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Ken
@redbilledchough.bsky.social
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Nature conservation and rewilding supporter who likes cycling and dogs. Green Party supporter who wants to stop climate breakdown, pollution and species loss and build a fairer, greener society. Born at 310 ppm.
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Ken @redbilledchough.bsky.social · 4d
Never, in the field of UK politics, has a government made such continuous and determined attempts to alienate and criminalise people who used to be it’s natural supporters. How on earth do Starmer and co. think then can ever win back the people they treat with such contempt.
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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 1d
Almost 4,000 people have signed a lawsuit against major poultry producers and a water company over allegations of extensive and widespread pollution in three rivers the Wye,Lugg and Usk.Avara Foods Limited, Freemans of Newent Limited and Welsh Water all deny the claims. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit
Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Ken @redbilledchough.bsky.social · 1d
Young people reading Animal Farm and 1984 might see right-wing politics for what it really is.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d
So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.
Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d
I went to @greenparty.org.uk conference - and unlike Labour, didn't get the boot.

But will the Greens succeed in convincing Labour voters - and what about the threat of Farage?

New video up now! 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3R...
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Ken @redbilledchough.bsky.social · 1d
Ask - How many people lie on their deathbed and think “I wish I’d spent more time in the office” and you get a better perspective.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
Another benefit of Brexit ... the UK has returned to its traditional role as the dirty man of Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d
The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️
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Andi Mohr @andimohr.bsky.social · 1d
Next Green Party conference venue
join.greenparty.org.uk 📈
Wembley Stadium with capacity of 90,000
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d
This is an appalling indictment of UK society in the early 21st century

A paradise for the rich, but a hell-hole for those at the bottom, who are left to fend for themselves or die

Utterly disgusting

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high
Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Ken @redbilledchough.bsky.social · 1d
Brexit is the gift that just keeps on giving. Wonder how many of these second home owners voted for it?
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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 1d
I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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ECIU @eciu.net · 1d
Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and cutting costs

New analysis suggests day-ahead wholesale prices in 2024 could have been up to 33% higher if there had been no large-scale wind capacity.
eciu.net/analysis/re...
Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and…
Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.
eciu.net
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 1d
Electric vehicle registrations soar across Europe 🚗⚡️

🆕 EV share of car registrations is 28% in August 2025
🥈 Second highest month on record

Growth even more impressive in the UK reaching 38%.

Interactive dataset here 👉 european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/technology/e...
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heleninsomerset.bsky.social @heleninsomerset.bsky.social · 1d
Surprise!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study
Experts call for urgent strategy to end overfishing as report shows just 41% of stocks of species such as cod and mackerel considered healthy
www.theguardian.com
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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 5d
From fungal leather to natural dyes, and maybe even self-repairing fabrics, fungi are shaping a new era of sustainable textiles. Fungi aren’t just fascinating—they could be the key to a circular, low-impact fashion industry! Read this blog for #UKFungusDay: ukfungusday.co.uk/fungiandfashion
Fungi and fashion | UK Fungus Day
Fungi offer inspiration for new materials, colours, and sustainable fabric opportunities that could transform what we wear.
ukfungusday.co.uk
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d
Your reminder that Robert Jenrick isn’t interested in judges being unbiased or apolitical: on the contrary, like the far right media, he wants to intimidate or control judges into making decisions which reflect *his* political biases
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 2d
More in the breathless, breaking stop-the-presses, and not at all confected story, that judges, before they were judges, were involved in practising law. Take 5 seconds to appreciate just how hard into "swivel-eyed loon" Robert Jenrick is being allowed to lean:

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d
And we have even less protection here. Trump can't fire judges who have constitutional protection. A government here could pass a law allowing them to do so with a majority of one in the Commons.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d
If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
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Le Pole Plumber 🔧 @nihl.fellas.army · 5d
What many don't realize, is that Ukrainian strikes from last 2 years on russian refineries are always aiming at specific part of refinery.

Cracking Units.

This basically stops Russia from ability to refine crude into useful fuels.

This is why Russian issue of lack of fuels is snowballing.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d
She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d
Greta Thunberg “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

Stand with Greta, stand with humanity.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d
For shame. 😡
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d
"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 2d
Reform-led Kent county council is set to increase council tax next year. It's almost as if the 'wasteful local authority spending' Farage keeps banging on about isn't really a thing.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
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