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Paul Overend

@pauloverend.bsky.social

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Exploring a “spirituality” of simplicity, serenity, study, solitude, and silence by the sea. 💚 Pursuing flourishing in the autumn of life 🍂 🌱 A former priest and educator, in the secluse retirement of a secular vānaprastha 🦉 🍃 b. @ 321.59 ppm 🇺🇳🆘🇪🇺

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today, #CO2 levels measured 425.65 ppm

I was born @ 321.59 ppm. (In Jan, I’ll be 60.)

In my life it has increased over 100 ppm - though the 60 years before I lived it had increased only 23.27ppm

What about you?

www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...

What’s Your Birth Carbon?

How much have carbon dioxide levels increased during your lifetime? Start by seeing what levels were like during the year you were born, and learn what we can do to solve climate change.

www.nature.org

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 3h

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say #Climate

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 24m

Interesting how a provocative headline #AbolishLandlords from @greenparty.org.uk has caught suspicious attention in the media - here by @newstatesman.bsky.social - but enabled an important discussion on social housing and rentier wealth extraction.
youtu.be/uxQbBMugpHQ?...

So, should we abolish landlords? | Economics | New Statesman

YouTube video by The New Statesman

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 1d

Two years
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Two years of hell: A timeline of key events in the Israel-Gaza war

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www.haaretz.com

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 1d

A 20-Point Peace Plan Without US-UK Colonialism by
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
www.commondreams.org/opinion/20-p...

A 20-Point Peace Plan Without US-UK Colonialism | Common Dreams

A revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. This is the moment for honesty, global resolve, and moral clarity.

www.commondreams.org

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 4d

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’: Farage denies not declaring extra earn...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

observer.co.uk

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 4d

What a team #GreenPartyConference
youtube.com/live/Nw1waIc...

Co-Deputy Leaders' Speech - Rachel Millward & Mothin Ali at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 4d

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Save NHS dentistry now!

I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 4d

This definition of fascism includes economic neoliberalism. By contrast, Richard Murphy says,
“Respect for equality requires an economy of care and not one in which people are simply treated as means of production. We are not that. We are people of worth…”
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

What is fascism?

Fascism is not just about Mussolini or Hitler. It is an ideology that divides humanity into “superior” and “inferior” groups — with catastrophic consequences. In this video, I explain what fascism rea...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

Green party leader urges the Bank of England to stop paying interest on commercial banks' reserves.

ECB stopped paying interest on a portion of banks reserves.

The left has long urged Govt to stop this £20bn subsidy to banks, a consequence of QE.

What could govt do with £20bn?
archive.ph/LyP2e

Green leader calls for BoE to end interest payments to commercial banks

Zack Polanski echoes Reform UK’s push for central bank policy change

www.ft.com

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 5d

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social notes an important policy that would separate the @greenparty.org.uk under @zackpolanski.bsky.social from the other parties. excellent news if true!

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 6d

@labourlewis.bsky.social gives a very good good lecture indeed! 👏 The asides against the current Labour leadership, though, reveal serious discontent though, which I guess is indicative of a mood among Labour MPs?

Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 7d

20 years on from the passing of Robin Cook, I delivered the Robin Cook Memorial Lecture.

You can read the published version of my speech here.

www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture - Compass

20 years on from his passing, it is as important now just as it ever has been to remember Robin Cook's life and reflect on his political commitment to democracy, environmental justice and internationa...

www.compassonline.org.uk

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 7d

The analysis and observation of Rory Stuart and @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social is spot on here in this episode of @therestpolitics.bsky.social - which, as usual, is really well worth watching.
youtu.be/1ZhifRHYLfA

Rory Stewart Debunks Trump's Gaza Plan

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 9d

I’d like to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social - John brought together some great people together in policy think tanks.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 10d

Excellent taste from @radiotimes.bsky.social who chose Bold Politics with @zackpolanski.bsky.social as their podcast pick of the week!

radio times article with zack polanski as their podcast pick of the week

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 11d

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation

Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 11d

@andyburnham.bsky.social needs to be an MP before the May election results - or someone else will topple Starmer first!

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 11d

‘Andy is absolutely bang up for it’: Inside Burnham’s leadership plot trib.al/po8FDXw

‘Andy is absolutely bang up for it’: Inside Burnham’s leadership plot

A source close to Greater Manchester Mayor tells The i Paper his desire is far more serious than is being admitted publicly

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Peter Beal @peterpaddler.bsky.social · 12d

Well this is encouraging. It’s difficult to tell from interviews of any politician what they would be like if you actually met them. Would they be genuine. Would they pass the sniff test?

#ukpol #greens @zackpolanski.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=uDyh...

Talking with Zack Polanski: can the economy really serve people?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

youtube.com

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 12d

1,078,000 people, so far, suggests the introduction of the “Starmer Kennkarte“ is a bad idea. I can’t see Labour conference being very happy about it! #StarmerKennkarte #LabourConference

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 12d

A very interesting mixed review.

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 12d

On the eve of Labour’s conference, Pat Stack reviews Mark Perryman’s essay collection on Starmer’s betrayals and his party’s deepening crisis.

revsoc21.uk/2025/09/26/r...

Review | The Starmer symptom

rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

revsoc21.uk

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 12d

The introduction of the “Starmer Kennkarte“ by @labouruk.bsky.social exemplifies this fascist aesthetic. #IDCard #StarmerKennkarte

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 12d

This isn’t looking popular! Will @the-independent.com report the opposition at 500,000?

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 12d

“A more courageous Labour government could have helped with what might be called structural fact-checking: …offering a vision for a better world that takes the need for change seriously. Instead, it chose to pander to fascist aesthetics …” Claire Wilmot, @lrb.co.uk

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 13d

Worth reading alongside Claire Wilmot’s new piece, ‘Fascistic Dream Machines’, on the far right’s use of AI video:

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 13d

A nice article here @thelma-2.bsky.social
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/im-...

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 13d

I await with interest the publication of Paul Holden‘s ‘The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mcsw...

What Morgan McSweeney did in the shadows is set to haunt Starmer's Labour

The behind-the-scenes machinations of Downing Street's chief of staff expose the unsavoury cabal that governs contemporary Britain

www.middleeasteye.net

Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 14d

“These funds were used by Labour Together in a sustained political campaign to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and secure the election of Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party.“ Kevin Hollinrake MP on McSweeny’s hiding donations to undermine @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
www.inkl.com/news/new-evi...

'New evidence' must see probe into Morgan McSweeney donations law breach, Tories say

DOWNING Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney hid more than £700,000 in donations to a Labour think tank for three years despite being explicitly…

www.inkl.com

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Paul Overend @pauloverend.bsky.social · 16d

On ITVX -
www.itv.com/watch/the-co...