@supportinglife.bsky.social
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Virgin Money, a subsidiary of the 'ethical' Nationwide Building Society, has frozen the bank account of Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine because of “an investigation into Palestine Action”, despite it having no affiliation to the direct action group www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’
Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has no affiliation to direct action group, informed by deputy mayor
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Virgin Money, a subsidiary of the 'ethical' Nationwide Building Society, has frozen the bank account of Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine because of “an investigation into Palestine Action”, despite it having no affiliation to the direct action group www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Consumerism
Capitalism
Waste
Capitalism
Waste
December 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Consumerism
Capitalism
Waste
Capitalism
Waste
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#climatechange is hitting Africa hard. Deserts advancing. Farms no longer yielding. Pests and pathogens spreading. New tropical diseases developing. Dying lakes and rivers threatening water supplies.
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#climatechange is hitting Africa hard. Deserts advancing. Farms no longer yielding. Pests and pathogens spreading. New tropical diseases developing. Dying lakes and rivers threatening water supplies.
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BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
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BB energy don't sue South Sudan!
UK-based oil trader is SUING South Sudan for non-payment of debt 🫨
It’s shameful that a country experiencing a humanitarian disaster could be sued by oil traders making millions 💸
Write to the CEO to drop the case: debtjustice.org.uk/bbenergy
UK-based oil trader is SUING South Sudan for non-payment of debt 🫨
It’s shameful that a country experiencing a humanitarian disaster could be sued by oil traders making millions 💸
Write to the CEO to drop the case: debtjustice.org.uk/bbenergy
December 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
BB energy don't sue South Sudan!
UK-based oil trader is SUING South Sudan for non-payment of debt 🫨
It’s shameful that a country experiencing a humanitarian disaster could be sued by oil traders making millions 💸
Write to the CEO to drop the case: debtjustice.org.uk/bbenergy
UK-based oil trader is SUING South Sudan for non-payment of debt 🫨
It’s shameful that a country experiencing a humanitarian disaster could be sued by oil traders making millions 💸
Write to the CEO to drop the case: debtjustice.org.uk/bbenergy
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If only we already had a planet green with life. Wouldn't that be something!
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If only we already had a planet green with life. Wouldn't that be something!
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The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
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'We must not replicate Thatcher's cruelty by letting Palestine hunger strikers die'
As six unconvicted Palestine Action prisoners enter the deadly phase of the UK's longest hunger strike in decades, Aimee Walsh argues Labour must break its silence to save lives
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
As six unconvicted Palestine Action prisoners enter the deadly phase of the UK's longest hunger strike in decades, Aimee Walsh argues Labour must break its silence to save lives
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
We mustn't replicate Thatcher's cruelty by letting Palestine hunger strikers die
As six unconvicted Palestine Action prisoners enter the deadly phase of the UK's longest hunger strike in decades, columnist Aimee Walsh argues Labour must break its silence to save lives
www.mirror.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
'We must not replicate Thatcher's cruelty by letting Palestine hunger strikers die'
As six unconvicted Palestine Action prisoners enter the deadly phase of the UK's longest hunger strike in decades, Aimee Walsh argues Labour must break its silence to save lives
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
As six unconvicted Palestine Action prisoners enter the deadly phase of the UK's longest hunger strike in decades, Aimee Walsh argues Labour must break its silence to save lives
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Adnan Hussain, independent MP for Blackburn, said:
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Minister says government not mistreating Palestine Action activists on hunger strike
Commons leader denies allegation and says government ‘not trying to break bodies’ after doctor said prisoners were dying
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Adnan Hussain, independent MP for Blackburn, said:
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns
Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.
www.aljazeera.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
These are not people serving sentences. They are people awaiting trial. And yet the conditions they describe – prolonged pre-trial detention, restrictions on communication, isolation – are indistinguishable from punishment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
In Common: Palestine Action saga reveals the fiction of the law
Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Megan Davidson, policy communications officer at Common Weal.
www.thenational.scot
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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These are not people serving sentences. They are people awaiting trial. And yet the conditions they describe – prolonged pre-trial detention, restrictions on communication, isolation – are indistinguishable from punishment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
In Common: Palestine Action saga reveals the fiction of the law
Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Megan Davidson, policy communications officer at Common Weal.
www.thenational.scot
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
These are not people serving sentences. They are people awaiting trial. And yet the conditions they describe – prolonged pre-trial detention, restrictions on communication, isolation – are indistinguishable from punishment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
Free Mother Pigs: End Farrowing Crates in the EU action.eko.org/a/free-mothe...
action.eko.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Free Mother Pigs: End Farrowing Crates in the EU action.eko.org/a/free-mothe...
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social Please use your position in Parliament to push back against this repression.
Uni of Bristol study finds repression of climate & environmental protest is growing with new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilifying activists, violence & killings. Repression will likely expand & intensify as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies
December 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social Please use your position in Parliament to push back against this repression.
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Uni of Bristol study finds repression of climate & environmental protest is growing with new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilifying activists, violence & killings. Repression will likely expand & intensify as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Uni of Bristol study finds repression of climate & environmental protest is growing with new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilifying activists, violence & killings. Repression will likely expand & intensify as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies
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Torrential rains have caused heavy flooding in Spain’s Barcelona, submerging cars and disrupting metro services.
December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Torrential rains have caused heavy flooding in Spain’s Barcelona, submerging cars and disrupting metro services.
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⏰ 2 days left to object to oil drilling at Waddock Cross, Dorset.
Egdon Resources want to retain oil production for 10 more years, with plans for new boreholes near Puddletown.
Object now: P/VOC/2023/02762
planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Egdon Resources want to retain oil production for 10 more years, with plans for new boreholes near Puddletown.
Object now: P/VOC/2023/02762
planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
⏰ 2 days left to object to oil drilling at Waddock Cross, Dorset.
Egdon Resources want to retain oil production for 10 more years, with plans for new boreholes near Puddletown.
Object now: P/VOC/2023/02762
planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Egdon Resources want to retain oil production for 10 more years, with plans for new boreholes near Puddletown.
Object now: P/VOC/2023/02762
planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
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Grim news:
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers ‘break word’ on protecting nature after weakening biodiversity planning rule
Housing minister announces exemption to 10% net gain rule in England for smaller developments
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Grim news:
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"The government has broken its promise to protect #nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests
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#ReformUK has told major wind & solar developers that it would terminate their access to key clean energy subsidy scheme if they come to power.
@neweconomics.bsky.social finds Nigel Farage’s “economically illiterate” climate policies could wipe £92bn off UK economy 🙄
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
@neweconomics.bsky.social finds Nigel Farage’s “economically illiterate” climate policies could wipe £92bn off UK economy 🙄
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#ReformUK has told major wind & solar developers that it would terminate their access to key clean energy subsidy scheme if they come to power.
@neweconomics.bsky.social finds Nigel Farage’s “economically illiterate” climate policies could wipe £92bn off UK economy 🙄
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
@neweconomics.bsky.social finds Nigel Farage’s “economically illiterate” climate policies could wipe £92bn off UK economy 🙄
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
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Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices.
I chose the latter
It broke my heart
Thank you @robinince.bsky.social
Hoping @briancoxtalks.bsky.social shows the same courage
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I chose the latter
It broke my heart
Thank you @robinince.bsky.social
Hoping @briancoxtalks.bsky.social shows the same courage
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Robin Ince quits Infinite Monkey Cage over BBC censorship
Robin Ince chose conscience over silence. He quit the BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage claiming free speech is being muzzled to appease extremists
www.thecanary.co
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices.
I chose the latter
It broke my heart
Thank you @robinince.bsky.social
Hoping @briancoxtalks.bsky.social shows the same courage
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
I chose the latter
It broke my heart
Thank you @robinince.bsky.social
Hoping @briancoxtalks.bsky.social shows the same courage
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Londoncentric's investigation into untreated #sewage - including human waste, wet wipes & fungus - flowing from misconnected properties into London waterways. Misconnections occur when toilets, showers, sinks, washing machines etc are illegally plumbed into sewers meant for rainwater
#WaterPollution
#WaterPollution
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Londoncentric's investigation into untreated #sewage - including human waste, wet wipes & fungus - flowing from misconnected properties into London waterways. Misconnections occur when toilets, showers, sinks, washing machines etc are illegally plumbed into sewers meant for rainwater
#WaterPollution
#WaterPollution
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Ditch fossil fuels and save trillions‼️
#climateemergency
#ClimateCrisis
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChangeIsReal
#climateemergency
#ClimateCrisis
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChangeIsReal
Economist @angelaisfranc.bsky.social speaking at the National Emergency Briefing.
"faster transition saves $12 trillion compared to staying on fossil fuels".
It's time for Governments to start listening to the experts.
Link below to full talk.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing
"faster transition saves $12 trillion compared to staying on fossil fuels".
It's time for Governments to start listening to the experts.
Link below to full talk.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing
December 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Ditch fossil fuels and save trillions‼️
#climateemergency
#ClimateCrisis
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChangeIsReal
#climateemergency
#ClimateCrisis
#GlobalWarming
#ClimateChangeIsReal
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Despite their green pledges, #Volvo and #Daimler continue investing in diesel trucks that harm our health, climate, and economies.
#IdleGiants #ElectricTrucks
#IdleGiants #ElectricTrucks
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Despite their green pledges, #Volvo and #Daimler continue investing in diesel trucks that harm our health, climate, and economies.
#IdleGiants #ElectricTrucks
#IdleGiants #ElectricTrucks