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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
The time for change is now: end fox hunting
Hunting was supposed to be banned over 20 years ago, but the hunts have carried on chasing and killing wild animals with dogs like the law never changed. This government was elected on a promise to fi...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/th...
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"In the male-dominated online communities, women become the target of misogyny, because they are seen as standing in the way of their success — but this hostility could just as easily be directed toward another marginalized group."
Are ‘hyper-meritocracy’ and feminist backlash driving South Korean young men to the right?
One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
globalvoices.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
"In the male-dominated online communities, women become the target of misogyny, because they are seen as standing in the way of their success — but this hostility could just as easily be directed toward another marginalized group."
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NEW: We alongside 20+ civil society organisations are calling on Keir Starmer to publish documents relating to major UK-US technology and trade agreements negotiated while Lord Mandelson served as UK Ambassador to US.
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/public-...
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/public-...
Public interest groups call for disclosure of Mandelson-era big tech deals - Global Justice Now
Politico first reported on this story (13th Feb) Groups seek documents to establish whether Mandelson’s involvement in US tech negotiations served the national interest Organisations and experts – inc...
www.globaljustice.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
NEW: We alongside 20+ civil society organisations are calling on Keir Starmer to publish documents relating to major UK-US technology and trade agreements negotiated while Lord Mandelson served as UK Ambassador to US.
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/public-...
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/public-...
I just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition asking the government to put climate before profit and end secret corporate courts – will you join me? foe.uk/8ojx1
Stop secret corporate courts rewarding climate wreckers
Community action stopped the climate-wrecking Whitehaven coal mine. Now, its backers are suing the government in a secret corporate court – and UK taxpayers could pay millions. Polluters should never ...
foe.uk
February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition asking the government to put climate before profit and end secret corporate courts – will you join me? foe.uk/8ojx1
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Starmer and Blair are to the right of Macmillan's Tories.
Corbyn and Polanski might seem radical, in the current political climate, but they're just on the moderate centre-left overall.
Corbyn and Polanski might seem radical, in the current political climate, but they're just on the moderate centre-left overall.
February 10, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Starmer and Blair are to the right of Macmillan's Tories.
Corbyn and Polanski might seem radical, in the current political climate, but they're just on the moderate centre-left overall.
Corbyn and Polanski might seem radical, in the current political climate, but they're just on the moderate centre-left overall.
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The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The Prime Minister says he changed the Labour Party.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
He's right. He changed it from a party of principle, workers and peace, to a party of patronage, the establishment and war.
Poverty, corruption and complicity in genocide. That will be his government's legacy.
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BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
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🤯60% of Wes Streeting's donors are from private health.
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Open letter to Wes Streeting: release your messages with your private healthcare donors
The public has a right to know that health policy is not driven by quid pro quo relationships.
weownit.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
🤯60% of Wes Streeting's donors are from private health.
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Good to see your texts with Mandelson. The public also has a right to know if health policy is being driven by unaccountable lobbying
Wes Streeting, release your messages with private healthcare. weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
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🤔You want your government to be popular?
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
🤔You want your government to be popular?
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
💡Why not try doing something that's popular with the public.
Most of us want to see public ownership across a range of public services.
It was true at the last general election. It's true now.
#publicownership
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Wes Streeting released his whatsapp messages with Mandelson
We've written to him asking him to also release messages with private health donors (who benefit from NHS privatisation)
@goodlawproject.bsky.social found he is 60%+ funded by private healthcare
weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
We've written to him asking him to also release messages with private health donors (who benefit from NHS privatisation)
@goodlawproject.bsky.social found he is 60%+ funded by private healthcare
weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
Open letter to Wes Streeting: release your messages with your private healthcare donors
The public has a right to know that health policy is not driven by quid pro quo relationships.
weownit.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Wes Streeting released his whatsapp messages with Mandelson
We've written to him asking him to also release messages with private health donors (who benefit from NHS privatisation)
@goodlawproject.bsky.social found he is 60%+ funded by private healthcare
weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
We've written to him asking him to also release messages with private health donors (who benefit from NHS privatisation)
@goodlawproject.bsky.social found he is 60%+ funded by private healthcare
weownit.org.uk/news/wes-str...
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🙌 Thank you to the Oxfordshire MPs saying NO to illegal Thames Water sewage pollution until 2040 🙌
MPs sign letter urging Ofwat to reject Thames Water rescue deal
Five Oxfordshire MPs have signed an open letter urging Ofwat and the secretary of state for the environment to reject a Thames Water rescue deal.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
🙌 Thank you to the Oxfordshire MPs saying NO to illegal Thames Water sewage pollution until 2040 🙌
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24 MPs signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary this week.
THANK YOU to every MP who signed, and said NO to illegal Thames Water sewage pollution until 2040.
You can read the full letter here.
THANK YOU to every MP who signed, and said NO to illegal Thames Water sewage pollution until 2040.
You can read the full letter here.
Open Letter from Thames Water MPs: Ofwat must reject the Thames Water deal
Read our open letter to Chris Walters, interim CEO of Ofwat and Emma Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, signed by MPs from the Thames Water region.
weownit.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
24 MPs signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary this week.
THANK YOU to every MP who signed, and said NO to illegal Thames Water sewage pollution until 2040.
You can read the full letter here.
THANK YOU to every MP who signed, and said NO to illegal Thames Water sewage pollution until 2040.
You can read the full letter here.
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The Government must stop listening to dodgy advice! Hear the trade unions, the care workers, the migrant support organisations - LISTEN TO YOUR BASE.
The immigration plans must be scrapped.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The immigration plans must be scrapped.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't change rules for migrants already in UK, Labour MPs tell Mahmood
Some 35 Labour MPs are among those who have written to the home secretary to raise concerns about the plans.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The Government must stop listening to dodgy advice! Hear the trade unions, the care workers, the migrant support organisations - LISTEN TO YOUR BASE.
The immigration plans must be scrapped.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The immigration plans must be scrapped.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social
@unison.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Threatening to put universities out of business [...] if they don’t fawningly accommodate any regime-backed political nonentity who asks is the stuff of autocracy, not democracy. And the lesson from Donald Trump’s US [...] is that the pressure rarely stops there. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Threatening to put universities out of business [...] if they don’t fawningly accommodate any regime-backed political nonentity who asks is the stuff of autocracy, not democracy. And the lesson from Donald Trump’s US [...] is that the pressure rarely stops there. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Natalya Pavlovna watched her two-year-old son, Danylo, play with Lego. “We are taking a break from the cold,” she said as children made drawings inside a warm tent. Adults sipped tea and chatted while their phones charged. [...] Outside it was -18C. | Luke Harding www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘Everything is frozen’: bitter winter drags on for Kyiv residents as Russia wipes out power
Kremlin’s repeated targeting of power grid has left thousands without heating, reliant on shelters and desperate home hacks
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Natalya Pavlovna watched her two-year-old son, Danylo, play with Lego. “We are taking a break from the cold,” she said as children made drawings inside a warm tent. Adults sipped tea and chatted while their phones charged. [...] Outside it was -18C. | Luke Harding www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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It's a 'Caption This' Thursday!
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
It's a 'Caption This' Thursday!
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
Give us your best...👇
📷 Laura Peyton
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Today is #WorldWetlandsDay, a chance to celebrate and reflect on the vital role of wetlands across the world and closer to home here in Suffolk! 💧
Keep your eyes peeled for more #WorldWetlandDay content from us this week.
📸 by John Lord
Keep your eyes peeled for more #WorldWetlandDay content from us this week.
📸 by John Lord
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Today is #WorldWetlandsDay, a chance to celebrate and reflect on the vital role of wetlands across the world and closer to home here in Suffolk! 💧
Keep your eyes peeled for more #WorldWetlandDay content from us this week.
📸 by John Lord
Keep your eyes peeled for more #WorldWetlandDay content from us this week.
📸 by John Lord
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Love is in the air, and so is the feeling of spring💕There is plenty to be excited about in February, with primroses awakening and you might catch sight of the crested grebes dancing!
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Love is in the air, and so is the feeling of spring💕There is plenty to be excited about in February, with primroses awakening and you might catch sight of the crested grebes dancing!
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We love these striking photos taken by @rich13photography at Lackford Lakes📸
Did you know nuthatches are the only UK bird that can climb headfirst down tree trunks, holding on with their powerful toes?
Did you know nuthatches are the only UK bird that can climb headfirst down tree trunks, holding on with their powerful toes?
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
We love these striking photos taken by @rich13photography at Lackford Lakes📸
Did you know nuthatches are the only UK bird that can climb headfirst down tree trunks, holding on with their powerful toes?
Did you know nuthatches are the only UK bird that can climb headfirst down tree trunks, holding on with their powerful toes?
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We're ending the feudal leasehold system. ground rents will be capped and commonhold model will be introduced as an option for residents to take up. For many years in opposition I met with constituents trapped with ..... 1/2
#York #Leasehold #Commonhold #Politics
#York #Leasehold #Commonhold #Politics
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
We're ending the feudal leasehold system. ground rents will be capped and commonhold model will be introduced as an option for residents to take up. For many years in opposition I met with constituents trapped with ..... 1/2
#York #Leasehold #Commonhold #Politics
#York #Leasehold #Commonhold #Politics
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Today’s Local Power Plan announcement is the biggest investment in community-owned energy in British history.
Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️
Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Today’s Local Power Plan announcement is the biggest investment in community-owned energy in British history.
Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️
Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️
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February 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Clydach Terrace is classified as “high risk to life” by the flooding management authority. The residents’ six-year-long nightmare ended last week when Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) council voted to buy 16 of the street’s 18 houses at a cost of £2.6m, and demolish them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma
Forty-odd residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, south Wales, relieved by council buyout after years in fear of fast flooding
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Clydach Terrace is classified as “high risk to life” by the flooding management authority. The residents’ six-year-long nightmare ended last week when Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) council voted to buy 16 of the street’s 18 houses at a cost of £2.6m, and demolish them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
For [two weeks], the 25,000 residents of the Sicilian town Niscemi have been living on the edge of a 25-metre abyss. On 25 January, after torrential rain, a devastating landslide ripped away an entire slope of the town, creating a 4km-long chasm. | Lorenzo Tondo www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide
People in Niscemi struggle to comprehend loss of homes and businesses and feel disaster could have been avoided
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 AM
For [two weeks], the 25,000 residents of the Sicilian town Niscemi have been living on the edge of a 25-metre abyss. On 25 January, after torrential rain, a devastating landslide ripped away an entire slope of the town, creating a 4km-long chasm. | Lorenzo Tondo www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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