Peter Garbutt
@petergarbutt.bsky.social
I'm 73, happily married. Vegan. I'm a dad and a grandad. Sheffield, UK.
Climate catastrophe. Civilisational collapse.
Degrowth will help. Sustainable communities will help. Sortition will help.
But capitalism won't, Political Parties won't, the media won't
Climate catastrophe. Civilisational collapse.
Degrowth will help. Sustainable communities will help. Sortition will help.
But capitalism won't, Political Parties won't, the media won't
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Much though my heart cries out to donate to Palestinians on this platform desperate for food, I'm a pensioner and have a limited income. I give to a charity, and I join protests and vigils to show my solidarity with you.
Your plight often brings me to tears, I feel helpless.
Your plight often brings me to tears, I feel helpless.
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Manafort, Giuliani, Gill and now Witkoff all acted as enforcers for Putin’s protection racket.
But if the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...
But if the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...
Bribery Disguised as Peace: From the Mariupol Plan to the Witkoff Deal
Manafort, Giuliani, Gill and now Witkoff all acted as enforcers for Putin’s protection racket. If the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Manafort, Giuliani, Gill and now Witkoff all acted as enforcers for Putin’s protection racket.
But if the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...
But if the West accepts bribery disguised as peace, it normalises conquest as a viable investment strategy
pdjukes.substack.com/p/bribery-di...
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Some news. My book on climate and security for Cambridge University Press is the winner of the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Advancing World Order. Thrilled to be among the august company of previous winners. www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...
2026 Grawemeyer world order award winner explores the connection between climate change and security | UofL News
For his work to understand why climate change leads to negative security consequences in some places and not others, Joshua W. Busby, professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, ...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some news. My book on climate and security for Cambridge University Press is the winner of the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Advancing World Order. Thrilled to be among the august company of previous winners. www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...
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Fascism isn’t a loose insult – it’s a specific political formula: a leader cult fused with organised violence against opponents. Prof Paul Kenny's analysis, from _The loop_ -- thanks!
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fascism isn’t a loose insult – it’s a specific political formula: a leader cult fused with organised violence against opponents. Prof Paul Kenny's analysis, from _The loop_ -- thanks!
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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A councillor has appeared in court facing multiple child sexual abuse charges – prompting immediate statements from local political leaders.
@johnelworthy.bsky.social
@johnelworthy.bsky.social
Councillor charged with 26 child-related sexual offences
Councillor faces charges including rape, sexual activity with a child and making indecent images; allegations span 2021–2025
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A councillor has appeared in court facing multiple child sexual abuse charges – prompting immediate statements from local political leaders.
@johnelworthy.bsky.social
@johnelworthy.bsky.social
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Who has read 📙The 15-min City
By
Carlos Moreno
By
Carlos Moreno
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Who has read 📙The 15-min City
By
Carlos Moreno
By
Carlos Moreno
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This is off the top of my head.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is off the top of my head.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
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14. The government artificially restricting court “sitting days” - effectively closing perfectly usable courtrooms and forcing judges to stay at home, to make a tiny saving on court staff.
This happened regularly under the last government. The new lot are still doing it.
This happened regularly under the last government. The new lot are still doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
14. The government artificially restricting court “sitting days” - effectively closing perfectly usable courtrooms and forcing judges to stay at home, to make a tiny saving on court staff.
This happened regularly under the last government. The new lot are still doing it.
This happened regularly under the last government. The new lot are still doing it.
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13. The abysmal system for pre-recording cross-examinations of vulnerable witnesses (up until this year supplied by Vodafone) crashing, freezing and even failing to record. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
Judge calls Vodafone 'clowns' in exasperated court outburst
A Plymouth Crown Court jury have been told by a judge the delays to their trial over last few days were down to phone company and whoever gave the firm the contract to pre-record cross-examination of ...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
13. The abysmal system for pre-recording cross-examinations of vulnerable witnesses (up until this year supplied by Vodafone) crashing, freezing and even failing to record. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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12. The prison forgetting to bring a defendant to the video-link booth for a court video hearing, and having insufficient staff/inclination to, y’know, go and fetch him.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
12. The prison forgetting to bring a defendant to the video-link booth for a court video hearing, and having insufficient staff/inclination to, y’know, go and fetch him.
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11. One court I visited had a hole in the roof for six months. Water was pouring through and the whole ground floor was covered in tarpaulin. Flooded courtrooms are not, you will be surprised to hear, particularly usable. No contractor could be found to fix it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
11. One court I visited had a hole in the roof for six months. Water was pouring through and the whole ground floor was covered in tarpaulin. Flooded courtrooms are not, you will be surprised to hear, particularly usable. No contractor could be found to fix it.
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10. Not enough barristers to cover cases. Often - especially in serious, specialised and difficult work such as Rape and Serious Sexual Offences - the CPS will not be able to find an available barrister, due to so many having quit. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrist...
Barristers to quit RASSO work, survey suggests
Barristers cite poor pay and emotional exhaustion for wanting to quit rape and serious sexual offences work.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
10. Not enough barristers to cover cases. Often - especially in serious, specialised and difficult work such as Rape and Serious Sexual Offences - the CPS will not be able to find an available barrister, due to so many having quit. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrist...
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9. Queues to enter the court building taking over an hour, due to insufficient numbers of security staff to conduct the on-the-door checks. Meaning jurors, witnesses, interpreters and defendants are stuck outside the building while the hours tick by.
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
9. Queues to enter the court building taking over an hour, due to insufficient numbers of security staff to conduct the on-the-door checks. Meaning jurors, witnesses, interpreters and defendants are stuck outside the building while the hours tick by.
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8. A lift being broken (lying unfixed for weeks because no engineer can be found/afforded), meaning that a disabled witness cannot attend a trial.
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
8. A lift being broken (lying unfixed for weeks because no engineer can be found/afforded), meaning that a disabled witness cannot attend a trial.
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7. The ancient court plumbing giving up, meaning no running water or flushing toilets, meaning everybody is sent home.
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
7. The ancient court plumbing giving up, meaning no running water or flushing toilets, meaning everybody is sent home.
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6. The nationwide breakdown of the Crown Court Digital Case System and/or Common Platform.
Happens pretty much weekly. All cases are now digital. When the abysmal infrastructure (which has been in Beta for years) freezes or breaks, everything grinds to a standstill.
Happens pretty much weekly. All cases are now digital. When the abysmal infrastructure (which has been in Beta for years) freezes or breaks, everything grinds to a standstill.
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
6. The nationwide breakdown of the Crown Court Digital Case System and/or Common Platform.
Happens pretty much weekly. All cases are now digital. When the abysmal infrastructure (which has been in Beta for years) freezes or breaks, everything grinds to a standstill.
Happens pretty much weekly. All cases are now digital. When the abysmal infrastructure (which has been in Beta for years) freezes or breaks, everything grinds to a standstill.
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5. The Crown Prosecution Service failing to serve key evidence or critical disclosure until the day of trial, giving insufficient time for the defence to consider it, and causing the trial to be adjourned.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
5. The Crown Prosecution Service failing to serve key evidence or critical disclosure until the day of trial, giving insufficient time for the defence to consider it, and causing the trial to be adjourned.
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4. Judge having extra hearings shoved into their courtrooms during a trial, meaning that the trial overruns. Or, if the trial cannot overrun - because jurors or the judge have immovable commitments - the trial collapses and is adjourned for a year or two
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
4. Judge having extra hearings shoved into their courtrooms during a trial, meaning that the trial overruns. Or, if the trial cannot overrun - because jurors or the judge have immovable commitments - the trial collapses and is adjourned for a year or two
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3. The Witness Care Unit forgetting to tell witnesses to attend trial. Meaning the whole trial has to be adjourned.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
3. The Witness Care Unit forgetting to tell witnesses to attend trial. Meaning the whole trial has to be adjourned.
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2. The court forgetting to book an interpreter for a defendant.
Another perennial. Every day in every court building.
See also: the court booking an interpreter, and the interpreter just not turning up.
Another perennial. Every day in every court building.
See also: the court booking an interpreter, and the interpreter just not turning up.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
2. The court forgetting to book an interpreter for a defendant.
Another perennial. Every day in every court building.
See also: the court booking an interpreter, and the interpreter just not turning up.
Another perennial. Every day in every court building.
See also: the court booking an interpreter, and the interpreter just not turning up.
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1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal: Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms Families stranded on the their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush ...
Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal
Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal: Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms Families stranded on the their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush ...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal: Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms Families stranded on the their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush ...
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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Today is Giving Tuesday and I urge everyone to walk the walk today in support of universal basic income with a donation to itsafoundation.org. Let's make it happen together.
It's Time to Walk the Walk for Universal Basic Income (UBI)
UBI means some pay more tax but most net ahead. Walk the walk now: align monthly giving with your likely net tax and help build the income floor.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today is Giving Tuesday and I urge everyone to walk the walk today in support of universal basic income with a donation to itsafoundation.org. Let's make it happen together.