Wendy 'What Now?!' McDonnell 🌱
@wendymcd.bsky.social
Green/lefty/lib/humanist walker/retired organic gardener, Sussex, UK. Here for polite politics (!?), general enlightenment and all things environmental. Trying to stay positive in the face of all the lunacy and venality🌱🦉🤞
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast
January 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast
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🎉 The UK Government has admitted “serious error” in forcing through the Woodlands hyperscale data centre without environmental protections in response to @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & @globalactionplan.bsky.social's legal case. More below
Thanks to everyone who helped make this case possible.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this case possible.
Big news today as UK Government concedes in data centre court case.
“It shouldn’t take us having to drag the Government to court for them to admit their decision to back Big Tech’s polluting data centres was fundamentally wrong," says Foxglove's Rosa Curling: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/01/22/u...
“It shouldn’t take us having to drag the Government to court for them to admit their decision to back Big Tech’s polluting data centres was fundamentally wrong," says Foxglove's Rosa Curling: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/01/22/u...
Press release: UK Government admits "serious error" in forcing through hyperscale data centre without environmental protections
This is the first time the UK government has admitted its decision to force through a new hyperscale data centre was wrong. It's a big win.
www.foxglove.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
🎉 The UK Government has admitted “serious error” in forcing through the Woodlands hyperscale data centre without environmental protections in response to @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & @globalactionplan.bsky.social's legal case. More below
Thanks to everyone who helped make this case possible.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this case possible.
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South East Water warned to address water shortages following outages, & managed shortfalls by pumping more water from rivers & aquifers instead of fixing "deeper issues" to protect people from drought, documents reveal. Our @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social writes:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
South East Water was warned of problems years before taps ran dry
Regulators repeatedly told the company it did not have enough water to meet demand in two areas that lost their supply this month, documents reveal
www.thetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM
South East Water warned to address water shortages following outages, & managed shortfalls by pumping more water from rivers & aquifers instead of fixing "deeper issues" to protect people from drought, documents reveal. Our @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social writes:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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The Aurora Borealis lights were amazing 😂
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
The Aurora Borealis lights were amazing 😂
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🦋 We can't produce food without nature. Yet it's in decline - especially in the UK.
👫No more tinkering around the edges - we have to prioritise a food system that puts nature at its heart. Then we must support the people who can make it happen.
✊We need to revive nature on farmland, now.
👫No more tinkering around the edges - we have to prioritise a food system that puts nature at its heart. Then we must support the people who can make it happen.
✊We need to revive nature on farmland, now.
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 AM
🦋 We can't produce food without nature. Yet it's in decline - especially in the UK.
👫No more tinkering around the edges - we have to prioritise a food system that puts nature at its heart. Then we must support the people who can make it happen.
✊We need to revive nature on farmland, now.
👫No more tinkering around the edges - we have to prioritise a food system that puts nature at its heart. Then we must support the people who can make it happen.
✊We need to revive nature on farmland, now.
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This is brilliant from Labour!
They have launched their Warm Homes Plan - the biggest home upgrade plan in British history.
£15bn is available with 5 million homes expected to benefit from upgrades & lower bills.
Any home is eligible, but with specific interventions for low income families.
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They have launched their Warm Homes Plan - the biggest home upgrade plan in British history.
£15bn is available with 5 million homes expected to benefit from upgrades & lower bills.
Any home is eligible, but with specific interventions for low income families.
1/5
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 AM
This is brilliant from Labour!
They have launched their Warm Homes Plan - the biggest home upgrade plan in British history.
£15bn is available with 5 million homes expected to benefit from upgrades & lower bills.
Any home is eligible, but with specific interventions for low income families.
1/5
They have launched their Warm Homes Plan - the biggest home upgrade plan in British history.
£15bn is available with 5 million homes expected to benefit from upgrades & lower bills.
Any home is eligible, but with specific interventions for low income families.
1/5
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How will we know if he's been suspended from Parliament?
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 9:17 AM
How will we know if he's been suspended from Parliament?
Absolutely this 👇
We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Absolutely this 👇
I should be amazed that this isn't already a rule but, it seems that I'm not.
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I should be amazed that this isn't already a rule but, it seems that I'm not.
There's a few of these doing the rounds. I like this one.
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There's a few of these doing the rounds. I like this one.
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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RIP Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-2025. It was a brave ideal but was always a bit shaky and now has sunk into the Trumpian mire of vainglory and confusion.
President Trump is keeping the Nobel Peace Prize medal presented to him by its recipient, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-mee...
Trump accepts Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado
President Donald Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House Thursday, where she said she presented him with her Nobel medal.
abcnews.go.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
RIP Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-2025. It was a brave ideal but was always a bit shaky and now has sunk into the Trumpian mire of vainglory and confusion.
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Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jenrick saying he's "put aside personal ambition" too join Reform is the single most shameless statement I've ever heard.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
If he "put aside personal ambition" he'd disappear. That's all there is.
They all deserve each other.
Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
January 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
They all deserve each other.
This is without the 1000s of new houses proposed for each of these dry spots. I feel sorry for all the lesser mortals toiling for the water shareholders. Chaos and rancour and waist deep freezing mud.
Utterly outrageous situation with South East Water
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Privatisation has failed
It won't be fixed by more investigations or the boss resigning
Government must withdraw their licence, they have failed to fulfil their statutory duties
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘It’s a shambles’: Anger grows as thousands still without water in mass shortage
‘Not only is the infrastructure depleted, but the leadership is rubbish,’ local MP says
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
This is without the 1000s of new houses proposed for each of these dry spots. I feel sorry for all the lesser mortals toiling for the water shareholders. Chaos and rancour and waist deep freezing mud.
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A great new follow: @commongroundorguk.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A great new follow: @commongroundorguk.bsky.social
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🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility
New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.
weownit.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
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Ffs. These people are without shame. All grunting around in the trough demanding peerages and then sulking off to Reform: home from home for corrupt Tory millionaires who’ve already had one long go at screwing us over and think they deserve another shot.
They can all go to hell.
They can all go to hell.
❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ffs. These people are without shame. All grunting around in the trough demanding peerages and then sulking off to Reform: home from home for corrupt Tory millionaires who’ve already had one long go at screwing us over and think they deserve another shot.
They can all go to hell.
They can all go to hell.
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"More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise."
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
"More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise."
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
A rebranding exercise of the most established party masquerading as anti-establishment that shows total contempt for voters. ~AA
Mmm 🤔 onset of dementia perhaps?
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Mmm 🤔 onset of dementia perhaps?
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This.
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM
This.
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#Zelenskyy responds to Maduro news:
"Well, what can I say? If it's possible to deal with dictators like that then the United States of America knows what to do next."
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"Well, what can I say? If it's possible to deal with dictators like that then the United States of America knows what to do next."
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January 4, 2026 at 8:13 AM
#Zelenskyy responds to Maduro news:
"Well, what can I say? If it's possible to deal with dictators like that then the United States of America knows what to do next."
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"Well, what can I say? If it's possible to deal with dictators like that then the United States of America knows what to do next."
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So the plan seems to be to replace chaotic Venezuelan corruption with more efficient US corruption.
January 4, 2026 at 8:48 AM
So the plan seems to be to replace chaotic Venezuelan corruption with more efficient US corruption.
Oh yes!
So much truth. And controversial view: for me one of the key differences between radio programmes and podcasts is that radio programmes rarely make me shout GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE PUB I WASN’T THERE
podcasts
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Oh yes!