Chris7ben
@chris7ben.bsky.social
Amateur photographer, animal lover, nature lover, NHS supporter 💙
Left the other place and taken up permanent residence here. It's much healthier. And so much more friendly.
Left the other place and taken up permanent residence here. It's much healthier. And so much more friendly.
Pinned
Labour seems to be worried about how they’re polling. Too little too late.
Government to reconsider decision to deny Waspi women compensation — ITV News
The government will reconsider the decision not to award compensation to Waspi women after new evidence emerged, the Works and Pensions Secretary said.
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Labour seems to be worried about how they’re polling. Too little too late.
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... Britain
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... Britain
On Sunday, we learned something else—there are too many elected Democrats who either don’t understand the fight we’re fighting or the stakes, or they’re just weak-kneed cowards. ⬇️
Where Things Stand
It’s always better to know
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On Sunday, we learned something else—there are too many elected Democrats who either don’t understand the fight we’re fighting or the stakes, or they’re just weak-kneed cowards. ⬇️
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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I consider this to be one of the most important, accurate and relevant articles ever written. Well done to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I am intending to comment on this, but I have so much to say about it, that every time I have started, I've written to0 much, and hardly covered any of it.
I am intending to comment on this, but I have so much to say about it, that every time I have started, I've written to0 much, and hardly covered any of it.
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I consider this to be one of the most important, accurate and relevant articles ever written. Well done to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I am intending to comment on this, but I have so much to say about it, that every time I have started, I've written to0 much, and hardly covered any of it.
I am intending to comment on this, but I have so much to say about it, that every time I have started, I've written to0 much, and hardly covered any of it.
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Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
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Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, donated a tiny fraction of his grotesque wealth to farmers suffering from climate change.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
The funding will support drought- and heat-resistant crops and livestock for regions already hit hard by climate impacts.
After climate memo row, Gates gives $1.4bn to help farmers cope with a hotter world
The announcement follows Gates’ call for a “strategic pivot” in global climate efforts from focusing on emissions, with new investments aimed at helping smallholder farmers access climate-resilient…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, donated a tiny fraction of his grotesque wealth to farmers suffering from climate change.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
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'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
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"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
Raising the Voice of Science: COP30’s New Planetary Science Pavilion in Belém
YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
“This directive amounts to institutional betrayal on every level,” says Dr. Sarah Gundle, a New York-based clinical psychologist who works with trauma survivors. “The stakes of turning a survivor away are extremely high. They will face real life and death consequences.”
When Escaping Abuse Becomes a Citizenship Test — TIME
The Trump Administration just made it harder to escape domestic violence
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“This directive amounts to institutional betrayal on every level,” says Dr. Sarah Gundle, a New York-based clinical psychologist who works with trauma survivors. “The stakes of turning a survivor away are extremely high. They will face real life and death consequences.”
They’re all scared of the repercussions.
Office Hours: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's dramatic mental decline?
He's showing even more signs of dementia, but the media is mum
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
They’re all scared of the repercussions.
URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response.
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with alarming lack of transparency.
Please sign the petition.
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with alarming lack of transparency.
Please sign the petition.
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response.
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with alarming lack of transparency.
Please sign the petition.
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with alarming lack of transparency.
Please sign the petition.