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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 5m

As always, lovely photo's. Enjoy your day too!

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💛💜JB💛💜 @msjulesb.bsky.social · 1h

Good morning and happy Thursday, BS 🦋👋… have a great day! ☕️🌿☀️🌳💛🌱✨

A sunny park path in spring lined with trees in shades of green and red

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10h

Sometimes, it's easy to think that there is no hope for us - and that we don't deserve to prevail

But - even on an inevitably hotter and chaotic planet, with society and economy crumbling - we can not and must not stop fighting for something better

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 9m

Mr Starmer et al - which part of the following do you not understand?
'We dont want digital ID'.
'We want the re-nationalisation of water'
'We want an increase in tax on the billionaires.'
'We want those harming the UK and others to be brought to account - past, present and future.'

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 54m

Bank of England warns of growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets - financial crash.

AI boom will burst.
Share prices inflated
Real economy weak.
Trump creating uncertainties.
Shadow banking unregulated.
Govt deregulating banking.

Bankers get bonuses, people will pick up the tab.

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 1h

Starmer misreading the room again

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him

He really is a very stupid man

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag! | Aditya Chakrabortty

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrab...

www.theguardian.com

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UK Green Stats @ukgreenstats.bsky.social · 10h

Yesterday, the Greens were celebrating 87,000 members.

Today, they have skyrocketed 93,000 members, making this most likely the fastest growth the party has ever seen before in terms of membership figures.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15h

Let’s also remember that the ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government.

We must protect the ECHR, not leave it

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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BreeDanielsWins @breedanielswins.bsky.social · 1d

Hear, hear!

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly, my local #Labour MP, #AlexMcIntyre, has distributed leaflets in a #Green colour. Conveniently, he seems to have omitted any mention of the party he represents! 🙄

Didn't the #Tories do the same before the last GE? It's a bit decietful, IMHO.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

A leaflet from Labour MP, Alex McIntyre in a green colour similar to the Green Party's colour. He fails to mention which party he represents.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

www.opendemocracy.net/en/digital-i...

I have no idea who these people are in government. They are nothing like any Labour government I’ve ever known.

Digital ID will put UK on a dangerous path – just ask India

I spent years reporting on digital IDs like the Brit Card. This is what I found

www.opendemocracy.net

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

I'd add this. Although human rights are universal, those who most need the shelter they provide are those without money and power and who are politically targeted. The cost of the Supreme Court's choice to "edit the Human Rights Act out of existence" will be born most heavily by them.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

It's difficult to read this piece without asking yourself whether you need to be foreign to see England for what it is. It's difficult, too, to read it because doing so is to be reminded, again, how much we will miss Conor Gearty. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Karen Barry-Davies @wheelan.bsky.social · 2d

🦋 Good Night Everyone 🦋
~~~ Sweet Dreams~~~
Happy New Week

#Photography
#Nature
#NorthSea
#Sunset
#GoldenHour

THEATRICAL SKIES
💛🧡❤️💙💛🧡❤️💙

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 1d

Marmot Places are spreading across the UK, bringing joined-up thinking to tackle health inequalities. Marmot's founder is here to explain.

The UK is not doing well. Here's how the Marmot Principles could help turn things around

www.bigissue.com

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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 1d

They [Thames Water] need to be fined for past and current failings! This to include interest!

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

I wrote about whether the hideous Thames Water bailout plan - which lets it off fines for up to 15 years - is lawful or will need the support of MPs. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...

Is the Thames Water bailout plan - which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years - lawful?

A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, London & Valley Water (“L&VW”), has submitted to Ofwat proposals for them to be relieved from fines for past or future sewage dumping for a period of up to ...

open.substack.com

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from Ireland. Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.

Mist rolls soft through the amber glen,
Where old trees dream of time again.

#ColorADay #RedWed #Autumn #Fall #photography #Ireland #EastCoastKin

misty autumn landscape featuring tall, ancient trees in a golden-brown field. In the foreground, leaves with hints of orange and yellow frame the scene from the upper left corner. A large, gnarled tree stands to the right, while another tall tree rises in the distance amid a faint fog. The grass below is tinged with autumn hues, and a line of scattered stones runs across the slope, evoking a quiet, timeless Irish countryside.

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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 1d

This Labour government needs to go and quickly!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...