Mark Dummett
@markdummett.bsky.social
Head of the business and human rights team @amnesty - ex HRW, BBC & Reuters. All posts my own.
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Am I the only one who didn’t like Mark Carney’s speech?
Its whole premise was that we need “stop pretending,” to “name realities,” yet somehow he doesn’t mention climate change even once.
And worse than that…
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Its whole premise was that we need “stop pretending,” to “name realities,” yet somehow he doesn’t mention climate change even once.
And worse than that…
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January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Am I the only one who didn’t like Mark Carney’s speech?
Its whole premise was that we need “stop pretending,” to “name realities,” yet somehow he doesn’t mention climate change even once.
And worse than that…
1/4
Its whole premise was that we need “stop pretending,” to “name realities,” yet somehow he doesn’t mention climate change even once.
And worse than that…
1/4
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This report exposes the growing power of the super rich, including their role in dismantling the infrastructure for ESC rights realization. Amnesty SG Agnes Callamard wrote a forward describing the links among turbocharged inequality, authoritarian practices, and human rights.
Some voices carry a lot more weight than others.
That is not an accident.
👉 www.oxfam.org/en/resisting...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26
That is not an accident.
👉 www.oxfam.org/en/resisting...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
This report exposes the growing power of the super rich, including their role in dismantling the infrastructure for ESC rights realization. Amnesty SG Agnes Callamard wrote a forward describing the links among turbocharged inequality, authoritarian practices, and human rights.
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This will get massively overshadowed today and as ever the devil is in the detail, but is should be one of the best things Labour has done. It has the potential to improve the lives and finances of millions of people.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
'A national project to turn the tide': Government unveils £15bn Warm Homes Plan
Long-awaited plan aims to help millions of families to cut energy bills by installing solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, and insulation
www.businessgreen.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
This will get massively overshadowed today and as ever the devil is in the detail, but is should be one of the best things Labour has done. It has the potential to improve the lives and finances of millions of people.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
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Seven underwriters of “war bonds” instrumental in enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza, new research finds www.banktrack.org/news/seven_u...
Seven underwriters of “war bonds” instrumental in enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza, new research finds
An investigation conducted by Netherlands-based financial research group Profundo and published by Dutch NGOs BankTrack and PAX has found that a small number of investment banks have played…
www.banktrack.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Seven underwriters of “war bonds” instrumental in enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza, new research finds www.banktrack.org/news/seven_u...
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Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday, following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.
Israel starts demolishing UN agency headquarters in East Jerusalem after ban | CNN
Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday, following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.
www.cnn.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday, following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.
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Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
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The World Economic Forum’s own Global Risks Report 2026 warns of escalating geo-economic confrontation and climate breakdown.
But don't worry, hundreds of THE RICHEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET have flown into #Davos on their PRIVATE JETS to address global inequality and climate chaos.
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But don't worry, hundreds of THE RICHEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET have flown into #Davos on their PRIVATE JETS to address global inequality and climate chaos.
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Tax the super-rich - Greenpeace International
We urge governments to tax the super-rich and support fair global tax rules to protect the future of people and the planet.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:10 PM
The World Economic Forum’s own Global Risks Report 2026 warns of escalating geo-economic confrontation and climate breakdown.
But don't worry, hundreds of THE RICHEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET have flown into #Davos on their PRIVATE JETS to address global inequality and climate chaos.
act.gp/4sOwu1J
But don't worry, hundreds of THE RICHEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET have flown into #Davos on their PRIVATE JETS to address global inequality and climate chaos.
act.gp/4sOwu1J
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President Trump was inaugurated one year ago today. An absolute lifetime.
In this new briefing, @amnesty.org maps out the "authoritarian practices" and "devastating erosion of human rights" at home and abroad - with a dozen alarm bells ringing.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
In this new briefing, @amnesty.org maps out the "authoritarian practices" and "devastating erosion of human rights" at home and abroad - with a dozen alarm bells ringing.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
USA: One year into President Trump’s return to office, authoritarian practices are eroding human rights
Marking one year since President Trump returned to office, Amnesty International today rang the alarm bells on increasing authoritarian practices in the United States and a devastating erosion of huma...
www.amnesty.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
President Trump was inaugurated one year ago today. An absolute lifetime.
In this new briefing, @amnesty.org maps out the "authoritarian practices" and "devastating erosion of human rights" at home and abroad - with a dozen alarm bells ringing.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
In this new briefing, @amnesty.org maps out the "authoritarian practices" and "devastating erosion of human rights" at home and abroad - with a dozen alarm bells ringing.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We have made the decision to formally close our X social media account. Once a vibrant platform to promote the interests of authors, we feel X is no longer a trusted place for balance, community support, and reliable information.
I seem to remember a lot of smart people saying a while ago that during Trump 2 they would not make the mistake they made during his first admininstration of freaking out over every mad tweet/statement. Yet here we are again.
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I seem to remember a lot of smart people saying a while ago that during Trump 2 they would not make the mistake they made during his first admininstration of freaking out over every mad tweet/statement. Yet here we are again.
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Now close to 62,000 and gaining new signatories every second.
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Now close to 62,000 and gaining new signatories every second.
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Petitions to boycott the 2026 World Cup have only attracted a small number of signatories so far - with one exception, in the Netherlands, where one of them has seen its number of supporters explode from 8,000 to nearly 60,000 in a single night. actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
Boycot het Trump-WK in de VS
Nu deelnemen aan een sportevenement alsof er niets aan de hand is, legitimeert Trumps expansieve politiek. Laat ons land en onze voetballers aan de goede kant van de geschiedenis staan. Hou onze jonge...
actie.degoedezaak.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Petitions to boycott the 2026 World Cup have only attracted a small number of signatories so far - with one exception, in the Netherlands, where one of them has seen its number of supporters explode from 8,000 to nearly 60,000 in a single night. actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
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Very sobering piece by John Naughton on what it would mean to sever our reliance on US digital tech (in short … one hell of a shock).
Bluesky is American too …
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Bluesky is American too …
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The UK is wedded to US tech. Time for a divorce
Ofcom’s investigation into X is not just a regulatory issue. It will define our future relationship with America
observer.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Very sobering piece by John Naughton on what it would mean to sever our reliance on US digital tech (in short … one hell of a shock).
Bluesky is American too …
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Bluesky is American too …
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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At #WEF #Davos, the world’s richest will meet under “A Spirit of Dialogue”. But dialogue w/out multilateral cooperation & int’l law means nothing. While most of the #SDGs are off-track, authoritarian practices threaten peace, worsen the climate crisis & erode #humanrights. A 🧵
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
At #WEF #Davos, the world’s richest will meet under “A Spirit of Dialogue”. But dialogue w/out multilateral cooperation & int’l law means nothing. While most of the #SDGs are off-track, authoritarian practices threaten peace, worsen the climate crisis & erode #humanrights. A 🧵
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You can have democracy or extreme inequality, but not both.
With extreme wealth comes concentrated power, with huge consequences for our rights.
Just look around…
Another excellent Davos report by Oxfam
With extreme wealth comes concentrated power, with huge consequences for our rights.
Just look around…
Another excellent Davos report by Oxfam
3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind.
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
You can have democracy or extreme inequality, but not both.
With extreme wealth comes concentrated power, with huge consequences for our rights.
Just look around…
Another excellent Davos report by Oxfam
With extreme wealth comes concentrated power, with huge consequences for our rights.
Just look around…
Another excellent Davos report by Oxfam
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Spoke to the Guardian on amnesty’s 1978 World Cup campaign and how our expectations of bodies like FIFA have since changed.
It feels like change will come when either customers or sponsors revolt, monopolies are challenged or sport’s autonomy is regulated. And it may need a crisis to kick it off.
It feels like change will come when either customers or sponsors revolt, monopolies are challenged or sport’s autonomy is regulated. And it may need a crisis to kick it off.
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Spoke to the Guardian on amnesty’s 1978 World Cup campaign and how our expectations of bodies like FIFA have since changed.
It feels like change will come when either customers or sponsors revolt, monopolies are challenged or sport’s autonomy is regulated. And it may need a crisis to kick it off.
It feels like change will come when either customers or sponsors revolt, monopolies are challenged or sport’s autonomy is regulated. And it may need a crisis to kick it off.
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8.4 GIGAWATTS of offshore wind just contracted in the UK, thanks to Ed Miliband's recent auction - enough electricity to power 12 million homes.
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
8.4 GIGAWATTS of offshore wind just contracted in the UK, thanks to Ed Miliband's recent auction - enough electricity to power 12 million homes.
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The US can boil in Venezuelan oil. We're investing in energy you don't need to invade other nations to obtain
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Minister makes significant announcement on Bluesky. Many comments are negative. Some are positive. None are racist, obscene, threatening violence, contain general personal abuse or are downright mad.
Why would you try and engage somewhere where most of the comments would contain the above?
Why would you try and engage somewhere where most of the comments would contain the above?
We’ve just secured the largest amount of offshore wind in any auction ever in Britain - enough to power the equivalent of 12 million homes.
In Scotland 🏴 the first offshore wind project in three years has been successful - a landmark moment demonstrating our commitment to the whole of the UK.
In Scotland 🏴 the first offshore wind project in three years has been successful - a landmark moment demonstrating our commitment to the whole of the UK.
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Minister makes significant announcement on Bluesky. Many comments are negative. Some are positive. None are racist, obscene, threatening violence, contain general personal abuse or are downright mad.
Why would you try and engage somewhere where most of the comments would contain the above?
Why would you try and engage somewhere where most of the comments would contain the above?
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UK government has just agreed to contract 8.4GW of new offshore wind at prices that pay back for the taxpayer, which will generate over 32TWh of power when built
It keeps the ambitious 2030 Clean Power target alive
Greenpeace UK reaction is here
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...
It keeps the ambitious 2030 Clean Power target alive
Greenpeace UK reaction is here
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 AM
UK government has just agreed to contract 8.4GW of new offshore wind at prices that pay back for the taxpayer, which will generate over 32TWh of power when built
It keeps the ambitious 2030 Clean Power target alive
Greenpeace UK reaction is here
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...
It keeps the ambitious 2030 Clean Power target alive
Greenpeace UK reaction is here
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...
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People in Iran daring to express their anger at decades of repression and demand fundamental change are being met with unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, in scenes reminiscent of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising of 2022.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Deaths and injuries rise amid Iran’s renewed cycle of protest bloodshed
The crackdown has resulted in the killing of at least 28 protesters and bystanders
www.amnesty.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
People in Iran daring to express their anger at decades of repression and demand fundamental change are being met with unlawful use of force and firearms and mass arbitrary arrests, in scenes reminiscent of the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising of 2022.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Almost as pathetic as the FT lunch with Blinken. Biden’s foreign policy was a mess that left millions of people worse off. Complacent and arrogant. Doesn’t even mention Afghanistan.
January 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Almost as pathetic as the FT lunch with Blinken. Biden’s foreign policy was a mess that left millions of people worse off. Complacent and arrogant. Doesn’t even mention Afghanistan.
