Caro
@cahawkins.bsky.social
Creator of films and TV. Documentaries, natural history, environment. Trying to figure out why the human race seems intent on its own destruction. 🇺🇦🇪🇺
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
So Reform are swelling their ranks with defects from the Tory party who failed the country for the past 14 years. What a recipe for success.
September 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So Reform are swelling their ranks with defects from the Tory party who failed the country for the past 14 years. What a recipe for success.
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Zack Polanski has been on Question Time 0 times.
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
September 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Zack Polanski has been on Question Time 0 times.
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
Redirecting...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
This is a key migratory route for marine life. They really are f***ing this planet.
Trump is considering offering Russia valuable natural resources in the Bering Strait.
Developing Russia’s presence in the strait would bolster Putin’s strategic interests in the Arctic.
apple.news/ABhAiFJfiRUu...
Trump is considering offering Russia valuable natural resources in the Bering Strait.
Developing Russia’s presence in the strait would bolster Putin’s strategic interests in the Arctic.
apple.news/ABhAiFJfiRUu...
Trump to offer Putin minerals for peace — The Telegraph
US president will propose money-making opportunities to encourage Russia to end Ukraine war
apple.news
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is a key migratory route for marine life. They really are f***ing this planet.
Trump is considering offering Russia valuable natural resources in the Bering Strait.
Developing Russia’s presence in the strait would bolster Putin’s strategic interests in the Arctic.
apple.news/ABhAiFJfiRUu...
Trump is considering offering Russia valuable natural resources in the Bering Strait.
Developing Russia’s presence in the strait would bolster Putin’s strategic interests in the Arctic.
apple.news/ABhAiFJfiRUu...
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
It’s outrageous that the majority of our lawmakers are unelected. Sign now to demand power be placed rightfully in the hands of the people
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...
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I'm backing the Make Polluters Pay campaign to raise much-needed funds for climate action by ensuring the biggest polluters contribute their fair share.
Oil and gas giants have made huge profits for decades while driving climate change. It’s only fair they help fix the damage.
Oil and gas giants have made huge profits for decades while driving climate change. It’s only fair they help fix the damage.
June 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm backing the Make Polluters Pay campaign to raise much-needed funds for climate action by ensuring the biggest polluters contribute their fair share.
Oil and gas giants have made huge profits for decades while driving climate change. It’s only fair they help fix the damage.
Oil and gas giants have made huge profits for decades while driving climate change. It’s only fair they help fix the damage.
Schools are closing, hospitals are crumbling, and the care system is in tatters. It is largely immigration that is keeping our services afloat.
I wrote an op-ed for @lbc.co.uk about Labour's immigration white paper today & how chasing Nigel Farage will take them nowhere
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Keir Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ immigration warning is a xenophobic dog whistle
Sir Keir Starmer is blowing a dog whistle, warning that we are at risk of becoming an ‘island of strangers’ because of immigration.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Schools are closing, hospitals are crumbling, and the care system is in tatters. It is largely immigration that is keeping our services afloat.
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FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
May 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
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Reassure people they can tactically vote to keep out Reform tomorrow (May 1st) by voting for..
🟢 GREEN in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/greens
🔶 LIBDEM in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/libdems
🙋 INDEPENDENT in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/independ...
🟢 GREEN in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/greens
🔶 LIBDEM in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/libdems
🙋 INDEPENDENT in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/independ...
April 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reassure people they can tactically vote to keep out Reform tomorrow (May 1st) by voting for..
🟢 GREEN in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/greens
🔶 LIBDEM in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/libdems
🙋 INDEPENDENT in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/independ...
🟢 GREEN in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/greens
🔶 LIBDEM in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/libdems
🙋 INDEPENDENT in these places:
stopreformuk.vote/for/independ...
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#PFAS - there is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet
Huge #PublicHealth threat - as #CocktailEffect (microplastic, pesticides etc) mounts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge #PublicHealth threat - as #CocktailEffect (microplastic, pesticides etc) mounts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Alarming’ increase in levels of forever chemical TFA found in European wines
Wines produced after 2010 showed steep rise in contamination of trifluoroacetic acid, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#PFAS - there is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet
Huge #PublicHealth threat - as #CocktailEffect (microplastic, pesticides etc) mounts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge #PublicHealth threat - as #CocktailEffect (microplastic, pesticides etc) mounts
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#EarthDay - our power, our planet: time to put up the floodgates against Trump and demand attention to what really matters: air, soil, water, life
I write for Huffington Post
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Deforestation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/earth-...
I write for Huffington Post
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Deforestation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/earth-...
'This Earth Day, We Should Defy Trump's Climate Denial And Honour Pope Francis Instead'
Green Party peer Natalie Bennett, writing for HuffPost UK, calls for a new way of thinking about the environment.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#EarthDay - our power, our planet: time to put up the floodgates against Trump and demand attention to what really matters: air, soil, water, life
I write for Huffington Post
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Deforestation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/earth-...
I write for Huffington Post
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Deforestation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/earth-...
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"What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?"
Almost as if it was just another grift, eh?
Almost as if it was just another grift, eh?
Just over a week ago Nigel Farage was proposing we accept chlorinated chicken to get a US trade deal.
(What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?)
Yesterday morning he was touting Brexit as the reason the UK had a 10% tariff.... and by end-of-day the EU was also on...10%.
(What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?)
Yesterday morning he was touting Brexit as the reason the UK had a 10% tariff.... and by end-of-day the EU was also on...10%.
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?"
Almost as if it was just another grift, eh?
Almost as if it was just another grift, eh?
Surprised to see a Tesla pop-up complete with Cybertruck in London’s Oxford Street today. Less surprising is the tight security around it.
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Surprised to see a Tesla pop-up complete with Cybertruck in London’s Oxford Street today. Less surprising is the tight security around it.
Carbon Capture does not work. Our government has to stop wasting billions of taxpayers’ money on fantasy projects sold to them by lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry.
A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale carbon capture technology -recent studies show the plant’s total emissions would far exceed any carbon stored under the sea
Read more about this second, new challenge to Net Zero Teesside
goodlawproject.org/labour-is-ch...
Read more about this second, new challenge to Net Zero Teesside
goodlawproject.org/labour-is-ch...
Labour is chucking cash at a carbon capture con – so we’re taking action | Good Law Project
A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale technology. But the government’s carbon sums don’t add up.
goodlawproject.org
March 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Carbon Capture does not work. Our government has to stop wasting billions of taxpayers’ money on fantasy projects sold to them by lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry.
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The UK is richer now than it has ever been, the richest 1% alone have enough money to give every other man, woman and child in the UK £50,000 each.
But these are the only people who we won't tax.
But these are the only people who we won't tax.
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UK is richer now than it has ever been, the richest 1% alone have enough money to give every other man, woman and child in the UK £50,000 each.
But these are the only people who we won't tax.
But these are the only people who we won't tax.
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
It seems we touched a nerve in the House of Lords yesterday for highlighting that peers get paid £361 a day, tax-free, just for attending. Sign our 'Nasty Petition' for a smaller, democratically elected House of Lords today. ers.tools/house-of-lords
March 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I just told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump
Sign the Petition
Keep Trump out of Parliament
actionstorm.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I just told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump
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Anyone who still thinks there is a "special relationship" between UK and US, or that 20th-century geopolitical alignments continue, needs to think again
The UK lost 457 lives, experienced a further 616 casualties, and spent £32.8bn in Afghanistan after the US triggered NATO Article 5 following 9/11.
Not to mention Iraq.
Not to mention Iraq.
JD Vance calls UK 'some random country that hasn't fought war in 30 years'
US Vice President JD Vance said the only way to secure lasting peace in Ukraine is to grant the US an economic upside - and slammed the UK as 'some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years'
www.mirror.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Anyone who still thinks there is a "special relationship" between UK and US, or that 20th-century geopolitical alignments continue, needs to think again
It was obvious he would ruthlessly exploit America’s natural resources no matter the cost. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It was obvious he would ruthlessly exploit America’s natural resources no matter the cost. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...