Appreciate the anguish over the underfunding of our armed forces
But UK didn’t cut the funding because the cold war ended. It’s part of the wider austerity disease:
Funding cuts to services we rely on while cutting taxes in the name of growth - Short sighted #wato
Postponement would be more realistic - but the point stands:
What else are these royals for than to send out for a bit of great British handshaking goodwill #r4today
Appreciate it’s deeply disrespectful to refer to Trump as an ‘orangutan’
They are of course exceptionally intelligent & peaceful creatures
It’s just unfortunate they’re so strikingly orange #r4today
Davey wants to cancel the state visit because it puts the king ‘in an embarrassing position’
State visits are ALL royals are for! What else do they do?
Dress him up in one of his uniforms with all those medals he’s earned for ‘bravery’ & send him over there to smooth the orangutan’s hair #R4today
The upcoming by-election is your chance to put a Green candidate on Rushden Town Council, we hope Caroline Whiley will be the first of many. Vote Green on March 19th 💚.
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Just love listening to Americans tell us to sort ourselves out #wato
This from people who elected Donald Trump as president … TWICE!
A look at the numbers in America suggests that The Economist is too pessimistic about the money that could be raised by taxing wealth, Ray Madoff argues in a guest essay
The making of Fargo at 30: ‘Man, you don’t give me this role, I’m gonna shoot your dog’
When people claim NetZero is going too fast, it’s usually an excuse for doing less than we need to
An arrangement that only suits the oil & gas companies. #bbcaq
Missed that “Race to NetZero” trope last night on #bbcaq
Nobody is “cutting out other sources of energy”
Fossil fuels remain a part of the UK energy mix for decades to come. And we’re spending eye watering sums on new nuclear power too
Using data from more than 100 countries, one academic found that in poorer places the most productive firms do not expand employment, whereas in rich ones they do
… We’re living in exciting times #R4today
If we’re going to give the Americans & Israelis free reign to start wars & indiscriminately murder civilians all over the place, shouldn’t we at least strive to be more environmentally friendly about it? #r4today
… Well technically Starmer is standing there & holding Trump’s coat for him while he wages war
And there’s me thinking it was in UK’s interest not to get involved?? #Pathetic! #R4Today
Unlike the motor industry, fighter/bomber aircraft manufacturers apparently don’t have to publish the carbon footprint per kilometre data of their aircraft.
Inconvenient! #R4today
There are people who still believe N.Sea gas & oil is prioritised for the UK market, & sold at local prices??
Well it isn’t! It supplies the global market at the volatile global market rates.
Investing in renewables is the only way to bring down UK energy prices #bbcaq
… Suspect #R4today believes it can easily change the mood of the room if they just keep plugging away at these narratives
Such a silly question #r4today
Lammy should have put her in her place for that instead of squirming that he’s “trying to answer the question”
Labour need to learn to fight back harder against that sort of rubbish
Oh please shut up about the special relationship Lammy
Most Americans believe the special relationship just means Britain acting as a concierge service for their country: a Jeeves to Trump’s Bertie Wooster … or Aunt Agatha perhaps #r4today
Wasn’t the last time we followed the Americans into a Middle East war ALSO to blame for the depleted state of UK defence forces Mr Lammy? #R4today
Hmmmm … Government “doing everything it can” is just not the reassuring phrase cabinet ministers imagine it is #r4today
Is it not possible the aim of the war is oil? #R4today
Venezuela worked extremely well for Trump & his oil rich friends
I doubt Trump cares who or what runs Iran just as long as America (Trump’s backers that is) get a good deal out of it.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
… fluctuating oil & gas prices are now a set feature. The more we switch away from these volatile fuels, the more control we’ll have over price & cost of living
Why would anyone want to stick to fossil fuels where a viable alternative already exists?
It’s just plain stupid to be anti-NetZero #wato
The reliance of oil & gas in a convenient shorthand but misleading
Some reliance will remain for decades because as yet there’s no alternative: long distance freight for e.g
But that doesn’t mean we can’t cut back where we do have renewable alternatives: domestic heating & transport #wato
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.
Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.
“Travellers”…? I thought these people trying to get out of Dubai were mostly *immigrants*.
Our Deputy Leader and local councillor @mothinali.bsky.social has been subject to death threats in part due to false claims made by Keir Starmer and other senior MPs and media figures.
This must stop. We stand in full solidarity with Mothin.
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