Two front page headlines today. This says all you need to know about Govt’s total disconnection from climate reality. Green pledges don’t need watering down, but ramping up in speed & scale, investing in a liveable future & taking everyone along with us. He’s failing miserably.
Today MPs debate the most dangerous Bill you've never heard of. The #AntiBoycottBill - forcing public bodies to ignore ethical concerns about investments - attacks freedom of expression, erodes democratic principles & threatens climate & human rights campaigns. It must be stopped
It is deeply disturbing that organisers of the #NotMyKing protest in London have been arrested this morning, before the protest even began.
Whatever you think of the monarchy, the right to peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy.
This is a chilling violation of that right.
Whatever your views on monarchy, arrest of anti-royalist campaigners for exercising right to peaceful protest is chilling. Many of us warned about exactly this when govt rushed thro the illiberal public order bill. This is not what democracy looks like https://t.co/TWndQW6Whr
As teachers go out on strike today and many other union ballots close, here's a reminder of what trade unions have given us ⤵️
#JoinAUnion | #PayUp | #SaveOurSchools
Publication in @CogitatioMaC:
We (@hadas_emma, @_occident_, #LarsGuenther, @MichaelBruegge) looked at the features that stimulate attention to climate change on Twitter from 2017 to 2021, based on manual content and network analyses:
https://t.co/HxZ4nnPXtU
Shell just recorded £32 billion in profit.
3,000 people in the UK die every year because they can't afford to heat their homes.
There’s nothing pragmatic about letting greed run rampant while the poorest freeze to death.
Energy is a public good. It should be in public hands.
Sunak knew about Zahawi's tax affairs - still appointed him. He knew Suella Braverman had already broken Ministerial Code over leaks - still appointed her. He knew about Dominic Raab's bullying - still appointed him. How on earth can anyone trust Sunak's judgement? #PMQs
No. There is good - well-researched academic evidence that putting more people in prison for minor offences increases rather than reduces reoffending. In other words in endangers the public. Instead of fantasising about longer sentences we need to focus on what happens on release
It’s hard to put into words just how reckless & dangerous this proposed legislation is - scrapping over 1000 pieces of environment law before having any clue about what to replace them with - and with no say by MPs. Now we learn it will cost £83bn 🤦🏻♀️ #REUL https://t.co/IDvLbrAdYk
As 2023 gets going we’d like to say some thank yous. Starting with @HuwpHuw - one of life’s great enthusiasts - Huw has supported us from the off - never failing to retweet & encourage us.thank you Huw for your polite positivity - you are the best of #Twitter 🙏✅💚🌎
Elon Musk calls himself a free speech absolutist, to justify turning a blind eye to hatred and bigotry on Twitter.
But when journalists report unfavorable news, they are banned without warning.
The devotion to free speech is apparently not that absolute. But the hypocrisy is.
Workers are striking because they can't afford to pay their heating bills. You'll remember heating bills from when you claimed public money to pay them for your horses stables.
The owners of the new Cumbrian coal mine are a private equity firm based in the tax haven CAYMAN ISLANDS.
The coal will be used to make steel despite the UK's steel industry not wanting it - 85% will be exported.
Who exactly does this mine benefit?!