@anji66.bsky.social
Love trees and nature and books. Staying optimistic and positive.
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This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
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“Ministers have failed to grasp the underlying issue which is corporate greed. The only people who will be paying for this are customers and billpayers.” Spot on from Feargal Sharkey 👇
Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul
Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM
“Ministers have failed to grasp the underlying issue which is corporate greed. The only people who will be paying for this are customers and billpayers.” Spot on from Feargal Sharkey 👇
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer approves China ‘super-embassy’ in London despite major security fears and warnings from allies
What could possibly go wrong
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What could possibly go wrong
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer approves China ‘super-embassy’ in London despite major security fears
Ministers have faced calls to reject Beijing’s plans for the embassy at Royal Mint Court
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 AM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer approves China ‘super-embassy’ in London despite major security fears and warnings from allies
What could possibly go wrong
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What could possibly go wrong
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Is this the behaviour of a "friend and ally"? Obviously not
And we certainly don't want terrible, and declining, US standards on food safety, chemical regulation, environmental rules!
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
And we certainly don't want terrible, and declining, US standards on food safety, chemical regulation, environmental rules!
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump administration demands Britain adopt US standards in trade talks
The U.S. push would derail Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union.
www.politico.eu
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Is this the behaviour of a "friend and ally"? Obviously not
And we certainly don't want terrible, and declining, US standards on food safety, chemical regulation, environmental rules!
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
And we certainly don't want terrible, and declining, US standards on food safety, chemical regulation, environmental rules!
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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“This isn’t North Korea we’re talking about - this is state sponsored torture in THIS country - happening right now”
🚨 ‘STATE SPONSORED TORTURE’
it’s not North Korea we’re talking about - the shocking #IPPscandal - ONE OF THE MOST CRUEL, INHUMANE AND MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half century - is being perpetrated by the Prime Minister - a former human rights lawyer, in this country
youtu.be/yo27emO72g8?...
it’s not North Korea we’re talking about - the shocking #IPPscandal - ONE OF THE MOST CRUEL, INHUMANE AND MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half century - is being perpetrated by the Prime Minister - a former human rights lawyer, in this country
youtu.be/yo27emO72g8?...
‘STATE SPONSORED TORTURE’ - the UK’s shocking IPP Scandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 7:12 AM
“This isn’t North Korea we’re talking about - this is state sponsored torture in THIS country - happening right now”
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'Share' if you agree!
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
'Share' if you agree!
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"Too much of established British journalism remains an elite, closed club. Close to power & influencing it; while claiming to have none when it is scrutinised in the slightest. That it continues to get away with its ability to distort our society is one of the biggest stories & scandals of our time"
Prince Harry Takes a Stand for Us All: ‘If They’re Supposedly Policing Society, Who On Earth is Policing Them?’
The crisis and corruption in the British press is one of the biggest, ongoing scandals of our time. Byline Times tips its hat to Prince Harry
bylinetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
"Too much of established British journalism remains an elite, closed club. Close to power & influencing it; while claiming to have none when it is scrutinised in the slightest. That it continues to get away with its ability to distort our society is one of the biggest stories & scandals of our time"
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Govt agency NatureScot defend the Guga hunt (where men travel to a remote Scottish island to bludgeon Gannet chicks to death) because they say the killing is "humane".
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Govt agency NatureScot defend the Guga hunt (where men travel to a remote Scottish island to bludgeon Gannet chicks to death) because they say the killing is "humane".
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Carole Cadwalladr, "But trying to suck up to Trump.. Totally disastrous deals with Silicon Valley companies in which we're bringing their software into the critical functions of how the UK state operates"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
January 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Carole Cadwalladr, "But trying to suck up to Trump.. Totally disastrous deals with Silicon Valley companies in which we're bringing their software into the critical functions of how the UK state operates"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
"We have put ourselves in a vassal of complete surrender"
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After 200 people supported plans for a new wildlife hospital, it been refused permission following 15 objections. Currently volunteers are caring for 1,000 cases a year from a suburban home. Whether they find another site could decide the future of the service.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Plans for new wildlife hospital rejected despite urgent need
A proposed wildlife hospital in Kirtling has been refused planning permission despite warnings local rescue capacity is collapsing
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
After 200 people supported plans for a new wildlife hospital, it been refused permission following 15 objections. Currently volunteers are caring for 1,000 cases a year from a suburban home. Whether they find another site could decide the future of the service.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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This is how appeasement of Trump affects you.
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
Appeasing Trump.
OECD exempts US companies from global minimum tax rules. Trump binned previous treaty.
UK to pay 25% more for drugs sold to the NHS by US companies.
UK remuneration of private equity execs taxed as capital gain instead of wages. Capital gains taxed at lower rate than wages.
OECD exempts US companies from global minimum tax rules. Trump binned previous treaty.
UK to pay 25% more for drugs sold to the NHS by US companies.
UK remuneration of private equity execs taxed as capital gain instead of wages. Capital gains taxed at lower rate than wages.
Donald Trump’s imperialism is the latest tool to advance the hegemony of US capital
Trump's policies are not isolationism. They're seeking to thwart the emergence of a multipolar world.
leftfootforward.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM
This is how appeasement of Trump affects you.
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
UK Govt will pay 25% more to US companies for NHS drugs, bigger corporate profits.
UK to Pay of another £7bn a year.
Impact - Britons pay higher taxes, face cuts in public services, or face misery and premature death.
Some special relationship!
👎👎👎👎
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
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The President of the United States is an actual toddler now.
There’s no other description left.
Handing over a peace prize to placate Trump is the political equivalent of giving a three-year-old a shiny object to stop an epic fannywobble because they’re confused they’ve shat their nappy.
There’s no other description left.
Handing over a peace prize to placate Trump is the political equivalent of giving a three-year-old a shiny object to stop an epic fannywobble because they’re confused they’ve shat their nappy.
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The President of the United States is an actual toddler now.
There’s no other description left.
Handing over a peace prize to placate Trump is the political equivalent of giving a three-year-old a shiny object to stop an epic fannywobble because they’re confused they’ve shat their nappy.
There’s no other description left.
Handing over a peace prize to placate Trump is the political equivalent of giving a three-year-old a shiny object to stop an epic fannywobble because they’re confused they’ve shat their nappy.
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Life on Earth depends on biodiversity. But it’s disappearing faster than ever.
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are each country’s plan to protect nature and reverse this loss.
Here’s why they matter: https://shorturl.at/3qX7R
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are each country’s plan to protect nature and reverse this loss.
Here’s why they matter: https://shorturl.at/3qX7R
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Life on Earth depends on biodiversity. But it’s disappearing faster than ever.
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are each country’s plan to protect nature and reverse this loss.
Here’s why they matter: https://shorturl.at/3qX7R
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are each country’s plan to protect nature and reverse this loss.
Here’s why they matter: https://shorturl.at/3qX7R
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Now 30,001 and counting.
My 86yo mother, with Alzheimers and severe arthritis, is without water.
Their response is to dump a pack of bottled water on her step.
She can't pick them up.
She can't open a bottle top.
Fuckers.
My 86yo mother, with Alzheimers and severe arthritis, is without water.
Their response is to dump a pack of bottled water on her step.
She can't pick them up.
She can't open a bottle top.
Fuckers.
30,000 homes left without water in Kent and Sussex.
South East Water company blamed bad weather and storms as though we never had that.
Real reason is lack of investment, unjustified dividends and exec pay.
Nothing will change until privatisation is ended, people empowered to vote on exec pay.
South East Water company blamed bad weather and storms as though we never had that.
Real reason is lack of investment, unjustified dividends and exec pay.
Nothing will change until privatisation is ended, people empowered to vote on exec pay.
Major incident declared as 30,000 homes left without water in Kent and Sussex
South East Water blames cold weather and Storm Goretti for problems, with schools and libraries closed for day
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Now 30,001 and counting.
My 86yo mother, with Alzheimers and severe arthritis, is without water.
Their response is to dump a pack of bottled water on her step.
She can't pick them up.
She can't open a bottle top.
Fuckers.
My 86yo mother, with Alzheimers and severe arthritis, is without water.
Their response is to dump a pack of bottled water on her step.
She can't pick them up.
She can't open a bottle top.
Fuckers.
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Absolutely shameful from this Govt
Mahmood wins vote to ban animal testing lab protests
Labour MPs rebel in vote to outlaw activists’ vigils outside laboratories and beagle-breeding facilities
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Absolutely shameful from this Govt
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A Labour MP has told Channel4News “FFS we are constantly being marched up hills to defend positions we think are wrong, only for Keir to u-turn and make us look like fools. This can't go on"
🚨The government has dropped plans requiring workers to sign up to its digital ID scheme in order to prove their right to work in the UK.
Nearly three million people have signed a parliamentary petition opposing the introduction of digital IDs
Nearly three million people have signed a parliamentary petition opposing the introduction of digital IDs
January 14, 2026 at 6:58 AM
A Labour MP has told Channel4News “FFS we are constantly being marched up hills to defend positions we think are wrong, only for Keir to u-turn and make us look like fools. This can't go on"
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Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - was an act of sheer political cowardice on the part of the Prime Minister
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - was an act of sheer political cowardice on the part of the Prime Minister
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Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
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This is just absurd and disgusting
Seabird 'blood sport' on remote Scottish island to remain legal despite protests
A TRADITIONAL hunt for seabirds on a remote Scottish island – labelled a “blood sport” by campaigners – will be allowed to continue as it is…
www.thenational.scot
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This is just absurd and disgusting
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The UK Government’s decision to include Berwick Bank in the Contracts for Difference scheme is a disaster for Scotland’s seabirds.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The UK Government’s decision to include Berwick Bank in the Contracts for Difference scheme is a disaster for Scotland’s seabirds.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
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Left: Yvette Cooper, "The regime is not allowing the Iranian people's voices to be heard, we need to see an Iran that does not repress the rights of women"
Right: Non violent protestor Heba Muraisi has been held on remand for 15 months and is currently on hunger strike in prison
Right: Non violent protestor Heba Muraisi has been held on remand for 15 months and is currently on hunger strike in prison
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Left: Yvette Cooper, "The regime is not allowing the Iranian people's voices to be heard, we need to see an Iran that does not repress the rights of women"
Right: Non violent protestor Heba Muraisi has been held on remand for 15 months and is currently on hunger strike in prison
Right: Non violent protestor Heba Muraisi has been held on remand for 15 months and is currently on hunger strike in prison
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I feel obliged to share this masterpiece from my brother:
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I feel obliged to share this masterpiece from my brother:
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Imagine waiting 31 hours in A&E for a hospital bed, stuck on a plastic chair. That’s what Sandra faced at 71 with bladder cancer.
And she's not alone, hundreds of thousands routinely wait 12+ hours for a bed. So why isn't Keir Starmer backing our plan to end 12 hour waits?
And she's not alone, hundreds of thousands routinely wait 12+ hours for a bed. So why isn't Keir Starmer backing our plan to end 12 hour waits?
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Imagine waiting 31 hours in A&E for a hospital bed, stuck on a plastic chair. That’s what Sandra faced at 71 with bladder cancer.
And she's not alone, hundreds of thousands routinely wait 12+ hours for a bed. So why isn't Keir Starmer backing our plan to end 12 hour waits?
And she's not alone, hundreds of thousands routinely wait 12+ hours for a bed. So why isn't Keir Starmer backing our plan to end 12 hour waits?