It’s time to act. And when we do we won’t just avoid the worst effects of climate breakdown - but we will lower bills permanently, help our communities thrive - and give a grounded sense of hope for generations to come.

Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 4h ago

Zack Polanski has called for fossil fuel producers to be made to finance firefighting helicopters, following a series of recent fires across the country He also called on PM Burnham to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including the Jackdaw & Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast

He's about to Introduce Epstein Associates to his government. Maybe he'll even bring Mandelson back?

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 7h ago

Nonce

huh, that's weird! I wonder why?

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 7h ago

Nonce

Complete con artists. Anyone still backing Labour is having the wool pulled over their eyes. Time for change. join.greenparty.org.uk

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Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 21h ago

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

The “Be Kind” mob was Jess Phillips et al, who would not say boo to these vicious wankers. She may mean the “kinder, gentler politics” people and that was about less screaming hate for benefit claimants and less racist fearmongering, it wasn’t free rein for fash columnists to fill their boots.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10h ago

I was wondering why I’d got 19 clickthroughs from The Daily Telegraph…

Another reminder to cancel your Guardian subs sooner rather than later.

David Timoney@fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 10h ago

I think the best way to read this obvious propaganda is as a determination by the party right (through its Guardian-friendly mouthpiece, Labour Together) to keep the membership small and reliably anti-left. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A tough balancing act: they’re going all guns blazing on being good people who mean well, but they don’t want to convince the wrong people that they really are going to do much that’s good, in case the pig-people decide they should join in and participate.

David Timoney@fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 10h ago

I think the best way to read this obvious propaganda is as a determination by the party right (through its Guardian-friendly mouthpiece, Labour Together) to keep the membership small and reliably anti-left. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I thought Andy Burnham offered hope? All this charlatan is offering is more neoliberalism and corruption

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 21h ago

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

Weird how the dogshit austerity fiscal rules are a red line but things like environmental protection and stopping domestic violence aren't

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 21h ago

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

lmao they're just rerunning the pandemic PPE grift for their mates

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 21h ago

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

The fact this completely aligns with the US far-right government and its demands that US client (vassal) states remove any "woke" considerations from public procurement is, I'm sure, entirely coincidental. Ahem. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/01/b...

US embassies to contractors worldwide: Cancel any diversity programs or risk going unpaid | CNN Business

US embassies have sent letters to contractors in their host countries demanding they certify that they do not run any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that violate President Donald Trump...

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Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 21h ago

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

Burnham and Labour are far worse than even Tories of the past. Insanity and incredibly right wing

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 21h ago

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsTX...

Zack Polanski delivers an urgent message to the Prime Minister

Zack Polanski, Leader of the Green Party, speaks live from Church House Westminster - Wednesday 4th of August 2026.

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Zack Polanski is to deliver an urgent message to the Prime Minister. Watch on Bold Politics YouTube channel at 11am.

In other news, Labour plan to water down net zero targets.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h ago

We need to act now.

1.8 billion a year in interest. Good fucking luck with that.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 18h ago

EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest

Imagine if you will a country with politics so poisonously malicious that the Sensible Centrist party will not defend itself from a surging far right, because they have a smart plan to impress and win over the far right with a campaign of new, even more cruel anti-migrant crackdowns.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22h ago

This is all horrific stuff, and I invite you to go back to 2018/19 and reread her columns, newspaper interviews and podcast appearances talking about it, and then decide who it sounds like it was, that had been doing all this.

Why doesn’t the Guardian let people know that they have a partnership with AI, especially when they print AI positive articles? Cancelling my Guardian sub last month was the best decision I’ve made this year. Do it.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 19h ago

AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds

We need to act now.

Bold Politics@boldpolitics.bsky.social · 2d ago

Every new oil and gas project makes the heatwaves worse.

Stop calling them "data centers." Start calling them pollution centers. 🧵👇

That's actually an amazing point. The big change of the last 20 years is the mid point product being obliterated so you can only buy literally the worst shit ever or something so expensive you need to take out a loan.

Right? The mid market is being decimated quality wise. Reliable restaurant chains in the hands of private equity eg Côte as an had beautifully fried chips, thickish steak and a fresh salad. Now it’s paper thin meat and sad fries and stale salad from a catering supplier a greasy spoon might use

@forcefemmedtoxie.bsky.social · 2d ago

That's actually an amazing point. The big change of the last 20 years is the mid point product being obliterated so you can only buy literally the worst shit ever or something so expensive you need to take out a loan.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

"Oracle’s debt-to-equity ratio around 500% — meaning that it had $5 of debt for every $1 of shareholder equity. Amazon’s around 50%, Alphabet’s lower still. But Oracle kept borrowing." Risktaking that threatens security of us all www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/m...

Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?

Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.

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People really do project knowledge backwards. All the decisions which were made during the pandemic were made with hospitals at capacity, people dying and becoming severely disabled, and no knowledge of what future variants would emerge or how dangerous they might be.

Tom Bennett the government’s advisor on behaviour is in favour of stopping kids peeing until they are physically ill

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · 2d ago

I really don’t know what to say about this to be honest, but there it is

‘The market’ didn’t decide that AI would be our future. Capital did. And when the devastating consequences of their decisions become clear, capital must be made to pay. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/data-centr...

Data Centres and Democracy

The AI boom was planned by capital. When it collapses, capital must be made to pay.

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Sure, but it was never a question of whether she was right or wrong. All the MPs and the press knew very well she was correct, because they see it all the time. The point was that some insolent upstart tree-hugger had no business running her big yapping mouth, where the public can hear. The end.

Oh we’re back to “only vulnerable old and/or disabled people died” like it’s 2020. For shame

Libby@captainlibatron.bsky.social · 3d ago

Jesus christ

Another situation the UK will be almost uniquely unprepared for, thanks to its malevolent press and completely dysfunctional political culture.

Ellie Mae O'Hagan@elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 3d ago

My view on the COVID pandemic is: if you think that was bad, wait til you try 3C of warming