The latest elected member of the Green Party Governing Council doesn't seem that interested in environmental issues Do you welcome them to Council?
Neil
@neiljl.bsky.social
Interested in politics and polling, I like the below site, it's very small, but interesting discussions Could do with a few more members though https://ukpollingreport2.proboards.com/board/1/general-discussion
Some thoughts on the LibDems suggestion that the UK sign up to the EU asylum pact - presented as a solution to the small boat crisis. In practice it seems to suggest signing up to the Dublin responsibility rules and Eurodac (there's more to the pact) 1/ www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
Restoring safety, order and fairness to our asylum system
We are calling for the UK to enter the EU's landmark new Migration and Asylum Pact to help implement an asylum system that is fair and effective for all.
libdems.org.uk
. How England's 43,000-Panel Solar Farm Is Vital To A Climate Emergency Action Plan We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Find out more: www.bgr.com/2237506/england... .
How England's 43,000-Panel Solar Farm Is Vital To A Climate Emergency Action Plan - BGR
In the face of delays to construction, one England town has pushed through a massive solar project as part of its climate emergency action plan.
bgr.com
Trump also says he controls the Strait of Hormuz, won the 2020 election and that he's the greatest President ever Maybe, just maybe, he's full of shit
New Nimby Watch! This time: the Greens have taken on housing developments and pylons, but Bath's Green Party has a new adversary – cycle lanes. capx.co/why-are-bath...
Why are Bath's Greens fighting a bike lane?
Nimbys are blocking a perfectly safe cycle route - through a quiet park
capx.co
My thoughts on the press that hounded Jason Arday to his death… And my personal message to Julia Hartley-Brewer.
White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing .
The Daily Mail's best paid columnist is Boris Johnson. A man more deserving of scrutiny across the last two decades than practically anyone else in public life.
Gerry Hassan@gerryhassan.bsky.social · 5d agoThe right-wing media hounding of Jason Arday: 188 articles in the space of a few days. 158 articles in The Daily Mail, Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express & Spectator. Maybe like cigarettes the r/w media should carry a health warning: these papers can kill.
Count Binface still has it Jon Craig Chief Political Correspondent of Sky News asked him today why he stood in Clacton, he replied: "That's where the election was, Jon."
Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."
(The Govt is silent... aside from the Climate Minister doing a op ed with the FBU on exactly the need for climate resiliance. Nice to see Zack backing govt energy policy though - maybe he could have a word with his party to stop them blocking clean power/power infra?)
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last wk.A fifth heatwave. People at risk across the country. But the new Government is silent. Time to tax fossil fuel companies to fund firefighting helicopters. And to race to lower carbon energy and permanently cheaper bills.
Strikers protesting outside employers houses was made illegal by Thatcher (with some justification) I think it also should be illegal to 'protest' outside anybody's residence, regardless of the whether it's peaceful or as in this case a violent racist mob
It started with hotels during Covid, now it's dispersal accommodation used to move asylum seekers out of those hotels There's already been 2 terror attacks targeting asylum facilities and an attempted attack on a legal firm for representing small boat migrants www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘I’m so scared, anything could happen’: Asylum seekers traumatised as far-right target hotels
Seeking Refuge: Lizzie Dearden speaks to migrants who have become the targets of extremist abuse
independent.co.uk
Yes sure, except when you go into alliance with Reform to oppose Solar farms bsky.app/profile/davi...
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2w 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...
Absolute 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...
The one climate issue uniting Greens and Reform in Kent
Insurgent parties of left and right find common cause in stance over major solar farm scheme but UK government will have final say
ft.com
I'm as shocked as you are, dear reader, that the leader of the Conservative Party would omit to mention or factor in the 11,651 prison places that were closed over the same period due to either prison closures or cell dilapidation.
Full Fact@fullfact.org · 2w agoAndy Burnham has claimed only 500 prison places were added between 2010 and 2024, but Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives created 14,000 new places. Can these two claims add up? We’ve had a look at the figures 👇 fullfact.org/crime/how-ma...
So Badenoch says Bonehill-Paine shouldn't be allowed to be an MP because what did in the past was “appalling and abhorrent”, but can be a councillor as they only deal with things like “parking and putting out bins” Yes, I don't make gaffes Badenoch, really said that
The basic chronology of his own account appears demonstrably flawed & inaccurate. The assassination of Jo Cox was in June 2016 yet the judge in December 2016 is criticising his remorseless smirking through the trial, + his enjoying the discomfort of his victims. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 27% (+6) RFM: 25% (-2) CON: 20% (-1) LDM: 12% (=) GRN: 10% (-1) Via JL Partners, 1-3 Aug. Changes w/ 16-19 Jun.
On the Today programme Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf claimed “almost 1%” of, or “one in 100”, people crossing the Channel via small boat are dying. That’s not correct. The data we have suggests the actual proportion is closer to one in 1,000.
How many people die trying to cross the Channel in a small boat? – Full Fact
Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf told the Today programme that “almost 1%” of those crossing the Channel via small boat are dying, but the actual figure is much less.
fullfact.org
The questions are who or what country is really funding Farage/Reform and what do they want in return? Who would gain most from the pro Putin, anti-NATO/EU/Ukraine Farage getting power in the UK?
Initial announcements noticed & generally approved of by Labour voters
UK frontpages with dramatic images of arrival. (The less dramatic departures were many hours before deadlines last night) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
DIRECTO | 48.300 de los 50.000 migrantes que entraron en Ceuta ya han regresado a Marruecos, según ha confirmado Interior social.elpais.com/jiv…
The UK on its own accounts for a small percentage of global emissions, but add in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the rest of the EU, Canada, Australia, Japan etc and the percentage is big. If they all abandon Net Zero, as Badenoch advises, it will only make the climate emergency even worse.
James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is even worse than Badenoch’s letter yesterday, as she has space to explain what she would do instead of net zero targets to tackle the climate change she accepts is real but then doesn’t. She accuses Labour of not having a plan, then insists we should trust her unannounced plan will be better.
This is a clear example of why it should not be one or the other. We can and should do both. Read the full article here: buff.ly/GmJuVpQ
The report mentions the cost of gas to claim it was "relatively stable" even as power prices rose 50% after the Climate Change Act (Gas went up 40% in that period) (It's much higher now) Still, the headline is "£40bn", which ignores the cost of gas Apparently gas is free?
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
