Drilling for oil and gas will absolutely not lower bills. It's sold on the international market. And the idea of this being for jobs is utter nonsense. Jackdaw would create about 27 jobs. So when is the moment Andy Burnham will take the heatwaves & the climate crisis seriously?

Today I wish I were an I!

Claire Sheppard@shinyshep.bsky.social · 2d ago

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This is an outrageous failure from Andy Burnham and this Labour Government. He says they "don't know the remedy." It's obvious to almost anyone. Nationalise water companies. Tax fossil fuel companies. Invest in renewables. Labour selling us down the river to please their donors as country burns.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · yesterday

Downing Street's press release for Burnham's "emergency" Cobra meeting on the drought didn't even mention climate, with the Prime Minister blaming the growing numbers of wildfires on disposable barbecues. He's since appeared on GB News this afternoon to talk about migrant camps

Now do everywhere else www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales

Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave

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In Otter News@in-otter-news.bsky.social · 3d ago

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Tree, Kew, London. Planted 1881. Died 2022, aged 141. Probable cause of death: man-made climate change.

Zack Polanski has called out the BBC’s coverage of Reform UK press conferences, but will it change the mainstream media's approach? 🤔 It's one of the topics reporters Steph Brawn and Lucy Jackson get their teeth into on this week's Media Watch podcast 👇

Zack Polanski calls out BBC for IGNORING Greens while airing Reform & GB news face 15000 complaints!

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"The climate crisis is stretching the fire service long before it makes headlines" - James Rodgers, London Firefighter It should be a national priority to properly equip UK firefighters and ensure their safety as wildfires rage across the country. No more cuts.

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Farage recently started renting a former beauty salon next to a seafood restaurant next to Clacton Wetherspoons, opposite a pirate ship funfair ride, I mean, the rent's gotta be in the millions... No, seriously. What IS this!!!???

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Reform spent £4,376,601 on campaigning last year, essentially flat on the general election year - but £8,944,096 on unexplained "office costs". No breakdown anywhere. Much smaller parties than Reform give detailed breakdowns of what went into those figures.

Last week Zack Polanski and the Green Party held a press conference with Chris Packham, the BBC did not play full clips of it This morning, Nigel Farage and Reform UK held a press conference, since, the BBC have continued to play full clips from it

Media: @zackpolanski.bsky.social saying that the #ClimateCrisis is 'the biggest threat to this country since WW2' is 'silly'. David Attenborough: "Climate change is the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced." Oh.

Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22

*a council tries to limit standing in pubs* Number 10: "We vow to stop this!" *droughts, wildfires, and crop failures, all driven by / made worse by climate change* Number 10:

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Want to know more about Posh George’s Reform connections in his early years? Or why so many Reform types have their businesses registered in a shabby office in Tivat, Montenegro? You read it here first! My July story for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/inside-refor...

Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro

Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?

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A little bit of an odd request. Does anyone know any textile history experts with knowledge on the linen trade in Brittany, Normandy, or Flanders during the 18th century? Trying to identify a marking on an object in our collection!

This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters

The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’

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We don’t have to put up with this. You can vote for parties that won’t put up with this.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.

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.

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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · last wk.

Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election. Convictions for assaulting police officer, burglary of a police station, malicious communications, anti-semitism, racially aggravated harassment, harrasing MPs. Tories chasing Reform vote.

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP

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The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So much for a fresh start with Burnham. New oil and gas won't cut bills or make Britain more energy secure. But they will lock us into more climate damage. It's time to invest in clean energy, warm homes and the jobs of the future - not to double down on the fuels of the past.

The wildfires in Suffolk are the reality of a fossil-fuelled climate emergency that is making our summers hotter and more extreme. If we have any chance of preventing the worst of the climate crisis, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

You really should follow Tom regardless of the giveaway, though it's a delightful bonus. The world needs more whimsy right now, and many of his threads contain much

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2w ago

THREAD/ORIGINAL ART GIVEAWAY This hare linoprint is by my mum, Jo. I'll be sending an original of this to one randomly chosen person who reposts this link to my recently updated website & pops a reply below. www.tom-cox.com The offer is open worldwide. I also have some more art to give away...

Friends… please can you share? I’m starting to put some art up for sale to pay for my louche year of painting (and grieving, let’s face it cos that’s what’s at the root of all this, I think) - and would love to find some nice homes for my art #artforsale #starvingartist #watercolour #bsnm #nature

Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons@gingertotty.bsky.social · 2w ago

Back to scanning artwork. Some originals will be on sale, some prints, and I’m starting to curate so I can put together the much vaunted exhibition I keep threatening… These will be in the 2026 Clarkive sale. Prices in alt if you want to reserve (DM me)! #art #bsnm #artforsale #originalart #artist

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Miki Berenyi@mikiberenyi.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have vivid memories of childhood summers wishing the clouds would disappear. Now I just want rain. 🥵 We're playing Birmingham Kings Heath Hare & Hounds next week with Ayu Okakita! Here's an updated poster of our other dates this year - all ticket links at mikistuff.com/live

I'd really really really like it to pour with rain for at least 3 straight days please.

“Andy Burnham must surely now reach the obvious conclusion that water should be brought back into public ownership, as the Green party would do, so that any money raised goes back into the system, not into shareholders’ pockets and excessive executive pay.” 🗣 @adrianramsay.bsky.social