I know she's incapable of ever admitting she's wrong about anything, but even I'm surprised that Kemi Badenoch has chosen this particular hill to die on
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@twopenneth.bsky.social
Retired engineering manager. Garden designer, BSc Eng. Left of centre. Art dabbler. Cats๐๐ผ blocking criteria: - Insults/abuse - Performative idiocy - False accusations - Pointless conflict - Racism, sexism or other prejudices
Climate change isn't a choice It's happening, accelerating, destroying property, killing people So policy decisions to drill more oil, gas or coal rescind climate emergency targets go back on net zero withdraw renewable subsidies in effect aids & abets mass murder the death of human civilisation
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โIf we donโt fight back, we donโt have a futureโ: the journalist taking on the โtech fascistsโ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durรกn argues they have all but abandoned democracy โ and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.
Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN โpay-where-you-playโ plan - Tax Justice Network
UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...
taxjustice.net
Not a good idea to give contracts to a company - founded by BFF of a sex-trafficking paedophile - linked to a genocidal spy agency - complicit in mass child murder - concerned about profits not patients "NHS to reevaluate Palantir effectiveness following pushback" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
NHS to reevaluate Palantir effectiveness following pushback
Voters want Palantir out of the NHS, and ministers may have a good excuse to make that happen in the next 12 months
thecanary.co
UK govt says changes to early release of prisoners will not benefit those convicted of rape or serious child sex offences www.gov.uk/government/n...
Rape, serious child sex and grooming offences barred from sentencing changes
The Prime Minister has ordered that rape, serious child sex and other grooming offences will be barred from upcoming changes to prison sentences, protecting the public from these dangerous criminals.
gov.uk
๐จ๐จApologies to say this but this plan is extremely detached from realities of #EU politics and completely fails to understand the political dynamics of #Brussels.
Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social ยท 12h agoNick Boles on his plan for a European confederation. Paper with Demos coming later www.thetimes.com/article/8459...
We UK citizens resident in the EU are not facing "systematic failures" experienced by EU citizens in the UK, some of whom are now facing letters from the HO alleging they were wrongly given settled status.
Sarah Calvert ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐บ@sarahcalvert.bsky.social ยท 2d agoNo, there isn't. It's very wrong to suggest there is. Those of us resident in the EU don't need seeds of uncertainty planted by some random UK resident. Solidarity with EU citizens resident in the UK as ever. I know they are anxious at this moment. @the3million.bsky.social
No, there isn't. It's very wrong to suggest there is. Those of us resident in the EU don't need seeds of uncertainty planted by some random UK resident. Solidarity with EU citizens resident in the UK as ever. I know they are anxious at this moment. @the3million.bsky.social
UK PM Burnham considering inquiry into Epstein, minister says reut.rs/4fD1iOy
UK PM Burnham considering inquiry into Epstein, minister says
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is looking at holding a public โinquiry into the convicted sex offender โJeffrey Epstein and his actions in the UK, victims minister Alex Davies-Jones told the BBC.
reut.rs
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says โEmbrace the Mediterranean lifeโ. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
"Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections" Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. From Zeteo:
Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections
Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. Trumpโs assault on elections is truly unprecedented.
zeteo.com
Animal dewormer and a drug used to treat scabies are being sold and promoted as unproven cancer treatments. Amazon withdrew drugs after being exposed. Others still selling. Profiteering from vulnerable people. Yet neoliberals oppose regulation.
Undercover reporter offered fenbendazole and ivermectin as cancer treatment
A terminally ill man was offered the drugs by a stair lift salesman claiming they could shrink tumours.
bbc.co.uk
Major oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies โcashing in on human miseryโ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
Palantir paid just ยฃ2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite ยฃ247m revenue, ยฃ25.3m profit. Doesn't pay much anywhere, effective global tax rate is 1.4% Shifts profits through intragroup transactions, enjoys tax breaks. UK Govt rewarding it with public contracts, enriching execs & shareholders.
Palantir paid just ยฃ2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices โthat enable tax to be shirkedโ, says union boss
theguardian.com
ยซย warns that chemicals released from treated pets are potentially causing widespread damage to aquatic and terrestrial environments.ย ยป You mean, more damage than what the water companies do??
Water Magazine@watermagazine.bsky.social ยท 12h agoHouse of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee warns that routine use of pet flea and tick treatments is contributing to chemical pollution in rivers and other ecosystems www.watermagazine.co.uk/2026/08/05/l... #RiverHealth #WaterQuality @houseoflords.parliament.uk
Russia's attack on Kyiv, killing at least 17, is a stark reminder of European failure. We need large long-term orders for SAMP/T NG and Aster interceptors for Ukraine. We need to pressure South Korea to sell air defense. We also need to transfer more of our systems
๐ From the archive: Russian Drones are Hunting Civilians in Kherson: 'They see you and They Target you' โ @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social ๐ Relevant again: Zarina broke the Kherson human safari story 2 years ago. Thousands have died because no one paid attention
Russian Drones are Hunting Civilians in Kherson: 'They see you and They Target you'
Estimates suggest that 50 people have been killed or injured in targeted drone attacks in the last two months, and left Kherson residents scared to leave their homes
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenochโs candidates: Grant Shapps out Former neo-Nazi with criminal record in open.spotify.com/episode/6WqM...
Should a former neo-Nazi be allowed to stand for election?
James O'Brien Daily ยท Episode
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Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40ยฐC in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
North Korea does far more to support Russiaโs war effort than South Korea does to help Ukraine. It is high time for South Korea to sell air defense systems to Ukraine
Young people did not have a say in the Brexit referendum but have to live with its dreadful consequences. Of course, they want to rejoin the EU.
Israel is governed by a criminal cabal of murderers. The thugs (I refuse to call them 'settlers') stealing land from and assaulting, sometimes killing, Palestinians are given a free pass and sometimes even encouraged by the Israeli state.
Paul M ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท๐ฒ๐@onebiskuit.bsky.social ยท yesterdayPosted without comment, because no comment is necessary.
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise ยฃ19bn in 2026. Result of profiteering and govt policies. Sufficient to increase frozen personal income tax allowance by nearly ยฃ2,000. Banks paid out ยฃ25bn in bonuses in the year to March, can easily pay more tax.
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise ยฃ19bn in 2026
Burnham urged to resist lobbyists and tax banks to pay for his cost of living measures
positivemoney.org
And with a name change. Sheโs now called NAM Atlรขntico, but whatโs in a name eh Nige?
So was I! My father was in the British Expeditionary Force and was invalided home, wounded by a shell splinter, before Dunkirk. Otherwise I might not be here. He had warm memories of the family in the French farmhouse where he was billeted