A few people control our power, our public services and our wealth.

It's time to take it back.

My longer chat with @owenjones.bsky.social about @greenparty.org.uk plans to build on our success.

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This week, a family member going through chemo had to have all her hair cut off because she was self-conscious about it falling out.

The hairdresser shut the shop, cut my relative’s hair, then refused to take payment for it.

That’s my Britain.

🚨BIG news 🚨

Climbing pioneers, rising talents and major orgs have signed an open letter urging climbing federations and other pro climbers to take a stand against polluting sponsorship. 🧵 1/7

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Today the BBC reported on asylum seekers relying on home office-funded taxis to get around. But as I heard when I visited Bristol City of Sanctuary, this isn't the reality for many - it's being forced to walk for hours to get to appointments, sometimes with kids, or miss out on essentials.

Curious to see that UK-headquartered fossil fuel giants Shell and BP have the highest number of marketing contracts globally - according to new research from @cleancreatives.bsky.social Major polluters require advertising and PR firms to maintain their social licence to operate.

The ad industry has a dirty little secret. Well, actually, it's not little at all.

🌏 💰 Fossil fuels are responsible for 75% of carbon pollution, but less than 1% of global marketing spend.

Sian Berry MP opens today’s #CarSpreading conference in London discussing how we can reverse the dangerous rise of SUVs in our streets. Sian instigated the Campaign Against Urban 4x4s back in 2003.

"I think there should be a complete ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship... this is a public health issue. I see the health consequences in my local surgery... When you stop advertising you reduce consumption... Its a low cost high impact intervention." Dr Simon Gopher MP & doctor

"We are asking the fossil fuel industry not to dominate our public space with ads that obscure reality" says Jacob Collier MP

We're live from the Parliament debate on fossil fuel ads: it's good to see @simonforstroud.bsky.social stating that “Fossil Fuel advertising isn’t just misleading, it’s dangerous", and that reducing advertising works to reduce consumption. We hope other members take this on board.

Live from Parliament: Great to see @carladenyer.bsky.social quote our research on the links between outdoor advertising and inequality, and calling for national interventions on harmful advertising including gambling ads, given local councils' limited powers to address the harms

We're live at the debate in Parliament on fossil fuel advertising and bringing you updates as they happen! @jacobcolliermp.bsky.social says of fossil fuel advertising that “We’re now in an era of compliant deception” and points to the harmful positive associations created through sports sponsorship

Cars, especially SUV’s, are getting bigger every year – clogging streets, taking up space, and more worryingly putting lives at risk.

London must use every tool in the policy toolbox to reverse this dangerous trend - and the Assembly agreed this last week.

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We all want less advertising in public space but outdated planning rules mean the odds are stacked against us in favour of the billboard companies.

With your help we can change that. We can change the law so that new ads can be blocked on health and environmental grounds.
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We banned tobacco advertising because smoking kills .

Fossil fuels kill too – 5.1 million people a year according to one study in the British Medical Journal .

It's time to ban fossil fuel ads , just 13 days left to sign my petition govpetition.uk/700024

Chris Packham joins the UN, the World Health Organisation and Faculty of Public Health in calling for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. Seeking 100,000 signatures on this UK Parliament petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

With the US trade war escalating, we call on the European Commission to introduce a digital services tax, or ‘Amazon Tax’.

Amazon benefits from a double unfair economic advantages in the EU: low tax rates and lucrative public contracts.

This has to end now.

The idea that new oil & gas fields are a key lever for economic dynamism in the UK is completely at odds with the reality of the North Sea basin's inexorably declining contribution to the UK's economic & energy security--not to mention the costs of escalating climate change. Some thoughts:
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BREAKING! 🚨

📢 In a first-of-its-kind action, we're challenging the world's largest ad firm, WPP, over their work promoting huge polluters.

👉 head to badverts.org/wpp to learn more!

Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!

After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻