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When the editor of the Guardian finds out her econ correspondent is from the same Warrington suburb as the new Prime Minister… A pleasure, yet daunting to write. Hope I’ve done Culcheth justice: I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM

In the Warrington suburb of Culcheth, people are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve as the first northern PM in half a century

theguardian.com

This is the future Big Oil built for us. Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would drive increasingly severe and frequent heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires, but lied to protect their own profits at the expense of public health and safety. The public deserves accountability.

Dangerous, record-smashing heat wave to scorch millions

A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will intensify across most of the central to eastern U.S. this week, the National Weather Service said.

usatoday.com

Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat

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The Prime Minister may be changing, but here's what's not changing: offshore billionaire ownership of almost all of Britain's press, obsessed with protecting wealth and persuading those who are struggling that the blame for their plight belongs to those who are even worse off;

No prime minister has managed to hang on for long since Brexit. That’s been a significant factor in making the job impossible because it’s held back the economy, caused never ending turmoil and isolated our country. If Burnham’s not to be ditched, too, he’ll need to ditch Brexit.

Ireland’s Aughinish Alumina refinery knowingly continues to export alumina to Russia. This aluminum is used in missiles, drones, and military aircraft. 🧵 1/7 ⬇️

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The point of Capitalism is that it is always on the point of collapse and there is never any money for Public Services or Wages. But strangely there is always money for trillionaires and war.

The Gestapo marched hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their deaths. I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools. No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.

A quote from a Kemi Badenoch interview in the Spectator, comparing Bridget Phillipson to a Gestapo officer.