Spoiler: the full story is a LONG way from what's described in the headline
11.03.2026 20:09
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Spoiler: the full story is a LONG way from what's described in the headline
Hope isn’t something we wait for: it's something we create. This week's Talking Climate news illustrates why it matters so much, and how innovation and courage can help!
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ANALYSIS: Badenoch and Farage might not want to admit it, but Conservative and Reform plans to scrap net zero whilst boosting the North Sea would actually make the UK even more reliant on gas imports 🤔
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“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today”
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Dear Nigel Farage,
The women of Birmingham have told you to go fuck yourselves.
#InternationalWomensDay.
STAY OUT OF MY CITY!
In Birmingham, we’re looking for a really fantastic writer - someone who can document the city with originality and wit, as well as doing in depth reporting.
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social has two great reporters and has taken off with readers.
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This is what ecocide looks like.
Seems appropriate that my collection of the history of eugenics is held up by these low ranking disposable foot soldiers of fascism.
Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)
Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Let’s make hope normal again in Birmingham this May! @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social and our 5 MPs are leading the way nationally, but we need to make sure the second city goes Green! @brumgreens.bsky.social
Thank you!
Our response to today's #SpringStatement #TaxTheSuperRich
Amid rising alarm over suspected pollfraud, Reform leader says allowing non-British citizens into ballot booth threatens democracy FOREIGN-BORN VOTERS STOLE BY-ELECTION BLASTS FARAGE that Reform UK was robbed of victory diary assertion in today's Mail on Sunday by foreign-born voters in last week's that 'Reform UK won the Gorton and Denton By Glen Owen Manchester by-election. by-election among British-born voters'. Amid mounting allegations that voter, fraud And he vowed that if he becomes Prime Pages 16-17 POLITICAL EDITOR and sectarianism contributed the Grecn
Truly, truly, truly disgusting.
Keep this Trumpist race baiting out of British politics.
An old deranged man in Washington and another old deranged man in Tehran
Feeding off mutual hatred while innocent people die
Reform asked voters of Gorton and Denton to 'channel their patriotic Blitz spirit'
And they did just that - by defeating fascists.
The UK's first geothermal power plant is set to go live, providing renewable electricity using hot water from underground. The project will generate electricity for 10,000 homes & provide the UK's first domestic supply of lithium - a critical mineral used in green tech. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🏥 Prof. @hughmontgomery.bsky.social—Intensive Care Medicine, @ucl.ac.uk: “The climate emergency is a health emergency and it's about time we started treating it as one.”
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More than 50,000 people have now written to their hospitals asking them not to use the terrifying Palantir's software.
Why not add your name to theirs? goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
Hannah Spencer: councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and the only candidate who can beat Reform in Gorton & Denton today 💚
All the tactical voting organisations have said Vote @greenparty.org.uk to keep Reform out in this by-election. So what do Labour do? Make up their own fictitious tactical voting organisation.
Dirty tricks from a desperate party. Vote Green to stop Reform
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Dear Lucy On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist. This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public? In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win. You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want. As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.” Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,
Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform?
I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...
Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.
There seems to be widespread denial about just how extreme Reform is
From setting up a British ICE to ‘undoing the sexual revolution’ this is an extreme policy platform - and one clearly inspired and influenced by Trump’s US and its outriders
Palantir has no place in the NHS!
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Democracy meter poll showing results for Brixham
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