Cheltenham Festival week is framed as a £274 million economic miracle, but for the town’s residents, the reality is a story of systematic extraction. The latest Green Angle open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
The name's Monbiot, George Monbiot. Licence to thrill.
🗳️ POLL | Greens second
-- Seats --
➡️ Ref: 285 (+280)
🟢 Grn: 132 (+128)
🟠 Lib: 78 (+6)
🔵 Con: 57 (-64)
🟡 SNP: 46 (+37)
🔴 Lab: 28 (-384)
Poll: YouGov (chgs with 2024) / using Electoral Calculus predictor
Alice in Cheltenham Council Wonderland. The woman who pitched four options and lost the will to live. A local democracy sketch writer reports on Cheltenham Borough Council overview and scrutiny committee. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
Hope won 💚
Photograph of Chloe Turner, leader of the Green group on Stroud District Council
On Iran: Cllr Chloe Turner, leader of Greens on SD Council: “It should be an absolute priority that we as a country uphold international law, yet we now face being dragged into another illegal war in the Middle East, even though the majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved."
Greens to nationalise Britain's most profitable industry. We're not here to take drugs; we're here to replace drugs. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
Congratulations Hannah Spencer and the Greens ! And thank you for showing progressive policies are popular.
Labour's right wing was rightly thrashed in Denton & Gorton - and must be punished for bringing Labour into disrepute with racist policies on migration & with austerity- style economics.
What a rare breath of deliciously fresh air. Congratulations Hannah, Zack, everyone involved in defeating Reform's naked xenophobic authoritarianism with authentic humanist hope, not with Starmer's authoritarianism-lite. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A great opportunity to do democracy differently The Green Angle on A Citizens' Assembly open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
It’s an absurd anomaly that the most polluting form of transport pays not just the least - but zero tax, no VAT and no fuel duty, making it artificially cheaper than all other ways to travel.
The Green Angle on Cheltenham's New Social housing flawed approach. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
Cheltenham golden valley GCHQ s114 bankrupt
Is Spy Hub Dream Bankrupting GCHQ Local Council ? #cheltenham thegreenangle.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...
Section 114 looms over Lib Dems at Cheltenham Borough Council. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
Hmmm interesting, I've gone the other way. Used to be must listen but Alistair has been holding back what he knows about Labour. Rory has been defensive and chippy about the royal family. Remember his sulky breakdown on newsnight. Both are neolibs on economics.
⏰Don't miss Guy Martin's 'House Without Bills' TONIGHT!
Monday 9 February 9pm on Channel 4
https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1534
#Passivhaus #Retrofit #EnergyBills #Climate #AndyBurnham #GuyMartin
International Passive House Association (iPHA) AECB
(2) here is based purely on anecdote. But - judging by social media posts - there seems to be a sizeable overlap between BTL enthusiasts and crypto boosters.
Two black steel and oak spice shelves attached to a kitchen wall. The bottom shelf is wider than the top one, between them they are filled with herbs, spices, oils and vinegar. Beneath the shelves, on the kitchen counter, are a coffee mug, coffee beans, and a moka espresso pot.
Three stacks of narrow spice shelves on a kitchen counter. They are all constructed with a steel frame incorporating a guard rail and a solid oak shelf. One stack has a grey/silver steel frame, another is white, and the third is black.
shameless self promotion, but just had another amazing review for these shelves and it makes my shriveled cynical heart sing with joy
stock a little low again, if the weather is conducive to welding tomorrow will have more by end of week
customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
Get Palantir out of the UK.
Protect our NHS.
Protect our country.
www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
The CBI did some fantastic analysis on this topic - their conclusion was that if we do not arrest the decline of nature in our country, within ten years we’ll suffer an economic decline on a par with Brexit. Our economies (of the world) and nature are joined at the hip.
If you can get to Manchester, great!
If you can't, you can still help to make sure Hannah Spencer beats the Reform candidate and becomes the next wonderful MP for Gorton & Denton
Here's the page to make your contribution:
gorton-denton.greenparty.org.uk?link_id=1&ca...
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Greens Mean Business In Gloucestershire. Prioritising local people over corporate profits. The Lib Dems don't. Reform won't. Well, someone's got to. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Start from where you are. Use what you've got. Do what you can. This is a journey not a destination.
In Cheltenham a financial storm is brewing at the Liberal Democrat-controlled Borough Council – and almost nobody in opposition seems willing to call it out garyclarke496118.substack.com/p/cheltenham...
Alternatively, lets pay people fairly, protect them from predatory housing costs and have them pay their £3 bus fare themselves. People want real change not gimmicks.
