Navi Pillay last year: "The commission finds it is genocide" Pillay has just won the Nobel peace prize.
Leo Murray
@crisortunity.bsky.social
Trouble making. Problem solving. Doing my best to help. Mostly focused on making solar rail happen, at present
FACTCHECK: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder The Tory "Right Way" booklet makes an erroneous claim about the cost of cutting emissions, possibly taken from a Jan26 thinktank report, and deffo the most idiotic error I've seen for a while 🧵
Former Labour Deputy Leader Lord Thomas Watson, now Senior VP at Palantir UK, wrote to me defending their public contracts. Instead of trading letters, I’ve challenged him to an open, public debate. He can defend Palantir’s ethos; I’ll argue for public accountability. Will you accept, Tom?
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Just imagine if the UK had some sort of national broadcaster that had a duty to act in the public interest.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoBritons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing
For my ENG speaking followers Unprecedented High School blockades began in the outskirts of Paris in Créteil on the 21st of Sept. National mobilisations followed on the 29th of September, the 1st and the 6th of October. The movement is ongoing and has spread both in scope and scale. #tippingpoint
Quoted in the Guardian today on the technical hopium that, in my experience, has become widespread among many, usually senior, climate experts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed
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Oof I really loved Katherine Rundell’s new book Napoleon’s Orangutan
Napoleon's Orangutan: A collection of miraculous creatures
A pocket-sized wonder from Katherine Rundell, the author of The Golden Mole and Impossible Creatures and gorgeously illustrated by Chris Wormell.
faber.co.uk
Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing | Climate crisis | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing
Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health
theguardian.com
New data shows July was the worst on record for wildfires in England The PM's upcoming Wildfire Summit must make “radical changes to how we fire-proof our landscapes– by restoring peat bogs, ponds and wetlands – & cut out the fossil fuels making wildfires worse” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
July 2026 was worst on record for wildfires in England, data shows
Devastating blaze near Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk among a record 624 wildfires in July this year
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Tories on next door sharing petitions against council tax rises, is it? Hmmm how could the local authority finances have got into such a parlous state, it sure is a mystery, nothing to do with your voting choices over the last 16 years I’m sure
Stratford is one of Europe’s great regeneration success stories. It’s ready for its next chapter - European rail links. I’m proud to say I’m working with the government to deliver new cross-Channel trains from East London. The benefits would be felt far beyond our city.
Sadiq Khan: Run international trains from Stratford instead of expanding Heathrow
With more Brits supporting increasing international rail over expanding airports, connecting Stratford to Europe is a no-brainer, writes Sadiq Khan.
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I find there is a weird lack of understanding among media producers of how the public think this foundational point was settled decades ago - but a determination to amplify the niche view
Reform want to rollback workers' rights and cut taxes for billionaires. Spain did the opposite - and has one of the fastest growing economies in Europe.
A record-breaking UK summer may be shifting climate attitudes. 62% now say extreme heat is the most pressing climate impact, up from 36% in October 2024. Concern about wildfires has soared from 13% to 47%. But still little change in behaviour… theconversation.com/did-the-hot-...
Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change? Here’s what the latest indications show
Around 65% of the British public are now concerned about climate change.
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I want to talk about this story and removing levies from bills. As always I'm going to explain it all in layman's terms so people who are not energy nerds can understand what these debates about how to lower their energy bills actually mean www.theguardian.com/money/2026/o...
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
theguardian.com
So many of the world's worst industries keep threatening us with a good time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equinor may stop investing in UK if oil and gas fields do not get go-ahead
The boss of the Norwegian state company says further investment in the UK could be at risk if Rosebank and Jackdaw are not approved.
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Catch up with co-director Charlotte at the recent Labour Party Conference. Talking to local leaders about high streets, planning and creating better, ad-free towns and cities.
Is there a 'war on the countryside'? Yes - but it's the one being waged by the landowners who unleash 50 million pheasants each year... Step forward 'Lord' Christian Brighty to explain, in this devastating (and hilarious) video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFi8...
The Real Threat to Britain’s Countryside
YouTube video by Christian Brighty
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While waiting for Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith to speak at #ConservativeConference, we're being treated to Jeremy Clarkson complaining about how bad the weather, fuel & energy costs have been for farming, but without anyone mentioning the culprits: climate change and fossil fuels
“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party.
“There is no wealth but life”, "Environmentalism is the quintessential conservative cause” Etc etc
Mark Avery@markavery.bsky.social · 6d agoPoor future offered by Tories www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
theguardian.com
The timeline juxtaposition is very on the nose this morning
I visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas...
It’s bad enough we stand on the precipice of climate collapse, it’s far worse that the advertising industry is helping to push us over the edge. The new A-Z of Badvertising from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency (via @crisortunity.bsky.social & myself) spells out how they are doing it 👇👇👇
Badvertising@badvertising.bsky.social · last wk.The Ministry for the Climate Emergency presents the A-Z of Badvertising, a new public information campaign that reveals the dirty tricks used by the ad industry to promote highly polluting products and lifestyles.🤥🛢️ 👉Learn more at www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...