So the Tories have finally publicly admitted they have moved into full climate change denial mode.
Rob Greig
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Progressive politics, equality, environmentalism, pro- Europe (and more). Used to do things nationally around disability. Now retired & trying to make sense of it all, helping to develop an age friendly community & appreciating the natural world.
The Conservatives want to cut £1bn from culture, sport and youth services. Listen to Anna Sabine's take on their plans.
U.S. has worse wealth distribution than pre-revolutionary France did.
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
🤔 Last night Farage used his GB News slot to again attack Burnham and side with Donald Trump over Chagos. 👇 Sign our petition calling for an investigation into his programme today. https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/
Kudos to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for saying this in his speech yesterday: "Hundreds of thugs, in black shirts and balaclavas, are marching on our streets. First Dover. Then Portsmouth. Their aim? To intimidate. To spread fear. To stoke racism."
The Fight of our Lives
Ed Davey's Leaders' Speech to Autumn Conference Speech 2026
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Important, yes, but England hasn’t had a learning disability strategy since 2001 and the numbers are not dissimilar. Strikes me that for 15 years, Governments have been so obsessed with the economy and immigration (aka racism) that socially excluded people haven’t got a look in.
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences@oxprimarycare.bsky.social · last mo.England hasn't had a dementia strategy since 2020. Yet ~1 million people in the UK live with dementia. This World Alzheimer's Day, we're putting carers' voices at the heart of the debate to ask: What does a national dementia action plan look like? https://f.mtr.cool/t779kqaqju
This should be a precursor to England sacking Borthwick and appointing Edwards as the England men’s coach.
Shaun Edwards: Red Roses bring in famed defence coach for WXV Global Series
Shaun Edwards has started a short-term coaching consultancy role with England women.
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Important, yes, but England hasn’t had a learning disability strategy since 2001 and the numbers are not dissimilar. Strikes me that for 15 years, Governments have been so obsessed with the economy and immigration (aka racism) that socially excluded people haven’t got a look in.
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences@oxprimarycare.bsky.social · last mo.England hasn't had a dementia strategy since 2020. Yet ~1 million people in the UK live with dementia. This World Alzheimer's Day, we're putting carers' voices at the heart of the debate to ask: What does a national dementia action plan look like? https://f.mtr.cool/t779kqaqju
There is no middle ground with the kind of people who attack the RNLI. We don’t need to ‘listen’ to them. We need to tell them where to go.
The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE!
Suella Braverman says she wants to see every child in every school in England (including non-faith schools) made to sing Christian hymns each morning, and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name if you DON'T agree with Suella. humanists.uk/action/keep-...
Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Its time to live again and stop behaving like automated drones Rebel against the corporate/ authoritarian surveillance takeover of our lives where our every action is monitored and recorded
HT4Ecosocialism@ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m happy to be a Luddite.
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Last week it was Phil Parkes, this week Mike Bailey. Why are my childhood sporting heroes all dying?
Wolves legend Mike Bailey dies, aged 84
Bailey had battled Alzheimer’s disease for the past nine years.
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This isn’t new News, but always good to give these facts fresh ímpetus at a time when it’s difficult to get a hearing for anything that argues for equality for people with learning disabilities.
People with severe intellectual disabilities live 24 years less on average
Exclusive: Research also finds stark ethnic disparities, and 40% of deaths among group classed as avoidable
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40 Years of Speaking Up: Memories of the Self Advocacy Movement Gary Bourlet & John Hersov will reflect on what life was like for people with learning disabilities in the early days of the self-advocacy movement, growth of self-advocacy and the progress that has been made... tinyurl.com/55k6tkwh
Book a place – 40 Years of Speaking Up: Memories of the Self Advocacy Movement
40 Years of Speaking Up: Memories of the Self Advocacy Movement, Tue 18 Aug 2026 - This year marks 10 years since Learning Disability England was founded. To celebrate this milestone, Learning Disabil...
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Rather than allowing humanists to contribute to Radio 4's Thought for the Day, the BBC's current format requires all speakers to frame political and current affairs commentary through a religious or scriptural lens. Yet half of the UK is non-religious so why not let us speak?
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
Joe Root is England’s greatest ever batsman. I’m a Yorkshireman, so of course I have huge respect for him. ……. but returning as England cricket captain - the wrong move.
There’s nothing radical or wrong with that. We have VAT on energy bills and not on flying. Fuel duty on cars to go to work in but not planes for flying. And duty free for flying but not at bus stops. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/net-ze...
This all reminds me of my student politics days, when unopposed candidates had to stand against A.B.Stain. One Labour candidate (Adrian Whitehouse, wonder what happened to him) was so deeply unpopular that A.B.Stain won.
BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4mo agoNigel Farage will lose to Count Binface says the latest poll.
Talk of Miliband for Chancellor. He should choose to stay where he is so he can leave a real legacy of pushing the UK towards a positive environmental and energy future.