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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 14h

If you vote tactically for what you don't want you end up getting it - as Starmer has proved again and again.

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Sིiིlིkིlིiིnིkི @silklink.bsky.social · 20h

Do you notice, or is my imagination, a short while ago, supermarkets were trying to outdo each other in reducing cardboard &plastic packaging. Today, they seem to be as bad as ever in their packaging, or even worse! I have never remembered discarding so much packaging every week from my groceries.

Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

Unless we cut production and distribution of plastic we will never get on top of the problem. Putting all the obligation onto consumers will never be enough.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

Unless we cut production and distribution of plastic we will never get on top of the problem. Putting all the obligation onto consumers will never be enough.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

In other news leaving the EU is now about to crush our steel industry because we left our main export market after Farage told us it would be wonderful for British industry.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

EU steel tariff hike threatens 'biggest crisis' for UK industry

The EU is the destination for 78% of steel products made in the UK for overseas markets.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

Another 30 years of this getting worse so that Trump's financiers can make even more money out of drill baby drill politics

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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.co.uk

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 3d

'Trump has targeted the courts, the universities, civil servants of the federal government... One key bulwark has crumbled under this assault: the media. Trump... said major US networks gave him... "only bad press. I mean they’re getting a license...maybe their licenses should be taken away."'

Praise me or shut up! – Trump’s threats to silence opponents break US first amendment

A press free to criticise its government and leaders is essential to any democracy – in America it is crumbling before our eyes

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.

apnews.com/article/clim...

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

apnews.com

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Mark English @markemuk.bsky.social · 1d

Dominic Grieve sets out the huge cost of leaving the ECHR - for Northern Ireland, for trade with the EU and for the UK's reputation.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/leaving_echr...

Leaving ECHR breaches Good Friday Agreement, says Grieve

Leaving the Convention "plainly in breach of the Good Friday agreement" says former Attorney General.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 23h

The problem is not that there are more radical parties than Labour. The problem is first past the post bullies people into voting for what they don't want

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

So Lib Dems and Greens between them higher in opinion polls than Reform, many more MPs and councillors, more votes in last elections. Yet between them get much lighter coverage. Wonder why?

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

I posted about the mistreatment in custody of British citizens by the Israeli government not being covered by the BBC. Their website about the original detention had nothing about that

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

"Media companies, governments and public figures are pretending to themselves that it will all get better. It won't. The Twitter many of us joined is dead and, while X is not yet, it should be" @ottoenglish.bsky.social

The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

bylinetimes.com

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

Honeybee worker enjoying the ivy which gives a great energy boost late in the year. You can see bright yellow pollen in her leg baskets.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I said that @greenparty.org.uk membership is rising by 1000 new people a day.

I was wrong.

Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.

We now have 88,000 members! 🎉

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

All Keir Starmer managed to say about British citizens illegally detained and then mistreated in captivity was that it was a matter for the Israeli government? Really? What if Iran had done this?

Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 1d

The Faces of Humanity

Rima and the rest of the French nationals on the Global Sumud Flotilla crew are free after being illegally arrested and detained by Israel

Kathy (@parislychee)

🔴 Rima and the rest of the French nationals on the Global Sumud Flotilla crew are free after being illegally arrested and detained by Israel

substack.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

#FastFashion and #microplastics. They go together like indoor #AirPollution and lung disease.

A few profit and the rest of us pay, particularly the most vulnerable
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: over 3,000 people joined @greenparty.org.uk over conference weekend.

Membership now stands at over 86,000.

We’re just getting started.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

Our Conference was bursting with energy, enthusiasm, and determination. The Green Party is growing faster than ever – powered by hope, action, and thousands of passionate members. 💚

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

I was sent an early BBC report of the detention of Greta in international waters that says she is safe and well as evidence that the BBC fairly reported her extensive evidence of mistreatment under illegal detention or indeed anything about what has happened to the British citizens illegally held.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

Some old style BBC reporters like Jeremy Bowen or Barbara Plett Usher have been very fair an honest in their reporting. Their reporting on the Thunberg aid mission failed utterly to achieve any balance and the reports went out late and well hidden.

Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1d

When the BBC did final put out something about Thunberg it was about her deportation and quoted the idea that it was fake news that she was mistreated in detention. Nothing about the British citizens illegally detained by a foreign power.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Gaza flotilla passengers allege poor conditions in detention as Israel prepares to deport dozens of activists

Families of some aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla say they are being held without access to clean water or legal representation

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 2d

I can't find a single thing about Greta Thunberg's illegal detention and mistreatment on the BBC website. Do they not think turning away an aid convoy and beating up those trying to deliver it is newsworthy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/...

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