Mikkiangelo
@mikkiangelo.bsky.social
Former cheese tamer, retired bookseller, human news scraper, and Ordained by The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Green party member, with London-centric interest in politics, social issues, Glam rock, NWOBHM, Power-pop and cats. COYGs! TMI?
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Despite some very stiff challenges the privatisation of water was probably the most disastrous policy of the past 50 years
We really do need to start sending Ministers to prison.
We really do need to start sending Ministers to prison.
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Despite some very stiff challenges the privatisation of water was probably the most disastrous policy of the past 50 years
We really do need to start sending Ministers to prison.
We really do need to start sending Ministers to prison.
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Zip wires, darts, wild swimming: why shopping centres are trying new ways to bring in customers
Zip wires, darts, wild swimming: why shopping centres are trying new ways to bring in customers
Developers are turning to health-related activities as traditional stores hit by online retail continue to close
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Zip wires, darts, wild swimming: why shopping centres are trying new ways to bring in customers
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Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
Countries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.
Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
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Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on.
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Zack attack: the charismatic eco-populist rallying the radical left
With Labour purged of Corbynites and Corbyn’s party in chaos, Green leader Zack Polanski has become an icon for dispossessed youth but is he just a showman?
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Interesting to read in the Times of Labour Ministers admitting that the Green Party are very much ready to take them (and Reform) on.
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
"Polanski plans to redistribute power with a smile."
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
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Just seen Christian Amanpoure interviewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social . Getting his face around, isn’t he? Also finding myself agreeing with every single word that he is saying.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just seen Christian Amanpoure interviewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social . Getting his face around, isn’t he? Also finding myself agreeing with every single word that he is saying.
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Surely the intrinsic reward of getting to produce such high-quality journalism, the thrill of inteprid original reporting, is reward enough?
Dunno mate, if you're earning that much I feel like you're probably enjoying life a lot more for getting up in the morning than someone who isn't paying that rate of tax.
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Surely the intrinsic reward of getting to produce such high-quality journalism, the thrill of inteprid original reporting, is reward enough?
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Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
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If only someone could have foreseen that briefing the FT this week that you’re not willing to do the broad based tax rises you briefed everyone last week were going to be necessary to pay the bills might impact the bond market.
Massive move in gilts on open. Looks like giving up almost half the gains from the last month. Terrible
I am excited to see the gilt market reaction to this news. Think it could be quite bad. A big chunk of the recent gilt rally was predicated on Labour showing they could hike the big taxes if needed and….well I guess that idea is dead.
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If only someone could have foreseen that briefing the FT this week that you’re not willing to do the broad based tax rises you briefed everyone last week were going to be necessary to pay the bills might impact the bond market.
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Unless someone in the Treasury reassures the markets pretty soon, there’s every chance the UK will need to raise *more* tax for less in return. Total clusterfuck in the making, this.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Unless someone in the Treasury reassures the markets pretty soon, there’s every chance the UK will need to raise *more* tax for less in return. Total clusterfuck in the making, this.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
Having a budget fall apart more than a week before it’s actually be delivered might be a new record.
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Reform has hired loony-right ex-academic Matthew Goodwin as head of its new student organisation.
I take it the BBC and others will no longer be describing him as merely a "commentator" or (wrongly) an "academic"?...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
I take it the BBC and others will no longer be describing him as merely a "commentator" or (wrongly) an "academic"?...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
Reform hires hard-right figure with ‘unpleasant views on race’ as head of its student organisation
Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British
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November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reform has hired loony-right ex-academic Matthew Goodwin as head of its new student organisation.
I take it the BBC and others will no longer be describing him as merely a "commentator" or (wrongly) an "academic"?...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
I take it the BBC and others will no longer be describing him as merely a "commentator" or (wrongly) an "academic"?...
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
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Today I voted for protecting nature.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today I voted for protecting nature.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them.
Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.
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“Reporters, as a general rule, are not encouraged to give strategic PR advice to public figures about whom they might be writing, whether or not their interlocutor is a convicted sex trafficker.”
Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about
The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Reporters, as a general rule, are not encouraged to give strategic PR advice to public figures about whom they might be writing, whether or not their interlocutor is a convicted sex trafficker.”
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So Wes Streeting allies want him to become Prime Minister - for the Labour Government to tank even faster.
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So Wes Streeting allies want him to become Prime Minister - for the Labour Government to tank even faster.
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start | Neal Lawson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start | Neal Lawson
His alliance with the party’s anti-Corbyn faction was a shotgun marriage that totally lacked vision. Now Labour is paying the price, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start | Neal Lawson www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says www.theguardian.com/environment/...
China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Lisa Nandy: BBC review will examine political appointments to board www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Lisa Nandy: BBC review will examine political appointments to board
Culture secretary says she shares concerns that such appointments have damaged trust, amid calls for Robbie Gibb to go
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Lisa Nandy: BBC review will examine political appointments to board www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
UK borrowing costs up after markets spooked by Reeves’s income tax U-turn www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK borrowing costs up after markets spooked by Reeves’s income tax U-turn
Pound down 0.5% against dollar in early trading after chancellor drops plans for upcoming budget
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
UK borrowing costs up after markets spooked by Reeves’s income tax U-turn www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Wes Streeting's gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street | Gaby Hinsliff www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wes Streeting's gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street | Gaby Hinsliff
The health secretary has embarked on a high-stakes reorganisation. It could be a model for rebuilding public services – or a nail in his and Labour’s coffin, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Wes Streeting's gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street | Gaby Hinsliff www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
