Dr Pat Morton
@mortonpm.bsky.social
Brummie living in Notts with Dudley and two dogs. Birmingham City FC season ticket holder. Despise racism. Green Party member. #ClimateJustice
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Delighted so many people are enjoying my chat with @nojusticemtg.bsky.social
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
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We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
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youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
How Can The Left Be Louder Than The Right? | @NoJusticeMTG | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Delighted so many people are enjoying my chat with @nojusticemtg.bsky.social
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
👇🏼
youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
We talk economy, nationalisation and how to stop the right.
👇🏼
youtu.be/13t3hziAd5w?...
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We are not safe. This is an emergency.
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We are not safe. This is an emergency.
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing.
youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...
@nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth
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Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨 Final call to register!
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 Final call to register!
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
Tomorrow, our webinar with @frameworks.bsky.social and @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social will explore how to make the case for decent, affordable supported housing.
Don't miss out - sign up here 🔽
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017610412512/WN_E1MLx0swQ4OG-4B_75lfgQ
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Here's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's powerful opening remarks at this weeks National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Hall.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
'We've set our house on FIRE!' | Chris Packham leads MOVING climate change speech
YouTube video by The Mirror
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November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's powerful opening remarks at this weeks National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Hall.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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At this point you kind of have to "accept", for want of a better word, that the Home Secretary is being disingenuous and lying, but that doesn't mean the BBC has to repeat the phrasing uncritically. There is nothing illegal about seeking asylum. 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
At this point you kind of have to "accept", for want of a better word, that the Home Secretary is being disingenuous and lying, but that doesn't mean the BBC has to repeat the phrasing uncritically. There is nothing illegal about seeking asylum. 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
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Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
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Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars'
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
Can Highland Perthshire cope with 'unprecedented' tourist demand?
Local businesses rely on visitors coming to Dunkeld, but some residents worry the town can no longer cope.
news.stv.tv
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Amazing how often we say 'too many visitors' when what we mainly mean is 'too many cars'
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
news.stv.tv/north/dunkel...
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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it finally happened to me -- reviewing a manuscript that cites a paper by me that doesn't exist
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
it finally happened to me -- reviewing a manuscript that cites a paper by me that doesn't exist
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Eek. The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority is in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its chair and vice chair.
5 of the 9 Reform cllrs suspended since May sat on the fire authority...
5 of the 9 Reform cllrs suspended since May sat on the fire authority...
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Eek. The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority is in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its chair and vice chair.
5 of the 9 Reform cllrs suspended since May sat on the fire authority...
5 of the 9 Reform cllrs suspended since May sat on the fire authority...
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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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King Charles has just reclaimed a colossal statue that his mum gave to Kew Gardens in 1963. The royal family's mantra seems to be "for the few, not the many"https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarchy/71444/curious-case-of-king-charles-and-the-statue
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
King Charles has just reclaimed a colossal statue that his mum gave to Kew Gardens in 1963. The royal family's mantra seems to be "for the few, not the many"https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarchy/71444/curious-case-of-king-charles-and-the-statue
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🔴Reform UK Just Won Britain’s Least-Prestigious Award – For ‘Promoting Pseudoscience’
Nigel Farage’s party were recognised for “their widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...
Nigel Farage’s party were recognised for “their widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...
Reform UK Just Won Britain's Least-Prestigious Award – For 'Promoting Pseudoscience'
Nigel Farage's party were recognised for “their widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.”
bylinetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🔴Reform UK Just Won Britain’s Least-Prestigious Award – For ‘Promoting Pseudoscience’
Nigel Farage’s party were recognised for “their widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...
Nigel Farage’s party were recognised for “their widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...
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It may be "the first" whale to die tangled in a shark net this year, but it shall not be the last.
STOP this senseless killing of our ocean wildlife.
Get. Rid. Of. The. Nets! 🐋 #auspol #ProtectWildlife #FuckHumans
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
STOP this senseless killing of our ocean wildlife.
Get. Rid. Of. The. Nets! 🐋 #auspol #ProtectWildlife #FuckHumans
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Juvenile humpback whale dies off NSW coast while entangled in shark net
It is the first whale to have died out of 15 entangled in shark nets on Australia’s east coast so far this year
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
It may be "the first" whale to die tangled in a shark net this year, but it shall not be the last.
STOP this senseless killing of our ocean wildlife.
Get. Rid. Of. The. Nets! 🐋 #auspol #ProtectWildlife #FuckHumans
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
STOP this senseless killing of our ocean wildlife.
Get. Rid. Of. The. Nets! 🐋 #auspol #ProtectWildlife #FuckHumans
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🔴‘No Faith’ in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker’s Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/x...
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/x...
'No Faith' in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker's Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🔴‘No Faith’ in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker’s Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/x...
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/x...