Surprise: #COP28 hosts have arranged 15 meetings to sign new fossil fuel deals *during the event*. Business meetings are not allowed at COPs. "The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said "private meetings are private"." https://t.co/6TjX42SENN
@rmkf One the most antisocial things I've ever heard. Why were they allowed to take park from residents? Noise has been relentless. Not suitable for built up city area. Photos emerging show it's a #superspreaderevent as well. @SadiqKhan@TowerHamletsNow Hopefully won't happen again.
@SadiqKhan@chooselove@allpointseastuk Its been horrible for local residents - please don't let it happen again. Three days and nights of pounding noise? What happened to inclusive, community friendly, live music in local parks like #VictoriaPark You've let #AllPointsEast fence our park off and terrorise us with sound
A former Tory politician, Steve Dechan, was handed a £120 million PPE contract by the government.
It's been revealed that quality issues meant just 0.23% of the items have been used. That's £423 per visor.
But Steve bought a £1.5 million mansion, so at least someone's happy...
Hello @Fidelity_UK. You own 7m shares in Rockhopper plc, which is suing Italy's government for acting on climate change, & hoping to use the winnings to drill for oil in the Falklands / Malvinas. Which side of history do you expect to be on? These are morally stranded assets.
You don’t want compulsory tests, you don’t want vaccinations, you don’t want lockdowns, you don’t want to be declined entry from certain places… but you want covid to go away 😭😭 make it make sense
The problem is not people being uneducated.
The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught. 🧠
Sickening result that vote on aid budget fails
333 to 298
Chancellor’s weasel words about compromise cannot disguise that his new conditions make it very difficult to restore 0.7% level
A broken manifesto promise & a betrayal of world’s poorest. Fight to restore 0.7% starts now
This year has been HUGE for divestment--at least 20 universities (as well as at least 50 institutions such as pension funds or churches) have committed to full or partial divestment from fossil fuels, and we’re less than halfway through the year! Who’s next? 👀@divestharvard
The feeling is entirely mutual … a reminder of what @MattHancock really thinks of @BorisJohnson - when it comes to hopelessness they’re all in this together!
This is a devastating report, laying out in forensic detail the cost of Government failure to take the necessary action on #ClimateEmergency. It’s an urgent call to action, far beyond the piecemeal policies & programmes Ministers have so far put in place https://t.co/HGfL10C3Oj
Last year @trussliz promised
❌not to sign trade deals which would let UK farmers be undercut by cheaper imports produced to lower standards
❌not to sign deals that don't benefit UK farmers
Australia trade deal is a disaster for UK farmers & nature
Never trust a Tory promise