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“Rescinding a climate emergency or scrapping net zero targets during a heatwave and following the driest spring in 100 years, with farmers struggling to grow crops and vulnerable people forced into A&E as councils issue heatwave alerts, is extreme.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reform-run councils once known for green policies expected to scrap climate pledges
Former Durham county council climate lead calls motion to rescind climate emergency declaration ‘reprehensible’
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Rescinding a climate emergency or scrapping net zero targets during a heatwave and following the driest spring in 100 years, with farmers struggling to grow crops and vulnerable people forced into A&E as councils issue heatwave alerts, is extreme.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland
Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK inflation is 3.4%. Eurozone inflation is 2.0%
The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%
Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.
We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone - higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.
The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%
Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.
We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone - higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.
July 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
UK inflation is 3.4%. Eurozone inflation is 2.0%
The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%
Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.
We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone - higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.
The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%
Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.
We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone - higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.
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To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government:
Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
July 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government:
Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
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Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up.
Powerful video…
Powerful video…
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The Covid Inquiry begins examining the Covid crisis in care homes today.
On Wednesday the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will appear.
He claimed to have put a protective ring around care homes. 46,000 residents died.
On Wednesday the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will appear.
He claimed to have put a protective ring around care homes. 46,000 residents died.
June 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Covid Inquiry begins examining the Covid crisis in care homes today.
On Wednesday the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will appear.
He claimed to have put a protective ring around care homes. 46,000 residents died.
On Wednesday the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will appear.
He claimed to have put a protective ring around care homes. 46,000 residents died.
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But genocide is fine. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Kneecap and Bob Vylan comments at Glastonbury investigated by police
Officers reviewing footage of comments made by bands during performances on West Holts Stage
www.independent.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
But genocide is fine. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Short thread on Yvette Cooper's decision to ban Palestine Action. 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Short thread on Yvette Cooper's decision to ban Palestine Action. 🧵
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Beware: weaponised nostalgia is the new face of climate denial. Not 'the science is fake', but 'We had it bad in my day too - remember '76?'.
It reassures, distracts – and delays the action we urgently need.
It reassures, distracts – and delays the action we urgently need.
‘Remember ’76?’ isn’t a climate argument
Britain’s 1976 heatwave was an outlier in a stable climate – not proof today’s crisis is normal
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Beware: weaponised nostalgia is the new face of climate denial. Not 'the science is fake', but 'We had it bad in my day too - remember '76?'.
It reassures, distracts – and delays the action we urgently need.
It reassures, distracts – and delays the action we urgently need.
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Farage has a plan to increase migration into the UK at cost to everyone already living here - and he obviously thinks we're daft enough to fall for it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Farage is planning to boost migration into the UK at cost to the poor
Reform has come up with one of the most stupid tax proposals I have ever heard of. As The Guardian summarises it:
Reform UK are to offer wealthy foreigners and returning British expats a bespoke tax ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Farage has a plan to increase migration into the UK at cost to everyone already living here - and he obviously thinks we're daft enough to fall for it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
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The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
June 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
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On war: a reflection www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... This morning, it's worth recalling that around the world, the billions of people who populate this planet have vastly more in common with each other than they have things that separate them.
On war: a reflection
There is, I think, a necessary twofold response when something as significant as last night's US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities takes place.
The first, as I have already noted, is to note that ...
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June 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
On war: a reflection www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... This morning, it's worth recalling that around the world, the billions of people who populate this planet have vastly more in common with each other than they have things that separate them.
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Excluding don't knows, 62.2% of voters would support rejoining the EU, against 37.8% who would oppose it. That is a crushing majority.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
June 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excluding don't knows, 62.2% of voters would support rejoining the EU, against 37.8% who would oppose it. That is a crushing majority.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
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"A large part of what I do in my actual dayjob is cut waste in spending...
So when politicians claim to be hunting waste while refusing to show their working, when they make dramatic claims without providing evidence, when they turn efficiency into entertainment – that’s not reform."
So when politicians claim to be hunting waste while refusing to show their working, when they make dramatic claims without providing evidence, when they turn efficiency into entertainment – that’s not reform."
Show your working: a challenge to Reform UK
Reform UK blames inefficiency for public failures, but real scrutiny starts with data, not Twitter outrage. Here's why...
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"A large part of what I do in my actual dayjob is cut waste in spending...
So when politicians claim to be hunting waste while refusing to show their working, when they make dramatic claims without providing evidence, when they turn efficiency into entertainment – that’s not reform."
So when politicians claim to be hunting waste while refusing to show their working, when they make dramatic claims without providing evidence, when they turn efficiency into entertainment – that’s not reform."
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Hard to believe there was a general election and, notionally at least, a change of Government last year.
June 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Hard to believe there was a general election and, notionally at least, a change of Government last year.
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Are we facing the end of local government in England? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... The system of local authority funding is failing, and with it, so too could local democracy.
Are we facing the end of local government in England?
The Public Accounts Committee has issued an unusually stark warning about the finances of local government in England. It has said in a new report:
Local government finance is in a perilous state. Des...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Are we facing the end of local government in England? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... The system of local authority funding is failing, and with it, so too could local democracy.
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Menstrual cycle tracking apps are a “gold mine” for consumer data.
Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.
www.cam.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Menstrual cycle tracking apps are a “gold mine” for consumer data.
Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Who's going to defend us from fascists? youtu.be/oZx5Ykx1nTM?... The obsession with Russia in the defence review is wrong. The real risk is from fascists wherever they come from, and Russia is a long way from being the only threat in that case.
Who's going to defend us from fascists? To pretend Russia is the only threat to the UK is wrong.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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June 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Who's going to defend us from fascists? youtu.be/oZx5Ykx1nTM?... The obsession with Russia in the defence review is wrong. The real risk is from fascists wherever they come from, and Russia is a long way from being the only threat in that case.
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Inflation is up. That's down to government incompetence in permitting excessive price increases in regulated industries, and we'll all pay a price for that as the Bank of England keeps interest rates high. Incompetence on a grand scale is there for all to see. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
Government-created inflation is back
As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning:
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to April 2025, up from 2.6% in the 12 months to March.
On a monthly ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Inflation is up. That's down to government incompetence in permitting excessive price increases in regulated industries, and we'll all pay a price for that as the Bank of England keeps interest rates high. Incompetence on a grand scale is there for all to see. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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It's time to weaponise the economy against fascism. Is that so very hard for Labour to work out? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
To see off Farage the economy needs to be weaponised against fascism
As Phillip Inman noted in the Guardian yesterday:
How can the Bank of England avoid being a loyal and trusted friend to Nigel Farage? That’s easy. It could say the cost of borrowing will tumble over ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
May 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It's time to weaponise the economy against fascism. Is that so very hard for Labour to work out? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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Rupert Murdoch and Ronald Reagan will share their place in FASCISM.......REMEMBER.......
May 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Rupert Murdoch and Ronald Reagan will share their place in FASCISM.......REMEMBER.......