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Just look at the horrible cuts being made by local authorities up and down the country, but especially here in Birmingham. Yes, the Labour leadership has made a mess of running the council, but it's ordinary people who are suffering and it will cost us dearly in the long term to clear up the mess!

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When is enough enough? What will it take for Britain and Europe to tell this piece of scumbag filth to go fuck itself? The old order has crumbled. The European West is on its own. We can not go gentle into that good night... 😥 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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🔥 “The LA fires are expected to cost $28—75bn in insured losses alone. Total losses range from $160—275bn. These immense costs are likely to be dwarfed by future climate disasters. As Trump rips down environmental protections—and trashes federal responsiveness—the impacts will spiral.”

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I have called on my MP to back press reform. Please consider writing too www.hackedoff.org/campaign-act...;

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I’ve demanded that Sky stops buying ads and funding hate on GB News. Join me and @GoodLawProject now to increase the pressure action.goodlawproject.org/sky-stop-fun...

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🚨 Ask your MP to be in Parliament on 28 March—and back @labourlewis.bsky.social’s #WaterBill. ✊ The more pressure we build, the better our chances of success. ⏳ Even one letter—your letter—can make a difference. ✍️ actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... @compassoffice.bsky.social

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I’ve just written a @sbtcoalition letter to my MP, condemning the recent decision to grant further tree burning subsidies to Drax. @Ed_Miliband will you side with the public over polluters and put a stop to this disaster? Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

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All well and good, but by the time we discover a tipping point is about to tip, it will be too late And a complete waste of time if we don't ACT ON EMISSIONS NOW Almost certainly too late for a number of TPs anyway www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The absolute last thing people need is higher energy bills, especially given the recent cut to winter fuel allowance. While energy company profits continue to surge, more people are being pulled into the terrible choice of heating or eating. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...

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NEW: Over 60 MPs and peers across parties demand the UK government ban the import of illegal Israel settlement goods. "The UK’s existing trade and investment relationship with Israel falls short of the standards required and urge you to rectify this.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

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I just wrote a @FuelPovAction letter: Tell the Department of Energy to make Ofgem work for Consumers Now!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... And sign the petition: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ofgem-fo...

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goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/... via @goodlawproject

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BP, Koch Industries & other fossil fuel producers at event convened by Jordan Peterson, addressed by Kemi Badenoch & Farage, & hosted by the "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship". The most fraudulently titled organisation since the National Socialist Party? www.desmog.com/2025/02/16/l...

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#AnimalWelfare #CampaigningWorks - if way too slowly! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

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14 February 1920 | A Polish Jew, Josef Genendel, was born in Krakow. A fitter. In #Auschwitz from 25 October 1941. No. 22284 He perished in the camp on November 4, 1941.

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This was a long time coming! I've been asking the Government probing questions about the supposed independence of #LordWalney 's advice since October. He advised government to treat climate protesters as extremists, while having clear financial links to oil and gas companies 🤔 #LordWalney16

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Regret to report that the Telegraph are at it again, and the tiny violin factory now has a three month waiting list.

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🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less) EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government. Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k... #SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney

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Home Secretary @YvetteCooper is pushing through harsh new rules that could stop refugees from ever becoming British citizens - it's completely against British values of fairness and compassion! Add your name to stop these cruel plans: 38d.gs/dxzp

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@LloydsBank is complicit in genocide while the bank is financing companies selling weapons to Israel. Those profits are covered in Palestinian blood. Write to the Board and ask for change: xrb.link/R5pN4ug40 #Lloydsbealeader #fossilfuels

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♻️ Carbon capture: green solution or costly greenwash? The UK plans to invest £22bn in carbon capture, but critics say it’s a costly distraction from real sustainable energy solutions By Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social

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But it’s the pathetically small number of False Social security claims we vilify & attack? Go figure! nation.cymru/news/5-5bn-l...

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So, Google Calendar has removed Indigenous Peoples Month. Who here still supports the Native community? 🖐🏾

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Ofgem has failed us, letting energy companies take home millions in profits and bonuses whilst so many struggled. We’re demanding the Government’s big review results in three crucial changes. Sign the petition now! 38d.gs/ocy1

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We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.

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#ArtDD2025 Jenny wren From a lovely shot by @peterlewis55 with thanks. @saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social

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I’ve just written a @sbtcoalition letter to my MP, condemning the recent decision to grant further tree burning subsidies to Drax. @Ed_Miliband will you side with the public over polluters and put a stop to this disaster? Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

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Urgent request to sign this petition. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/wi... The Gov looks about to extend subsidies to forest-burning #Drax power station—worse than coal for the climate.

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The Health Ministry in Gaza said that 572 fatalities were added to the overall death toll from Israeli attacks after their data was verified by the judicial committee. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/i0q52j

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#StopDraxSubsidies. I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/wi... via @38degrees

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There's a ~1.9% risk that a ~50m asteroid might hit the earth somewhere in 7 years time. There's a 100% risk of climate chaos hitting the whole earth right now and increasingly hard, with a threat to all of life as we know it. Don't look up

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The Heathrow 10 are on trial at Isleworth Crown Court today. A Just Stop Oil supporter went there to support them and was arrested by plain clothes police. The police are trying to intimidate us into silence

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The Norwegian oil giant behind the giant new North Sea oilfield - Rosebank, made an eyewatering £46K every single second of last year - while driving the climate crisis. Why do we need to give them £7 billion of public money to do even more harm and make even more cash? https://buff.ly/4jOqVvW

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Death Merchants: Private equity investment firms slammed for declining US healthcare quality and access. 11% increase in patient deaths. Aggressive staﬃng cuts, hiring inadequately credentialed staff, low investment, profiteering. Why is the UK NHS being handed to private equity?

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0.43% increase in UK GDP by 2050 if a third runway is opened at Heathrow. 12% fall in world GDP for every 1C rise in global temperature.

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Why shouldn’t we be disillusioned with our politicians? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... When our political system is so obviously ignoring our best interests, why shouldn't we be disillusioned with it?

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One in five adults has or is at risk of having type 2 diabetes and Labour does not care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Why doesn't Labour care? It's a question we should all be asking.

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Enough is enough. Time to stop rewarding failure. Share holders have taken £2,800,000,000 in 11 years. Now they ask for £10,000,000,000 from us? No. Renationalise Thames water. Now. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Really glad Ed Miliband agrees that airport expansion can only take place within environmental limits. We know airport expansion is completely incompatible with reaching our climate targets, and therefore I look forward to hearing him confirm that govt won't back any expansion.

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And it begins. FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge. First Amendment Violation of Due Process Rights to Privacy www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Fujitsu gets a £67M contract after the Post Office scandal - seriously?! Join me and 270,000 others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho... via @38degrees

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Reform are correct to challenge the old establishment politics. They're not anti establishment, though! They literally are the establishment. @greenparty.org.uk will challenge the status quo and defend people and planet.

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High Court hearing today on Thames Water plan to borrow another £3bn. Already has £17bn debt, mostly to fund dividends, wants 53% price hike. Nearly a third of customer bill covers interest payments. More debt= higher bills. Let it go bankrupt. Nationalise at nominal price.

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Scams are becoming more and more sophisticated, which makes it increasingly difficult to identify them. AgeUK have put together a really helpful guide on what you can do to avoid scams and how to report them: https://buff.ly/4hossGS

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GB Energy Sustainable energy fuel for aviation CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) About as believable as talking unicorns and Rachel Reeves Just Stop Oil

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