Philip Booth
@ruscombe.bsky.social
Community building, environmental & social justice, former Green Party councillor, healing journey #cancer Views my own RT's not necessarily endorsement he/him myunexpectedguide.blogspot.com
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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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I had been dreading the treaty anniversary as an occasion to note that we have not done nearly enough, but in July I thought we might be able celebrate it. Because, on 23 July, the international court of justice handed down an epochal ruling....
The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I had been dreading the treaty anniversary as an occasion to note that we have not done nearly enough, but in July I thought we might be able celebrate it. Because, on 23 July, the international court of justice handed down an epochal ruling....
Great to see this from Robin Daly at Yes to Life talking about cancer & importance of inner transformation youtu.be/J_2tJrTmd-c?... and this from Mark Taylor at Patient Led Oncology youtu.be/CBBUoPcSN6w?... Thank you Cancer Choices
Robin Daly - 2025 Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care
YouTube video by NewSchoolCommonweal
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December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Great to see this from Robin Daly at Yes to Life talking about cancer & importance of inner transformation youtu.be/J_2tJrTmd-c?... and this from Mark Taylor at Patient Led Oncology youtu.be/CBBUoPcSN6w?... Thank you Cancer Choices
Folks will have heard about the National Emergency Briefing meeting on 27th; here is a great summary: youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?... And that key petition to Starmer and public broadcasters here: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Folks will have heard about the National Emergency Briefing meeting on 27th; here is a great summary: youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?... And that key petition to Starmer and public broadcasters here: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Useful article from last year looking at how BBC has become cowed by the right:
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Useful article from last year looking at how BBC has become cowed by the right:
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
'A moment that changed me: I gave up small talk for a month – and the world came alive' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: I gave up small talk for a month – and the world came alive
I was fed up with discussing the weather, so I started to ask unexpected questions. The conversations that resulted were revelatory
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
'A moment that changed me: I gave up small talk for a month – and the world came alive' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rejecting the politics of hate; here's Benjamin Zephaniah's poem
October 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Rejecting the politics of hate; here's Benjamin Zephaniah's poem
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What is the point of building new homes, if they are:
a) too expensive for people to live in, and
b) don't have essential services like a GP surgery or a school nearby?
Very concerning that the Housing Secretary doesn't seem to understand that... or doesn't care.
a) too expensive for people to live in, and
b) don't have essential services like a GP surgery or a school nearby?
Very concerning that the Housing Secretary doesn't seem to understand that... or doesn't care.
A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty
A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty
Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What is the point of building new homes, if they are:
a) too expensive for people to live in, and
b) don't have essential services like a GP surgery or a school nearby?
Very concerning that the Housing Secretary doesn't seem to understand that... or doesn't care.
a) too expensive for people to live in, and
b) don't have essential services like a GP surgery or a school nearby?
Very concerning that the Housing Secretary doesn't seem to understand that... or doesn't care.
Why renewables aren't booming in the global north; substack.com/home/post/p-...
How the rich world lost the race to renewable energy
Renewables are booming in the global South – but vested interests and corrupt governments are blocking progress in the global North.
substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Why renewables aren't booming in the global north; substack.com/home/post/p-...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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This is a very useful resource when debating with climate sceptics. grist.org/climate/skep...
How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to common arguments
Here are handy talking points to refute any climate skeptic argument.
grist.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is a very useful resource when debating with climate sceptics. grist.org/climate/skep...
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Every pound spent on pursuing super-rich tax avoiders returns £14. Instead the government decide to go after disabled people and the most vulnerable.
Time for Labour to make different political choices and ensure the super-rich are paying their fair share.
Time for Labour to make different political choices and ensure the super-rich are paying their fair share.
July 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every pound spent on pursuing super-rich tax avoiders returns £14. Instead the government decide to go after disabled people and the most vulnerable.
Time for Labour to make different political choices and ensure the super-rich are paying their fair share.
Time for Labour to make different political choices and ensure the super-rich are paying their fair share.
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‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
‘Genteel bias: how the BBC dismantles the Left without us noticing’
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
BBC right-wing bias is exceptionally dangerous because it is subtle, opaque and covert
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/g...
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Reeves touts 'Labour choices' but let's remind ourselves what those Labour choices are 😕:
Cut support for disabled people and keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty while refusing to tax wealth fairly #SpendingReview
Cut support for disabled people and keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty while refusing to tax wealth fairly #SpendingReview
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Reeves touts 'Labour choices' but let's remind ourselves what those Labour choices are 😕:
Cut support for disabled people and keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty while refusing to tax wealth fairly #SpendingReview
Cut support for disabled people and keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty while refusing to tax wealth fairly #SpendingReview
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🚨 MYTH BUSTED 🚨
Reports of a 'millionaire exodus' due to tax changes have been revealed to be completely false by research from the Tax Justice Network.
No more excuses. Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Reports of a 'millionaire exodus' due to tax changes have been revealed to be completely false by research from the Tax Justice Network.
No more excuses. Time to tax the super-rich properly.
June 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨 MYTH BUSTED 🚨
Reports of a 'millionaire exodus' due to tax changes have been revealed to be completely false by research from the Tax Justice Network.
No more excuses. Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Reports of a 'millionaire exodus' due to tax changes have been revealed to be completely false by research from the Tax Justice Network.
No more excuses. Time to tax the super-rich properly.
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Solidarity with Indigo & other brave nonviolent #climate activists - the true criminals are the fossil fuel giants driving climate breakdown
I received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo Rumbelow
The judge wanted us to show remorse, but I can’t apologise for fighting the climate disaster, writes Indigo Rumbelow, co-founder of Just Stop Oil
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Solidarity with Indigo & other brave nonviolent #climate activists - the true criminals are the fossil fuel giants driving climate breakdown
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Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
May 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
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Labour hasn’t confronted Reform’s worldview—it’s validated it.
You can’t spend nine months echoing your opponent’s values and then act surprised when the public decides to go straight to the source.
You can’t spend nine months echoing your opponent’s values and then act surprised when the public decides to go straight to the source.
May 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Labour hasn’t confronted Reform’s worldview—it’s validated it.
You can’t spend nine months echoing your opponent’s values and then act surprised when the public decides to go straight to the source.
You can’t spend nine months echoing your opponent’s values and then act surprised when the public decides to go straight to the source.
Our latest issue of Flourish is out this week - looking at mental health and cancer - available in print but also online here: artlift.org/artlift-prog...
May 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Our latest issue of Flourish is out this week - looking at mental health and cancer - available in print but also online here: artlift.org/artlift-prog...
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⏰ Labour needs to wake up
🚨 If anything like these vote shares happened in a general election, the far right would win a landslide majority thanks to our broken voting system
🎰 First Past the Post is a gamble with Britain's future
🌹 #Labour4PR
🚨 If anything like these vote shares happened in a general election, the far right would win a landslide majority thanks to our broken voting system
🎰 First Past the Post is a gamble with Britain's future
🌹 #Labour4PR
May 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
⏰ Labour needs to wake up
🚨 If anything like these vote shares happened in a general election, the far right would win a landslide majority thanks to our broken voting system
🎰 First Past the Post is a gamble with Britain's future
🌹 #Labour4PR
🚨 If anything like these vote shares happened in a general election, the far right would win a landslide majority thanks to our broken voting system
🎰 First Past the Post is a gamble with Britain's future
🌹 #Labour4PR
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Labours cuts are brutal.
Time to fight back.
Vote Green on Thursday.
Time to fight back.
Vote Green on Thursday.
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Labours cuts are brutal.
Time to fight back.
Vote Green on Thursday.
Time to fight back.
Vote Green on Thursday.
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British Broadcasting Corporatn stops presenter doing podcast about heat pumps over fears of political bias
“As an impartial broadcaster, BBC shouldn’t be pandering to attempts by the right to turn the world’s most efficient home heating into a culture war issue”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...?
“As an impartial broadcaster, BBC shouldn’t be pandering to attempts by the right to turn the world’s most efficient home heating into a culture war issue”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...?
‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast
Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
British Broadcasting Corporatn stops presenter doing podcast about heat pumps over fears of political bias
“As an impartial broadcaster, BBC shouldn’t be pandering to attempts by the right to turn the world’s most efficient home heating into a culture war issue”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...?
“As an impartial broadcaster, BBC shouldn’t be pandering to attempts by the right to turn the world’s most efficient home heating into a culture war issue”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...?
Great evening in #Stroud canvassing for two excellent candidates - vote Natalie and Cate in local elections 1st May @greenparty.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Great evening in #Stroud canvassing for two excellent candidates - vote Natalie and Cate in local elections 1st May @greenparty.org.uk
'Recharge Day for Men' with @PennyBrohnUK #Cancer pennybrohn.org.uk/our-approach...
February 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
'Recharge Day for Men' with @PennyBrohnUK #Cancer pennybrohn.org.uk/our-approach...