Shanti Lall
@lallysticks.bsky.social
Born at 321 ppm. Green socialist. Retired English teacher. Avid reader and book hoarder. Dog mummy. Amateur singer of early classical music. She/Her.
Bill Gates repeats an apocalyptic error www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Bill Gates repeats an apocalyptic error
Bill Gates made news last week by challenging climate advocates to accept the ‘hard truth’ that temperature rises will not cause enough deaths to justify the priority placed on them. Perhaps the real ...
www.resilience.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bill Gates repeats an apocalyptic error www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
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🚨 In 2024, Switzerland's climate policies were ruled to violate human rights. Now @goodlawproject.bsky.social is taking the UK Govt to court to ensure its policies are fit for purpose. Strengthening our targets and integrating our climate and nature plans via the #CANBill would make sure they are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨 In 2024, Switzerland's climate policies were ruled to violate human rights. Now @goodlawproject.bsky.social is taking the UK Govt to court to ensure its policies are fit for purpose. Strengthening our targets and integrating our climate and nature plans via the #CANBill would make sure they are.
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🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
And in addition to the hate-inciting language, Lowe refers to 'illegal' migrants, continuing the constantly repeated mis-/disinformation that it's not legal to seek asylum or arrive by small boat to seek asylum.
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 5:48 PM
And in addition to the hate-inciting language, Lowe refers to 'illegal' migrants, continuing the constantly repeated mis-/disinformation that it's not legal to seek asylum or arrive by small boat to seek asylum.
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
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👇🏼A Tale Of Two Press Eras👇🏼
Pre Labour with Tories in Govt for 14 years no public fury re prisoners released in error
OK so between 2012-2023, 682 prisoners were released in error, 146 escaped, 1634 absconded but hey who’s counting🤷🏼♂️
Post Tories #TheGreatNoticing by MSM began..now they’re obsessed❗️
Pre Labour with Tories in Govt for 14 years no public fury re prisoners released in error
OK so between 2012-2023, 682 prisoners were released in error, 146 escaped, 1634 absconded but hey who’s counting🤷🏼♂️
Post Tories #TheGreatNoticing by MSM began..now they’re obsessed❗️
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
👇🏼A Tale Of Two Press Eras👇🏼
Pre Labour with Tories in Govt for 14 years no public fury re prisoners released in error
OK so between 2012-2023, 682 prisoners were released in error, 146 escaped, 1634 absconded but hey who’s counting🤷🏼♂️
Post Tories #TheGreatNoticing by MSM began..now they’re obsessed❗️
Pre Labour with Tories in Govt for 14 years no public fury re prisoners released in error
OK so between 2012-2023, 682 prisoners were released in error, 146 escaped, 1634 absconded but hey who’s counting🤷🏼♂️
Post Tories #TheGreatNoticing by MSM began..now they’re obsessed❗️
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They did this experiment.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They did this experiment.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
The other monkeys beat the greedy monkey up and stole all his stolen bananas.
Another experiment that proved that monkeys are cleverer than people.
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Trump arrives in FL for another weekend of parties and golf while his attorneys fight in the Supreme Court to deny food to SNAP beneficiaries despite a court order.
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Trump arrives in FL for another weekend of parties and golf while his attorneys fight in the Supreme Court to deny food to SNAP beneficiaries despite a court order.
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This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This is just horrendous. An environmental disaster.
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This is just horrendous. An environmental disaster.
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This is powerful stuff: the reasoning behind Pillay’s commission finding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is powerful stuff: the reasoning behind Pillay’s commission finding that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Children who were meant to be born from these reproductive specimens will never exist. Families will be forever changed and bloodlines may end.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
The UK's Failing Democracy
The Carnegie Foundation's Life in the UK report shows the weakness of UK democracy, and the suffering caused as a result .
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
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TFW, as a nation, you have abandoned the effort to properly resource a decent rounded education for all, and have decided instead to focus on using physical coercion to drive teenagers through a pointlessly overstuffed exam system, before being forced to stay in education for 2 more years anyway.
Whenever I read a story about one of these hard-discipline schools, I shudder, thinking about the horrifying stories of abuse and trauma we’re going to hear in the future from kids who went through them.
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
TFW, as a nation, you have abandoned the effort to properly resource a decent rounded education for all, and have decided instead to focus on using physical coercion to drive teenagers through a pointlessly overstuffed exam system, before being forced to stay in education for 2 more years anyway.
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This just isn't true. It's factually wrong. But who cares about facts?
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This just isn't true. It's factually wrong. But who cares about facts?
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November 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
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When white people react with hostility to sharing space with Black and brown folk, they don’t care if those folk were born here, migrated legally, or are “illegal aliens.” They only see non-white faces who “don’t belong in their space.” This is why “ordinary concern” about migration is basic racism.
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
When white people react with hostility to sharing space with Black and brown folk, they don’t care if those folk were born here, migrated legally, or are “illegal aliens.” They only see non-white faces who “don’t belong in their space.” This is why “ordinary concern” about migration is basic racism.
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With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
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The UK is doing worse on public health than many comparable nations — and the gap in healthy life between rich and poor is 18 years.
Tackling health inequalities must be a core responsibility of government.
#PublicHealth #HealthInequality
Tackling health inequalities must be a core responsibility of government.
#PublicHealth #HealthInequality
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The UK is doing worse on public health than many comparable nations — and the gap in healthy life between rich and poor is 18 years.
Tackling health inequalities must be a core responsibility of government.
#PublicHealth #HealthInequality
Tackling health inequalities must be a core responsibility of government.
#PublicHealth #HealthInequality
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Osborne deserves a lot more condemnation, for not just doing austerity but doing it so cackhandedly:
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
Late period Osborne: interest rates at zero and 50-80bn of headroom: and his priority was “don’t invest”.
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Osborne deserves a lot more condemnation, for not just doing austerity but doing it so cackhandedly:
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
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UN says 81 percent of Gaza’s buildings destroyed in war on enclave - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-81-percent-gazas-buildings-destroyed-israels-war
UN says 81 percent of Gaza’s buildings destroyed in war on enclave
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="538" data-start="399">The United Nations says more than four-fifths of all buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israel’s relentless bombardment.</p>
<p data-end="538" data-start="399">Citing satellite data, the UN Secretary-General’s deputy spokesperson confirmed that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault.</p>
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November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
UN says 81 percent of Gaza’s buildings destroyed in war on enclave - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-81-percent-gazas-buildings-destroyed-israels-war
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I've asked Question Time's producers if they'll continue to invite Goodwin on their show - and I've asked the BBC whether there is anything a guest could say that would mean they would not be handed that powerful platform
Matthew Goodwin, who is still welcomed by the BBC and other mainstream media outlets, now explicitly promotes a white supremacism identical to Enoch Powell's ("the West Indian or Indian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman ... in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still")
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I've asked Question Time's producers if they'll continue to invite Goodwin on their show - and I've asked the BBC whether there is anything a guest could say that would mean they would not be handed that powerful platform
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If you haven't seen this, Zoe Gardner has circulated this morning this "open letter" from asylum seekers housed in hotels to their local community. It's very "dignified" whilst stating a few truths. I'd suggest circulating it as widely as possible 🙂
bsky.app/profile/zoej...
bsky.app/profile/zoej...
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If you haven't seen this, Zoe Gardner has circulated this morning this "open letter" from asylum seekers housed in hotels to their local community. It's very "dignified" whilst stating a few truths. I'd suggest circulating it as widely as possible 🙂
bsky.app/profile/zoej...
bsky.app/profile/zoej...
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💷 In just 5 years, NHS trusts spent £3 billion paying off private finance deals.
60% of that — £1.8 billion — went on interest alone. That’s not investment. It’s extraction.
Our NHS deserves better....
Read full report: everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...
60% of that — £1.8 billion — went on interest alone. That’s not investment. It’s extraction.
Our NHS deserves better....
Read full report: everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
💷 In just 5 years, NHS trusts spent £3 billion paying off private finance deals.
60% of that — £1.8 billion — went on interest alone. That’s not investment. It’s extraction.
Our NHS deserves better....
Read full report: everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...
60% of that — £1.8 billion — went on interest alone. That’s not investment. It’s extraction.
Our NHS deserves better....
Read full report: everydoctor.org.uk/nhs-trusts-t...