Between Bristol and Yate are - the M4 - a golf course - a Trainline - an old coalpit - four other villages/towns

Tristan Cork@tristancorkpost.bsky.social · yesterday

HUGE backlash from 500+ residents, local councils & the NHS to a plan for 860 new homes on Green Belt, who say it would 'link Bristol & Yate'. One parish council's objection was made with 'IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS' written in capital letters Full story 👇 www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Today I've written for @labourlist.bsky.social on why working class communities deserve to see a bold plan from Labour on climate. Quite simply we all deserve to be safe and be protected. And there's quite a clear political case for the government too. labourlist.org/2026/08/work...

'Working class communities deserve a bold climate plan from Labour' - LabourList

Labour has always proudly protected, championed and supported working class communities and should do so once more when it comes to climate.

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The West of England was missing out on millions in Govt funding, but no more - after this 'huge moment' puts the Bristol city region up with those northern 'powerhouses' as a top tier metro authority. Full story here: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

West of England joins the 'top tier' of mayoral regions

The move puts Bristol and Bath alongside Liverpool and Manchester and will unlock more Government millions

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Can't decide if Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a pixar animated albatross or a bleak 4 hoour daniel day lewis epic

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

How's reindustrialisation going in the US? The country pursuing a mercantilist policy of tariff and trade coercion in order to reindustrialise. Well, badly. Jobs declining in almost every manufacturing sub-sector.

In our paper, published last week, we identified a lack of political will as one of the biggest barriers to tackling homelessness and implementing a housing-led approach Today, Burnham made his 1st priority as PM ending rough sleeping 1/🧵 www.ippr.org/articles/hom...

Home truths: Housing-led approaches to homelessness | IPPR

The most meaningful progress has instead come from places where local leaders have made homelessness a priority, driving improvements in both the provision

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Theres lots of searching for reasons electricity costs are high that miss the very obvious - the tories built absolutely no grid, no anticipatory investment for 15 years and now we’re playing catch up. We don’t blame high water bills on environmental targets. Everyone agrees we didnt build anything

Left Outside@leftoutside.bsky.social · 3w ago

Also just shows how useless the debate is. We're gonna spend a HS2 on the grid to complement renewables, that doesn't show up in LCOE. System costs are going up a lot.

The UK's record heatwaves have made a chunk of voters more worried about climate change and impatient for help from the government Public First polling for Politico found - 36% now more supportive of renewables - over 40% now more concerned about climate www.politico.eu/article/heat...

The heat waves are Andy Burnham’s problem now

Worried voters want action on air conditioning and more clean power, polling shows.

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I’ve recently been immersed in/obsessed with a writing project, and the article came out yesterday in the summer issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk . It’s a longread about the Israeli elections, which are taking place on 27th October /1

Four on the bounce for the nation of the IPL is it. Shame.

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

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The progressive case for ground-mounted solar and grid-scale batteries: everyone benefits from the grid not fucking collapsing when it gets hot, not just those who can afford private solar and batteries.

What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.

Ben Stokes unbeaten triple hundred scoring 100% of the runs in this chase to finish thanks to

Industrial strategy for Baristas is new to me. I’m pretty sure we already make/roast and sell our own coffee

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo.

Al Carns believes the UK govt should set a goal of adding a trillion pounds to (nominal) GDP in a decade, with fairer tax for coffee shops + an industrial strategy.

Some people are really struggling to accept that this heat is exceptional—and dangerous @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Heatwave sceptics reveal our climate delusion

This week’s heat made plain how difficult it is for us to comprehend what is happening

prospectmagazine.co.uk

This is so great. If only we had had a culture Secretary thay could’ve done some of this - or more than a vanishingly small number of parliamentarians who recognise games are a) culture b) serious economics c) popular!

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · last mo.

Labour should fight Reform by pitching a "Gamer's Charter" (newly FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/labour-sho...

Extreme heat has severe impacts on wellbeing

Zoe Avison@zoeavison.bsky.social · last mo.

I see we're doing fantasy cabinets.. Here's mine 🧵

'Climate action can be one of our strongest electoral assets, helping unite the broad coalition required to win a second term. But only if we get the messaging right' - @lukemurphy.bsky.social for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...

Labour must not fear talking about the climate

Climate action can be one of our strongest electoral assets, helping unite the broad coalition required to win a second term. But only if we get the messaging right.

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Ed Miliband content is the the BlueSky algorithm

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m not saying the debate in the U.K. has moved to the right, but Ed Miliband is basically seen as Pol Pot for aiming for a climate target first agreed to by…I think Theresa May’s government? Definitely Johnson’s. And this chat is going on during the middle of a record-breaking heatwave

What Andrew said! 👇👇 www.arguably.uk/p/end-the-ai...

End the air con taboo

Progressives will lose if they don’t offer solutions to extreme heat

arguably.uk

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · last mo.

If I were in government I'd be scoping an announcement to have solar, batteries and air conditioning (heating and cooling) in every school and hospital by 2030

What Andrew said! 👇👇 www.arguably.uk/p/end-the-ai...

End the air con taboo

Progressives will lose if they don’t offer solutions to extreme heat

arguably.uk

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · last mo.

If I were in government I'd be scoping an announcement to have solar, batteries and air conditioning (heating and cooling) in every school and hospital by 2030

This is so great. If only we had had a culture Secretary thay could’ve done some of this - or more than a vanishingly small number of parliamentarians who recognise games are a) culture b) serious economics c) popular!

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · last mo.

Labour should fight Reform by pitching a "Gamer's Charter" (newly FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/labour-sho...

Do you represent the public mood? Or are you just in a mood in public

Spent £200 on a train, arrived in London late, it’s 37 degrees. Rightly decided to not bother again.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · last mo.

Andy Burnham is looking to set up a “Number 10 in the north”, moving part of his prime ministerial operation to Manchester, in a radical attempt to shift power beyond Westminster. www.ft.com/content/f304...

Seems to be a lot of selective memory in UK's right-wing newspapers about schools not closing during the 1976 heatwave. I just checked and, yes, many schools did close early as well as allow parents to "keep their children at home if they wish". This clipping from London Evening News, 29 June 1976

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Alan Beattie@alanbeattie.bsky.social · last mo.

Sorry to say this but food miles are a terrible idea and shopping locally and organically can do more harm to the environment than good. Much higher land and water use, and transport in small inefficient cars and vans.

Spent £200 on a train, arrived in London late, it’s 37 degrees. Rightly decided to not bother again.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · last mo.

Andy Burnham is looking to set up a “Number 10 in the north”, moving part of his prime ministerial operation to Manchester, in a radical attempt to shift power beyond Westminster. www.ft.com/content/f304...

Wait... so staying quiet on climate and net zero WON'T lead to magical solutions?

Sam Alvis@samalvis.bsky.social · last mo.

This is why it drives me insane when the climate sector say things like ‘we should stop using net zero’. If you don’t opponents to change will continue to dictate what net zero means. So important to talk about it ALONGSIDE climate impacts. It is our best and only solution