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Maria Gee

@maria-goretti.bsky.social

Active optimist because the alternative is hopeless.

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Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19h ago

So Badenoch would recruit a neo-Nazi but *not* someone who didn’t want to leave the ECHR or someone who supported our NetZero commitments. Second chances for this guy but not Dominic Grieve. The Tory party is truly wretched. It’s screwed the country, betrayed its own and lost its tiny mind.

Badenoch defends former neo-Nazi pick as council candidate By Will Meakin-Durrant Kemi Badenoch has said her party "believes in second chances". , after the Conservatives selected a former neo-Nazi once jailed for harassing a Jewish former MP as a local election candidate. Joshua Bonehill-Paine posted on social media that he was "tremendously proud" that he has been chosen to stand for election to Somerset Coun-cil, in the Crewkerne South ward. Bonehill-Paine (inset) was jailed in 2016 after he was convicted of racially aggravated harassment. He wrote several blog posts about the former Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, Baroness Luciana Berger, labelling her "an evil money-grabber" with a "deep-rooted hatred of men". He was previously jailed for producing an ad illustrated with a picture of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, which promised "an absolute gas" at a rally in Golders Green, north London. Badenoch said: "I want to be very clear - and I think people can look at me and know that I'm not a person who would be recruiting neo-Nazis. "Josh is someone who actually has been certified by the Home Office to train police officers on antisemitism and on countering extremism. "Yes, he [has] previously convicted but he has shown contrition for his crimes, has been rehabilitated and is spending every day working to solve the very problem which he knew that he had caused previously. "And the Conservative Party believes in second chances."
Louise, Prof/Dr@louiselocock.bsky.social · yesterday

If anyone is still in doubt as to just how nasty the Raise The Colours campaign had been, see this. I am mighty glad that @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social has succeeded in taking legal action to stop them.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d ago

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Flags on the Abingdon Road
Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · yesterday

"The reality, however, is far from this. Expanding aviation capacity is fundamentally incompatible with the UK’s climate obligations under the UNFCCC" - Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social #ChoosingToFail #PlanetOnFire 🔥

Gatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate Uncensored

Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of

climateuncensored.com

Campaign against Climate Change@campaigncc.bsky.social · 2d ago

Gatwick chief executive claims the process "carefully tested and scrutinised every aspect of our expansion plans". <government waves hands, sprinkles technofix fairy dust over massive climate impact, chants "economic growth" three times and closes their eyes to ignore heatwaves, wildfires & floods>

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d ago

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?

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d ago

Here in the US, Republicans are going on prime TV even today to say Covid vaccines contain “baby parts” (this is a lie) and we have Trump’s actual Health Secretary, RFK Jr, saying the Covid vaccine is “the deadliest vaccine ever” (this is a lie), so, yes, the US is still stuck hearing kooky vaxx BS

Nicolas c Grey@nicolascgrey.bsky.social · 2d ago

And my older brother, who doesn’t use social media anymore, when i last spoke with him, he literally couldn’t believe people were still talking about vaccines.

Maria Gee@maria-goretti.bsky.social · 2d ago

And you forgot to mention this in the cosy chat with John Humphrys as well #BenWright #bbcPM The piece about Liddle was disgusting - shame on you

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 2d ago

In June 2012 The Spectator was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £2,000 to the parents of black teenager Stephen Lawrence after admitting a Rod Liddle article jeopardised the trial of two men later convicted of his murder, which breached three specific sections of a contempt order placed on the case.

Bylines Network@bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d ago

Free bus travel for children. Cheaper meals. Lower-priced cinema, theatre and attraction tickets. Families across England can save money on days out this August – and we've pulled together what's on offer and how to find it near you. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social

Great British Summer Savings provide cheaper family days out

Families with children can save money this August with a range of discounts and offers in the east made possible by the government

eastangliabylines.co.uk

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 3d ago

We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.