Deborah Lesurf
@lesurf.bsky.social
Climate change, politics and a good book. Research area: psychodynamics of climate change. Jazz fan.
Congratulations to Canada and Prime Minister Carney.
April 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Congratulations to Canada and Prime Minister Carney.
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Long term, there's no energy security without net zero. I hope Ed Miliband keeps his job, but I'm beyond second guessing Starmer and his U-turns.
Nigel Farage thinks net zero is the new Brexit. Starmer can prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
Nigel Farage thinks net zero is the new Brexit. Starmer can prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
Labour must deliver the green transition voters want, leaving Reform and the Tories on the side of economic decline and dictators, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Long term, there's no energy security without net zero. I hope Ed Miliband keeps his job, but I'm beyond second guessing Starmer and his U-turns.
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Another day, another tantrum.
US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
As the US lacks essential materials for domestic production, home products will cost significantly more.
Pity the US consumer.
US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
As the US lacks essential materials for domestic production, home products will cost significantly more.
Pity the US consumer.
US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on south-east Asia solar panels
Ahead of a global summit in London comes a warning that lessons on energy security have not been learnedBusiness live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another day, another tantrum.
US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
As the US lacks essential materials for domestic production, home products will cost significantly more.
Pity the US consumer.
US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.
As the US lacks essential materials for domestic production, home products will cost significantly more.
Pity the US consumer.
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NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
'The United States is Your Enemy'
A conversation about fascism as Europe faces the darkness in the west
broligarchy.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
Pleased to see progress on getting rid of neonicotinoids. Steve Reed's department is underperforming, but this is a win.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Pleased to see progress on getting rid of neonicotinoids. Steve Reed's department is underperforming, but this is a win.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
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Yes, they were forced out. Labour deliberately picked a fight with a man who's been a party member for 43 years and a councillor for 39 of them.
This is where Labour's grand talk of devolving power ends. You can have it as long as you don't use it.
This is where Labour's grand talk of devolving power ends. You can have it as long as you don't use it.
January 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yes, they were forced out. Labour deliberately picked a fight with a man who's been a party member for 43 years and a councillor for 39 of them.
This is where Labour's grand talk of devolving power ends. You can have it as long as you don't use it.
This is where Labour's grand talk of devolving power ends. You can have it as long as you don't use it.
I've listened to the first two episodes. Bingeworthy.
NEW: Meet Sergei Cristo, a Russian-born Conservative party activist turned whistleblower.
Episode 1 is out today: A meeting at the Carlton Club.
And the start of efforts to uncover the biggest Russian intelligence operation since the Cambridge Spy Ring.
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 1 is out today: A meeting at the Carlton Club.
And the start of efforts to uncover the biggest Russian intelligence operation since the Cambridge Spy Ring.
1/
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 1: A Meeting at the Carlton Club
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP1 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I've listened to the first two episodes. Bingeworthy.
Jesus wept. That woman used to be a minister of state.
Suella Braverman tells LBC that Italy have "built a wall" on the "land border between Italy and Turkey" and insists that "I've been to see it"
January 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Jesus wept. That woman used to be a minister of state.
If Labour abolished these ridiculous gongs and got rid of the Lords they wouldn't have to put up with the Daily Mail's humbug. They've got a huge majority. Why don't they just get on with it?
A reminder that Sadiq Khan successfully won three elections in a row by large majorities against Conservative opponents, one of whom, Shaun Bailey, was then given a seat in the House of Lords for life.
Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"
Funnily enough I don't remember the Daily Mail describing that as a "reward for failure"
December 31, 2024 at 11:30 AM
If Labour abolished these ridiculous gongs and got rid of the Lords they wouldn't have to put up with the Daily Mail's humbug. They've got a huge majority. Why don't they just get on with it?
I've just spent a few hours on the other site just to see what they're up to. Foolish me. It's chaos.
December 22, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I've just spent a few hours on the other site just to see what they're up to. Foolish me. It's chaos.
AfD is too lunatic fringe even for Le Pen, but fine with Elon Musk and JD Vance.
www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...
www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...
European elections: Le Pen officially breaks with German ally AfD
After the German far-right party's lead candidate made revisionist remarks in an interview, Marine Le Pen made it clear that her party would not sit in the same group as AfD members in the European Pa...
www.lemonde.fr
December 22, 2024 at 5:15 PM
AfD is too lunatic fringe even for Le Pen, but fine with Elon Musk and JD Vance.
www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...
www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...
Fair comment. I didn't know Labour announced a £69 billion package for local councils two days ago.
Whenever I share govt announcements on here, one thing is always certain: the comments will be full of surprise from people who haven’t seen the news anywhere else
Here's a bunch of recent announcements that you may have missed
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/20/l...
Here's a bunch of recent announcements that you may have missed
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/20/l...
All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You won't have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Fair comment. I didn't know Labour announced a £69 billion package for local councils two days ago.
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NEW: the Scott Trust confirms sale of the Observer.
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
December 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
NEW: the Scott Trust confirms sale of the Observer.
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
RIP the Guardian.
A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.
This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane
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Here's an important petition from @sascampaigns.bsky.social on banning bail out of water companies.
Why should we keep paying them to do a very bad job?
Please sign!
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
Why should we keep paying them to do a very bad job?
Please sign!
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
Ban the Bailouts
The Government is trying to pass a law that could force the public to bailout failing water companies. Help stop this scandal, before it’s too late.
www.sas.org.uk
December 4, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Here's an important petition from @sascampaigns.bsky.social on banning bail out of water companies.
Why should we keep paying them to do a very bad job?
Please sign!
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
Why should we keep paying them to do a very bad job?
Please sign!
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
You'd think the healthcare costs alone - £22.6bn a year - would make abolishing the two child benefit cap worthwhile, but surely this is a public health emergency now.
"There are an estimated 2.9m people in England with malnutrition.
Hospital admissions resulting in nutrition-related diagnoses in England increased by more than 39% over the past decade. Malnourished children are being treated for scurvy, bow legs, rickets and heart murmurs."
Hospital admissions resulting in nutrition-related diagnoses in England increased by more than 39% over the past decade. Malnourished children are being treated for scurvy, bow legs, rickets and heart murmurs."
Who can afford longevity in a cost-of-living crisis?
We all need a healthy diet. So why are politicians normalising food banks and allowing malnutrition and associated illnesses to rise?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 9:32 AM
You'd think the healthcare costs alone - £22.6bn a year - would make abolishing the two child benefit cap worthwhile, but surely this is a public health emergency now.
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England water firms push for higher shareholder returns.
NO. They picked customer pockets for years, paid high dividends, neglected investment.
They charged for sewage disposal, dumped it in rivers. Customers due a refund.
Let them go bust. Nationalise.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
NO. They picked customer pockets for years, paid high dividends, neglected investment.
They charged for sewage disposal, dumped it in rivers. Customers due a refund.
Let them go bust. Nationalise.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water firms push for higher shareholder returns as Ofwat considers bills increase
Companies say higher returns are needed to ensure record infrastructure investment across industry is delivered
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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We are looking for someone to lead the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk Journalism has never been in more need of rigorous research, advocacy and analysis. You could be a journalist or an academic. Please consider applying and/or pass on. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies
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As a member of staff at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism you will be part of an internationally-renowned institute exploring the future of journalism worldwide through debate, engagem...
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December 4, 2024 at 9:09 AM
We are looking for someone to lead the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk Journalism has never been in more need of rigorous research, advocacy and analysis. You could be a journalist or an academic. Please consider applying and/or pass on. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies
Flattering maybe, but he's making a spot on argument.
The title is a little flattering(!)… but THIS is why I’m so passionate about the European model of humanity and collaboration.
The election of Trump (which happened after we recorded this video) only reinforces what I say here. 👇
The election of Trump (which happened after we recorded this video) only reinforces what I say here. 👇
Mike Galsworthy ends the Brexit argument in four minutes
"I can't see a model for the future of humanity that I like coming out of China, India or The States. But I can see it in Europe."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Flattering maybe, but he's making a spot on argument.
Montgomerie is no Lee Anderson. He's annoyingly likeable when he's not talking about politics. I'm sorry to say this, but he won't do Reform any harm at all.
Tim Montgomerie has joined Reform. As a former advisor to Boris Johnson, he should be well placed to help them end their political careers in a blaze of corruption, lies, sleaze and disgrace.
December 3, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Montgomerie is no Lee Anderson. He's annoyingly likeable when he's not talking about politics. I'm sorry to say this, but he won't do Reform any harm at all.
I'm sure this was on many people's radars, but it wasn't on my list of news items I fully expected to see today.
www.ft.com/content/6fef...
www.ft.com/content/6fef...
South Korean parliament votes to block martial law
Markets fall as lawmakers and the head of state wrestle for control
www.ft.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I'm sure this was on many people's radars, but it wasn't on my list of news items I fully expected to see today.
www.ft.com/content/6fef...
www.ft.com/content/6fef...
Pleased to see this vote for PR. It might be symbolic, but it's still progress.
"the result may be seen as further evidence that there is significant support for PR in the parliamentary Labour party"
Starmer may soon wish that he HAD shown an interest, given that his majority is based on flimsy margins...
and his govt's popularity ratings are low
@johnwestjaws.bsky.social
Starmer may soon wish that he HAD shown an interest, given that his majority is based on flimsy margins...
and his govt's popularity ratings are low
@johnwestjaws.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Pleased to see this vote for PR. It might be symbolic, but it's still progress.
Blimey
OK, maybe closing the local branch is not the worst thing your bank can do to you www.ft.com/content/544d...
December 3, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Blimey
Top law maker and champion of all good causes @greenjennyjones.bsky.social is here at last.
The excellent Jenny Jones has landed here , a champion of civil liberties , climate and environmental action she is one to follow ! @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Top law maker and champion of all good causes @greenjennyjones.bsky.social is here at last.