Isobel
@isobelandcat.bsky.social
Reader, writer, vegan, European, enraged by cruelty to animals and people, complacency in the face of climate crisis
As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris
Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem There’s so much unnecessary plastic wrapping our food. Why? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem
Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke
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Approval of datacentre in London's Brick Lane labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy This is just bonkers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy
Campaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homes
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I’m not at all surprised. Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...
Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds
Intensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolve
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🔴 New from Byline Times How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs By @nafeez.bsky.social https://bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/how-george-cottrells-reform-uk-network-in-montenegro-is-tied-to-sanctioned-russian-oligarchs/
How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Nigel Farage's criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises
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I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na... @OpenBritainHQ
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From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UK’s wildlife is disappearing fast – and our government is letting it happen. I’ve just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for urgent action. Add your name: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
Tell the government: act for nature before it’s too late
Add my name Did you know the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world? There’s less wildlife today than in living memory − and it’s still disappearing before our eyes. From hedgeho...
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UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national securityhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/08/uk-report-ecosystem-collapse-national-threat-food-security?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
📌 ICYMI — Is Britain’s Plug-In Solar Revolution Really Just Months Away? — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Ministers are consulting on rules that will let households plug cheap solar panels straight into their mains. But several big questions remain unanswered, reports Josiah Mortimer
Is Britain’s Plug-In Solar Revolution Really Just Months Away?
Ministers are consulting on rules that will let households plug cheap solar panels straight into their mains. But several big questions remain unanswered, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Feeling more hopeful today than in some time. This v old, lengthy interview with #andyburnham from four years ago is well worth reading.
The tragedy of the Dartmoor Pony Cull Conspiracy is that misinformation can lead to scientific advice being ignored, & environmental watchdogs like Natural England having their powers curtailed - exactly what the Tories & rightwing press have always wanted. I spoke to @mrjamesob.bsky.social:
He wouldn’t beat the 41 dead ones if they did the tests tomorrow.
Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2mo agoJD Vance: “If you give Donald Trump an IQ test with the other 45 presidents that the United States has had, I guarantee he'd be either near the top or at the top” 🤡🤡
Obama: "As algorithms keep feeding us a steady stream of distraction and outrage, as only the loudest most extreme voices get attention, fanning our prejudices, appealing to our basest most tribal instincts, it's tempting to give in to cynicism and even despair, to stop trying."
Obama: I am not immune to anger or doubt. But I do know this when we lose faith in each other, when we stop believing that voting matters… we open the door to the most ruthless or the most careless, or the most fearful among us who see some groups and some people as more equal than others
🔴Reform Council Bans Green Councillor From Calling Out ‘Neo Nazi’ Photograph – @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Farage's party was accused of curbing free speech after silencing a Green councillor who raised Reform councillors’ appearance with neo-Nazi figure. bylinetimes.com/2026/06/18/r...
Reform Council Bans Green Councillor From Calling Out 'Neo Nazi' Photograph
Party accused of curbing free speech after silencing Green councillor who raised Reform councillors' appearance with neo-Nazi figure
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UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says OMG. Really? But would the EU want us?
Grim. Plenty of research showing public service broadcasting delivers real benefits to health of democracy. Yet here we are, in these polarised times, slowly starving our public service broadcaster.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING – BBC CUTS: Radio 4 to end The World Tonight, Midnight News, Money Box Live, AntiSocial, The Law Show and Crossing Continents next year. Newshour will replace The World Tonight on Radio 4 and World Service.
Yup. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why | Ingrid Robeyns
Just as the ‘poverty line’ determines what’s required for basic living, we need a ‘wealth line’ to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful, says economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns
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Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous - have we gone backwards a generation?! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hateful decision! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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Good article in yesterday’s BelTel www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comment/news... #belfast #beltel
Fact checker: All you need to know around immigration and crime in Northern Ireland
One thing that can be more accurately quantified through actual facts and figures is the truth behind some of the myths that have been peddled
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🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church For 18 months, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right…
Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church
For 18 months, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right activists. Now, this newspaper’s findings cast fresh doubts on Farage’s claim that he refuses to associate with extreme elements of the populist right. Josiah Mortimer reports The post Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church appeared first on Byline Times .
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Nigel Farage took £50,000 from crypto firms then said he was "not aware" of the industry funding his party bylinetimes.com/2026/05/22/n...
Nigel Farage Took £50,000 from Crypto Firms Then Said He Was 'Not Aware' of the Industry Funding His Party
The self-proclaimed 'straight-talking' Reform UK leader has been far from straight about who is funding his attempted rise to power, reports Iain Overton
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So Lee Anderson, who said Islamists have "got control" of Sadiq Khan, wants to close every food bank in the country, and is committed to bringing back the death penalty, has now been made Chairman of Reform UK
Spot on 🎯 "The editor of an independent local news outlet, which has been shunned by Reform UK, says Nigel Farage’s party is borrowing ‘straight [from] the Trump playbook’ in its approach to the press."
Reform UK Councillors Told to Speak Only to GB News' as Party Shuns Local Press
Local news editor in Ipswich says Reform party chair instructed his councillors to shut out the press in favour of only
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