@woodlady.bsky.social
Left leaning dancer! Wildlife, wilderness, and woods. Oh yes....and cats.
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More compelling evidence of how Right to Buy is hugely depleting council housing stock & forces people to spend more on private rents. Scotland & Wales abolished it years ago in order to protect & increase the stock of affordable social housing - England should do the same
England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds
Depletion of social housing stock spurs calls for councils to have first refusal to buy ex-council homes entering market
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
More compelling evidence of how Right to Buy is hugely depleting council housing stock & forces people to spend more on private rents. Scotland & Wales abolished it years ago in order to protect & increase the stock of affordable social housing - England should do the same
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No, we shouldn't trash the #biodiversity of which we have so little understanding.
#NoDeepSeaMining
www.livescience.com/animals/head...
#NoDeepSeaMining
www.livescience.com/animals/head...
Headless chicken monster: The deep sea cucumber with tubular feet for gobbling sediment
This swimming sea cucumber looks like a chicken carcass, eats poop floating in the water and uses defecation as a means of propulsion.
www.livescience.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
No, we shouldn't trash the #biodiversity of which we have so little understanding.
#NoDeepSeaMining
www.livescience.com/animals/head...
#NoDeepSeaMining
www.livescience.com/animals/head...
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🌊 Scientists from University of Exeter and @pml.ac.uk have urged caution in upscaling ocean carbon removal technologies until the environmental impacts are better understood.
@exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social @guyhooper.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social @guyhooper.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
More research ‘urgently needed’ before ocean carbon capture technology can be scaled up
Scientists from the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory are urging caution in upscaling ocean carbon removal technologies until the environmental impacts are better understood. It foll...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌊 Scientists from University of Exeter and @pml.ac.uk have urged caution in upscaling ocean carbon removal technologies until the environmental impacts are better understood.
@exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social @guyhooper.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@exetermarine.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social @guyhooper.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
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Looks like we’ll have to raid a lot of retirement homes after today.
MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.
August 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Looks like we’ll have to raid a lot of retirement homes after today.
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Wrapped in a flag, outside a hotel
Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend
By Steve Pottinger
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend
By Steve Pottinger
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Wrapped in a flag, outside a hotel
Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Wrapped in a flag, outside a hotel
Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend
By Steve Pottinger
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend
By Steve Pottinger
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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From Melbourne to Berlin, Paris to Oslo, thousands of people meet on or around 30 July to celebrate the shared birthday of Emily Brontë and Kate Bush in a 'mass wuther'...
Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day
Why 500 people will dance on Sunday in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
From Melbourne to Berlin, Paris to Oslo, thousands of people meet on or around 30 July to celebrate the shared birthday of Emily Brontë and Kate Bush in a 'mass wuther'...
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When ministers talk about “tough decisions”, it’s usually code for doing something really bad to people who’re already struggling. No-one voted Labour expecting them to push more disabled people into poverty, to slash foreign aid or be complicit in Gaza genocide. Me for #bbcaq👇
July 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When ministers talk about “tough decisions”, it’s usually code for doing something really bad to people who’re already struggling. No-one voted Labour expecting them to push more disabled people into poverty, to slash foreign aid or be complicit in Gaza genocide. Me for #bbcaq👇
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⚠️ The NHS and the machine: a warning from Günther Anders
As the NHS turns to AI and automation, a quiet warning: when care becomes code, we risk building systems more modern than the people in them
By Mike Chitty
@mikechitty.bsky.social
As the NHS turns to AI and automation, a quiet warning: when care becomes code, we risk building systems more modern than the people in them
By Mike Chitty
@mikechitty.bsky.social
The NHS and the machine: a warning from Günther Anders
As the NHS turns to AI and automation, a quiet warning: when care becomes code, we risk building systems more modern than the people in them
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
⚠️ The NHS and the machine: a warning from Günther Anders
As the NHS turns to AI and automation, a quiet warning: when care becomes code, we risk building systems more modern than the people in them
By Mike Chitty
@mikechitty.bsky.social
As the NHS turns to AI and automation, a quiet warning: when care becomes code, we risk building systems more modern than the people in them
By Mike Chitty
@mikechitty.bsky.social
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It cost £154mn to convert a field in Sevington into a giant, fenced slab of concrete…
- to act as a border inspection lorry park for purposes of a just-in-case Brexit scenario.
It now looks likely to be sold. But for how much?
Thanks for the eye-watering waste, Brexit.
- to act as a border inspection lorry park for purposes of a just-in-case Brexit scenario.
It now looks likely to be sold. But for how much?
Thanks for the eye-watering waste, Brexit.
Brexit’s concrete consequences: Sevington border site set for sell-off
It cost £154mn to convert a field in Sevington into a border inspection lorry park: now it seems likely to be sold
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It cost £154mn to convert a field in Sevington into a giant, fenced slab of concrete…
- to act as a border inspection lorry park for purposes of a just-in-case Brexit scenario.
It now looks likely to be sold. But for how much?
Thanks for the eye-watering waste, Brexit.
- to act as a border inspection lorry park for purposes of a just-in-case Brexit scenario.
It now looks likely to be sold. But for how much?
Thanks for the eye-watering waste, Brexit.
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"We would be looking to the ultra rich, not the poorest in society..."
Leader of Stroud District Council, Cllr Chloe Turner explains why the Green Party opposes the Government's cruel plans to cut disability benefits.
Leader of Stroud District Council, Cllr Chloe Turner explains why the Green Party opposes the Government's cruel plans to cut disability benefits.
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We would be looking to the ultra rich, not the poorest in society..."
Leader of Stroud District Council, Cllr Chloe Turner explains why the Green Party opposes the Government's cruel plans to cut disability benefits.
Leader of Stroud District Council, Cllr Chloe Turner explains why the Green Party opposes the Government's cruel plans to cut disability benefits.
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Bezos wedding guest takes us through her extravagant goodie bag from the wedding 💗
June 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bezos wedding guest takes us through her extravagant goodie bag from the wedding 💗
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A preview of the debate I've secured tonight in the #HouseofLords, starting about 9pm. At which I'll be saying #AxeDrax
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency
⚠️ Peers to debate billions in subsidies burned on Drax
Why is the government feeding hundreds of millions of pounds to Drax, instead of axing it?
By Natalie Bennett
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Why is the government feeding hundreds of millions of pounds to Drax, instead of axing it?
By Natalie Bennett
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Peers to debate billions in subsidies burned on Drax
Why is the government feeding hundreds of millions of pounds to Drax, instead of axing it?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A preview of the debate I've secured tonight in the #HouseofLords, starting about 9pm. At which I'll be saying #AxeDrax
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency
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Climate change makes dangerous 32°C days in England 100 times more likely.
Scientists warn that extreme heat is an “overlooked threat” in UK, which impacts impacting human health, NHS and economy.
Scientists warn that extreme heat is an “overlooked threat” in UK, which impacts impacting human health, NHS and economy.
Climate change makes dangerous 32°C days in England 100 times more likely
Extreme heat an “overlooked threat” in UK impacting human health, NHS and economy, scientists warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Climate change makes dangerous 32°C days in England 100 times more likely.
Scientists warn that extreme heat is an “overlooked threat” in UK, which impacts impacting human health, NHS and economy.
Scientists warn that extreme heat is an “overlooked threat” in UK, which impacts impacting human health, NHS and economy.
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They are not the government's armed forces, but the country's. And the country should be able to hear what they had to say at #lwc25.
Beyond the restrictions applied by previous governments.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Beyond the restrictions applied by previous governments.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
No 10 gags military chiefs at events where a minister is present
New rules prevent public from hearing speeches of senior armed forces personnel at major land warfare conference
www.thetimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
They are not the government's armed forces, but the country's. And the country should be able to hear what they had to say at #lwc25.
Beyond the restrictions applied by previous governments.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Beyond the restrictions applied by previous governments.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
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As the US edges closer to bombing Iran, Israel killed over 51 starving Palestinians at a so-called aid site today.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
June 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As the US edges closer to bombing Iran, Israel killed over 51 starving Palestinians at a so-called aid site today.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
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🚨IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment
Contact your MP,NOW
Contact your MP,NOW
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel, shameful & completely irresponsible plan to cut benefits which will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children into poverty - on its own impact analysis
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the Gov’t to rethink its cruel & shameful plan to cut benefits
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🚨IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment
Contact your MP,NOW
Contact your MP,NOW
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All this.
And when elected we get things done!
And when elected we get things done!
We’re taking on Reform with something they’ll never offer: hope, fairness, and a real plan for change. 🌱
▶️ Here’s how.
#TogetherWeWin
▶️ Here’s how.
#TogetherWeWin
June 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
All this.
And when elected we get things done!
And when elected we get things done!
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🚨BREAKING: Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in Liberty’s legal challenge of anti-protest powers
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
🚨BREAKING
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
@libertyhq.bsky.social HAS WON ITS CASE TO #DefendDemocracy!
The Court of Appeal has ruled anti-protest laws which completely ignored will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL
Today’s judgement sends a powerful message to the government. It must now do the right thing
youtu.be/ZZxEUkEU5Lc?...
🚨BREAKING: Liberty wins its case in the Court of Appeal - anti-protest laws ruled UNLAWFUL!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨BREAKING: Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in Liberty’s legal challenge of anti-protest powers
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
Liberty won this case in court twice under both Conservative & Labour leadership
Gov should immediately review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers. Thank you everyone who supported this case🙏
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🚨BREAKING: The BBC and Gaza: a Public Broadcaster Under Fire
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts”
@iainoverton.bsky.social reports
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/t...
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts”
@iainoverton.bsky.social reports
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/t...
The BBC and Gaza: a Public Broadcaster Under Fire
"The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts"
bylinetimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨BREAKING: The BBC and Gaza: a Public Broadcaster Under Fire
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts”
@iainoverton.bsky.social reports
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/t...
“The BBC has an aversion to any language that describes Israel’s actions as war crimes – even when this language is being used judiciously by respected experts”
@iainoverton.bsky.social reports
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/t...
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Israel now *needs* Iran to respond.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
June 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Israel now *needs* Iran to respond.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
Israel can then focus on itself being attacked & demand that Western “allies” rally round it.
Iran’s best move is not to respond now- and rather let global criticism of Israel over Gaza, West Bank and their strike on Iran to build to breaking point.
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The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot
The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pre-term births cost lives, disability: mounting cocktail of plastics, pesticides, forever chemicals & pharmaceuticals is linked to higher rates of them. Companies choking our environment with them have to be stopped
#OneHealth #PublicHealth
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
#OneHealth #PublicHealth
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
June 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Pre-term births cost lives, disability: mounting cocktail of plastics, pesticides, forever chemicals & pharmaceuticals is linked to higher rates of them. Companies choking our environment with them have to be stopped
#OneHealth #PublicHealth
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
#OneHealth #PublicHealth
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...