LEGENDARY ECONOMIST THOMAS PIKETTY IS ON TODAY'S EPISODE OF BOLD POLITICS. BILLIONAIRES HATE TO SEE HIM COMING linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Lynne Bowers
@lynnebowers.bsky.social
Health and Social Care; VCSE; Climate Adaptation; Social Justice; Starfish saver; Working with the good to make the world a better place.
New poll: 74% of Britons are now concerned about climate change after this summer’s heatwaves. 87% expect severe heatwaves to return. My advice? Don’t just adapt to a hotter future. Stop making it hotter. Net zero matters. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/3-4-br...
3 in 4 Britons (74%) concerned about climate change today following heatwave summer
London, UK. New polling data from Ipsos in the UK, conducted 31st July – 4th August 2026, reveals a significant shift in public concern following a summer of elevated temperatures.
ipsos.com
New petition: "Require green rooves and solar panel shelters in all car parks" Deadline 4 February 2027, created by Carol De Storm #NewPetition
New petition: Require green rooves and solar panel shelters in all car parks
Require all car park operators to build green roof and solar panel parking shelters which could reduce the need to use farmland for solar farms and support biodiversity.
petition.parliament.uk
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
theguardian.com
TY @AliceLoxton The Reformation destroyed monasteries - traditionally support centres for the sick and needy.
Lynne Bowers@lynnebowers.bsky.social · 2d agoAlice Loxton: We need to talk about Henry VIII's rampant vandalism - The i Paper “should be remembered for massive cultural destruction,The Reformation got rid of much medieval art that existed in that period.included the visual language of faith, at a time of faith;traumatic for ordinary people.”
Alice Loxton: We need to talk about Henry VIII's rampant vandalism - The i Paper “should be remembered for massive cultural destruction,The Reformation got rid of much medieval art that existed in that period.included the visual language of faith, at a time of faith;traumatic for ordinary people.”
Alice Loxton: We need to talk about Henry VIII's rampant vandalism — The i Paper
The social media star talks to Joanna Whitehead about making history cool again – from royal rumbles to why Brits holiday in Benidorm
apple.news
The ruling is on hold for 14 days to allow the Trump administration to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom Blocked By Appeals Court—Likely Sending Case To Supreme Court
The ruling is on hold for 14 days to allow the Trump administration to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
forbes.com
Yep. It's #ClimateEmergency. "We've known for a long time that the impacts of unmitigated climate change are going to cost us far more than any action.” www.politico.eu/article/econ...
The economic toll of Europe’s infernal summer
Global warming, not climate policy, is bad for business, experts warn.
politico.eu
This is so nasty and cruel.You can't just evict people for no reason but if the government managed to do this you'd have an extra 230000 homeless people in England seeking temporary accommodation.Are councils supposed to keep those people in TA forever while the main housing duty is set aside?Clowns
How divided is the UK really? Here’s a way to find out | Brendan Cox
How divided is the UK really? Here’s a way to find out | Brendan Cox
Social media-fuelled riots and a fractured political system make us feel more divided than ever, but is that so? Our study hopes to reveal what bring us together – and pushes us apart, says Brendan Cox, co-founder of the Together Coalition
theguardian.com
“We know what the correlated factors are [for a child at risk of becoming Neet] – whether that is poverty; mental health, or being in care. What we don’t do is take that knowledge and turn it into action.” Education system - These will be the children you have given up on by the time they are 7.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d agoPrimary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment
"The Moroccan police, who usually guard the border, essentially threw the gates open. This seems very much a political effort to undermine and embarrass Pedro Sanchez and to divide Europe." @bylinetimespod.bsky.social @szunes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/why-ceuta-...
Why Ceuta Was Not Actually the 'Migrant Invasion' Widely Reported
Professor Stephen Zunes tells the Byline Times podcast what was really going on when more than 50,000 people descended on Spain's North African enclave
bylinesupplement.com
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Royal College of Nursing@rcn.org.uk · 4d agoIf you work in the NHS, it’s now more important than ever to complete a job evaluation to make sure you're being paid fairly for the job you do. We're visiting as many trusts as we can to tell you more about what the steps are. #KnowYourWorth
Once again @countbinface.bsky.social manages to make me feel more patriotic and proud to be British than 20 years of right wing whining and flag shagging ever managed.
Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 4d agoThere now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
England's rivers and lakes are poisoned by sewage. These official numbers prove it - The i Paper
🔴 NEW Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Cueta ‘Migrant Invasion’? By Simon Nixon Read below. ↓
Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Cueta 'Migrant Invasion'?
Trump-aligned think tanks have previously advocated using Ceuta to exert pressure on Madrid, reports Simon Nixon
bylinetimes.com
And wherever there are intensive chicken farms.
Save The Wye Coalition@savethewye.bsky.social · 4d ago✍️ Sign the petition to stop #BigChicken choking our rivers. The UK poultry industry produces 3.5 million tonnes of chicken manure every year. Too much ends up polluting our rivers. The Government wants even more industrial chicken farming. Tell them to make Big Chicken manage its own muck.
A ‘catch-all’ autism definition is not a diagnosis of autism.
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 4d ago‘Catch-all’ autism definition may become worthless, expert says
Support solar but never on farmland or nature reserves. Put them on ugly buildings, over car parks and on industrial estates. Put them in peoples houses.
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · 4d agoAbsolute joke for a Green Party to oppose solar panels. But very much in keeping with why the UK and whole of Europe are failing on energy policy. Other priorities... www.ft.com/content/6fe7...
Paul Marshall, the co-owner of GB News, has tripled his hedge fund investments in fossil fuel companies in the first quarter of 2026 to £2.1bn. They're a propaganda channel cashing in on destroying our future. Always follow the money.
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
Gianni Infantino offers Morocco 2030 World Cup final in return for support - The Times and The Sunday Times Morocco 🤔
Why no COBRA meeting. Fast track renewables and housing retrofit. Address misinformation and disinformation.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d agoMy urgent message to the Prime Minister with a Q&A with journalists on our plans. Joined by a medic, a former soldier, a firefighter and Chris Packham. 👇🏽 www.youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...
Quotes: "during our period of study (1993-2024), mechanisms designed to regulate spending tended towards input control and short-term decision-making, struggled to support strategic investment and often failed to deliver sustained improvements in outcomes."
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is the Nuffield research that the incredibly productive Diane Coyle refers to in this article. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/publications...
What if climate adaptation isn't happening in government plans, but in everyday decisions? From farmers adjusting practices to businesses redesigning operations, people are quietly adapting to a changing climate long before official policies catch up. theconversation.com/climate-rela...
Climate-related ‘silent adaptation’ coping strategies are going beyond official directives
At local level, many grassroots initiatives are cropping up to tackle unforeseen climate-related events, but improvising and instinctive ways of working are often overlooked in public policy.
theconversation.com
theconversation.com/decolonizing... “ Indigenous access to capital, resources and opportunities; climate justice measures that recognize unequal responsibility for environmental damage; and debt cancellation for debts incurred by governments without the consent of their people” - for every nation.
Decolonizing economics means questioning where its ideas came from — and imagining new ones
Calls to decolonize economics challenge the discipline’s foundational assumptions about development, markets and inequality.
theconversation.com
“Why is climate action so difficult?” Mainly because the people who benefit most from not acting just made $93 billion, about $700,000 per minute, in three months. 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
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Alastair and Rory are joined one of Europe's most influential voices on migration, Gerald Knaus. They discuss what happened to cause 72,000 migrants to cross the border from Morocco in a span of just 48 hours and what can be done about irregular migration? Link in the replies 👇
Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.