Francis Sedgemore
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Physicist turned writer Dr Francis Sedgemore.
Earth and space science; natural and social ecology; traditional and fine arts; philosophy of mind; judaism; folk and land lore.
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Roysia | Anglia | Europa | Terra
Earth and space science; natural and social ecology; traditional and fine arts; philosophy of mind; judaism; folk and land lore.
hesgen.com
Roysia | Anglia | Europa | Terra
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Introduction...
A physicist turned science and policy journalist, my work interests lie in science, engineering, social ecology, Europe, security, intelligence, and defence.
Other pursuits include Judaism, philosophy, music making, radio communication, and bell change ringing.
A physicist turned science and policy journalist, my work interests lie in science, engineering, social ecology, Europe, security, intelligence, and defence.
Other pursuits include Judaism, philosophy, music making, radio communication, and bell change ringing.
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President Trump is pursuing a policy of climate-change acceleration. His actions are fueling global warming—and may leave places in the United States uninhabitable by mid-century, Vann R. Newkirk II writes.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
President Trump is pursuing a policy of climate-change acceleration. His actions are fueling global warming—and may leave places in the United States uninhabitable by mid-century, Vann R. Newkirk II writes.
I am one of those who considers Robbie Gibb to be a malign influence on everything he touches professionally, but this blunderbuss attack is a logical mess.
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I am one of those who considers Robbie Gibb to be a malign influence on everything he touches professionally, but this blunderbuss attack is a logical mess.
"When people are fair to Israel and treat it like any other nation, which I don’t think they do, I will be much more willing to express in public the things I express in private to Israelis."
Alex Karp has a point, but open criticism of any state committing war crimes is a moral imperative.
Alex Karp has a point, but open criticism of any state committing war crimes is a moral imperative.
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"When people are fair to Israel and treat it like any other nation, which I don’t think they do, I will be much more willing to express in public the things I express in private to Israelis."
Alex Karp has a point, but open criticism of any state committing war crimes is a moral imperative.
Alex Karp has a point, but open criticism of any state committing war crimes is a moral imperative.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A few hours have passed since it was announced that transwomen athletes are to be banned from female Olympic competitions. Reaction so far has been near nonexistent.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A few hours have passed since it was announced that transwomen athletes are to be banned from female Olympic competitions. Reaction so far has been near nonexistent.
Oh my sides!
Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed – UK politics live
Reform UK leader claims that burden of regulation is worse than before the referendum
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Oh my sides!
1. It's not just the right; 2. being ridiculed doesn't necessarily mean you are correct; and 3. striking a nerve is maybe not the best analogy in the circumstances.
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
1. It's not just the right; 2. being ridiculed doesn't necessarily mean you are correct; and 3. striking a nerve is maybe not the best analogy in the circumstances.
"Brussels stalls Brexit reset talks as carbon tax deadline looms"
This was always on the cards. The chance of an agreement in time for the new year carbon tax regime is very small.
This was always on the cards. The chance of an agreement in time for the new year carbon tax regime is very small.
Brussels stalls Brexit reset talks as carbon tax deadline looms
EU countries have clashed over the issue of how much the U.K. should pay to participate in the single market.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"Brussels stalls Brexit reset talks as carbon tax deadline looms"
This was always on the cards. The chance of an agreement in time for the new year carbon tax regime is very small.
This was always on the cards. The chance of an agreement in time for the new year carbon tax regime is very small.
Yelland is echoing what many in the journalism trade have been warning. When it comes to Tim Davie, this is a blue-on-blue civil war being played out, with Robbie Gibb and others hanging a former Conservative comrade out to dry.
BBC resignations are result of internal ‘coup’, says former Sun editor
David Yelland says Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were undermined by people close to BBC board
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Yelland is echoing what many in the journalism trade have been warning. When it comes to Tim Davie, this is a blue-on-blue civil war being played out, with Robbie Gibb and others hanging a former Conservative comrade out to dry.
Please help spread the word about the National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis to politicians, influential people, and the public. Only when we confront this head-on can we rise to the challenge.
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Please help spread the word about the National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis to politicians, influential people, and the public. Only when we confront this head-on can we rise to the challenge.
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
www.nebriefing.org?source=twitt...
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
Interesting insights from @katierazzbbc.bsky.social. Most notable is her reference to the BBC board (of which the nefarious Robbie Gibb is a member).
Right and left both accuse the BBC of institutional bias, which misses the mark. The real problem is that BBC News is institutionally crap.
Right and left both accuse the BBC of institutional bias, which misses the mark. The real problem is that BBC News is institutionally crap.
Sir Robbie Gibb
Non-executive director; Member for England
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Interesting insights from @katierazzbbc.bsky.social. Most notable is her reference to the BBC board (of which the nefarious Robbie Gibb is a member).
Right and left both accuse the BBC of institutional bias, which misses the mark. The real problem is that BBC News is institutionally crap.
Right and left both accuse the BBC of institutional bias, which misses the mark. The real problem is that BBC News is institutionally crap.
Brilliantly scripted and acted, and a very hard watch. I may be grinding my teeth in the night.
#DomesticAbuse #RiotWomen
#DomesticAbuse #RiotWomen
Riot women!!!! My gosh soo many layers. It is fantastic!!!! Hard hitting in ya face! I'm going to watch again and then do a proper review.
I'm soo overwhelmed by it.
I'm soo overwhelmed by it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Brilliantly scripted and acted, and a very hard watch. I may be grinding my teeth in the night.
#DomesticAbuse #RiotWomen
#DomesticAbuse #RiotWomen
No doubt the first of many contrarian takes on today's BBC resignations, of which we could do with a whole bunch more (starting with Gibb).
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
No doubt the first of many contrarian takes on today's BBC resignations, of which we could do with a whole bunch more (starting with Gibb).
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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NEW: Tim Davie resignation email to staff.
“You will ask why now? why this moment?”
“You will ask why now? why this moment?”
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NEW: Tim Davie resignation email to staff.
“You will ask why now? why this moment?”
“You will ask why now? why this moment?”
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The PPU could be described as appeasers of the Nazis, but not "pro-Hitler", objectively or otherwise. Either way, buying their white poppies puts good groats after bad.
On white poppies, it's worth remembering that they were associated with the Peace Pledge Union, by the late 1930s an objectively pro-Hitler organisation. Some people choose to wear them. They are fools, I'm afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The PPU could be described as appeasers of the Nazis, but not "pro-Hitler", objectively or otherwise. Either way, buying their white poppies puts good groats after bad.
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The problem with the white poppy is that it represented those that wished to appease Hitler and not go to war no matter what. The peace pledge union which it represents is a pacifist organisation that says No War at any cost. Personally I think it’s time to set aside the entire performative aspect.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The problem with the white poppy is that it represented those that wished to appease Hitler and not go to war no matter what. The peace pledge union which it represents is a pacifist organisation that says No War at any cost. Personally I think it’s time to set aside the entire performative aspect.
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The white poppy is not simply a way to "remember all victims", as some will tell you: it's an explicitly pacifist symbol, i.e. opposing even defensive war and promoting conscientious objection, still sold by the same organisation that opposed fighting first Hitler and now Putin
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The white poppy is not simply a way to "remember all victims", as some will tell you: it's an explicitly pacifist symbol, i.e. opposing even defensive war and promoting conscientious objection, still sold by the same organisation that opposed fighting first Hitler and now Putin
I see Zack Polanski is again making a tit of himself on the telly.
Polanski states that it would be sociopathic not to negotiate with a president or prime minister, and in the next breath says he won't work with Starmer.
Serious members of the Green Party, of which there are many, deserve better.
Polanski states that it would be sociopathic not to negotiate with a president or prime minister, and in the next breath says he won't work with Starmer.
Serious members of the Green Party, of which there are many, deserve better.
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I see Zack Polanski is again making a tit of himself on the telly.
Polanski states that it would be sociopathic not to negotiate with a president or prime minister, and in the next breath says he won't work with Starmer.
Serious members of the Green Party, of which there are many, deserve better.
Polanski states that it would be sociopathic not to negotiate with a president or prime minister, and in the next breath says he won't work with Starmer.
Serious members of the Green Party, of which there are many, deserve better.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️