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Michael Warhurst
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My work focusses on EU environmental policy, heading up environment/health NGO CHEM Trust, but this is a personal account. Also interested in democracy, regulation, sustainability, science-policy etc
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 12h
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 11m
Whenever I read a story about one of these hard-discipline schools, I shudder, thinking about the horrifying stories of abuse and trauma we’re going to hear in the future from kids who went through them.
shocktigan.bsky.social Sean @shocktigan.bsky.social · 16h
Imagine having to sit in prison-like environs for two full days cus your boss didn’t like your hair.

The normalisation of this kind of stuff in our schooling system really should be understood as a national scandal

#edusky
#edpsychs
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mellowmark.bsky.social @mellowmark.bsky.social · 20h
Violent crime peaked in 1995 according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales..
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.bsky.social · 12h
‘it helps to see rightwing populism as an attempt to process an increasingly complex world in increasingly simple terms. Cities, by contrast, are messy places: places of fluidity and freedom and possibility, places of chaos and collaboration and conflict’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h
Nigel Farage, whose own adviser was convicted of fraud after admitting to advertising money laundering services on the dark web, is now complaining about banks having to implement "money laundering directives"
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 20h
EU climate policy needs clarity, not compromise

Tomorrow EU governments decide their demands for the #2040target. We need at least a 90% net emissions cut, not hesitation or accounting tricks ❌

If the EU wants to see global #ClimateAction it must lead the way, or risks losing credibility at #COP30
Tomorrow, governments face a choice: fuel a global race to the bottom or step up and lead the world in confronting the deepening climate emergency.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 20h
A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d
I know this won't surprise anyone here but Musk's reprogrammed artificial intelligence is spreading misinformation about yesterday's attack on a train
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Roger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social · 2d
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
Cover of “233 Celsius” by Ray Bradbury
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d
A Brexiter writes...
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.bsky.social · 3d
Sunlit uplands update:
chrisgrey.bsky.social Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 3d
"... the impact of Brexit for the City of London is clear. 'Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Paris are all doing better than they were. It has been at London’s expense. There is no question about that.'” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 3d
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.bsky.social · 4d
“Sally, her three children and her partner were going on holiday to Italy last July, but were refused boarding after one of the children had an epileptic fit at the departure gate.”

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Woman who booked flight to Italy but did not board has child benefits stopped
Family denied entry at gate after one of her children had epileptic fit, but HMRC said she boarded one-way flight
www.theguardian.com
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d
Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.

My latest substack
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
England's Covid wave recedes but is replaced by flu
Making Sense explores how evidence and data can help us make sense of the world — from the NHS and Covid to science, democracy and politics. Christina Pagel is a Professor of Operational Research at...
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Michael Warhurst @mwarhurst.bsky.social · 4d
“Britain is lagging behind the rest of the world on phasing out mercury dental fillings, with 43 countries having already banned mercury amalgam, including the EU, Sweden, Norway, Tanzania, Uganda, Indonesia and the Philippines”

#Mercury

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
www.theguardian.com
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 4d
I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X
The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place
inews.co.uk
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 4d
"Press Gazette has spotted more than 100 examples of fictional content sent by dodgy PR companies being published by major newsbrands in recent months."

Including quoting people who don't exist.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/how-to-...
How to spot fake AI-written press releases
Reporters are being bombarded with millions of press releases from virtual PR agencies.
pressgazette.co.uk
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uk-nb.bsky.social @uk-nb.bsky.social · 4d
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings | Environment

https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/233975/

Britain is facing mounting pressure to ban mercury dental fillings, one of the few countries yet to prevent…
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings | Environment - United Kingdom News Beep
Britain is facing mounting pressure to ban mercury dental fillings, one of the few countries yet to prevent the practice, as new data reveals alarming
www.newsbeep.com
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d
Conservatives have today ditched their Mass Deportation Bill, 5 months after Chris Philip tabled it in the Commons, but a week after it was dubbed the Idi Amin Tribute Act, as it proposed Deportations of settled & legal migrants on a scale never seen since 1972 & never proposed in a democracy before
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 5d
Free speech news
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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 5d
Vietnam: Five and a half feet of rain in a day. Smashes previous 24 hour record by two and a half feet.

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours
The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
www.france24.com
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d
Keir Starmer's spokesman says they "haven't seen" Elon Musk's demands for a civil war on the streets of Britain.

No plans for the Government to leave X
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 5d
Sorry, but there's something so ineffably depressing about ministers spending their time on this kind of stuff. Not as if there aren't real problems that central government should be getting on with while letting local government make its own choices (and even its own mistakes). #GetAGrip
Cambridgeshire council's four-day week criticised by minister
Steve Reed says there has been a decline in key housing-related services.
www.bbc.co.uk
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