A reality check. Climate breakdown is the greatest long term security threat we face @steveracemp.bsky.social

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 8h ago

This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.

Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat

🔥Steve Race is enjoying playing with war toys to celebrate his new appointment to the Ministry of Defence rather than focusing on the risks posed by this summer's heatwave, drought and wildfires.

Wildfires are tearing across the continent and here in the UK as well. This is what climate breakdown looks like. It's time our governments stopped fuelling the crisis and started tackling it.

Andy Burnham seems to have lost his voice on Gaza. Time to speak up. End arms sales to Israel.

"Irans military claims a US B1 bomber flew from RAF Fairford to join US attacks. Iran said the base is now a legitimate target" Burnham could have stopped the US from using British military bases to wage its illegal war on Iran. But he hasn't.

By ruling out rent controls today, Andy Burnham has ruled out so much more. He's ruled out a Labour Government who will work in the interests of ordinary people rather than just the wealthy. Ruling in that real hope was never going to come from Labour. Join.greenparty.org.uk

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A few weeks ago, Wes Streeting said there were "serious and substantial allegations of war crimes" in Gaza. Now he is Defence Secretary. He must impose a full arms embargo on Israel and end Britain's complicity in the genocide.

So, from the outset, Burnham showing not only that climate isn't going to be a priority but that he's intent on being, in Ed Milliband's own words, a climate vandal.

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.

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🫣Residents left in limbo once more. ⬆️⬇️Reform, Tory and Independent councillors blocked any potentially workable solutions and let their obsession with opening Dryden Road to two-way traffic risk the safety of people walking, cycling and wheeling in the area.

Even those in the Labour Party when claim to care about the climate crisis are set to bring about our destruction for profit. They must be replaced with people who care about our planet. Join.greenparty.org.uk

❓We're asking Exeter’s Labour administration: where's our money? 🤔 They are sitting on over £1.5m of delayed or unspent developer contributions. 🤷 What is the plan for that money and when will residents see the benefit? ▶ Full story next

This is infuriating crap. He says: “There's increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed.” He knows Israel has committed war crimes on an industrial scale. He’s refusing to say so because it would impose legal obligations on him to actually act.

Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’

Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel

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" @elliechowns.bsky.social MP... has been one of the most consistent parliamentary campaigners against the genocide... Local Green meetings come alive when support for Palestine is discussed, and there is no dissent." So true.

'Why Andy Burnham Must Break With Israel'

The likely incoming Prime Minister must break with Keir Starmer's "morally bankrupt" legacy on Gaza in order to restore his party's reputation with the public, argues genocide scholar Martin Shaw

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Investment in our security must reflect the world we live in. Starmer's plan won't be worth the paper it's written on if it doesn't address long term threats we face: not just aggressive foreign powers but cyber attacks, food & water insecurity, pandemics and climate breakdown.

“Brexit is the biggest self-harm that any government has inflicted on itself in recent history”.

‘A total, utter nightmare’: small businesses on Brexit, 10 years on

Cheesemakers, farmers, exporters and wine merchants say red tape, lack of vision and rising costs mean they have stopped trading, sold up or retired early

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Exeter Green Party stands in solidarity with the Exeter University and College Union in condemning the University of Exeter’s announcement of sweeping job cuts. These plans will recklessly imperil the University’s vital contributions to the social, cultural, and economic life of the city. 1/4

Reminder to any aspiring Prime Ministers: approving new oil and gas licences is a climate crime. It won't deliver energy security and it won't take a penny off our bills. The only way to deliver cheaper, secure, homegrown energy is to invest rapidly in renewable power.

💚 We're delighted to donate some laptops from Exeter Green Party members to our friends at Refugee Support Devon to mark the start of Refugee Week. 🙏 More are urgently needed. If you have a spare/unused laptop please contact @refugeesupportdev.bsky.social 💕 Refugees Welcome here

At a time when some seek to divide our communities, let's instead celebrate the simple of acts of courage that bring us together. Remember, we have more in common with someone seeking safety than with the billionaires pointing the finger. Refugees welcome.

🤷 Labour ministers resign over defence spending but not over government cuts to the international aid budget and climate financing. 🤐 Or on government attempts to hide a key report on the security threats posed by climate breakdown.

🗣 "A set of bold policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment [towards] education and health." ✅️ All, as it happens, Green Party policy... 💚 Join us to help bring it about 💚

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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Impractical, intrusive and inhumane - @rachelmillward.bsky.social responds to the ECHR guidance on behalf of Green Party leadership.

Yet again, Reform ignoring the science. Black men are far more likely to get prostate cancer than white men. But why let facts and statistics stand in the way of prejudice and racism?

Your regular reminder that there ISN’T a “war on cars.” Any objective observation in most cities however, would conclude that for 60+ years there’s been a war on every mobility choice EXCEPT cars. And that’s been bad for EVERYONE, including drivers. Poster via @urbantruth.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

“The naysayers (Reform, Tories + others in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry) calling to dismantle climate action clearly don’t want what’s best for Britain or the millions of people struggling with the cost of living, otherwise they’d be pushing to reap these huge rewards."

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

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As Israel intensifies its attacks on Southern Lebanon and forcibly displaces citizens we urge the Government to halt all arms sales to and end military cooperation with Israel. End the impunity.

🚨NEW | Green Party of England Wales are 6 points away from overtaking Reform. In this @findoutnow.bsky.social poll released today - 1 in 5 people support the Greens, compared to 1 in 4 for Reform and 1 in 6 for Labour. #ukpol

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

The Campaign Diary of Robert Kenyon Aged 41 and Three-Quarters (as imagined by John Crace)

"I think it's pretty grotesque to see him selling the future of our children and grandchildren down the river" - Zack Polanski discusses Tony Blair's latest intervention on Sky News