Newton Abbot Primary

Helping citizens unite behind the candidate best placed to change society fairly, in opposition to Tory-ism. Let’s be clever & vote together.

[Newton Abbot Primary @NAPrimary]

On the streets with our democracymeter: people’s views are strikingly consistent: low trust in conservative government, universal concern about the state of politics, strong support for choosing a “peoples’ champion’” from the progressive parties.

[Newton Abbot Primary @NAPrimary]

The Climate & Nature Bill (CAN) team want to help us network in our constituencies to put pressure on, & support, MPs to engage with the Bill, which will be key legislation to enshrine vital climate agreements in UK law. Sign up here to learn more. https://t.co/SuAA5y5agg....

[Newton Abbot Primary @NAPrimary]

Taking action with others who care is the best antidote to anxiety & grief about the troubled unfair state of nature & our climate. Here’s a good way to engage: @zerohour_uk https://t.co/LRfLXJrjSQ As bonus, you’ll meet lovely people, sharing hope & determination 1/2

[Simon Oldridge @SiOldridge]

Scientists recently found that the #AMOC ocean current—which keeps UK from dropping to Ice Age temperatures—may shut down within decades.

Are we 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 just going to continue with the same climate targets set 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 we realised how much danger we're in?

[Media Tell The Truth XR @TTTMediaXR]

BREAKING: Dr Patrick Hart is the first working GP to be sent to prison for nonviolent direct action. Sentenced to 12 months for a @JustStop_Oil action against @exxonmobil petrol pumps.

Why did he do it?

Because he's seen children die at the hands of the fossil fuel industry.

[Media Tell The Truth XR @TTTMediaXR]

Dr Hart went to work as a GP in order to keep his patients safe. And that is also why he took part in direct action.

He is the kind of doctor we need. He honours public trust in the profession. He knows the science: that UK government policies are creating untold suffering.

[Media Tell The Truth XR @TTTMediaXR]

Who should really be keeping patients safe from climate breakdown?

Not doctors but our government - yet Labour have no plan to end fossil fuels, the Paris Agreement lies in tatters, and catastrophic heating is locked in.

[Media Tell The Truth XR @TTTMediaXR]

Why break the law?

Because to have a chance of waking humanity from its sleepwalk towards catastrophe, we must challenge social norms.

Billions of lives are at stake if we continue on our present path. People of conscience must step up and take action.

[Media Tell The Truth XR @TTTMediaXR]

Dr Hart has been a law-abiding citizen all his life, not even receiving a parking ticket until he took direct action.

What would drive someone like him to break the law?

The knowledge that laws can be unjust and patients will no longer live and die in dignity globally.

[Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @NickHartley]

A big response to my tweet about wealth redistribution.

Representing Byker, a part of Newcastle which has been harmed by rising levels of inequality, I knew I had to speak out on how @TheGreenParty are working to tackle this.

I made a brief film 👇 1/3

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

https://t.co/ToCEfbVGEJ

[Simon Oldridge @SiOldridge]

1️⃣ People are asking why Labour is backing the Conservatives' carbon capture plans, which rely heavily on new gas & hydrogen plants.

I'll do a fuller thread on this, but I've just found an important new reason, and it would be laughable if not so serious.
A quick explainer 🧵

[Newton Abbot Primary @NAPrimary]

Progressive leaders - it’s beyond time to work together. https://t.co/L2kNugraQM

[Newton Abbot Primary @NAPrimary]

Good free short event on 12 December coming up for everyone interested in participatory democracy https://t.co/Hci9QH0Wg4

[Stephen Barlow @SteB777]

They are looked at as if these things are all entirely separate matters. But they all have one single cause, the all out pursuit of economic growth, capitalism, or whatever you want to call it. Which takes for granted the natural systems, which sustain us.
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[Health for XR @DoctorsXr]

This week’s appeal provides the GMC with a crucial opportunity to reflect on its role and duty as an ethical compass for medicine and for health.

Will they take that opportunity, or will they plough on, being on the wrong side of history?

👉 https://t.co/VY00brCaGx

[Health for XR @DoctorsXr]

Read more here:

https://t.co/5ica2g7HQC

[Health for XR @DoctorsXr]

🚨BREAKING

Health professionals gather within the injuncted area at Kingsbury oil terminal in solidarity with Dr Sarah Benn, who was suspended from the medical register after a conviction following engaging in peaceful protest. She simply held a sign that read “no new oil”./1

[Health for XR @DoctorsXr]

...and thank you to @Clifford_Chance's security for this wonderfully choreographed piece of performance art 🤣

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Wales this weekend – climate collapse happening before our very eyes .

We need to get serious . It’s why I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads 🧵

https://t.co/hwWhkL6eTs

[Stephen Barlow @SteB777]

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but I've been worried about misunderstanding.

There is much discussion and despair about where to now' for the left and progressives, after Trump's victory.

I have a suggestion, I've been trying to get across for decades.
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