Say what you like about Reform UK, but at least they pretend to be embarrassed when one of their candidates turns out to have been a neo-Nazi
@lizmurison.bsky.social
The reason we HAVE to keep burning Fossil Fuel is because the richest own it, and it is 'worth' $200tn. If we just stop burning it, that becomes $0. But WE don't have to keep burning it.
Please help us get the petition for a televised emergency briefing to 100,000 signatures. That will secure a Parliamentary debate - for a major boost in awareness. If you’ve signed, please ask friends and family. 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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"Unsustainable burden" assumes student debt is a real constraint. It's not. The currency issuer can forgive loans tomorrow. The actual question: should public education be funded by individual debt or collective tax spending? #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yed780epqo?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sef_studio-mmtaction
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Far-right Israeli settlers illegally enter Lebanon, most escorted back - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/far-right-israeli-settlers-illegally-enter-lebanon-most-escorted-back
Far-right Israeli settlers illegally enter Lebanon, most escorted back
<article data-history-node-id="445574" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/far-right-israeli-settlers-illegally-enter-lebanon-most-escorted-back" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/far-right-israeli-settlers-illegally-enter-lebanon-most-escorted-back" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Far-right Israeli settlers illegally enter Lebanon, most escorted back</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">A small group of young women associated with the Uri Tzafon Movement, a far-right Zionist organisation that calls for settlement in southern Lebanon, illegally crossed the border into southern Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the Times of Israel, citing the Israeli military.</p> <p>The army said that most of the group have been located and were escorted back to Israel, although troops are still searching for some of them. </p> <p>Several far-right Israeli officials, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have expressed support for building Israeli settlements in southern Lebanon.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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"Less than two cents on every dollar. That was US tech giant Palantir’s effective global corporation tax rate in 2025, according to a new study."
Follow the Money EU@ftm.eu · 20h agoPalantir earns billions from government contracts around the world, including across Europe. Yet European trade unions say the US tech giant pays next to nothing in tax. How does a company profiting from so much public money contribute so little in return?
Net zero, modern slavery and equality rules are set to be stripped from procurement rules as Andy Burnham’s premiership looks to force firms to prioritise job creation. (City AM) Is this shit for real @andyburnham.bsky.social? 🤨
Net zero and DEI cut from procurement rules in government overhaul
Net zero regulations around government procurement are set to be cut, Burnham’s chief government enforcer Louise Haigh has said.
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That one or more (possibly many more) of the 1000s of violent offenders, who are granted early release, will commit grievous assaults and even murder, is a near certainty. When it happens, the outcry will be deafening, and rightly so. It's the sort of thing that brings down govts. #C4News
Burnham to scrap net zero requirements for public contracts in an effort to drive growth. The Government is planning to strip back onerous rules for taxpayer-funded procurement deals, including environmental requirements, to focus “ruthlessly” on jobs creation and skills, according to Louise Haigh.
Does he realise what he’s just said? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 We’re against unapproved misinformation. Under a Reform government, only officially licensed misinformation will be permitted.”
Ren Zelen@renzelen.bsky.social · 8h ago“Palantir’s lobbying interest comes after media reports revealed that Canada’s Department of Defence signed two secret contracts with Palantir. Other known Palantir contracts in Canada are with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Calgary Police Service."
Investigative Journalism Foundation@theijf.org · 12h agoThe Canadian arm of controversial U.S. data mining company Palantir was until recently registered to lobby B.C. health authorities. Elsewhere in the world, Palantir’s health-care contracts are coming under fire. zurl.co/J0wmn
Farage: "Reform will deport foreign criminals" George Cottrell, lives in Montenegro, convicted for fraud in the US Andrew Tate, dual US/UK nationality, faces 42 charges in the UK Steve Bannon, US citizen, convicted of fraud Trump, US citizen, convicted for falsifying accounts
August looks like Autumn when drought-stressed trees shed their leaves... 🍃 *West India Avenue, Canary Wharf
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Which is why the plans for Rosebank and Jackdaw need to go in the 🚮
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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Didn't she also criticise Labour over the early release of PC Harper's killers? A very odd woman. So much confidence, so little substance. #r4today
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h agoMultiple convictions including assaulting a police officer and a three year prison sentence for racially aggravated harassment of an MP. And she's defending his appointment
Badenoch needs to consider what she dresses up as very carefully before she first meets her new police assaulting former neo-Nazi councillor.
The party won't recover until they change the leadership selection process. Hague doomed it.
Multiple convictions including assaulting a police officer and a three year prison sentence for racially aggravated harassment of an MP. And she's defending his appointment
Somewhat incredibly Badenoch has just been defending this man on the Today programme
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine Self-styled "nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights” who was jailed in 2015 for antisemitic online posts.... Selected as a Tory candidate.
Trump sued Capital One last year for being "debanked", claiming they had closed his accounts for political reasons Capital One revealed in a court filing this week, they had closed 385 of his accounts in 2021 because of.... money laundering In normal times, I guess this would have been bigger news
Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'
Capital One says it closed hundreds of accounts associated with President Trump and his businesses in 2021 "for anti-money laundering reasons," according to a filing.
abcnews.com
Trump in Nevada: "Vote for Michael Whatley, by the way" (Whatley is running in North Carolina)
Close but no cigar! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Helicopter Carrying Trump Flies Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace (Gift Article)
Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.
nytimes.com
On the one hand, if the polls are accurate, 'Are Nige is on track for a "landslide victory" in Clacton! On the other hand, he's winning against a Bin, AND he's going to be investigated again for dodgy deals which could result in him losing his seat.
Probation union says early release prison scheme is not safe www.channel4.com/news/probati...
Probation union says early release prison scheme is not safe
The scheme to free up much needed prison space by releasing some offenders to serve the remainder of their sentences on the outside has provoked an outcry from victims.
channel4.com
Imagine thinking it’s okay to select a convicted neo-Nazi as a candidate? We’re all for 'second chances', but holding public office is a privilege, not a rehabilitation program for convicted hate criminals.
Update: he's withdrawn! But he still shouldn't have been selected as a candidate in the first place. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/drop-jos...
Drop Joshua Bonehill- Paine as a Conservative candidate
The Conservative party just selected a candidate in Somerset who was jailed over horrific antisemitic abuse—on top of convictions for police assault and burglary. Party bosses must drop him immediatel...
act.38degrees.org.uk
President Trump, "Dumocrats" "You exchange the 'e' with a 'u'" "Nobody knows that dumb doesn't have a 'b'" "Dumocrats"