@patrickbaines.bsky.social
Born in Europe, still living in Europe but in the UK. Voted left all my life. Now voting Greens. I play the flute badly. Worked for the NHS for 40 years. Brexit has been a disaster. Tyneside!! Scantily dressed followers will be blocked.
This is pure extraction of wealth from one group of people to another We urgently need: Windfall tax on oil giants Windfall tax on banks Both are creaming money off us during a cost of living crisis Even Thatcher had the balls to tax the banks Will you @andyburnham?
"None of England’s fire and rescue services are thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft." It's outrageous. Make the fossil fuel companies pay. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Fossil fuel producers should pay for wildfire helicopters, Zack Polanski says
Next week is the anniversary of the start of the Langdale Moor Fire in North Yorkshire, the largest wildfire in the country last year.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
Burning fossil fuels makes wildfires more frequent and more intense. Of course those who have made record profits causing the problem should pick up the bill.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Ban all supermarkets from throwing away edible food & require their donation
Everyday, UK supermarkets throw away tonnes of edible food while millions of people rely on food banks to survive. We believe this is wrong, and that food that is safe to eat should not end up in bins...
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More than 200 resident doctors will begin new pilot placements in England today, marking the first step towards much-needed reform of an absurd rotational training system. It's hoped these pilots will reduce the unnecessary waste and disruption caused by the current system.
Rotational training improvement pilot schemes begin
Doctors leaders say system, which sees them travelling long distances, is ‘well overdue for reform’
thedoctor.bma.org.uk
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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
theguardian.com
Farage is a Crooked Conman. Vote Binface to Cleanup Clacton!
BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
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Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026. Result of profiteering and govt policies. Sufficient to increase frozen personal income tax allowance by nearly £2,000. Banks paid out £25bn in bonuses in the year to March, can easily pay more tax.
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026
Burnham urged to resist lobbyists and tax banks to pay for his cost of living measures
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Almost £70 billion in profit in just 3 months is obscene when the climate is in crisis. The fossil fuel industry should be forced to pay for transforming to renewable energies. 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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Pretending that the Navy taking back migrants would be a humanitarian mission and therefore legal, is a bit like pretending that a £5 million bribe is nothing to do with politics and therefore doesn't need to be declared.
Farage, Reform, and its top team's finances have so far led to investigations by: The Met Police The Electoral Commission Parliamentary Standards Multiple banks' financial-compliance teams National Crime Agency And the FBI Like I said. It's very simple. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Well Trumpy, if you know Europe better than anyone you'll also know that this is what we think of you #Loser
if any of you know anyone who still thinks that the flagshaggers are 'just proud of their country', i want you to sit down with them and read these court documents together
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterdayLeaders 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.
From pensioners left bedbound to life savings being spent on dementia care, our system better resembles the 1920s than the 2020s. Andy Burnham must work with local government and the NHS to finally end the social care crisis.
BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.2 billion in the three months to the end of June. These are the profits of war and climate chaos. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.
Over at LinkedIn (sorry) I have posted this for those of you that partake: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-tr...
Why Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC is not going well for him
One point which was emphasised in the litigation department of what was then (and still should be) Herbert Smith was to always prepare for trial. Each step of the litigation process, from pre-action c...
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I look forward to the day when Trump is held accountable. Fauci is a hero who saved lives.
The Danube in Budapest has fallen to a record 23 cm, Rhine traffic has fallen by 10%, and Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant is shutting down due to water shortages. Serbia’s Djerdap-1 hydroelectric power plant is operating at only 20% of its capacity.
Well, we keep getting told by the experts that no country can be forced to join the eurozone, this could become the first proper test of that theory It needs to happen, in fact it has needed to happen for a while The outcome could have implications for future accessions
Brighton has been truly parched, and meanwhile water infrastructure crumbles. In 37 years since privatisation, not one new major reservoir for England. In the 35 years before that, nearly 100 major reservoirs were created. The new PM must renationalise water as a matter of urgency.
Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...
Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media
For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar
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The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked. Which on this dreadfully nature-depleted islands, we particularly cannot afford www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fish in Norwich river killed by heat and drain water, say experts
The Environment Agency believes the fish were killed as a result of the heat and drain water.
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Reform starting to get the scrutiny it deserves on multiple fronts.
Standards watchdog investigating Reform UK’s Richard Tice
Party’s deputy leader accused of a possible failure to declare an interest, commissioner says on its website
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