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Labour want US AI firm Palantir to spark UK growth. Run by Oswald Moseley's grandson and co-founded by billionaire & JD Vance mentor Peter Thiel, it provides big data & surveillance to military, intelligence, & police agencies.
System Change not Climate Change
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
System Change not Climate Change
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Palantir Boss Louis Mosley: Keir Starmer 'Gets' AI, 'You Could See In His Eyes'
In a bid to boost growth, Labour has thrown open government’s doors to controversial US tech firm Palantir. In his first ever sit-down interview, P...
www.politicshome.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Labour want US AI firm Palantir to spark UK growth. Run by Oswald Moseley's grandson and co-founded by billionaire & JD Vance mentor Peter Thiel, it provides big data & surveillance to military, intelligence, & police agencies.
System Change not Climate Change
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
System Change not Climate Change
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Guess which country installed more solar power in 2024 than Canada has in its history? More than the UK did in the last 5 years?
All while dealing with floods, landslides, 50°C heat, droughts and militant attacks.
Meanwhile, their former Prime Minister is in prison thanks to fossil fuels! 🧵
All while dealing with floods, landslides, 50°C heat, droughts and militant attacks.
Meanwhile, their former Prime Minister is in prison thanks to fossil fuels! 🧵
April 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Guess which country installed more solar power in 2024 than Canada has in its history? More than the UK did in the last 5 years?
All while dealing with floods, landslides, 50°C heat, droughts and militant attacks.
Meanwhile, their former Prime Minister is in prison thanks to fossil fuels! 🧵
All while dealing with floods, landslides, 50°C heat, droughts and militant attacks.
Meanwhile, their former Prime Minister is in prison thanks to fossil fuels! 🧵
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CUT THE TIES ACTION
✂️ 🛢 ✂️
CTT action in London today against BP.
✂️ 🛢 ✂️
CTT action in London today against BP.
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
CUT THE TIES ACTION
✂️ 🛢 ✂️
CTT action in London today against BP.
✂️ 🛢 ✂️
CTT action in London today against BP.
#Eastbourne XR activists at the front of the Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels action outside BP in London yesterday.
Governments must stop subsidising these FF polluters.
Governments must stop subsidising these FF polluters.
April 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#Eastbourne XR activists at the front of the Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels action outside BP in London yesterday.
Governments must stop subsidising these FF polluters.
Governments must stop subsidising these FF polluters.
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Once again - utilising geoengineering while continuing to pump out carbon is akin to giving a poisoned patient an antidote while administering more poison
Madness
And who honestly thinks the FF corporations will NOT use this as an excuse to expand operations?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Madness
And who honestly thinks the FF corporations will NOT use this as an excuse to expand operations?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We passed the 1.5C climate threshhold. We must now explore extreme options | Sir David King
We do not have the luxury of rejecting solutions before we have thoroughly investigated their risks, trade-offs and feasibility
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Once again - utilising geoengineering while continuing to pump out carbon is akin to giving a poisoned patient an antidote while administering more poison
Madness
And who honestly thinks the FF corporations will NOT use this as an excuse to expand operations?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Madness
And who honestly thinks the FF corporations will NOT use this as an excuse to expand operations?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘It might seem like nobody’s listening when we talk of greenhouse gasses, 2050 and 1.5C, but maybe that’s not how best to break the silence. With a relevant story, a human angle and a little creativity, I think we can find ways to spark those crucial conversations.’
- Charlie Gardner
- Charlie Gardner
April 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
‘It might seem like nobody’s listening when we talk of greenhouse gasses, 2050 and 1.5C, but maybe that’s not how best to break the silence. With a relevant story, a human angle and a little creativity, I think we can find ways to spark those crucial conversations.’
- Charlie Gardner
- Charlie Gardner
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An anonymous group of food industry execs published a memo warning about “a threat to food security like none other we have seen” in the UK, citing degrading soil health, water scarcity, heating, and extreme weather.
Mitigation strategies don’t meet level of risk www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
Mitigation strategies don’t meet level of risk www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
Whistleblowers warn UK food industry heading for climate disaster
Inside Track x Food claims the UK food industry has 'reached a moment of threat to food security like none other we have seen'
www.thegrocer.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
An anonymous group of food industry execs published a memo warning about “a threat to food security like none other we have seen” in the UK, citing degrading soil health, water scarcity, heating, and extreme weather.
Mitigation strategies don’t meet level of risk www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
Mitigation strategies don’t meet level of risk www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
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Most (lucky sods) don’t understand where we are on climate. If we allow 2° & it’s a choice, billions will die, >25% of marine life gone with coral, sea level +7½ m, floods, drought, fire storms & crop failures. How many billions must die to retain billionaires wealth & privilege?
April 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Most (lucky sods) don’t understand where we are on climate. If we allow 2° & it’s a choice, billions will die, >25% of marine life gone with coral, sea level +7½ m, floods, drought, fire storms & crop failures. How many billions must die to retain billionaires wealth & privilege?
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BREAKING: Public ownership of water companies would reduce bills by £3–5bn a year.
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
April 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
BREAKING: Public ownership of water companies would reduce bills by £3–5bn a year.
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
A report by the University of Greenwich and @weownit.org.uk shows households would be £113 a year better off with nationalised water companies.
The Green Party wants to see water back into public hands
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@extinctionrebellion.uk Dirty Water's latest campaign Water Pressure will fight to bring water management back to the public. We are campaigning for a citizens' assembly. We are campaigning for the right to clean water.
#waterpressure #extinctionrebellion #citizensasseblyonwater
#waterpressure #extinctionrebellion #citizensasseblyonwater
April 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@extinctionrebellion.uk Dirty Water's latest campaign Water Pressure will fight to bring water management back to the public. We are campaigning for a citizens' assembly. We are campaigning for the right to clean water.
#waterpressure #extinctionrebellion #citizensasseblyonwater
#waterpressure #extinctionrebellion #citizensasseblyonwater
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@labourlewis.bsky.social responds to his recent water bill being refused by Government with “I’ve got a Government that has a computer for a political brain” 📢
“My Party Today Would Not Create the NHS”: Labour MP Condemns Government Refusal to Look at 'Who Owns Our Water'
“I've got a Government that has a computer for a political brain” says Clive Lewis after fellow Labour MPs line up to reject his Water Bill
bylinetimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@labourlewis.bsky.social responds to his recent water bill being refused by Government with “I’ve got a Government that has a computer for a political brain” 📢
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PAY MORE, GET LESS 💀
Bills UP. Taxes UP. Water bills UP. EVERYTHING UP except clean water standards
💩While we’re squeezed dry, water companies dump sewage in our rivers & rake in profits
🚨 BOYCOTT DIRTY WATER- legally withhold sewerage fees until they stop polluting!
How? #DontPayForDirtyWater⤵️
Bills UP. Taxes UP. Water bills UP. EVERYTHING UP except clean water standards
💩While we’re squeezed dry, water companies dump sewage in our rivers & rake in profits
🚨 BOYCOTT DIRTY WATER- legally withhold sewerage fees until they stop polluting!
How? #DontPayForDirtyWater⤵️
Don't Pay for Dirty Water - Extinction Rebellion UK
Join the boycott: Don’t Pay for Dirty Water is an autonomous campaign, withholding payment until water companies clean up our coasts and waterways.
extinctionrebellion.uk
April 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
PAY MORE, GET LESS 💀
Bills UP. Taxes UP. Water bills UP. EVERYTHING UP except clean water standards
💩While we’re squeezed dry, water companies dump sewage in our rivers & rake in profits
🚨 BOYCOTT DIRTY WATER- legally withhold sewerage fees until they stop polluting!
How? #DontPayForDirtyWater⤵️
Bills UP. Taxes UP. Water bills UP. EVERYTHING UP except clean water standards
💩While we’re squeezed dry, water companies dump sewage in our rivers & rake in profits
🚨 BOYCOTT DIRTY WATER- legally withhold sewerage fees until they stop polluting!
How? #DontPayForDirtyWater⤵️
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Drax protester get preposterous sentence for blocking a train for ONE MINUTE
"Today I have been given a two year conditional discharge. Drax is able to continue operating & get government subsidies. This doesn’t make sense to me".
Does it make sense to you???
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
"Today I have been given a two year conditional discharge. Drax is able to continue operating & get government subsidies. This doesn’t make sense to me".
Does it make sense to you???
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Drax protester get preposterous sentence for blocking a train for ONE MINUTE
Drax protester get preposterous sentence for blocking a train for ONE MINUTE from Canary on 25 March 2025
www.thecanary.co
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Drax protester get preposterous sentence for blocking a train for ONE MINUTE
"Today I have been given a two year conditional discharge. Drax is able to continue operating & get government subsidies. This doesn’t make sense to me".
Does it make sense to you???
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
"Today I have been given a two year conditional discharge. Drax is able to continue operating & get government subsidies. This doesn’t make sense to me".
Does it make sense to you???
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
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Debate on @labourlewis.bsky.social water bill this Friday in the Commons - one to watch
💧The water industry's morally & financially bankrupt - Friday is a chance to make it democratically accountable!
📣 MP @elliechowns.bsky.social explains why you should ask your MP to support @labourlewis.bsky.social 's debate
@greenparty.org.uk @unison.org.uk
👉email your MP using link in comments
📣 MP @elliechowns.bsky.social explains why you should ask your MP to support @labourlewis.bsky.social 's debate
@greenparty.org.uk @unison.org.uk
👉email your MP using link in comments
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Debate on @labourlewis.bsky.social water bill this Friday in the Commons - one to watch
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.@RachelReevesMP doesn’t understand there is a climate crisis threatening our lives going forward. No mention in the Spring Statement
The OBR assessment assumes planning legislation will go ahead. Let’s make sure it produces insulated homes with solar panels to increase community resilience.
The OBR assessment assumes planning legislation will go ahead. Let’s make sure it produces insulated homes with solar panels to increase community resilience.
March 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
.@RachelReevesMP doesn’t understand there is a climate crisis threatening our lives going forward. No mention in the Spring Statement
The OBR assessment assumes planning legislation will go ahead. Let’s make sure it produces insulated homes with solar panels to increase community resilience.
The OBR assessment assumes planning legislation will go ahead. Let’s make sure it produces insulated homes with solar panels to increase community resilience.
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Get your MPs attention, and ask them to attend the water debate! The more attention @labourlewis.bsky.social bill gets, the more likely we are to see a change in the management of our water.
@compassoffice.bsky.social
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@compassoffice.bsky.social
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Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate
After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system.
We can't leave the future of this critical natio...
actionnetwork.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Get your MPs attention, and ask them to attend the water debate! The more attention @labourlewis.bsky.social bill gets, the more likely we are to see a change in the management of our water.
@compassoffice.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
@compassoffice.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
If a Dr tells a smoker with lung cancer "Carry on smoking, there may be a cure in the future", is the Dr 'ambitious' or 'irresponsible'?
#JetZero allows ‘guilt free flying’ and aviation expansion because, "there will be solutions to its emissions problem in the future.
www.galba.uk/galba-at-the...
#JetZero allows ‘guilt free flying’ and aviation expansion because, "there will be solutions to its emissions problem in the future.
www.galba.uk/galba-at-the...
GALBA at the High Court - come and join us! - Galba
www.galba.uk
March 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If a Dr tells a smoker with lung cancer "Carry on smoking, there may be a cure in the future", is the Dr 'ambitious' or 'irresponsible'?
#JetZero allows ‘guilt free flying’ and aviation expansion because, "there will be solutions to its emissions problem in the future.
www.galba.uk/galba-at-the...
#JetZero allows ‘guilt free flying’ and aviation expansion because, "there will be solutions to its emissions problem in the future.
www.galba.uk/galba-at-the...
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Becca Horn from of the Clean Water Action group Hastings explains the dire water situation there & why we should all should follow her lead & email our MP to urge them to be at the water debate on 28th March.
The government need to know how sick we all are of the status quo.
#OurWaterOurWay
The government need to know how sick we all are of the status quo.
#OurWaterOurWay
March 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Becca Horn from of the Clean Water Action group Hastings explains the dire water situation there & why we should all should follow her lead & email our MP to urge them to be at the water debate on 28th March.
The government need to know how sick we all are of the status quo.
#OurWaterOurWay
The government need to know how sick we all are of the status quo.
#OurWaterOurWay
PAINT THE STREETS
Billionaires control the news
They use their wealth and power to manipulate us, and our freedom becomes reduced to the power of free enterprise
We're at the point of no return, the world is in flames
Their lies will kill us all
What will you do as the world burns down?
#TellTheTruth #RebelForTruth
They use their wealth and power to manipulate us, and our freedom becomes reduced to the power of free enterprise
We're at the point of no return, the world is in flames
Their lies will kill us all
What will you do as the world burns down?
#TellTheTruth #RebelForTruth
March 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
PAINT THE STREETS
Meanwhile... in #Eastbourne
we are the only seaside tourist town in #EastSussex without a seafront cycle route, and where #cycling is banned in the town centre.
There is little/no green politics, but there is an International Airshow and the most short car journeys in SE.
@bespokeeb.bsky.social
we are the only seaside tourist town in #EastSussex without a seafront cycle route, and where #cycling is banned in the town centre.
There is little/no green politics, but there is an International Airshow and the most short car journeys in SE.
@bespokeeb.bsky.social
My first ride along one of the new sections of North Tyneside’s “seafront sustainable route” - decent width and separation here and good to see side road priority. Nice to have lots of extra zebras too. Enough people on foot, even on a grey day, to be grateful to no longer have share the path.
March 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Meanwhile... in #Eastbourne
we are the only seaside tourist town in #EastSussex without a seafront cycle route, and where #cycling is banned in the town centre.
There is little/no green politics, but there is an International Airshow and the most short car journeys in SE.
@bespokeeb.bsky.social
we are the only seaside tourist town in #EastSussex without a seafront cycle route, and where #cycling is banned in the town centre.
There is little/no green politics, but there is an International Airshow and the most short car journeys in SE.
@bespokeeb.bsky.social
Yes, #water companies profit from poisoning our food chain.
Some pollutants come from runoff into the sewers, but we are now discovering that a great volume of contaminants, including pfas and microplastics, are introduced deliberately... for a fee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some pollutants come from runoff into the sewers, but we are now discovering that a great volume of contaminants, including pfas and microplastics, are introduced deliberately... for a fee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
March 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Yes, #water companies profit from poisoning our food chain.
Some pollutants come from runoff into the sewers, but we are now discovering that a great volume of contaminants, including pfas and microplastics, are introduced deliberately... for a fee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some pollutants come from runoff into the sewers, but we are now discovering that a great volume of contaminants, including pfas and microplastics, are introduced deliberately... for a fee.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stupid, irresponsible, desperate, crass... and that's just the journalism.
The #BBC choosing to promote reckless air travel in a climate emergency 🤦🏻♀️ Not one mention of the environmental consequences of #ExtremeDayTrips
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The #BBC choosing to promote reckless air travel in a climate emergency 🤦🏻♀️ Not one mention of the environmental consequences of #ExtremeDayTrips
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Extreme day trips: 'I go abroad on holiday then fly home in time for bed'
Extreme day trips are popular on social media but have drawn criticism over environmental concerns.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Stupid, irresponsible, desperate, crass... and that's just the journalism.
The #BBC choosing to promote reckless air travel in a climate emergency 🤦🏻♀️ Not one mention of the environmental consequences of #ExtremeDayTrips
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The #BBC choosing to promote reckless air travel in a climate emergency 🤦🏻♀️ Not one mention of the environmental consequences of #ExtremeDayTrips
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We've published fantastic new research today showing that natural flood management works, and delivers ten times the benefits compared to costs over 30 years. From beavers to re-wiggled rivers to wild driveways, #letnaturehelp
#NFM #Climate #Nature #adapt 🧪
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-res...
#NFM #Climate #Nature #adapt 🧪
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-res...
New research finds that Wildlife Trust natural flood management schemes deliver £10 of benefits for every £1 invested | The Wildlife Trusts
Government and businesses urged to invest in beaver dams, bogs and ponds
www.wildlifetrusts.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We've published fantastic new research today showing that natural flood management works, and delivers ten times the benefits compared to costs over 30 years. From beavers to re-wiggled rivers to wild driveways, #letnaturehelp
#NFM #Climate #Nature #adapt 🧪
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-res...
#NFM #Climate #Nature #adapt 🧪
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-res...
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Pat Hart; a good doctor, moral human, great friend, and selfless activist is in jail and suspended from the medical register while those destroying our health and planet continue to act with impunity - time to waken up and create change.
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
Jailed climate activist doctor given interim 12-month GMC suspension
Decision means potential further sanctions could be applied in full after release
thedoctor.bma.org.uk
March 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pat Hart; a good doctor, moral human, great friend, and selfless activist is in jail and suspended from the medical register while those destroying our health and planet continue to act with impunity - time to waken up and create change.
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
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TAX THE SUPER-RICH!
(climate_resistance, 1 d)
Join our campaign to tax the climate-wrecking super-rich out of existence.
📣Join us at the 'Tax the Super-Rich' rally.
⏰ 5-7pm on Tues 25 April
📍 Outside the Treasury
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(climate_resistance, 1 d)
Join our campaign to tax the climate-wrecking super-rich out of existence.
📣Join us at the 'Tax the Super-Rich' rally.
⏰ 5-7pm on Tues 25 April
📍 Outside the Treasury
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March 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
TAX THE SUPER-RICH!
(climate_resistance, 1 d)
Join our campaign to tax the climate-wrecking super-rich out of existence.
📣Join us at the 'Tax the Super-Rich' rally.
⏰ 5-7pm on Tues 25 April
📍 Outside the Treasury
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(climate_resistance, 1 d)
Join our campaign to tax the climate-wrecking super-rich out of existence.
📣Join us at the 'Tax the Super-Rich' rally.
⏰ 5-7pm on Tues 25 April
📍 Outside the Treasury
www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...