Tom Holbrook
@thomholbrook.bsky.social
Director of @5th_Studio, architect, Professor @RMIT, generalist, sailor.
Trump, Netanyahu and the European fash are manufacturing this crisis to go after Sanchez – a lone, brave critic. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Why Spain’s EU allies turned on Pedro Sanchez over Ceuta: the hard right now sets their agenda on migration
Rightwing narratives have gone mainstream, and Madrid finds itself increasingly isolated for its humane approach to migrants
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A huge thank you to everyone who has given to and shared our appeal so far. You can find out more about the Dunwich Heath Fire Appeal and give to the cause here: nationaltrust.org.uk/dunwich-heath-appeal
Voters have had enough of failed, inept 'centrists' like Starmer and @schumer.senate.gov – their policies just protect established power and enable right wing demagogues like Trump and Farage. Time for progressive alternatives like @abdulelsayed.bsky.social !
We desperately need investment in things like housing and heat adaptation. As NEF has said, using public institutions like the National Wealth Fund is a great way to do this without breaking the fiscal rules. But we need to be sure of 3 things... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury seeks to kick-start economy with £9bn-a-year borrowing bonanza
Ministers hope to exploit a change in the fiscal rules to spend billions more a year on housing, infrastructure and British start-ups
thetimes.com
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend this crucial debate on water ownership? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
actionnetwork.org
Seems to be common knowledge in the PR / Ad industry that Meta and other platforms will throttle or refuse any content that mention #climate issues, even in the most innocuous ways. Any experience of that out there? Absolutely shocking if so. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Dangerous nutjob running one of the most significant agencies. America, you are a tragedy.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
The National Trust has launched a fundraiser to restore Dunwich Heath. This fire is a warning we should not have needed. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
Devastating fire sweeps Dunwich Heath
Support the Dunwich Heath Fire Appeal. Your donation will help restore damaged habitats, protect vulnerable wildlife, and aid long-term recovery efforts.
nationaltrust.org.uk
1/ Kemi Badenoch says she isn't a climate denier. Let's take her at her word. Here are five findings she wrote around this week as though they don't exist. 🧵
Macron is the embodiment of how ‘centrism’ neglects the key existential issues in its concern to protect capital, opening the door for fascism. His weakness on the environment is emblematic of this www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?
Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challenge
theguardian.com
Devastating news on the #Dunwich Heath fire, and the damage to the incredible jewel of the Minsmere reserve. Thoughts to all those affected. Meanwhile the Tory Party is in full retreat from the reality of climate breakdown. Madness.
Good to see – but what are the two governments going to actually do about it?
Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7d ago++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Quarter of a million people now fleeing out of control wildfires in France and Spain, and it is still acceptable for leaders of apparently mainstream political parties (Badenoch, Trump, Farage) to deny climate science, cheered on by the Murdoch press.
Quarter of a million people now fleeing out of control wildfires in France and Spain, and it is still acceptable for leaders of apparently mainstream political parties (Badenoch, Trump, Farage) to deny climate science, cheered on by the Murdoch press.
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
weownit.org.uk
This story took us nearly 8 months. We found that the man who hired him under a false identity in 2013 became Reform UK’s treasurer in 2019, vetting its donations for 6 years - including from Cottrell himself and his mother /1
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
ft.com
Reform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’. Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami. A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
bylinetimes.com
Democracy only works when people have access to the facts. That's why I'm supporting @ChrisGPackham's petition calling for a UK-wide public briefing on climate and nature risks. Help us reach 100,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
petition.parliament.uk
Will Burnham’s brilliant ambition to build more council housing be throttled by the Home Office’s punitive restrictions on the skills that will be needed? One arm of government hobbling another.
“It’s so relentless. From 3 hours before kickoff, they’re just blasting noise at you and trying to sell you stuff. If that was England, people would be making rude gestures at the camera. That anarchic attitude the English fan has just doesn’t seem to exist anywhere else”@theobserveruk.bsky.social
The US is adopting a strategy of attacking water storage and desalination plants designed to render the region uninhabitable. If continued, this strategy will make the Gulf littoral uninhabitable in the coming decades. Yet there is no discussion of these tactics and their repercussion in the US.
Trump's declassified election intelligence pretty clearly shows that China *could have,* but didn't, meddle in the 2020 election to help Biden win. But that Russia *did* meddle to help Trump win.
Another ticket ripoff in the making? @heritagelive.bsky.social have cancelled The Streets concert in August and ticket agent @seetickets.bsky.social say that it’s none of their business. Despite charging for ‘ticket protection’ etc.
The British far right: brought to you by Russia. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/12/tommy-robinson-musk-russia-trip-defend-uk-democracy-ed-davey
Tommy Robinson’s Musk-funded Russia trip spurs call to defend UK democracy
Ed Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
theguardian.com
