“Sustainable” timber isn’t always safe. Forests are being destroyed, Indigenous communities displaced and critically endangered species like the Malayan tiger are under threat. Demand the UK government takes action @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto...

Imagine if this was a Labour or Tory MP. These Reform grifters still get treated like exotic celebs rather than politicians

Credit unions help people access fair, ethical finance. But an outdated law is holding them back. I’ve signed this petition to update the rules so credit unions can grow and serve more communities. Sign here 👇 party.coop/campaign/com...

I've just signed a petition calling on the UK government to give British businesses a better deal with Europe. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/single-marke...

America is being led by a couple of gung-ho nutters.’ Not exactly the usual diplomatic language, but a fair appraisal of this grotesque situation all the same. x.com/globalhlthtw...

Missed this while I was off. A Kent county councillor (elected for Reform) has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after admitting controlling & coercive behaviour. There's a by-election next month in his seat, and it looks like another Green/Reform/Labour fight... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Viva Espana

Labour to scrap government power over elections watchdog amid fears of abuse | Electoral Commission | The Guardian share.google/iDCxk4xsEnWC...

I’m perplexed. Mandelson and Andrew are both being investigated as a result of their dodgy involvements with Epstein. Bannon had discussed Brexit with Epstein and we have seen the video of Bannon discussing it with Farage. So why isn’t Farage being investigated?

The BBC is a British institution and we, the license fee payers, should determine its future – not opaque committees. Agree? Add your name for #APeoplesBBC 👉 party.coop/a-peoples-bb...

Mandy Patinkin Sings You've Got to be Carefully Taught; Children Will Listen Medley Sady this is still very relevant m.youtube.com/watch?v=owxR...

I was one of the 100000+ people - I take great exception to Reform MPs refusing to attend a debate that many people have called for - it reflects their contemptuous attitude towards voters.

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate @bylinetimes.bsky.social Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

BREAKING: Prince Albert II of Monaco has complained about “tax dodgers coming over here and taken all the jobs” as the number of resident not born in Monaco tops 75%. x.com/colinrtalbot...

Today’s Local Power Plan announcement is the biggest investment in community-owned energy in British history. Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️

@davidbainesmp.bsky.social Hi David, Short notice but with the Assisted Dying bill coming up again tomorrow I just want to say I hope you still hold the same position with regards to the bill. As it progresses I find it is becoming more disturbing. I don’t think it offers safeguards and protection

Tomorrow, voters across the country get to shape the future of their communities. Co-operation built Britain. This is why it's important to make sure your councillors are co-operative 🧵

Gordon Brown makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

Gambling Commission charges 15 over bets on timing of 2024 UK general election

Der Frühling ist unterwegs. Der erste Vogel aus Amerika ist schon da. !! GEFÄHRLICH !! !! KEINENFALLS FÜTTERN !!

Shudder. Cartoon by @bjennings90.bsky.social for the Guardian.

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

The CDC recommending vitamin A for measles is like NASA saying Stanley Kubrick faked the 1969 moon landing in a Hollywood studio.

Not surprised that Farage continues to tell blatant lies about the immigration system. But absolutely disgraceful BBC report this verbatim without pointing out it's complete BS. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Caroline Kennedy's letter opposing RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS is one of the more scathing things I've ever read.

Tusk slams Musk for ‘sinister’ words at AfD rally www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

On Holocaust Day remembering the other groups persecuted including political prisoners, Johannes (b1896)was arrested for his political views, contracted TB and became a drug addict because of medical treatment not being available. A great uncle I never knew and only recently discovered his story.

Great piece by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Today, the Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) was the first senior member of the Royal Family in more than 130 years to give evidence to a civil court – to expose what he alleges was illegal information gathering by one of UK’s major tabloid newspaper groups

Since the election 16,400 who have no right to be in the UK have been removed, including 2500 foreign criminals. The government set a target to increase this number back to 2018 levels and have now smashed that number by restarting asylum processing, redeploying 1000 staff & using charter flights.

Greenland is prepared.

two really important podcasts this week: 1) Origin Story on Musk & X by @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1218... 2) The News Agents interviewing the journalist, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming story 12 years ago www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

BREAKING: Elon Musk tweets probed by UK counter-extremism unit as alarm raised over risk to Britain www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

Meeting the old man himself, getting a present and a cup of hot chocolate then out to play using imagination and mud. The best Santa grotto Isle of Man. @isleofplay 🤫 I am biased as old Nicks creaky old mum.

Though I studied Latin in my state grammar school many years ago, I'm much more concerned by the demise of modern languages at GCSE/A level in state schools. The Internet should have been a boom for accessing foreign language websites, but instead the UK has become even more of a monoglot nation.

The oldest preserved #candles north of the Alps. They were made from beeswax around 1,400 years ago. Found in the early #medieval burial site in Oberflacht. The damp environment preserved the candles in good condition. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg 📷me 🏺 #archaeology

🔥🔥🔥Gordon Brown on phone hacking: “In the light of this, I have called for [the police] to examine new evidence as it becomes available from civil case court documents where it suggests charges for perjury and the perversion of the course of justice." ~AA

Remember all the outraged coverage about a handful of climate protesters slowing ambulances a few years back? Well it turns out that wealthy farmers doing exactly the same thing on a much bigger scale is absolutely fine bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...

Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United States.

This is worrying since it could form a template for the next GE. Local branches of Conservative Party & Reform UK have held talks about unofficial pacts ahead of local council elections next year, a bid to unite right-wing voters against Labour the Party www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Journalists may be some of the last believers in the rules-based order. We live by facts and die by facts and believe facts matter. We may be some of the last inhabitants of a paradigm in which belief in justice, evidence and logic holds fast." 👏👏👏

Sterling close to its highest value against the Euro since the Brexit referendum. Markets appear to be rewarding the prospect of long term British political stability. Not something you’ve been able to say for a while.

Starmer makes a point often missed about ending freedom of movement. Migration figures were lower when we were in the EU. Because Europeans could live, work, study in the UK for as long as they wanted - and then leave. Now, migrants are more likely to move permanently. #PMQs

"The truth is that earthquake prediction is extremely hard. Trying to pick out what is a clear signal of a precursor to a potentially catastrophic shift versus the normal background noise of the Earth’s movement is difficult." From me in @uk.theconversation.com

RFK Jr wants to take fluoride out of water supplies. They tried it in Calgary. The result? Cavities, dental decay and IV antibiotics for infections from rotting teeth. In children. https://www.thetimes.com/article/6bc57928-bddb-4caf-87f2-e1d9d0895487?shareToken=98799dcce895f8f00a8a9b576d2b3701

World gets first look inside rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral

The fact that Nigel Farage will celebrate the departure from his party of a Muslim man whilst welcoming with opening arms a deeply right-wing white woman who provided a character reference for an activist convicted of violent threats against a female colleague. It's the modern Reform Party for you.

0f the 1.2 million migrants who came to Britain in the year to June, most (86%) were from outside the EU (10% from Europe and a further 5% were British nationals). Proof, if proof were needed, that Brexit didn't stop people coming; it merely changed where they were coming from.