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Engineer Conservationist I work for the NHS but not in a clinical role - one of those thousands of unrecognised workers quietly keeping the thing running in the background.
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The Deform leader of Warwickshire Council Council Rob Howard has quit, meaning the council is now being led by an 18-year-old. Deform Ltd – the party of government, my a****! They couldn't run an Ann Summers party.

😳 As more than 100 backbench Labour MPs prepare to rebel against the Government's cruel welfare cuts, Kemi Badenoch has offered Tory votes to push through the cuts. Labour and Conservatives teaming up to punish vulnerable people. Who'd have thought it... 🤷

BREAKING: Number 10 set to offer concessions to welfare rebels Ministers said to be considering watering down reforms, with more than 120 MPs poised to oppose bill www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

University research has amazingly positive, real-world impacts around the globe. This cancellation of funding - funding that had been granted - has immediate negative effects. Heart-breaking. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)

Iran’s stockpile dropped to 0 after Obama made the Iran Deal… until Trump pulled out of it (against the advice of his own Defense Secretary, General Mattis… because he hated Obama) Feels pretty relevant in this moment.

Temperature change in Swindon in the last century… showyourstripes.info/c/europe/uni...

As the US edges closer to bombing Iran, Israel killed over 51 starving Palestinians at a so-called aid site today. And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide. End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.

Notice how #trevorphillips begins his program with Iranian attacks on Israel and how he reports cities have been hit & at least 8 people have ben killed. He then says this has followed Israeli attacks on "Iranian nuclear & missile sites". No mention of cities hit or people killed

Unlike Iran, Israel refuses to sign the non proliferation treaty. Unlike Iran Israel already has nuclear weapons. Unlike Iran Israel refuses to allow IAEA inspection & oversight of its nuclear programme But the UK govt tells us they are concerned about Irans nuclear programme.

BBC Newswatch desperately trying to justify their excessive exposure of ReformUK today, but every argument only supports the complaints. Of course, their support will grow if the other parties don't even get the airtime to promote their own policies! Absolutely outrageous bias from the BBC. 😡

Michelle Mone has admitted that she lied to the media over her links to a PPE firm. Enough is enough, it's time those in power put an end to this sordid affair. SIGN THE PETITION NOW and demand Mone is expelled from the House of Lords: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/expel-Mo...

What a pathetic excuse for a leader Keir Starmer is. Tripping over himself to drive home his message of “Israel’s right to self-defence” in his interview with Bloomberg this afternoon. You would think Iran had launched unprovoked bombing raids on Israel instead of the other way round.

As climate scientists, we can only tell you why climate change is happening and how severe the consequences will be. It takes voters to choose politicians who will listen and enact policies to avoid the worst possible outcomes.

A truly terrible development, for everyone. Things will not be ok in this country until liberal conservatism returns, but by God there isn't much sign of that.

Even more worrying, it looks like the year-over-year jump in atmospheric carbon dioxide also hit a new record (up 3.6ppm over last year) — meaning not only is climate change not slowing down, it's actually *accelerating*.

"Many people believe climate change is happening, but most don’t act. Why?" by Sarah DeWeert for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social on recent @pnas.org article led by PCSSM PostDoc @asinclair.bsky.social coauthored with @michaelemann.bsky.social & Emily Falk. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/many...

Today marks the beginning of Pride Month - now more than ever, we must stand with the LGBTQ+ community. I want to make clear that our party will keep fighting - until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are. www.libdems.org.uk/news/article/pride-month-2025

AP reporting Red Cross hospital in Gaza saying at least 21 people killed and another 175 injured in Gaza as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation.

Rothermere like his father and Grandfather are Nazis. Who can forget the Daily Mail supporting the Black Shirts in the UK in the run up to WWII ?

🇳🇴 Norway took its oil wealth and built the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund — investing in pensions, healthcare, and the future. 🇬🇧 Britain sold ours off in the 1980s, handed control to private corporations, and spent the revenues on short-term tax cuts.

Climate change is remaking the world. We have to cut emissions and adapt to the unfolding chaos. Denial equals death.

The justice secretary has no good choices – but releasing IPP prisoners should be one. It would end the short term prison crisis & one of the most monumental & cruel injustices of the past half century youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...

Donald says he’s not keeping BribeJet. This is just like last October when he said he knew nothing about Project 2025.

Hope everybody who voted for Israel has left the telly on to watch the news.

Angela Rayner and the Labour Party are complicit in a dangerous gamble with the nation’s security, turning a blind eye to the festering corruption at the Teesside freeport while championing the Tory-led nationwide rollout of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and freeports. Thread

Scum

It seemed completely mad that the (esteemed) Crick Institute offer for early testing was not even responded to, Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.

A good read.

It’s the driest spring on record here in the UK. Just a little reminder to please leave a couple of water trays out in your garden for the birds and little critters. They really, really need it right now. 🐦‍⬛🪲🐭 PLEASE SHARE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.

Solar supplying over 40% of electricity this afternoon. Please share the good news! #NetZero #LoveNetZero #Renewables

Private Eye calls out "former newspaper" Daily Telegraph over its woeful coverage of net-zero

Starmer…will that apply to Donald Trump? Or your policy only applies to black, brown, trans community? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

The UK government's increasing ideological alignment with the Trump administration has to be jarring for a lot of Brits.

Video has emerged of the Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Secretary & Armed Forces Minister all BACKING compensation for nuclear test veterans whilst in opposition Will they continue to stand with our nuclear test veterans in office & give them the justice they deserve? @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social

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Funny how those with most money put so much money & effort into avoiding paying what they expect everyone less well off to pay👇🏼🤬 To add insult to injury millionaire public school boys like Farage & Tice who used tax avoidance schemes pretend to be champions of the poor.. And fools believe them❗️🤦🏼‍♂️

Scorn in the USA...

I did consider making a speech about tackling poverty, taxing the rich, nationalising utilities and properly funding the NHS and social care, but then I thought... nah, just go full Enoch Powell.

15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line. Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317

I think about this comic at least once a week

This story requires a great deal more attention. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to get Russian gas back into Europe. This is Washington and Moscow now in full strategic alignment via a shared vision of a fossil fuel future.

Rainfall in England since the end of February. [Source: Met Office. Crown copyright, 2025. All rights reserved. Environment Agency, 2025]