Edward Downes

Prospective lawyer and ex-ambulator. Views my own.

[Edward Downes @EJCDownes]

@AndrewRTDavies Boomers are really keen on having the right to drive their child killing SUVs at high speeds through school zones aren’t they

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@sailoremily Horrid

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@AndrewRTDavies @Conservatives @CCHQPress This is from a quarter of a century ago, get some new material

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@_LiamWalker_ Meat replaced by plants, which is produced by farmers. How is a plant based diet anti-farming?

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@AndrewRTDavies “Unpatriotic” to criticise the government? Eesh…

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@h3h3productions Wait until you figure out how your sausages are made

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@SuellaBraverman Oil companies are killing the planet and you do nothing to protect the British public from them

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@NewStatesman @jennykleeman @emmahaslett Why wait for synthetic steaks when you can stop contributing to animal abuse today by switching to a plant based diet?

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

The Amazon Rainforest has reached a tipping point of irreversible destruction. The coming months are critical. 🧵

[Green Alliance @GreenAllianceUK]

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[spencer 🦈 @Unpop_Science]

There’s actually a solid case that an average first-world citizen boycotting animal products has more of a positive environmental impact than a celebrity grounding their private jet (not to justify private jets, by any means).

Let’s break it down:

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

#RegenesisFact 15: How many chickens do you reckon are killed every year in the UK?
1 million? No.
10 million? No.
100 million? No.
1 billion.
Yes. 1 billion.
And even this meets only 75% of our demand. The rest are imported.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

28 April 1943 | A French Jewish girl, Michèle Levy, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 505 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

[Edward Downes @EJCDownes]

@WalesOnline Just put Drakeford in charge of the whole UK already

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Terrible. This turtle was found tangled in the fishing gear that likely killed him.

Hundreds of thousands of whales, sharks, seals, & turtles are trapped & killed in discarded fishing nets EACH YEAR. We must do better. Protect #nature in all its forms.

#ActOnClimate #oceans

[Edward Downes @EJCDownes]

@BingoDemagogue Of course basing purchases on flags is wrong, but sadly ‘free range’ hens still live a life of pain and suffering and lack adequate space (https://t.co/wYs3A3navL). The moral choice is probably no eggs at all.

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@cccammy1 @BingoDemagogue The recent fuel shortages aren’t a result of Brexit either, they were Napoleon’s fault

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@writethewrongs2 @DefraGovUK Indirectly, the best thing we can do to stop bTB related killings (badgers, Geronimo) is to just stop consuming cow products like milk, cheese and beef. If there’s no livestock, there’s no need to murder wildlife to protect it

[ParalympicsGB @ParalympicsGB]

GB🥇🥉

WATCH: @AndrewSmallT33 and @harrijenk’s scintillating 💯

📺 @C4Paralympics
#ParalympicsGB

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@UKDefJournal Trebuchets are the superior medieval projectile launcher, why not fit them instead? 😉