Richard Roaf

Viral videos CAN change the world. Founder VideoRev and Alter Eco Troublemaker elsewhere.

[Taranjit Shukra @ConvoNotConfro]

@TRobinsonNewEra @Nigel_Farage @TiceRichard
Don't want to talk about this story

A man saved a woman from another man... isn't it about protecting women and girls? Let's celebrate this hero
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@5Pillarsuk

[Stop School Cuts @SchoolCuts]

“Children are not naive. They know when they are in a school that is lacking funding.”

🏫 With fifteen years of chronic cuts, an entire generation of children has had fewer opportunities and resources in school.

💷 It’s not because we can’t afford better— it’s because governments have chosen not to.

[Richard Roaf @RRoaf]

@JeremyClancy Check out the original video here https://t.co/LOGsZertxX and Jeremy's blog here https://t.co/90YUw7qh3C

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

⏳ Final week to sign up to the Green Party.

🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

[Richard Roaf @RRoaf]

Zack Polanski’s video went viral and took on far-right narratives head-on.

I spoke with the filmmaker @JeremyClancy to unpack why it worked and how we can use similar tactics to resist the far-right.

[That's TV Oxfordshire @TTVOxfordshire]

"The best investment I've ever made."

Oxford Resident Sue Roaf is celebrating 30 years of her solar panels.

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

Will Tenbury Wells be abandoned because of flooding?

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

You wouldn’t burn Epping Forest to save the planet.

So why are we giving Drax billions to burn trees?

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

Danny Sriskandarajah on rip-off private water companies @dhnnjyn @NEF

[Fossil Free Parliament @MP_FossilFree]

🚨 BREAKING: 145 civil society groups have called on @Ed_Miliband to lock fossil fuel lobbyists out of the UK’s delegation to COP29.

Big polluters should have no place at the year’s most critical climate talks ⬇️⬇️

[Platform @PlatformLondon]

BP’s BTC oil pipeline is 1,099 miles long and has devastated villages in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.

It has capacity to transport 1.2 million barrels of crude oil everyday, from the Caspian to the Mediterranean sea.

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

Ever feel like you’re burning money? It doesn’t need to be like this, says @SamuelKOfficial

[Olivia Blake MP @_OliviaBlake]

I have written today to the Secretary of State.

The UK must halt all arms sales to Israel.

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

Should we tax private jets and superyachts to raise £2 billion?

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

BREAKING: Bills set to rise as energy price cap rises 10% today.

Meanwhile energy company CEOs are making millions.
#costofliving #ukpolitics

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

David Lammy is right that climate change is a ‘more fundamental’ threat than terrorism.

So why would the government invest £870 million on a gas pipeline in Mozambique? asks @JoeBrindle_

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

BREAKING: MPs just voted to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners.

Shouldn’t we be taxing energy companies instead of making cuts? #WinterFuelAllowance #WinterFuelPayments

[Sam Bright @WritesBright]

🔴 NEW 🔴

The BBC has been producing adverts(!) for major polluters, including fossil fuel firms and petrostates with a history of persecuting journalists.

As an ex-BBC journalist, I was pretty staggered when I discovered this.

📝 @DeSmog report 👇
https://t.co/hDJrmLaNDW

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

Should billionaires be taxed to fix the planet? #elonmusk

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

Stephen Fry slams water companies for sewage spills #sewage @MattStaniek

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

I have been informed by the Chief Whip & the Labour Party leadership that the whip has been withdrawn from me for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap, which would lift 330,000 children out of poverty.

I will always stand up for the most vulnerable in our society.