Walter Menteth
@waltermenteth.bsky.social
Architect, planner, writer, London - views my own (he/him)
People, #culture, #politics, #environment, #climate, #justice, #sustainability, #democracy
People, #culture, #politics, #environment, #climate, #justice, #sustainability, #democracy
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Walter Menteth
@waltermenteth.bsky.social
· Sep 27
As 1 of the 5 permanent members of the UN security council the UK should be calling for its urgent reform.
The Veto on international action by UNSC member states has been THE major block on action for Gaza.
The UNSC is no longer credible.
The Veto on international action by UNSC member states has been THE major block on action for Gaza.
The UNSC is no longer credible.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Official advice provided to the government before its ban on Palestine Action underestimated the significant public protests that followed, records show.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
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He also lobbies for U.S. Big Tech companies that have donated millions to Trump
'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 2:40 PM
He also lobbies for U.S. Big Tech companies that have donated millions to Trump
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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A US aircraft carrier strike group with more than 5,000 service members has joined the eight US warships, nuclear submarine, and F-35 aircraft positioned in the Caribbean near Venezuela.
US aircraft carrier moves into Latin America region, officials say reut.rs/486sCAN
US aircraft carrier moves into Latin America region, officials say
The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into the Latin America region, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, dramatically escalating a military buildup in the Caribbean that has stoked tensions with Venezuela.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A US aircraft carrier strike group with more than 5,000 service members has joined the eight US warships, nuclear submarine, and F-35 aircraft positioned in the Caribbean near Venezuela.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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'We Will Not Be Silenced': Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike Over UK's 'Complicity in Genocide'
Remand-held activists against Elbit Systems launch open-ended hunger strike for bail, fair trials, and deproscription of Palestine Action
Search: Prisoners for Palestine
www.ibtimes.co.uk/imprisoned-u...
Remand-held activists against Elbit Systems launch open-ended hunger strike for bail, fair trials, and deproscription of Palestine Action
Search: Prisoners for Palestine
www.ibtimes.co.uk/imprisoned-u...
Pro-Palestine Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike Over UK's 'Complicity in Genocide'
Three UK activists jailed over anti-Elbit protests launch a hunger strike on the Balfour Declaration anniversary, demanding bail, fair trials, and an end to Britain's arms trade with Israel.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'We Will Not Be Silenced': Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike Over UK's 'Complicity in Genocide'
Remand-held activists against Elbit Systems launch open-ended hunger strike for bail, fair trials, and deproscription of Palestine Action
Search: Prisoners for Palestine
www.ibtimes.co.uk/imprisoned-u...
Remand-held activists against Elbit Systems launch open-ended hunger strike for bail, fair trials, and deproscription of Palestine Action
Search: Prisoners for Palestine
www.ibtimes.co.uk/imprisoned-u...
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What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What an absolute hero Samir Zitouni is - doubtless he saved lives that day
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Overt US Bully Tactics.
Whose going to be next in Central & South America?
Whose going to be next in Central & South America?
US sending aircraft carrier to South America, Pentagon says in major escalation of military buildup
US sending aircraft carrier to waters off South America, Pentagon says
Deploying an aircraft carrier is a major escalation of military power in a region that has already seen an unusually large US military buildup in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Venezuela.
www.euronews.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Overt US Bully Tactics.
Whose going to be next in Central & South America?
Whose going to be next in Central & South America?
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Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crash.
Dash to the next crash:
Post-2008 crash laws mostly repealed.
No regulation of shadow banking
More deregulation.
Bankers collect rewards for speculation, people fund bailouts.
Dash to the next crash:
Post-2008 crash laws mostly repealed.
No regulation of shadow banking
More deregulation.
Bankers collect rewards for speculation, people fund bailouts.
Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crisis
Andrew Bailey says a close look is needed at the private credit market after collapse of two big US firms
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crash.
Dash to the next crash:
Post-2008 crash laws mostly repealed.
No regulation of shadow banking
More deregulation.
Bankers collect rewards for speculation, people fund bailouts.
Dash to the next crash:
Post-2008 crash laws mostly repealed.
No regulation of shadow banking
More deregulation.
Bankers collect rewards for speculation, people fund bailouts.
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“Do you really think if 20% of current active users of Facebook & Twitter deleted their accounts tomorrow, fascism would be over?”
Yes, I do, maybe not instantly, but it would be like asking if the frog in the lidded pot with the fire under it is alive.
Yes, I do, maybe not instantly, but it would be like asking if the frog in the lidded pot with the fire under it is alive.
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Do you really think if 20% of current active users of Facebook & Twitter deleted their accounts tomorrow, fascism would be over?”
Yes, I do, maybe not instantly, but it would be like asking if the frog in the lidded pot with the fire under it is alive.
Yes, I do, maybe not instantly, but it would be like asking if the frog in the lidded pot with the fire under it is alive.
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Hoy 12 de octubre los fascistas de Falange Española han realizado un «acto autorizado» en Gasteiz con la protección de un enorme dispositivo de la Ertzaintza.
El antifascismo vasco los ha recibido de esta manera contundente.
Saldo final: 19 detenidos y decenas de heridos. 👇🏼
El antifascismo vasco los ha recibido de esta manera contundente.
Saldo final: 19 detenidos y decenas de heridos. 👇🏼
October 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hoy 12 de octubre los fascistas de Falange Española han realizado un «acto autorizado» en Gasteiz con la protección de un enorme dispositivo de la Ertzaintza.
El antifascismo vasco los ha recibido de esta manera contundente.
Saldo final: 19 detenidos y decenas de heridos. 👇🏼
El antifascismo vasco los ha recibido de esta manera contundente.
Saldo final: 19 detenidos y decenas de heridos. 👇🏼
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"Press Update as of 17:09 Gaza Time, October 8, 2025. All the humanitarian vessels (Conscience and the eight Thousand Madleen sailboats) were attacked starting at approximately 4:30 am local time, and are currently being brought to Ashdod" freedomflotilla.org/category/new... Gaza time now is ~18:17
Press releases Archives - Freedom Flotilla
FFC press releases and statements
freedomflotilla.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Press Update as of 17:09 Gaza Time, October 8, 2025. All the humanitarian vessels (Conscience and the eight Thousand Madleen sailboats) were attacked starting at approximately 4:30 am local time, and are currently being brought to Ashdod" freedomflotilla.org/category/new... Gaza time now is ~18:17
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Leaders of Western democracies, including the UK, urgently need to re-evaluate their approach to Trump. They cannot continue to pretend that any of this is in any way normal, or that appeasement of fascism is going to help in any way.
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Leaders of Western democracies, including the UK, urgently need to re-evaluate their approach to Trump. They cannot continue to pretend that any of this is in any way normal, or that appeasement of fascism is going to help in any way.
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As revealed by Channel 4 News’ documentary, UK arms exports to Israel have hit record highs — £408,000 in June and £316,000 in September.
The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.
The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.
The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.
The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As revealed by Channel 4 News’ documentary, UK arms exports to Israel have hit record highs — £408,000 in June and £316,000 in September.
The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.
The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.
The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.
The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.
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My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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EXCLUSIVE: Robert Jenrick should lose the Tory whip for 'racist' comments he made, an MSP has told The National
Tories face call to strip whip from Robert Jenrick over 'racist' comments
www.thenational.scot
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Jenrick should lose the Tory whip for 'racist' comments he made, an MSP has told The National
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British arms exports to Israel have reached record highs during the genocide. These arms exports are illegal under British and international law and constitute war crimes. Such arms exports make Israel’s genocide possible.
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
British arms exports to Israel have reached record highs during the genocide. These arms exports are illegal under British and international law and constitute war crimes. Such arms exports make Israel’s genocide possible.
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After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵
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An average of 100 people in Gaza are still being killed by the IDF every day, according to UNWRA. The Health Ministry also reported last week that 453 people, including 150 children, have died of starvation because of Israel's blocking of all aid.
Israel’s biggest security threat has never been Hamas. It’s Netanyahu
Israel’s biggest security threat has never been Hamas. It’s Netanyahu
The catastrophic war inflicted on Gaza over the past two years has left Israel less secure than ever
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An average of 100 people in Gaza are still being killed by the IDF every day, according to UNWRA. The Health Ministry also reported last week that 453 people, including 150 children, have died of starvation because of Israel's blocking of all aid.
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When the 'Plan for Drivers' gets out of hand.
'"Motorists" is a strange name for a political party (6 seats in Czech parliament)' I thought. 'Must be a wonky translation'
Nope. And each section in the wiki gets worse.
Nope. And each section in the wiki gets worse.
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When the 'Plan for Drivers' gets out of hand.