Ministers will scrap the requirement for companies to prove their green and progressive values before they are awarded government contracts, and instead ask firms to prove they will help young people back into work. WHY NOT BOTH 🤬 Why would the young WANT to work in a non green company. WTAF

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Pierre Novellie@pierrenovellie.bsky.social · 4w ago

Come see me for one last fringe show before it’s bedtime!

A few from my abstract collection www.juliechicago.co.uk/paintings #acrylicpainting #abstractart #contemporaryart #eastlondonartist #painting #BSNM

New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.

"Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections" Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. From Zeteo:

Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections

Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. Trump’s assault on elections is truly unprecedented.

zeteo.com

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis That’s $700,000 a minute Iran conflict windfall over 3 months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage Story by Jillian Ambrose and me www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

theguardian.com

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?

Stratford's lovely weird sculpture 'The Railway Tree' (Malcolm Robertson) -who knew! I always called it the Rhubarb 😂 First drawing I've made using Affinity 😍 (Loving the fact it does bitmap AND vector like Fireworks used to) #stratford #E15 #sculpture #publicart #newham #affinity #railways

What a disgusting despicable little country we are 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 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #environment #plastics #pollution #labour

‘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

theguardian.com

I have some really inexpensive things over on my RB site- the little postcards look great grouped together once framed (or make a lovely postcard to cheer someone up) Have a look-see! Every sale is appreciated ❤️ www.redbubble.com/people/julie... #BSNM #illustrations #floralart #artistsonbluesky

Do ANY Govt departments function properly ? Are they thick a.f.? TOTALLY unacceptable. What incompetent morons are running them? 🤬🤬🤬 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave

Exclusive: Danielle Kirton calls on Ed Miliband to help her get answers about why evacuation order came too late

theguardian.com

BAE-cheering prime minister Andy Burnham's left-wing credentials have lasted about as long as left-out milk so far. @joejglenton.bsky.social

'Try-again' PM Burnham lauds nukes and militarism during BAE visit

New BAE-cheering Prime Minister Andy Burnham's left-wing credentials have lasted about as long as left-out milk, so far

thecanary.co

Elon last week: ‘I got too involved in politics.’ Elon this week: dropping $100M into #GOP #midterms. Is this about selling Tesla’s car arm to #China and rolling the rest into #SpaceX to inflate its valuation (needing Trump’s goodwill) or just a frantic move to stay out of prison? #Musk #Trump

Musk Investing Up To $120 Million To Help GOP In Midterms, Report Says—Despite Saying He’ll Step Back From Politics

Musk told The Economist last week he thinks he “got a little too involved in politics.”

forbes.com

Imagine the panic as they try and work out a way NOT to have peace Isr want to expel all traces of Pal - let's see how they wriggle out of this God forbid peace would ensue.....a genocidal state's worst nightmare #freepalestine #genocide #warcriminals ☮️☮️☮️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

"WHAT THE COURT HID FROM THE JURY" Palestine Action Co-Founder Huda Ammori Reveals Shocking Legal Ambush

"WHAT THE COURT HID FROM THE JURY": Palestine Action Co-Founder Reveals Shocking Legal Ambush

UNBELIEVABLE

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Ernst & Young fined £1,800,000 for dud audits of Made.com Did not establish that the business was a going concern, accepted management's assertions. No big accounting firm delivers good audits, act was poodles not watchdogs, fines passed to other clients. Audit itself is a fraud.

Ban all supermarkets from throwing away edible food & require their donation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Petition: Ban all supermarkets from throwing away edible food & require their donation

Everyday, UK supermarkets throw away tonnes of edible food while millions of people rely on food banks to survive. We believe this is wrong, and that food that is safe to eat should not end up in bins...

petition.parliament.uk

Irish government disgraces itself with refusal of Gaza study visas www.thecanary.co/uk/2026/07/2...

Irish government disgraces itself with refusal of Gaza study visas

Education in Gaza has been decimated by Israel, so how can the Irish immigration authority ask students to explain gaps in their schooling?

thecanary.co

Imagine ignoring the science? That's what reform in Wales is doing by putting a badger cull back on the table.

One week to go! Vomit!

Pierre Novellie@pierrenovellie.bsky.social · 4w ago

Come see me for one last fringe show before it’s bedtime!

By our Vice Chair @lisaburton.bsky.social who wrote this piece June 2024 Farage has a very selective memory. He is by far one of the most divisive politicians the UK has ever seen, and he himself has used violent and threatening language & imagery on several occasions @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Lisa Burton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺@lisaburton.bsky.social · last wk.

Nigel Farage reported @zackpolanski.bsky.social to police for incitement to murder after he mistakingly shared a threatening image, which he removed As always with these ‘free speech warriors’ it’s the hypocrisy & ‘two tier outrage’ that sticks I wrote this in June 2024. @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

If Andy Burnham truly wants to put politics aside to grip social care, the Greens should be at the table. Last month, I sat down listening to the experiences of carers. We need new thinking and urgent change now: m.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJJ...

The UK Care System Is Broken

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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Myself and addiction/habit change specialist Shahroo Izadi are teaming up to help parents of under 16s navigate the social media ban next year. Register your interest on the link below. tally.so/r/D49Apq

Parent Workshop: Preparing for the Social Media Ban

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Its studies are a first step it hopes to a massive new revenue stream - why are they allowed to pass the cost on to airlines? Seems wrong to me, Heathrow should swallow the costs of its own feasibility work, as most of the business world does.

Funny old world - where now is the free market? Heathrow can claw back the costs of its own studies into a new runway, from its captive audience. Flying is too cheap anyway so I’ve no issue with added cost per se - but this new runway is in Heathrow’s interest. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

‘No freedom at all’: Israeli closures leave West Bank patients trapped

Palestinians face hours-long waits at Israeli military checkpoints, forcing women to give birth outside hospitals.

aljazeera.com

Now let’s see what Burnham and Streeting are really made of. You gave him the job, Andy, knowing full-well where he stood. For Streeting to change his tune now would be deplorable!

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 2w ago

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.

FFS #environment www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide

Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared

theguardian.com

You may have seen @zackpolanski.bsky.social rocking one of these T-Shirts: now's your chance to get one yourself! What better way to make hope normal again than to let everyone who sees you know that's what you're all about? 👕 Follow this link to grab yourself a T-Shirt: makehopenormalagain.co.uk