Nigel Pugh
@nspugh.bsky.social
📸 http://www.nigelpugh.co.uk
Enviro/Social Justice Campaigner
Urgent economic systems change is required #WellbeingEconomy
Masto: https://toot.wales/@nspugh
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/nspughphoto/
Enviro/Social Justice Campaigner
Urgent economic systems change is required #WellbeingEconomy
Masto: https://toot.wales/@nspugh
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/nspughphoto/
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Nigel Pugh
@nspugh.bsky.social
· Mar 29
The nature of our economy: implementing the Dasgupta Review » Green Alliance
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
green-alliance.org.uk
Transforming the nature of economy @green-alliance.org.uk
✅ Replace GDP with inclusive community wellbeing
✅ Enable inclusive meaningful democracy
✅ Deliver a #WellbeingEconomy that accounts for environmental & nature impacts & thinks future generations
green-alliance.org.uk/publication/...
✅ Replace GDP with inclusive community wellbeing
✅ Enable inclusive meaningful democracy
✅ Deliver a #WellbeingEconomy that accounts for environmental & nature impacts & thinks future generations
green-alliance.org.uk/publication/...
The shift towards the right in Europe and the US, constitutes a “political thunderstorm” that “Somalis have become absorbed in” because “they become an embodiment of the kind of communities that Trump can easily target and use as a scapegoat”. #fascism
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
‘Political thunderstorm’: inside Trump’s attacks on the Somali community
The US president’s clamp down on immigration and flouting of the rule of law in Minnesota is entrenching long-established reserves of solidarity
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The shift towards the right in Europe and the US, constitutes a “political thunderstorm” that “Somalis have become absorbed in” because “they become an embodiment of the kind of communities that Trump can easily target and use as a scapegoat”. #fascism
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...
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This election really matters.
The Green Party will stop Reform.
Hope beats hate.
Tuesday night rally - I’m coming home!
actionnetwork.org/events/make-...
The Green Party will stop Reform.
Hope beats hate.
Tuesday night rally - I’m coming home!
actionnetwork.org/events/make-...
Make History in Greater Manchester: Rally with Zack Polanski, Salma Yaqoob and Guests 💚
We can make history, together.
Polling day in the Gorton & Denton by-election is coming up fast. On 26 February, voters will choose their next MP and right now it’s clear: it’s Green or Reform. ...
actionnetwork.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This election really matters.
The Green Party will stop Reform.
Hope beats hate.
Tuesday night rally - I’m coming home!
actionnetwork.org/events/make-...
The Green Party will stop Reform.
Hope beats hate.
Tuesday night rally - I’m coming home!
actionnetwork.org/events/make-...
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Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press
www.carbonbrief.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons!
Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common | @hausfath.bsky.social #CBarchive
Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common - Carbon Brief
In a new analysis, Carbon Brief shows that few places in the world have seen an increase in extreme cold days over the past 55 years.
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common | @hausfath.bsky.social #CBarchive
Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
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ICE is cooked.
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
ICE is cooked.
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
“We lost all trust,” one current ICE official said. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
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The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."
Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland?
Could the government pay salaries to musicians and artists - no strings attached like they do in Ireland?
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."
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This article appeared in Dublin's General Advertiser on 26 August 1911.
That's almost 115 years ago?!
"Scientific theory on climatic changes"
"The incalculable combustion of coal and oil...will probably again create...a tropical climate from pole to pole"
That's almost 115 years ago?!
"Scientific theory on climatic changes"
"The incalculable combustion of coal and oil...will probably again create...a tropical climate from pole to pole"
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This article appeared in Dublin's General Advertiser on 26 August 1911.
That's almost 115 years ago?!
"Scientific theory on climatic changes"
"The incalculable combustion of coal and oil...will probably again create...a tropical climate from pole to pole"
That's almost 115 years ago?!
"Scientific theory on climatic changes"
"The incalculable combustion of coal and oil...will probably again create...a tropical climate from pole to pole"
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🚨 50% of Labour voters (17pts) have walked away. Where did they go?
🔴Lab ->🟢Grn: 6.2pts [ 36% ]
🔴Lab ->🟠Lib: 4.2pts [ 24% ]
🔴Lab ->➡️Ref: 3.5pts [ 20% ]
🔴Lab ->🔵Con: 1.4pts [ 8% ]
70%+ of defecting Labour voters have moved *left*.
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec-9 Jan
🔴Lab ->🟢Grn: 6.2pts [ 36% ]
🔴Lab ->🟠Lib: 4.2pts [ 24% ]
🔴Lab ->➡️Ref: 3.5pts [ 20% ]
🔴Lab ->🔵Con: 1.4pts [ 8% ]
70%+ of defecting Labour voters have moved *left*.
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec-9 Jan
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🚨 50% of Labour voters (17pts) have walked away. Where did they go?
🔴Lab ->🟢Grn: 6.2pts [ 36% ]
🔴Lab ->🟠Lib: 4.2pts [ 24% ]
🔴Lab ->➡️Ref: 3.5pts [ 20% ]
🔴Lab ->🔵Con: 1.4pts [ 8% ]
70%+ of defecting Labour voters have moved *left*.
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec-9 Jan
🔴Lab ->🟢Grn: 6.2pts [ 36% ]
🔴Lab ->🟠Lib: 4.2pts [ 24% ]
🔴Lab ->➡️Ref: 3.5pts [ 20% ]
🔴Lab ->🔵Con: 1.4pts [ 8% ]
70%+ of defecting Labour voters have moved *left*.
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec-9 Jan
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Another talentless opportunist whose sole ability to career climb is willingness to embrace political extremism to compensate for a complete absence of ideas, competence, or ability to meaningful contribute to public life.
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Another talentless opportunist whose sole ability to career climb is willingness to embrace political extremism to compensate for a complete absence of ideas, competence, or ability to meaningful contribute to public life.
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This is excellent political messaging. @zackpolanski.bsky.social hits straight to the core of the problem. This system is intolerable and it must be overcome: production should be organized around human well-being and ecology, not around maximizing profits for the rich.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 26, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This is excellent political messaging. @zackpolanski.bsky.social hits straight to the core of the problem. This system is intolerable and it must be overcome: production should be organized around human well-being and ecology, not around maximizing profits for the rich.
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It's #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek! Around the world, people are coming together to demand an economy that puts people and planet first - and showing how it's already being done.
Sign the petition calling on leaders to redesign our economies to put people and planet at the centre: vist.ly/4p5xr
Sign the petition calling on leaders to redesign our economies to put people and planet at the centre: vist.ly/4p5xr
January 26, 2026 at 7:59 AM
It's #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek! Around the world, people are coming together to demand an economy that puts people and planet first - and showing how it's already being done.
Sign the petition calling on leaders to redesign our economies to put people and planet at the centre: vist.ly/4p5xr
Sign the petition calling on leaders to redesign our economies to put people and planet at the centre: vist.ly/4p5xr
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This is not policing. This is an execution by fascist death squad. The media who deny this are making possible.
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is not policing. This is an execution by fascist death squad. The media who deny this are making possible.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Zack Polanski stood outside Palantir HQ to demand that the spy-tech firm - which has supported deadly ICE raids and enabled genocide in Gaza - gets out of our NHS
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS ❌👇
goodlaw.social/658abc
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Starmers worried about the Green Party challenging this governments failures.
He's right to be.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
He's right to be.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Starmers worried about the Green Party challenging this governments failures.
He's right to be.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
He's right to be.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Loved sitting down with NME to talk arts, culture and making hope normal again.
www.nme.com/news/zack-po...
www.nme.com/news/zack-po...
Zack Polanski talks keeping music alive, Kneecap and tackling "darkness, fear, and anger" in 2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has spoken to NME about his hopes for 2026, pland to help music, culture and young people, and selling his vision
www.nme.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Loved sitting down with NME to talk arts, culture and making hope normal again.
www.nme.com/news/zack-po...
www.nme.com/news/zack-po...
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As well to understand exactly what is happening under US regime.
"Federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. Federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. Federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 AM
As well to understand exactly what is happening under US regime.
"Federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. Federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Federal judge had ordered the girl be released by 9.30pm. Federal officials instead put both of them on a plane heading to a Texas detention center."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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#GoodNews
"On Tuesday, the Indonesian government said it would revoke the permits of 28 companies, halting their operations in the area."
#PlanetaryBoundaries
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"On Tuesday, the Indonesian government said it would revoke the permits of 28 companies, halting their operations in the area."
#PlanetaryBoundaries
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Indonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape
Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped out
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 AM
#GoodNews
"On Tuesday, the Indonesian government said it would revoke the permits of 28 companies, halting their operations in the area."
#PlanetaryBoundaries
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"On Tuesday, the Indonesian government said it would revoke the permits of 28 companies, halting their operations in the area."
#PlanetaryBoundaries
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Boycott the World Cup being held this summer In the USA - give Trump a sporting message Europe.
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
Boycott the World Cup
German officials say they might boycott the FIFA World Cup in a last ditch effort to stop Trump invading Greenland. A boycott would hit Trump where it hurts - reputation and money - and send a clear s
action.eko.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Boycott the World Cup being held this summer In the USA - give Trump a sporting message Europe.
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
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“Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse
& national security A national security assessment
4. Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.”
toot.wales/@nspugh/1159...
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social
@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social
& national security A national security assessment
4. Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.”
toot.wales/@nspugh/1159...
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social
@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
“Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse
& national security A national security assessment
4. Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.”
toot.wales/@nspugh/1159...
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social
@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social
& national security A national security assessment
4. Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.”
toot.wales/@nspugh/1159...
@llyrgruffydd.bsky.social
@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social
Boycott the World Cup being held this summer In the USA - give Trump a sporting message Europe.
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
Boycott the World Cup
German officials say they might boycott the FIFA World Cup in a last ditch effort to stop Trump invading Greenland. A boycott would hit Trump where it hurts - reputation and money - and send a clear s
action.eko.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Boycott the World Cup being held this summer In the USA - give Trump a sporting message Europe.
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
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There is is something very important to bear in mind when looking at Reform's drop in the polls in Wales.
Yes, their vote share has dropped...BUT... this doesn't mean that fewer people are supporting them...
1/4
Yes, their vote share has dropped...BUT... this doesn't mean that fewer people are supporting them...
1/4
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
There is is something very important to bear in mind when looking at Reform's drop in the polls in Wales.
Yes, their vote share has dropped...BUT... this doesn't mean that fewer people are supporting them...
1/4
Yes, their vote share has dropped...BUT... this doesn't mean that fewer people are supporting them...
1/4
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...