Nick Dearden
@nickdearden.bsky.social
Director of Global Justice Now. Author of Pharmanomics. Opinions my own. #FreePalestine
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Nick Dearden
@nickdearden.bsky.social
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Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now | Nick Dearden
The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden
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Big pharma is at war with the UK. If we want to save the NHS, we can’t back down.
By me 👇
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By me 👇
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Colombia wants to make the Amazon fossil-free. But there’s a major problem: ISDS.
Great piece by @timhirschelburns.bsky.social in the Colombian press.
Scrap corporate courts
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Great piece by @timhirschelburns.bsky.social in the Colombian press.
Scrap corporate courts
www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-exper...
Para proteger la Amazonía, Colombia debe salir del arbitraje inversionista-Estado
Esta columna fue escrita por los columnistas invitados Tim Hirschel-Burns y Fiorella Paredes. La semana pasada, durante la COP30, la ministra de Ambiente, Irene Vélez, declaró la sección de la Amazoní...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Colombia wants to make the Amazon fossil-free. But there’s a major problem: ISDS.
Great piece by @timhirschelburns.bsky.social in the Colombian press.
Scrap corporate courts
www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-exper...
Great piece by @timhirschelburns.bsky.social in the Colombian press.
Scrap corporate courts
www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-exper...
Us on the UK’s critical mineral strategy:
“Beyond buzzwords, it fails to lay out a plan for fair partnerships with resource-rich countries. While offering warm words on ‘local benefit’, the trade levers outlined solely prioritise UK access to markets”
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-crit...
“Beyond buzzwords, it fails to lay out a plan for fair partnerships with resource-rich countries. While offering warm words on ‘local benefit’, the trade levers outlined solely prioritise UK access to markets”
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-crit...
UK Critical Minerals strategy "completely fails" to lay out plan for fair and reciprocal relationships with global south, campaigners say - Global Justice Now
Cleodie Rickard, trade campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: “Beyond buzzwords, the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy completely fails to lay out a plan for fair and reciprocal partnerships with ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Us on the UK’s critical mineral strategy:
“Beyond buzzwords, it fails to lay out a plan for fair partnerships with resource-rich countries. While offering warm words on ‘local benefit’, the trade levers outlined solely prioritise UK access to markets”
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-crit...
“Beyond buzzwords, it fails to lay out a plan for fair partnerships with resource-rich countries. While offering warm words on ‘local benefit’, the trade levers outlined solely prioritise UK access to markets”
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-crit...
‘The UK government is in the late stages of agreeing a major drug pricing deal with the White House, sources close to the matter say’
Be scared. But take action.
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Be scared. But take action.
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UK set to raise prices of drugs in US agreement | The Observer
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November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
‘The UK government is in the late stages of agreeing a major drug pricing deal with the White House, sources close to the matter say’
Be scared. But take action.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Be scared. But take action.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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Enthusing conversations about the #Climate Change Summit in #Brazil and building a greener and fairer world on #Shrewsbury High Street on Saturday! 🇧🇷 🌍 💚 Looking forward to @nickdearden.bsky.social sharing the energy from the grassroots groups in Brazil in Shrewsbury on 2nd December. #COP30
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Enthusing conversations about the #Climate Change Summit in #Brazil and building a greener and fairer world on #Shrewsbury High Street on Saturday! 🇧🇷 🌍 💚 Looking forward to @nickdearden.bsky.social sharing the energy from the grassroots groups in Brazil in Shrewsbury on 2nd December. #COP30
Thoughts on #COP30:
1/ This is the first time in years delegates have been brought face to face with those on the frontline. The indigenous communities are the heroes of this COP. They refused to be silenced.
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1/ This is the first time in years delegates have been brought face to face with those on the frontline. The indigenous communities are the heroes of this COP. They refused to be silenced.
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Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action
Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thoughts on #COP30:
1/ This is the first time in years delegates have been brought face to face with those on the frontline. The indigenous communities are the heroes of this COP. They refused to be silenced.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
1/ This is the first time in years delegates have been brought face to face with those on the frontline. The indigenous communities are the heroes of this COP. They refused to be silenced.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
We’re launching our new book tonight - the A-Z of Global Justice. Packed room in Brixton.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We’re launching our new book tonight - the A-Z of Global Justice. Packed room in Brixton.
Colombia slams international trade rules that punish states for climate action
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Colombia slams international trade rules that punish states for climate action
Colombian Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres has called for reform of international arbitration tribunals, saying they’re “one of the greatest obstacles” to the energy transition and favor corpor...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Colombia slams international trade rules that punish states for climate action
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This will do nothing to benefit British workers. You support workers by enforcing rights, not undermining them. This a charter for super exploitation. Which is why city boys like Farage are so happy.
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Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans
Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo
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November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This will do nothing to benefit British workers. You support workers by enforcing rights, not undermining them. This a charter for super exploitation. Which is why city boys like Farage are so happy.
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Migrants must have no debt??? The whole country is based on debt. That’s what Britain sells to the world. It makes our elite wealthy. But of course, their victims just deserve ever more punishment.
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Migrants must have no debt??? The whole country is based on debt. That’s what Britain sells to the world. It makes our elite wealthy. But of course, their victims just deserve ever more punishment.
Reposted by Nick Dearden
The UK Government could:
➡️ Stop blocking the Belém Action Mechanism
➡️ Back the Fossil Fuel Treaty
➡️ Oppose Rosebank
Yet it has not. Its words risk being hot air without action to back them.
➡️ Stop blocking the Belém Action Mechanism
➡️ Back the Fossil Fuel Treaty
➡️ Oppose Rosebank
Yet it has not. Its words risk being hot air without action to back them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The UK Government could:
➡️ Stop blocking the Belém Action Mechanism
➡️ Back the Fossil Fuel Treaty
➡️ Oppose Rosebank
Yet it has not. Its words risk being hot air without action to back them.
➡️ Stop blocking the Belém Action Mechanism
➡️ Back the Fossil Fuel Treaty
➡️ Oppose Rosebank
Yet it has not. Its words risk being hot air without action to back them.
Globally, armed forces are estimated to produce 5.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Significantly more than flying. But we don’t even count them. And wars are proliferating.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/18/c...
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COP30 Bulletin Day 8: Draft decision draws battle lines on fossil fuel transition, finance and trade
Countries are working on a “Mutirão” decision that will be at the heart of a Belém political package to drive forward multilateral climate action
www.climatechangenews.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Globally, armed forces are estimated to produce 5.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Significantly more than flying. But we don’t even count them. And wars are proliferating.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/18/c...
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🚨 NEW: The UK is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court 🚨
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
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Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
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UK being sued by billionaire Russian oligarch in ‘secret corporate court’ - Global Justice Now
THE UK government is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court, it has been revealed. Answering a question in Parliament from Labour MP Martin Rhodes […]
www.globaljustice.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨 NEW: The UK is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court 🚨
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
Ultra rich Russian oligarch now sues UK using ISDS over Ukraine related sanctions. When will Britain wake up to the threat corporate courts pose to our sovereignty?
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
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UK being sued by billionaire Russian oligarch in ‘secret corporate court’ - Global Justice Now
THE UK government is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court, it has been revealed. Answering a question in Parliament from Labour MP Martin Rhodes […]
www.globaljustice.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ultra rich Russian oligarch now sues UK using ISDS over Ukraine related sanctions. When will Britain wake up to the threat corporate courts pose to our sovereignty?
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
Last film from #cop30. We’ve been fighting ISDS here all week because these corporate courts = climate finance in reverse. The victims of the crisis paying the perpetrators. It’s obscene. Abolish ISDS.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last film from #cop30. We’ve been fighting ISDS here all week because these corporate courts = climate finance in reverse. The victims of the crisis paying the perpetrators. It’s obscene. Abolish ISDS.
Our first panel on ISDS at #Cop30, with UN expert Elisa Morgera. Elisa points out that ISDS isn’t simply a rogue mechanism but is an expression of system which protects private investment over public interest. Tweaking it isn’t enough. We need to change the system.
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our first panel on ISDS at #Cop30, with UN expert Elisa Morgera. Elisa points out that ISDS isn’t simply a rogue mechanism but is an expression of system which protects private investment over public interest. Tweaking it isn’t enough. We need to change the system.
Very successful blockades of #Cop30 this morning. I don’t remember a COP where delegates were so directly brought face to face with those on the frontline of the crisis they are perpetuating.
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Very successful blockades of #Cop30 this morning. I don’t remember a COP where delegates were so directly brought face to face with those on the frontline of the crisis they are perpetuating.
From Cumbria to Colombia the fight against ISDS is on. We’re at #Cop30 to end this toxic system. #CorporateCourts
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
From Cumbria to Colombia the fight against ISDS is on. We’re at #Cop30 to end this toxic system. #CorporateCourts
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🚨 NEW in @politico.eu 🚨
Dozens of academics and experts have written to the government urging them to halt and rethink a deal with big pharma that would increase the amount the NHS spends on vital medicines. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Dozens of academics and experts have written to the government urging them to halt and rethink a deal with big pharma that would increase the amount the NHS spends on vital medicines. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🚨 NEW in @politico.eu 🚨
Dozens of academics and experts have written to the government urging them to halt and rethink a deal with big pharma that would increase the amount the NHS spends on vital medicines. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Dozens of academics and experts have written to the government urging them to halt and rethink a deal with big pharma that would increase the amount the NHS spends on vital medicines. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Today a group of health experts call on Starmer & Streeting to “urgently pause any plans to strike a deal with the pharma industry that involves increasing the amount the NHS spends on medicines”
Plans could cost the NHS £6bn a year and cost thousands of lives. 1/2
Plans could cost the NHS £6bn a year and cost thousands of lives. 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today a group of health experts call on Starmer & Streeting to “urgently pause any plans to strike a deal with the pharma industry that involves increasing the amount the NHS spends on medicines”
Plans could cost the NHS £6bn a year and cost thousands of lives. 1/2
Plans could cost the NHS £6bn a year and cost thousands of lives. 1/2
Britain awarded today’s fossil dinosaur award by @CANIntl in #cop30 for opposing a global just transition mechanism.
‘It takes a special kind of irony to tell developing countries they don’t “need” support – in a session about fairness and cooperation’
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‘It takes a special kind of irony to tell developing countries they don’t “need” support – in a session about fairness and cooperation’
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Solidarity with the People of Sudan - United Kingdom Wins Fossil - Climate Action Network
Solidarity for Justice Award Climate Action Network’s Solidarity for Justice Award is a special recognition given at COP to demonstrate solidarity and spotlight the bravery and resilience of a country...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Britain awarded today’s fossil dinosaur award by @CANIntl in #cop30 for opposing a global just transition mechanism.
‘It takes a special kind of irony to tell developing countries they don’t “need” support – in a session about fairness and cooperation’
climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
‘It takes a special kind of irony to tell developing countries they don’t “need” support – in a session about fairness and cooperation’
climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
While the fossil fuel corporations and the petrostates hold up the action we desperately need at #cop30, down the road, the peoples’ summit is underway. Only people power will save us from climate catastrophe.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
While the fossil fuel corporations and the petrostates hold up the action we desperately need at #cop30, down the road, the peoples’ summit is underway. Only people power will save us from climate catastrophe.
‘If you spend more on medicines, it means something else is forgone. It could be a hip replacement or a nurse’
💯 from the head of NICE. We must not let Trump bully us into handing more NHS budget to Big Pharma. We have nothing to gain & much to lose.
www.ft.com/content/c6a6...
💯 from the head of NICE. We must not let Trump bully us into handing more NHS budget to Big Pharma. We have nothing to gain & much to lose.
www.ft.com/content/c6a6...
NHS medicines budget should not rise with inflation, says drug approval body
Comments by head of Nice come as ministers offer to increase spending to appease pharma groups and Donald Trump
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
‘If you spend more on medicines, it means something else is forgone. It could be a hip replacement or a nurse’
💯 from the head of NICE. We must not let Trump bully us into handing more NHS budget to Big Pharma. We have nothing to gain & much to lose.
www.ft.com/content/c6a6...
💯 from the head of NICE. We must not let Trump bully us into handing more NHS budget to Big Pharma. We have nothing to gain & much to lose.
www.ft.com/content/c6a6...
So well put. I was inside yesterday when the security made us feel like we were under attack from terrorists. But who are the ones committing real violence? Many are here inside #COP30 - governments & corporations laying waste to the Amazon and destroying the wider world.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So well put. I was inside yesterday when the security made us feel like we were under attack from terrorists. But who are the ones committing real violence? Many are here inside #COP30 - governments & corporations laying waste to the Amazon and destroying the wider world.