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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth

Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru

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Paul Wheatley, Munich/München/Teesside journalist & photographer @wheatleymunich.bsky.social · 13h

Really interesting study on reporting crime ‘by foreigners’ in #Germany

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German media bias falsely inflates crime by foreigners – DW – 10/18/2025

Violent crimes committed by foreigners are covered in the media far more frequently than is justified by their share in police crime statistics, a new study has found.

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 1d

🇬🇪💪 This is the fight of the Georgian people for freedom from corruption & authoritarianism.

Almost a year since the pro-Russian party consolidated its authoritarian power through fraudulent elections.

💚 We stand with the protestors against the increasing authoritarianism.

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Paul Wheatley, Munich/München/Teesside journalist & photographer @wheatleymunich.bsky.social · 8d

Seems pretty reasonable
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Olivier de Schutter: ‘A 2% tax on billionaires would provide social protection for 820 million people in low-income countries’

‘The money is there,’ says the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. ‘All that is needed is the political will’

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Paul Wheatley, Munich/München/Teesside journalist & photographer @wheatleymunich.bsky.social · 9d

#Marske, north east #England, #Teesside, showing the kind of spirit the rest of the country could do more of

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Paul Wheatley, Munich/München/Teesside journalist & photographer @wheatleymunich.bsky.social · 9d

‘Weighing no more than a large strawberry’, nightingales cross the Sahara twice/year ‘as part of a 6,000-mile round-trip between its spring breeding grounds in England and overwintering ground in west Africa.

But their journey is becoming increasingly fraught and their destination less welcoming.’

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them.

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 10d

Latest episode:

How eco activists end up rubbing shoulders with oil barons and big business at the #COP climate summit.

Insight from Josh Appignanesi whose new film "Colossal Wreck' is out next week.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Inside The COP Climate Summit

Film maker Josh Appignanesi takes us inside the COP Climate Summit in conversation with Adrian Goldberg. Josh's new film, "Colossal Wreck' about his participation in Cop 29 in Dubai last year, is b...

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 9d

Super-rich, greedy vested interests have an outsized influence on our political system.

So, if we want a fairer economy, we need to work together.

Find out how you can take action every week by joining our mailing list.
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Sign up to our newsletter

Weekly updates, and how you can be a part of the movement for tax justice in the UK.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 9d

Farage Vs Polanski?

Choose your side.

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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 10d

We see you Zack Polanski 👀

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

The city that reveals Britain's biggest problem: there's nowhere to live – video

After a long summer defined by flags, protests and tensions over asylum, John Harris and John Domokos go back to Liverpool to explore the lives of people dealing with a huge housing crisis, while trying to stop the issue exploding into hate and division

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Wheatley, Munich/München/Teesside journalist & photographer @wheatleymunich.bsky.social · 14d

Great read. Don’t stop, because we need more Gary Nevilles and more journalists opposing the far right public discourse, as the likes of Orwell showed almost a century ago

Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · 15d

I liked Gary Neville’s speech even though he fucked up part of it
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Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay

An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

www.theguardian.com

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 17d

Latest from me: the era of the £100+ gig ticket spells cultural disaster www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 17d

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library goes #OpenAccess

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#History 🗃️

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Paul Wheatley, Munich/München/Teesside journalist & photographer @wheatleymunich.bsky.social · 17d

Prominent neo- #Nazi, Holocaust denier arrested just outside #Munich in #Tutzing

Martin Bernstein @martinbernstein.bsky.social · 17d

Kampf gegen Antisemitismus: Münchner Generalstaatsanwaltschaft lässt Holocaustleugner verhaften. www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/hol...

München: Staatsanwalt lässt Holocaust-Leugner verhaften

Alfred Sch. saß schon mehrmals im Gefängnis, weil er die Tatsache bestreitet, dass die Nazis Millionen Juden ermordet haben.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 17d

Is meat the new oil? Five lessons from fossil fuel governance for industrial meat governance

By @cleoverk.bsky.social
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Is meat the new oil? Five lessons from fossil fuel governance for industrial meat governance

In this perspective, SEI Senior Scientist Cleo Verkuijl outlines lessons from fossil fuel governance that can guide transformation of the global food system.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17d

I wrote about Robert Jenrick's embrace of blood and soil nationalism for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

"The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be worried about"

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

But what about “ethnic change”? Yes, the proportion of Islington’s population who are (like me) white British has dropped from perhaps 85% to about 40%. This change is indeed visible. For West, it is “far beyond what any group would find tolerable.” What he doesn’t and can’t say is why exactly I’m supposed to find it intolerable. Why should I, or my neighbours, be more concerned about what race or ethnicity the kids are at the local school than the quality or financing of local services, or whether the council is successfully balancing the need for more housing with the interests of long-standing residents?

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 17d

Leaked car industry paper: carmakers’ EU demands would cut EV sales in half

- "If the Commission capitulates to these demands, it will only hand a further competitive advantage to Chinese automakers.”

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/lea...

Leaked car industry paper: carmakers’ EU demands would cut EV sales…

Carmaker lobby ACEA wants to turn Europe’s car regulation into a ‘Swiss cheese – full of holes’.

www.transportenvironment.org

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 17d

European Parliament votes to ban terms like ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ for plant-based products

- Green MEP Anna Strolenberg: “The meat lobby is trying to weaken its innovative food competitors"

www.greenqueen.com.hk/eu-parliamen...

EU Parliament Backs 'Veggie Burger' Labelling Ban on Plant-Based Meat

The EU Parliament today voted in favour of a ban on meat-like designations on plant-based meat product labels, paving the way for trilogue negotiations.

www.greenqueen.com.hk

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 17d

Another image from this summer Greenland adventures, this time during a moody day with a bit of fog, and the signature red sails.

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 20d

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

www.bbc.com

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 22d

Zack Polanski delivers first conference speech as Green Party leader
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Zack Polanski delivers first conference speech as Green Party leader

The newly-elected leader of the Green Party in England and Wales has used his party conference speech to attack the Labour Party and Reform UK.

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 23d

A hen spends her life in a cage no bigger than an iPad , unable to spread her wings .

This #WorldFarmAnimalsDay , let's change that . For less than £1 , you can help free a hen & your donation gets a 50% boost all week long .

Let's do this: farmkind.giving/cagefree

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Untypicalboro @untypicalboro.bsky.social · 28d

FT: 1-1. Great point. #Boro far from their best, it was a clunky first 45 & rode their luck but a gritty fightback to force a deserved late leveller with a cracker. Unbeaten run goes on, still top, showed resilience but a rash of yellows. We'll have to watch that. #UTB

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Anth @anthhartley.bsky.social · 28d

Great point for @mfc.co.uk in context and plenty of other games went our way, so we remain clear at the top. Can't complain.

Safe journey back everyone. #UTB

#Boro #EFL

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