Among various kinds of plastic pollution, I am most concerned about those that animals mistake for food.

Looking forward to chatting about my book #AnotherEngland at the forthcoming Folkestone book festival - exploring issues of national identity, meaning & belonging feels more important than ever👇

Bad news for the right wing extremist 'London has fallen' crowd... London just named Best City in the World for 2026 - making it 11 consecutive years it has had that accolade, including every year that Sadiq Khan has been Mayor. Will that cheer up the saddos?

Cutting the insulation schemes that are one of the best ways to permanently reduce energy bills for low income families would be an eyewateringly daft & counterproductive way of seeking to reduce energy bills, as well as driving up emissions & leading to mass job cuts in the insulation sector 🙄

"I want to make a country we can all afford to live in." @zackpolanski.bsky.social tells it straight on The Last Leg.

Top class parenting 👍

Orban: 'You vill never guess vair I have just poot this thumb?'

This would be a more convincing argument if Keir Starmer had not himself made a whole series of promises which he then declared completely undeliverable as soon as he became leader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The Charity Commission took at face value the IEA’s assurances, without seeing any tangible, real-world evidence that it was becoming more transparent and neutral. Indeed, all the evidence actually points in the opposite direction.”

Our #microbiome is us. We are holobionts, as Lynn Margulis understood. Thinking must be ecological, for every complex being is an ecology, as well as living in one. #microbiotoxicity, the threat of damage to microbes, has to be on regulatory agendas www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New post just out: Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list". No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks. It desperately needs a new approach. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...

Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.

When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits. Due to our policies, we've done it in 9. In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.

Brilliant article, which demonstrates the mad outcomes of changing council tax without revaluation. The tax system is already arbitrary, irrational and unfair. That must change, or the same old problems will persevere. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

#PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution - what a mess on this #PoisonedPlanet www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Absolute quality

Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

2m UK pensioners live in poverty, 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. Neoliberals pushing to cut/freeze state pension. Evidence: UK state pension is the worst among G7 nations, last on replacement rates, joint-last on state pension spending. Britons receive pension for fewer years than most.

I love that the two greatest Anglophone cities of the world are both now run by democratic socialist Muslim men of South Asian descent. Very here for the first Sadiq–Zohran bilateral ♥️ photo: @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Zack Polanski was brilliant on The Last Leg tonight. So relatable, a breath of fresh air 👏👏👏

Zack for PM, anyone? join.greenparty.org.uk

🔴‘Mistrust is Populism’s Weapon’: Lord Puttnam on the Death of Public Trust – and How to Resurrect It The former Labour peer warns that Britain’s democratic crisis is rooted in a collapse of trust – and in the stories politicians tell to exploit it www.bylinesupplement.com/p/mistrust-i...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

From the archives 🔎 GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion bylinetimes.com/2021/02/10/g...

FRANKENSTEIN is on NETFLIX but- still in many theatres- please consult your local listings and choose your watch/rewatch preference!

🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

November 2025 has been remarkably mild so far with a series of new high daily minimum temperature records across the UK. Get the stats in our blog 👇

🔴 NEW - Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, flogged its tech to the oil industry in Brazil on the eve of the COP30 summit 📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻

Hundreds killed in hospital atrocity in El-Fasher, Sudan There yet more truly heartbreaking news from Sudan. Again, we see innocent people being massacred northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

This is how we turn our country around. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...

We’re working with @neso-energy.bsky.social to support the UK’s transition to a clean, resilient and affordable energy system. Our agreement brings together NESO’s expertise in energy infrastructure with our trusted weather and climate intelligence. Find out about our innovative collaboration 👇

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party and MP for Brighton Pavilion, as the University's first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability at the Sussex School for Progressive Futures (SSPF).

You think it'd be in Zia Yusuf and Reform's interests to be a lot more convincing than this...

Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows. Does this sound familiar? Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."

There are 4️⃣good reasons why passenger and fright trains should be in public ownership.

Not only does the UK government waste vast sums of money on demonising those seeking asylum, now it appears that they are complicit in quite a number needing it in the first place. Choosing to save money over a genocide, again. #r4today www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

For the last 3 years in a row, we have recorded the lowest birth rates ever in this country. Affordability is a huge part of that. Green MP Sian Berry calls for universal childcare provision, free at the point of use, to be considered essential national infrastructure.💚💚👏👏 bsky.app/profile/sian...

13 East Anglian are among the most deprived. Every one lies on the coast. Jaywick, the most deprived is represented by a very wealthy MP. As a community it's residents report a good quality of life.

Really great results in this early phase 1 trial of a nasal vaccine (mucosal vaccine) for avian flu- great to see evidence of strong immune memory and robust antibody response

Also - if you have to constantly flex your supposed intelligence, then really, there should be immediate alarm bells ringing. All the smartest people I've ever known wear their genius lightly. Cummings sports his like it's a pair of cheap, fluorescent leg warmers.

The government has recovered £74m from excessive profits made by companies running asylum accommodation, the BBC can reveal. The Home Office said it had recouped the money following a review of contracts after Labour came to power last year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Human trafficking. Rupert Lowe makes more money from using Elon Musk’s website than any other MP. There is money to be made from mass deportations and talking about mass deportations.

#ClimateEmergency and #PublicHealth - there's an awful lot we don't understand. "“If you’re exposed to extreme heat in utero and you survive, what happens to your health when you’re 20, 30 or 50?” www.ft.com/content/a6a0...

If someone had told me a year ago, that this could happen in the UK I wouldn't have believed it. Now it's all happening very fast. Even if you consider Cummings as the 'career psychopath' he always was, this is a dangerous new level.