Ruby Lott-Lavigna
rubylottlavigna.bsky.social
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
@rubylottlavigna.bsky.social
investigations @Global_Witness / previously pol cor @openDemocracy @VICEWorldNews @VICEUK
16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next election – but do they actually care? and what do they know about politics?

for Glamour, i spoke to gen z about being given the right to vote in the next election

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/gen-...
‘Exciting yet scary’: Gen Z women on being given the right to vote
Last week, Keir Starmer announced that 16- and 17-year-olds would be eligible to vote in the next general election.
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NEW: Trump-linked firms cash in on mineral lobbying deals as US cuts aid

new @Global_Witness investigation reveals how some of the world’s most deprived nations are paying millions to lobbyists with ties to Trump as the country halts foreign aid
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Lobbyists linked to Donald Trump paid millions by world’s poorest countries
Somalia, DR Congo and Yemen among states forced to sign deals and barter their minerals for aid or military support
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
huh weird, i thought the oil and gas industry cared about retaining jobs?? news.sky.com/story/bp-to-...
BP to cut 4,700 jobs and 3,000 contractor roles from its global workforce
BP has announced it is cutting 4,700 jobs from its global workforce.
news.sky.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Reposted by Ruby Lott-Lavigna
🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Flaring from the jewel in BP's Azerbaijan crown, Sangachal, hit RECORD HIGHS in 2024

This is despite BP promising to eliminate flaring at installations it operates, and came with the onlining of its most "technologically advanced" oil rig

www.globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan hit gas-flaring record in 2024 | Global Witness
BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan hit gas-flaring record in 2024
www.globalwitness.org
January 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
i wrote about andrew tate's BRUV party and the rising radicalism of young, white men for Glamour Magazine

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/far-...
How afraid should women be of the far-right?
As the likes of Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate tussle for power, many of us are increasingly concerned about the rise of the right.
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
i’ll be on @bbc5live.bsky.social this lunchtime chatting PMQs with naga munchetty

tune in 💕
December 4, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Ruby Lott-Lavigna
Guardian and Observer journalists have asked people not to share Guardian stories for 48 hours from midnight tonight (Tues), to respect their strike and the virtual picket line
December 3, 2024 at 3:23 PM
solidarity with all guardian and observer journos striking today ✊
Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵

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December 4, 2024 at 10:33 AM
"If our overheating planet is a result of human greed, then it must be a special kind of greed, a kind that emerged puzzlingly late in the long history of our species and then with a sudden vengeance. But we can give it a better and more specific name: capitalism."
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:31 PM