I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

theguardian.com

The record temperatures, wildfires and drought we have seen in the UK & Europe is climate change in action. There is hope. It has been a record year for renewable energy generation, all new homes will have solar panels from next year. But we must accelerate the transition to clean & green energy.

This week, a wildfire has torn through Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, leaving the entire nature reserve devastated. An area of around 210 football pitches has been affected with rare habitats and wildlife lost in a matter of hours.

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

While wildfires rage, oil bosses are laughing all the way to the bank thanks to Donald Trump’s idiotic Iran war. People across the country are facing sky high energy bills. If Burnham is struggling to find the money to help families with those bills, I’d start here.

Sky News@news.sky.com · yesterday

Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again

Trees for Cities: "Heat maps from Friends of the Earth show that across five major English cities, areas with more trees and green spaces are up to 5°C cooler. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations states that strategically planted urban trees can cool the air by up to 8°C."

How Urban Trees Cool Cities and Reduce Urban Heat | Trees for Cities

Discover how urban trees reduce heat, cool cities and tackle the urban heat island effect while creating healthier communities.

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Reposting for folks who haven't read this yet.

Sean Woodcock MP@seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 6d ago

Please see a piece I wrote about my views on devolution, entitled 'Devolution Without Redistribution Is Just Delegation'. labourlist.org/2026/07/devo... Devolution is undoubtedly an important principle, but closing the UK's regional gap requires real national investment.

A reminder to all NHS staff: you are loved, wanted and appreciated by millions of Londoners, and we collectively condemn the vile racism you continue to experience.

NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients

Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff

theguardian.com

More evidence that Reform voters are not like other people in the UK. Show them some potential corruption and they’re all in.

*Cough* gov doesn't want to talk about CC when its about to OK JD & prob RB and everyone has just had 3-4 heatwaves

“The society is in the best position to galvanise support and bring together those who want the Mackintosh Building restored to its rightful place. “Over the coming weeks the society will form an international pressure group to lobby for exactly that.” www.scotsman.com/education/re...

Rennie Mackintosh Society makes bid to take over refurbishment of fire-hit Mack

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society believes it can spearhead the restoration of the Glasgow School of Art’s The Mack

scotsman.com

The number of young people sleeping rough in London has halved, thanks to work from City Hall and organisations like Crisis. But we won’t stop until we end rough sleeping.

Diane Abbott calls Russia’s full scale invasion against Ukraine, which last night murdered nine civilians and earlier this week killed an 18 month old baby “The NATO campaign against Russia” youtu.be/SMBjoiMskxA?...

Diane Abbott MP

YouTube video by StoptheWarCoalition

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NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...

Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr

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No you don't understand. Working class people like doing working class jobs, that's why they choose to be working class. Just like private education, it's a matter of choice.

Emma Jacobs@emmavj.bsky.social · last wk.

Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree

I’d like to thank the London Fire Brigade, who responded to more than 1,300 incidents over the weekend. Every preventable fire puts lives, homes and wildlife at risk. Please help keep London safe.

London Fire Brigade called to 1300 emergencies over hot weekend

LFB said firefighters attended 1,345 incidents across London, including a grass fire in Rainham.

bbc.co.uk

At the risk of being a pain @andyburnham.bsky.social this was already happening. Repeat. This was already happening and a good thing too.

@kaybell27.bsky.social · last wk.

Credit where it's due, this is a positive change, we need to value not only academic qualifications but also technical. This will give the child the opportunity to choose. I would have linked to Powell's post but I seem unable to?

We're joining @creatorsrights.bsky.social in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI Help get the petition to 10,000 signatures - sign the petition 🔽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

@andyburnham.bsky.social is this private schools as well? "Andy Burnham is preparing to tell schools to tailor their curriculum to the needs of local employers as he pushes to get more young people into work."

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.

Burnham looks to cut welfare bill by linking up schools and employers ft.trib.al/HSiRgy9

Wildfires are raging across France and Spain, engulfing green spaces, threatening homes and forcing evacuations. This isn’t a faraway crisis. It's already happening on our doorstep. The climate emergency is here. And the need for action has never been clearer.

London faces 'exceptional' threat of wildfires this week

The capital faces a ‘perfect storm’ of rising temperatures, parched land and lower humidity

standard.co.uk

Take JUST 2 minutes now to sign our letter to new Environment Secretary Angela Eagle, asking her to take Thames Water into special measures: vist.ly/5cgj8

Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle

I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?

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Yes, this is right. It will also need nurses, carers, business managers, customer relationship managers, teachers, public service administrators. In fact, the relational economy is where the big growth *and* volume of work will be. We need to be more comfortable in the skin of a service economy.

Raising vast amounts of money from people who don’t have it to build environmentally disastrous centres to process unreliable data to produce shaky outputs at breathtaking speed.

‘It would, Burnham said, mean the country could “value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap”.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202... this felt pretty sad to read. Another nail in the coffin for the idea that education is not merely about access to employment…

Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs

PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market

theguardian.com

#SaveJodrellBank It's been announced that Jodrell Bank Observatory, which houses the UK's largest telescope, will lose it's government funding and could close. This would be absolutely devastating for the 3000 scientists who use it in their work. It will save just £2.8m a year. 1/2

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

‘One author, talking off the record, voices the industry’s ultimate fear: “What everyone is really afraid of is that the audience might not care.”’ www.ft.com/content/6b52...

The new premium product: books written by people

Some publishers think AI could not only help authors but replace them

ft.com

Farage has said he thinks it’s “absolutely nuts” for CO2 to be considered a pollutant, while Badenoch says candidates aren’t welcome in the Conservative Party that support net zero. Leaders of the civilisational collapse cult.