patrickcherry
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@patrickcherry there is always time to save our world and our future. Populists are the worst. #FBPE UK/France, EU
Poles are peacefully gathering around the Constitutional Tribunal in support of restoring it legal composition and operation, not storming it. So much for the PiS line that Tusk's rule-of-law repair is a "coup." Poles deserve again an independent court, working for everyone #Poland
Truly lovely to read. Thanks Zoe @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A decade of magical thinking since Brexit has taught me that it’s always OK to hope for better | Zoe Williams
The world has changed enormously since 2016, yet the pro-Brexiters believe remainers like me have no chance of achieving a closer relationship with the EU. I’m choosing to ignore them, says Zoe Willia...
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Freedom of movement is part of the single market, surely. British NEETs could use free movement to find work (and the rest) elsewhere in the EU. But BBC News, Conservatives, Reform and all points stupider talk about it simply as IMMIGRATION. #R4Today
#r4today Nice one Webb. If economics mean FOM, why not Rosebank?
Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating. Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.
In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
Fantastic. Bolsonaro loses. And Vucic. Great results.
I will never forget seeing the flames spread so quickly up the embankment of vallentin road towards the houses - as we hunker down in this latest storm I am clear we should test our actions in government against whether they will reduce or increase the risk of further extreme weather.
#bbaq Littlewood is a shocker. Wrote truss' budget. Claims the market should 100% control the energy market. Right. Scientific consensus should be left to the market to prioritise if they feel like it? Awful. Unreal. Why BBC?
#anyquestions Littlewood says leave energy to the market. Did anyone manage to say that that is what we do, but set the ruleset to take account of the scientific consensus. The idea the market will decide if they take account of climate change or not is utterly ludicrous. I despair
There's something dispiriting about people lining up to tell us there was no "successful" Russian interference in Brexit when nobody (not even the head of MI5) actually knows the answer to that question. arthursnell.substack.com/p/on-russia-...
On Russia, Brexit and an inability to talk to the public
Why is this so difficult to understand?
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Ever struggle to communicate why we have just made a mistake approving Jackdaw? www.upliftuk.org/post/jackdaw...
Jackdaw approved. Rosebank? - Blogpost from Uplift (News)
The UK government has just approved Jackdaw, a new North Sea gas field owned and operated by Adura, a joint venture between Shell and Equinor. It is now poised to make a decision on Adura’s huge Roseb...
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@tessakhan.bsky.social fantastic on channel 4 news. Other guy, like something from prehistoric times. Save us.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 2w agoIs the UK’s dependency on oil and gas costing the country? – Debate www.channel4.com/news/is-the-...
Is the UK’s dependency on oil and gas costing the country? – Debate www.channel4.com/news/is-the-...
Is the UK’s dependency on oil and gas costing the country? – Debate
We were joined by the lawyer Tessa Khan who founded Uplift, an organisation working towards the transition away from oil and gas, and David Whitehouse the chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, the ...
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@tessakhan.bsky.social Fantastic on channel 4 news. At last someone nails why Jackdaw is anything but pragmatic and Rosebank would be an abomination
Not bombshells. Entirely on brand “appalling behaviour” and “extreme racism” from an appalling, extreme and racist party, led by an appalling, extreme and racist man. The apples are all rotten because the tree is. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The bombshells from the undercover sting operation which plunged Reform into crisis
The party has been accused of ‘appalling behaviour’ and ‘extreme racism’ following staggering revelations
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"Insulating Britain’s homes and investing in heat pumps would do more to cut the cost of living, create jobs and boost the UK’s economy than drilling for new oil, research suggests."
Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests
Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds
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Terrific piece by @pilitaclark.bsky.social on what to do about Britain's broken energy system, making strong case for more central planning and state control to reduce cost of capital to drive. Agree that Dieter Helm seems to have sadly drifted off the reservation... www.ft.com/content/2d99...
Power failure — what went wrong with the UK’s energy system?
As Britain faces rising bills alongside the need to decarbonise, one industry expert blames botched privatisations — but another plays down climate change and the value of renewables
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Grim analysis of Israel elections. Not just netanyahu against more reasonable groups - not at all. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
There’s a lot of racism, a lot of hatred’: Far right gains predicted as Israel heads to the polls
Whether or not Netanyahu can hold on to power, Israelis are expected to vote in a more rightwing Knesset
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@bestforbritain.org say that "It's not just a case of a few bad apples. This is a systemic vetting failure by Reform UK" Certainly not a few bad apples Certainly systemic But is it just a vetting failure? Surely these ppl represent who Reform are, who they want, why they exist & who they attract?
Jenrick on #r4today trying to downplay the raging racism of Reform… by saying “Farage has done more than anyone else to stand up against racism and the far right”. Farage the schoolboy Nazi. Farage the ‘breaking point’ Brexiter. Farage the mass-deportations champion. Farage the far right racist.
#r4today What drivel and nonsense from jenrick Reform are racist and sexist by design.
Who voted for Lord Botham or Lord Lebedev to rule over British laws? Nobody did. The EU is considerably more democratic than the UK.
Disgusting bunch of heathens...biggar, marshall et al Nice to be able to support our normal reasonable and decent traditional church rather than these right wing, selfish, nasty a'holes www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Lobbying, lawyers and a media blitz: the fight to kill the Church of England’s £100m slavery compensation fund
Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent
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