OK. Burnham *is* better than his predecessors. Not a 100% fix yet, sure, but blimey this is progress. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 👏👏👏

New walk-in mental health centres to open in banks and libraries across England

Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.

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President Donald Trump is seeking to stave off a court order that requires him to begin giving the BBC financial details on his business empire by Thursday in connection with a defamation lawsuit he is pressing against the network. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump seeks to shield his business finances from BBC in libel lawsuit

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Ouch.

Very good and badly needed speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16h ago

Heat & drought records keep falling. Reform promote denial. The Tories want to ditch our targets. The new PM still hasn't said a word. Such a relief to hear a politician actually name it. Should be ordinary. End the #climate hushing! Thanks for your #ClimateLeadership @zackpolanski.bsky.social

We are seeing the devastating impact of climate change before our very eyes. We need to act now. "Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic."

Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itsel

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Zack Polanski, "If we decarbonise by 2050, that would cost less than a single (fossil-fuel) energy shock" "We've now had two energy shocks in just a few years" "We cannot keep waiting, we cannot keep hoping for magic technologies - it already exists, what is lacking is the political will"

Andy Burnham could approve more North Sea drilling within weeks. At a time of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, we need climate action, not more fossil fuels. Email your MP today and tell them to oppose more North Sea drilling. www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved... I've just emailed my MP.

Oxfam GB | Tell your MP: no more North Sea drilling

Andy Burnham could approve more North Sea drilling within weeks. At a time of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, we need climate action, not more fossil fuels. Email your MP today and tell them to opp...

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Must watch @zackpolanski.bsky.social press conference! Not much is more critical -will it get the attention and urgent action it warrants? @zackpolanski.bsky.social being deadly serious, leading the charge on the climate emergency, backed by experts on the frontline. www.youtube.com/live/QnygX67...

Green leader Polanski delivers 'urgent message to Burnham'

YouTube video by Sky News

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In Nigel Farage's Clacton campaign video, the one thing he boasts about doing for Clacton is "donating a thousand pounds to a local hospice". Actually it was £861. That's 0.017% of the £5M "gift" from a crypto billionaire. Or 0.05% of what he earns every year. www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/2553179...

Clacton's MP donates £861 to Colchester group supporting St Helena Hospice

MP Nigel Farage donated £861 to The Wrinkled Wheels, a group of friends all based in the Colchester area have been fundraising to support the…

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If corporations paid ‘where they play’ not ‘where they say’, the UK would be up £13 billion a year. It's time we ended the corporate tax scam. 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘"A quick update on what the Muslim savages are up to," began one of Liddle’s "hilarious" articles.’

Mike Tucker@michaeltucker.bsky.social · 14h ago

Further examples of self-discrediting comments from prominent media and political figures - www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/rod-...

When you stake your entire reputation as UK Conservative leader on a Neo-Nazi: He quits because he can’t stand the heat so Badenoch gives him a job as a Tory adviser instead.

Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate

It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.

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"If we don't have nature,we don't have anything". @zackpolanski.bsky.social held a press conference today challenging Andy Burnham to face our real tomorrows. Superb from Zack. Join.greenparty.org.uk

The diesel scandal isn’t over. Since 2009, there have been 30,000 new cases of childhood asthma in the UK because of excess diesel emissions. Without action there’ll be thousands more. Watch our film, then email our leaders. www.mumsforlungs.org/news/the-die... #AirPollution #Diesel

The diesel scandal - still making our kids sick — Mums for Lungs

10th July 2026 Our new film calls out the UK government and car manufacturers over the millions of illegally polluting diesel cars still on UK roads - and the toll they're taking on our…

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The science is crystal clear - there can be no new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Andy Burnham must stop Rosebank, stop Jackdaw and make polluters pay for the destruction they are causing.

Take just 2 mins to email your MP. Give them the facts about the Thames Water creditors' deal and urge them to write to Environment Secretary Angela Eagle. https://weownit.org.uk/angela-eagle-stop-creditors

Write to your MP: reject the creditors' last-ditch attempt to keep Thames Water privatised

Write to your MP: reject the creditors' last-ditch attempt to keep Thames Water privatised

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8 ordinary civilians were standing on a train platform, waiting for their ride home. Moments later, a Russian ballistic missile killed every single one of them...

I urge you to watch this. Polanski comes across with crystal clarity and dare I say it? Leadership. The firefighter who spoke was particularly powerful www.youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...

Zack Polanski delivers an urgent message to the Prime Minister

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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#NUKEDBLOOD: From the medical journal of HMS Arethusa it appears human radiation experiments began before Britain got its A-bomb - and exposing troops while medical data was harvested by scientists was standard practice from day one. open.substack.com/pub/whatthey...

'Brutal' harvest could be worst on record Dire forecast has sparked calls to factor domestic food production into the current debate about Britain's national security, as it currently relies on imports for 40% of all food consumed news.sky.com/story/bruta...

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

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Hitler is dead. No criticism of him please. De mortuis nil nisi bonum…

Imagine how many solar panels you could install, how many homes you could insulate, how many reservoirs you could build for $93 billion. 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

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Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss The software group Palantir paid just £2m in corporation tax in the UK in 2024, despite holding public sector contracts worth hundreds of millions, thanks to tax breaks that are likely to reduce its contributions to governments around the world for years to come. The US-headquartered company, which has harnessed AI to secure lucrative work for the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, is growing exponentially. Continue reading...

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Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d ago

BP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I'd rather be an leftwing agitator than a racist wife-beater anyday of the week.

UK Wind Power has rallied to 15.6GW this morning. With 3.7GW of Solar we are burning 2.1GW of Gas as well as importing 1.4GW. Hydro is 0.1GW. Nuclear is 3.9GW and the awful Biomass 1.8GW. The price of wholesale electricity over the past 24 hours was £118 per MWh. #renewables

I’ve come to the conclusion that anyone who isn’t a rabid racist or climate change denier should vote LibDem or Green in the next general election.

UK harvest on track for historic lows after drought and heatwaves desiccate crops – new analysis 2026 likely to be one of the 5 worst harvests since 1984 4 out of 5 of worst harvests on record occurred this decade after periods of extreme weather made worse by climate change