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Poverty kills. Cancer death rates are 60% higher for people living in deprived UK areas compared with those in more affluent areas. 28,400 extra deaths due to deprivation, people seek comfort in smoking. Poor healthcare, late diagnosis, 'must work pressure' punishes the poor.

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How apt the symbolism is, on this battered planet, with #biodiversity in freefall and the future of us all in the balance as we slash through #PlanetaryBoundaries www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

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UK energy industry made £483bn profit since 2020. OFGEM's marginal pricing rules guarantee profits to the most inefficient/costly producer. 1 in 5 of all deaths are people in fuel poverty – including 110,000 pensioners. No curbs on profiteering. Real wages cut. WFP cut. Cost of living soaring.

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This genius way to restore degraded soil is exceptionally effective. A great new video from Planet Wild:

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The Extreme Weather Report, February 20, 2025: This is your weather on fossil fuels.

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Forty percent. “European glaciers have shrunk 40% since 2000, study says” on.ft.com/3Xe9j2W

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Meta could have solely funded the ENTIRE WORLD'S 2022 CLIMATE FINANCE GOAL instead of this

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Oh, look! Elon Musk has trained Grok3 to repeat the climate denial of The Breakthrough Institute & its ED Ted Nordhaus. Because of course the BTI would supply lukewarmer language for a red-pilled, Nazi, Trump-loving electric-vehicle magnate. Musk is, like, the BTI's political sweet spot.

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“It doesn’t have to be this way. If we truly want lower bills and energy security, we need a shift toward sustainable and cheaper energy.” 🔋 Simon Francis from End Fuel Poverty Coalition writes about the injustice of energy bills going up while companies make huge profits. https://bit.ly/3D3CkHz

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More evidence of harms inflicted by private equity on US healthcare. Usual pattern: profiteering, hiking debt, low investment, poor patient care and safety. Yet UK NHS being handed to private equity without any evidence, 30%-40% public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.

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Government's failure to take control of Thames Water means almost £1billion of customers' money will be squandered - How is this good for anyone but financial parasites and predators? www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...

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#JobAlert We're looking for a personable and organised #WilderWorcestershire project assistant, that will help to support local communities who are taking action for nature. Learn about this entry-level part-time role👇 worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs/project-assistant-neighbourhoods-nurturing-nature-0

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Join us at Toad Day at the Centre for Wildlife Gardening to celebrate these warty wonders and their froggy friends!🐸 📅 Sunday 23rd February 📍Centre for Wildlife Gardening, East Dulwich ⏰ 11am – 3pm 💚 FREE entry! Find out more here 👇 ow.ly/ciL850V1QUs

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They tried to cancel John Crace from covering the right-wing jamboree at ExCel but no one can stop him filing copy this good www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The Trump administration began laying off thousands of public land managers last week. Read @jeva.bsky.social on what this means for our national parks ⬇️

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With climate change's warmer winters, bumblebees are emerging from hibernation when they can't get enough food, leading to death and population decline. Let's plant overwintering flowering shrubs for pollinators and encourage Councils to do so too. 🌱 www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Everlasting love. A fitting title for #Valentines week. Our world, our poltical leadership, our public discourse - all would benefit from more #love. Instead of, you know, lies, war, culture wars, demonising, denigration, destruction. That sort of thing. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Corals are red 🪸 Oceans are blue🌊 This message is precious. That’s why I’m sharing it with YOU! Happy Valentine’s Day ♥️♥️ #StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans

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A BBC Question Time audience member takes on Tory MP Danny Kruger for 'lying' about immigration, saying: "It’s not illegal to claim asylum. You’re lying. You're lying." Kruger said it was illegal for people to "break into" the UK. leftfootforward.org/2025/02/ques...

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Thanks to @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social, I’ve seen the next incisive issue of The PNG Courier

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An excellent and damning analysis of the government's complete failure to understand what the country needs to begin to get back on its feet Unfortunately, I don't see any prospect of change until Starmer and Reeves go Please make it soon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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We have it in our hands to deny power to Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Murdoch. We can do it. Right now. Just stop using their products.

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On LBC this morning, I spoke about why we should be far more worried the power Elon Musk is accruing, especially in light of his Open AI moves. The normalisation of his actions and activity by quite a bit of the US and even UK media is a big part of the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnt...

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#ClimateCrisis doesn't stop or pause for politics: "New satellite images reveal the stark pace of global warming in Alaska, with last year's snow vanishing and leaving behind miles of bare ground." www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

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#Wildlilfe A property developer near Dublin, Ireland buried alive a family of badgers in their sett. Many tons of clay and large tree trunks were piled on top of their home, leaving them no chance of escape. He appealed his conviction and walked free. 🧵1/

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#ClimateCrisis As the Arctic warms, many polar bears have been found with bleeding ulcerative lesions on feet & loss of epidermal & dermal layers unlikely to heal without prolonged rest. Pain was so severe that gentle palpation elicited responses even under sedation. 🧵1/2

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Farmers are key to tackling flooding, food security & climate change, but they aren’t getting the support they need. I spoke on BBC Politics Midlands about why the Govt. must listen to those on the ground. Extreme weather is here, and we need urgent action.

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Last week, @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social released its January climate report, highlighting the climate trends of the month. 🌡️ 📈 Global: 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels 🌍 Europe: 2.51°C above the 1991-2020 average 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-j...

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It's utter madness. In today's column I discuss how Labour in the UK, just like Trump in the US, is dismantling the administrative state. And how this makes its other plans, including the good things it's trying to do, impossible to implement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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My latest article 'Zone Fever, trickle-down economics, and CCS are lethal combinations for residents entrapped in free zones' is up on Substack. I will post excerpts here and on X. Please subscribe to my Substack and if possible take out a paid subscription. open.substack.com/pub/european...

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🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures! Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not! Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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This 👇. ALL of this👇. If any genuinely #Labour MPs care & have a spine, rebellion is needed. Because despite his expensive spectacles the PM is apparently blind, deaf & dumb to the harms he is perpetuating or introducing. @labourlewis.bsky.social @uklabour.bsky.social @hackneyabbott.bsky.social

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1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵

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Analysis by Protect the Wild has found that over 500 incidents involving neglect and mistreatment of hunting hounds occurred in the first half of the current hunting season. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

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Dear followers, I am a volunteer who works many hours to provide you with solid information about the dangers of free zones and the impacts they will bring to communities across the UK, this is a full-time job for me! Please consider giving me a donation via Ko-Fi❤️ ko-fi.com/europeanpowell

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I don’t know the source to credit, but I guess this - sadly - sums up what many think of our MPs. When politics ceases to be about service to the voting community & mutates into self service, eroding trust & confidence in the democratic process. May the exceptions one day be the rule.

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