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There is no better example of a failed privatization experiment than Britain’s experience of privatizing water, the very stuff of life. No other country in the world has got itself into this dire predicament, and there is an overwhelming public mandate to get ourselves out of it. And yet

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Sounds terrifying. I can see why UK govt are so afraid to discuss.

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“Amid all the talk of how much we’re going to spend on our military, it’s important we also try to avoid paying for our enemy’s.”

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The Financial Times editorial board calls on all members of the European Union to -Ban trade with Israeli settlements -Sanction settlers and settler organizations -Suspend offensive weapon exports to Israel -Sanction Smotrich and Ben-Gvir -Recognize the State of Palestine

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It doesn't get reiterated enough that "human on a bicycle" is not only the most efficient way that a person can move, it's the most efficient form of motion ever observed in land animals.

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Great stuff from Newport. 30,000 trees to be planted with the aim of taking its canopy cover to 25%. “… increasing canopy cover would have a cooling effect, help prevent flooding, improve biodiversity and help people's health and wellbeing.”

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New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives. 14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows: ❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made) ❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt And slower speeds deliver so much more:

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It's going to take more than a couple of new reservoirs to prevent the UK's coming water crisis, writes hydrologist @hancloke.bsky.social - we need to rethink how we build homes & communities to avoid a future of alternating flood & drought: theconversation.com/englands-wat...

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A definition of White British which, aside from everything else, includes Gerry Adams but excludes King Charles.

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More of this sort of thing please, I beg 🙏 news.railbusinessdaily.com/mayor-announ... Mayor announces new Metro line in ‘game changing’ £1.85 billion funding deal | RailBusinessDaily

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Meanwhile

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The injustice!

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Managing to trick fully a quarter of the British public into believing that the very obvious climate change we are experiencing is either not happening or somehow unconnected to their vast ongoing quantities of pollution is a huge win for the fossil fuel lobby & their billionaire press collaborators

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Good morning to almost everyone

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What an amazing story. Watch this.

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No longer able to bear the weight of cars, the Hammersmith Bridge now provides a peaceful crossing of the Thames for pedestrians and cyclists.

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Further to this, from a political economy POV it’s important to unpack the ‘you’ here: Climate NGOs, their supporters & most of the climate policy community do not want new nuclear or CCS, and wider public is ambivalent at best. So in that sense, we can’t get anything, never mind ‘everything’

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On the plus side, the go ahead for Sizewell C will add a whole new stream of lethally radioactive waste to the UK’s growing stockpile. Oh no hang on that’s not a plus

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Good afternoon to everyone except this literal cop sat in a Range Rover on the double yellow lines directly outside the main entrance to the department of Justice

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Seems UK and French govts might have secured enough private funding to build Sizewell C by prostrating British tax- and bill-payers, ready to take all the risk on another £40B+ project that will over-run by years. But I don't understand how Sizewell C can ever make money 1/

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I’ve got to say it: cutting the Warm Homes Plan but funding nuclear and carbon capture is not how you’d prioritise if you were trying to reduce carbon emissions as quickly as possible

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This is great! 🙌 Chancellor to announce £15bn for transport projects www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Here’s what 4m of sea level rise looks like for England www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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As Thames Water teeters on the brink of collapse, an independent review says more regulation is the answer. But this is like trying to fix a burst pipe with a bit of duct tape. Privatisation is the problem and public ownership is the solution. 🧵

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It took only 8 years for solar to go from 100 to 1,000 TWh... then it took only 3 years to go from 1,000 to 2,000 TWh. Solar is growing faster than any source of electricity in history ☀️

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18 months for an action that could have killed 2 coppers. 5 years for a zoom call about peaceful protest: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Meanwhile

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“Dr. al-Farra said that most of the victims were children aged between 10 and 13, many with gunshot wounds to the head or chest.”

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Saw a friend at the w/e who is just going into her 3rd trimester of pregnancy & I can’t stop thinking about her reflection that one of the best things about being pregnant has been men leaving her alone for the first time in her life. “It’s been so liberating” no catcalls or unsolicited flirting 😖

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Cycle infrastructure works!

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The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find any angle whatsoever to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here. These are the ones published since Labour won the election. "We are happy to correct the record."

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@jocoles.bsky.social a person who was riding a bike on Beech Grove in Harrogate was seriously injured in Saturday in a collision with a vehicle harrogatecycleaction.org.uk/2025/06/02/c.... Beech Grove is wholly unsuitable for the volume of through traffic it carries.

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