Dr Grace
@drgracephd.bsky.social
Christian, Musician (Singer), Academic, Mathematician, Political Thinker.
"Once we have ecosystem breakdown or climate breakdown, we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks.”
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
"Once we have ecosystem breakdown or climate breakdown, we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks.”
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Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"
"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
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UK Police investigate Mandelson over claims he leaked information to Epstein.
Who else knew? What did recipients of information do?
Throughout history the mighty fall when intoxicated with power, fame, money, arrogance. They still think they are special.
Who else knew? What did recipients of information do?
Throughout history the mighty fall when intoxicated with power, fame, money, arrogance. They still think they are special.
No 10 hands material on Mandelson-Epstein emails to police
It comes after the former Labour minister was accused of passing sensitive government information to Epstein.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
UK Police investigate Mandelson over claims he leaked information to Epstein.
Who else knew? What did recipients of information do?
Throughout history the mighty fall when intoxicated with power, fame, money, arrogance. They still think they are special.
Who else knew? What did recipients of information do?
Throughout history the mighty fall when intoxicated with power, fame, money, arrogance. They still think they are special.
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One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
One lesson from the Epstein–Mandelson affair is that we need to stop routinely rehabilitating political careers after serious scandals.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
When politicians knowingly engage in grave ethical wrongdoing, that should permanently end their political careers. Being "talented" should not override that.
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Who do you ask for advice from on the obvious need to sack your senior adviser?
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Who do you ask for advice from on the obvious need to sack your senior adviser?
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Last year I wrote this for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
The public see a political class whose proximity to wealth has eroded its independence, where talk of public service is an empty ritual. It's this culture that claimed Mandelson’s ‘qualities’ outweighed the risks.
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
The public see a political class whose proximity to wealth has eroded its independence, where talk of public service is an empty ritual. It's this culture that claimed Mandelson’s ‘qualities’ outweighed the risks.
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
The Integrity Gap: How We Built the Authoritarian Future We Fear
Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in Government is the product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Last year I wrote this for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
The public see a political class whose proximity to wealth has eroded its independence, where talk of public service is an empty ritual. It's this culture that claimed Mandelson’s ‘qualities’ outweighed the risks.
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
The public see a political class whose proximity to wealth has eroded its independence, where talk of public service is an empty ritual. It's this culture that claimed Mandelson’s ‘qualities’ outweighed the risks.
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
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What Happens When You Underfund Education with Daniel Kebede and Zack Polanskip
February 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
What Happens When You Underfund Education with Daniel Kebede and Zack Polanskip
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We have 400 volunteers on the streets of Gorton and Denton today.
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Zack Polanski Accuses Nigel Farage Of 'Running Scared' Of Head-To-Head Debate
The Reform leader said "if you pick a fight which a chimney sweep you get covered in soot".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We have 400 volunteers on the streets of Gorton and Denton today.
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Labour are out of it. It's Greens vs Reform.
Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
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Let's talk about who funds Reform.
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
February 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Let's talk about who funds Reform.
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.
Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.
Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
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This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
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If GDP is a broken measure, why do politicians still worship it? youtu.be/CltToHhkhfQ?...
If GDP is a broken measure, why do politicians still worship it?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
If GDP is a broken measure, why do politicians still worship it? youtu.be/CltToHhkhfQ?...
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Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is long overdue and welcome.
But while Labour dragged its feet and Reform want to turn the clock back, the overall benefit cap is still in place and still traps families in poverty. It’s time to scrap it.
But while Labour dragged its feet and Reform want to turn the clock back, the overall benefit cap is still in place and still traps families in poverty. It’s time to scrap it.
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is long overdue and welcome.
But while Labour dragged its feet and Reform want to turn the clock back, the overall benefit cap is still in place and still traps families in poverty. It’s time to scrap it.
But while Labour dragged its feet and Reform want to turn the clock back, the overall benefit cap is still in place and still traps families in poverty. It’s time to scrap it.
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (-2)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 1-2 Feb.
Changes w/ 25-26 Jan.
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (-2)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 1-2 Feb.
Changes w/ 25-26 Jan.
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (-2)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 1-2 Feb.
Changes w/ 25-26 Jan.
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (-2)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 1-2 Feb.
Changes w/ 25-26 Jan.
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Labour took votes for granted.
They've blown it.
Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
Vote Green - and stop Reform.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They've blown it.
Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
Vote Green - and stop Reform.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer has little to offer voters of either right or left in Gorton and Denton. That’s why he’s facing a perfect storm | Owen Jones
The Greens are buoyant as Labour struggles. After shredding any semblance of a progressive agenda, fear of Reform is all the PM’s party has left, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Labour took votes for granted.
They've blown it.
Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
Vote Green - and stop Reform.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They've blown it.
Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.
Vote Green - and stop Reform.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The thing is, you didn't have to be Nostradamus to see it. You just had to be independent of the ultra-rich. Unfortunately, the great majority of the media is in the plutocrats' pockets. So the people pointing it out are shunned. In 2009 I tried and tried to get the BBC to pick this up. But ...⛔🤐
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The thing is, you didn't have to be Nostradamus to see it. You just had to be independent of the ultra-rich. Unfortunately, the great majority of the media is in the plutocrats' pockets. So the people pointing it out are shunned. In 2009 I tried and tried to get the BBC to pick this up. But ...⛔🤐
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Flood risk increase 20 years worse than predicted. Yet action on climate change is being slowed down as reactionaries ignore the evidence of their own neighbours homes being ruined and their insurance premiums going sky high.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Flood risk increase 20 years worse than predicted. Yet action on climate change is being slowed down as reactionaries ignore the evidence of their own neighbours homes being ruined and their insurance premiums going sky high.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Time to show the establishment we won't put up with their failures any longer. Reform, the Tories and Labour are the past, the future is Green
#VoteGreen 💚
#VoteGreen 💚
Big turnout for the first campaigning Saturday in Gorton and Denton. Go Greens. 💚💚
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Time to show the establishment we won't put up with their failures any longer. Reform, the Tories and Labour are the past, the future is Green
#VoteGreen 💚
#VoteGreen 💚
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Another day another impressive Zack Polanski interview. No wonder the utterly useless Keir Starmer and his utterly useless acolytes are attacking him more with each day.
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Another day another impressive Zack Polanski interview. No wonder the utterly useless Keir Starmer and his utterly useless acolytes are attacking him more with each day.
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Great to talk to Channel 4 news.
Gorton and Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hannah Spencer - our Mancunian plumber who knows the value of work.
We're fighting back.
Get involved: join.greenparty.org.uk
Gorton and Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hannah Spencer - our Mancunian plumber who knows the value of work.
We're fighting back.
Get involved: join.greenparty.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Great to talk to Channel 4 news.
Gorton and Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hannah Spencer - our Mancunian plumber who knows the value of work.
We're fighting back.
Get involved: join.greenparty.org.uk
Gorton and Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hannah Spencer - our Mancunian plumber who knows the value of work.
We're fighting back.
Get involved: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Nigel Farage claims that he's fighting the Greens.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Nigel Farage claims that he's fighting the Greens.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
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Hope before hate — neighbours, not enemies.
This is Manchester. This is Gorton and Denton! 💚
This is Manchester. This is Gorton and Denton! 💚
January 31, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Hope before hate — neighbours, not enemies.
This is Manchester. This is Gorton and Denton! 💚
This is Manchester. This is Gorton and Denton! 💚
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Truly amazing to have hundreds of volunteers with us today for the Gorton and Denton campaign, including: @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social
The other parties are no way going to match the people power we have showing up for Hannah. 💚
The other parties are no way going to match the people power we have showing up for Hannah. 💚
January 31, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Truly amazing to have hundreds of volunteers with us today for the Gorton and Denton campaign, including: @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social
The other parties are no way going to match the people power we have showing up for Hannah. 💚
The other parties are no way going to match the people power we have showing up for Hannah. 💚