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Ian Butler
@iangbutler.bsky.social

Environment, biodiversity, paddling, climbing and SuDS. Kayaking Sussex to Scotland by sea for RNLI https://t.co/yIDFq1FOHM Husband to the author of Starling.

Political science 23%
Psychology 22%
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...

*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
For anyone who needs cheering up... here's Britain's smallest bird having a bath today in a woodland puddle. 😁😍🐦❤️
#birds 🪶
I deleted my post from before…

I thought it was fake

So I went to WH Smith and here it is

An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.

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Gordon Brown says there are systemic failings in our politics - paid lobbyists, corruption, MPs with second jobs etc

He argues we need far stronger ethics, transparency & anti-corruption powers.

Clive Lewis MP has written of the culture, the pull of money turning heads & corroding public service
Gifts, temptation and the colossal corrosion of politics
At Westminster, gifts and freebies aren’t simple goodwill, but rather part of the slow pull of money that turns heads, normalises privilege and corrodes public service
eastangliabylines.co.uk

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By Tom Toro - this one's been around for a while, but I suspect its time has come.

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EPSTEIN-MANDELSON SCANDAL NOW A BIG DEAL
IN UK

The Prime Minster is under siege, his chief of staff whom it has to be said is considered disliked by everyone looks set to take the fall.
However there’s another sub-scandal that needs serious scrutiny.
In late February last year the PM and then

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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski says

ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.

www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…
www.thenational.scot

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Two weeks ago @zackpolanski.bsky.social went to Palantir's London HQ to tell the US spyware company to get the hell out of the NHS.

Zack has now written to Wes Streeting urging him to end Palantir's NHS contract, citing links between Mandelson, his lobbying firm, and Palantir.

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Irony alert! 🚨

Offshore oil projects hampered by bad weather caused by the climate crisis... caused by oil 😵‍💫
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Supply issues force North Sea firms to remove offshore workers
Ithaca and TotalEnergies take non-essential staff off some North Sea installations due to the issues.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Of course.

DHS lied again.

Right after they murdered Renee Good, they shot a young couple in Portland.

Then lied about it.

They were *not* gang members.

And she wasn’t “involved” in a shooting, she was a victim of sexual assault.

apple.news/AeMvL-19yS1S...
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘a smear campaign’ — Guardian US
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
apple.news

How could anyone vote for more of this?
Me:

“What about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuse…was that not enough for you to withdraw your support?”

Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Party…

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Me:

“What about the fact that Trump was found guilty in a civil court for sexual abuse…was that not enough for you to withdraw your support?”

Now listen to the response from Andrea Jenkyns of the Reform Party…
People are struggling.

We need to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services.

My interview with #BBCLauraK

Great to see Green Party membership rising once again!

youtu.be/lMmDM_PvHyc?...
Green Party is the party "of the 99%", says leader Zack Polanski | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
YouTube video by BBC Politics
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🕎🇵🇸 Watch this amazing Rabbi talking at a Pro-Palestine protest against the Genocide of Gaza

Zionists are not Jews, and true Jews stand with the Palestinian people.

(Jewish Voice)

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T political party of double standards...

Well said
Hannah is the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton.

She is also a plumber and dog rescuer🐕💪

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A Green victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election would feel like divine justice.
Hannah is the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton.

She is also a plumber and dog rescuer🐕💪

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Zack Polanski & Hannah Spencer today at the unveiling of the Green Party's selection for the Gorton & Denton by election

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The original sold but there are prints! Some are using them for marches!

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Looking forward to the announcement of the @greenparty.org.uk candidate for Gorton and Denton tomorrow
It'll be important to have someone who can appeal to the various communities within the constituency

www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-gort...
Meet the frontrunners to be Green candidate in crucial UK by-election
MEE interviews Hannah Spencer and Fesl Reza-Khan on their background, politics and views on challenging Reform UK
www.middleeasteye.net

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Water bills up again.

The Green Party will lower bills by ending the privatised water company rip off. Water must be taken into public ownership now.

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New UKCEH research shows UK saltmarshes are significant carbon sinks, storing ~6.5 t CO₂e ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, comparable to mangroves and seagrasses.

Saltmarshes aren't yet included in the UK GHG Inventory, but the evidence base is strengthening.

Read more:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

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China added 315GW of solar and 119GW of wind power capacity to the grid in 2025. And a staggering ~93GW of coal&gas-fired power capacity. Wind capacity additions grew 50%, solar 14%, making new records, and coal&gas 75% year-on-year.
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!

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The UK govt didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I’m not surprised - George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

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This makes a strong case for all released non-native birds to be tagged with the name of the estate. Released birds would remain the property of the estate, thus ending the Schrodinger’s pheasant conundrum. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/02/07/w...

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2025
Der halbe Baumes des Lebens:
Der Schrecken der Biologen, Naturschutzgebiete werden von Insekten leergefegt.

Half of the tree of life: biologists' horror aus nature reserves are emptied of insects
3 Jun 2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...