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 17d

It’s clear American dominance is over - political, scientific, economic, moral and military.
It will be interesting to see how its leaders and people react to a rapid and irreversible decline in prestige. A dangerous moment for the world, perhaps.

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Pascoe Sabido @pascoesabido.bsky.social · 5d

The latest Clean Hydrogen Monitor, produced by industry lobby group #HydrogenEurope, predicts the EU will produce 1.7 million tonnes of #greenhydrogen domestically by 2030. The EU's current target? 10 million tonnes! - via the Green Hydrogen Organisation
#hydrogensoufflé

mailchi.mp/gh2/gh2-week...

GH2 Weekly Wrap: Europe struggles to get its green hydrogen sector moving

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 22h

🚨🚨Good news: The European Union has signaled it will not give in to pressure from Washington to tear up its #green rules in order to firm up a deal on #tariffs, @ec.europa.eu trade chief @sabineweyand.bsky.social has said to EU Member States. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

www.politico.eu

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 4h

It would be very easy for Sky/BBC to point this out to the UK. People really should know that he is up to his neck in Russian dealings.

Instead they just let him lie, accept the obvious lie & move on.

If it was Starmer, he would have been forced to step down & chased out of the country.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 4h

Disrupting traffic? Didn’t Just Stop Oil go to gaol for that?
One rule for everyone please.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 4h

Why people don't trust mainstream politics is a mystery...

Two headlines in a row

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Let me count the days … @simoncosgrove.bsky.social · 5h

Day 2080 of #Brexit: ‘The first British and other non-EU citizens will be subjected to new biometric checks when travelling to Europe from Sunday, when the long-delayed entry-exit system (EES) is finally launched.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Britons travelling to EU to undergo new biometric checks at border from Sunday

Most non-EU nationals entering Schengen area will have photo and fingerprints taken as part of entry-exit system

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4h

At least one senior Labour official seems to finally remember they aren't in Reform.
The changes won't just harm economy and country, they'll destroy families and force more people into becoming undocumented, leading to more deportations. They need scrapping not pausing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sir Sadiq Khan calls for pause on new immigration rules

The mayor of London said the changes had "moved the goalposts".

www.bbc.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18h

The picture of Farage with the T shirt from Gill’s briber’s wife, taken the day Gill appears her Pro Russian TV channel, is taken in Gill’s office

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18h

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4h

"Surge"? Oh sort yourself out BBC.
A frankly tiny number of people, in the grand scheme of things, with every right to do so coming to UK is hardly a "surge", but such language automatically frames them as a negative and is guaranteed to be used to stoke more division.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Surge in Chagos arrivals prompts row over housing costs

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 4h

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 20h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 21h

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

www.theguardian.com

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 12h

There’s only one winner in this. bsky.app/profile/ldw1...

Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 17d

It’s clear American dominance is over - political, scientific, economic, moral and military.
It will be interesting to see how its leaders and people react to a rapid and irreversible decline in prestige. A dangerous moment for the world, perhaps.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 21h

Is Nigel Farage a fascist?

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 21h

True, of course. But negative pricing is not a negative thing, but a useful tool for managing demand and shifting load. With renewables being so cheap - and getting cheaper - it is probable that negative pricing will remain a thing for the foreseeable future..

Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 1d

…Withdraws it three days later, then imposes 60%, withdraws it, gives them ten days to give him the prize after all, imposes 200%, withdraws it…
#TACO

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