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

Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday. Tuesday is Remembrance Day. I have made the relevant four of my Kindle history pieces free on Sunday 9th, Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th. They are listed, with the links, here. #RemembranceDay georgehharris.blogspot.com/2022/10/reme...

Usual preview piece for #COP30. Glad to see the focus on indigenous methods and knowledge www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost of business travel.

Huge economic boost from world's largest offshore windfarm in Yorkshire... www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...

‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders - From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures #C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

109 kids are falling into poverty every day because of the two-child limit. The government must scrap it for all children. Please share.

Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis. Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester #R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme

All the horror stories about abuse in care homes show just how devastating it can be for the elderly when people do the job only because they need the money. Caring for older people is incredibly demanding — it’s not a role you can take on without patience, empathy, and dedication. #r4today

Gove attributes our national decline to "a decline in authority" 😂 Nothing to do with continuing Thatcherite neoliberalism & austerity. Nothing to do with stagnating wages and unaffordable/unavailable housing. Gove thinks "restraints on passion" will fix everything. Also authoritarianism. #r4today

Most asylum seekers, and many-to-most economic migrants would prefer to stay in their own countries. An intelligent government would work to make that possible. And it would work to train those already here to do important jobs. And welcome necessary immigrants. It's easy, isn't it? #R4Today

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."

#r4today asking Brexiter in Chief Gove, of all people, why the country is more polarised, and allow him to deflect responsibility on migrants...

A nice little test for Gove in how successfully he can deflect from his government's many failures in office leading to these findings of polarisation. #r4today

Ah yes, let’s get Michael Gove, one of those responsible for our current dysfunction to point firmly in the direction of immigrants as those who are to blame. #r4today

Isn't killing 'alleged' criminals murder? #r4today

And why isn't the story about his cars falling apart or crashing themselves, catching fire and killing the occupants? #r4today

If only every piece of reporting on Tesla and Musk was as good as this. The laughable BBC Verify wouldn’t dream of touching this. #r4today news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Proof, if ever needed, that the Tories and ReformUK are in bed together. Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Rupert Lowe, Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, James Cleverly and GB News attend the Spectator Awards Dinner.

"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency." New analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

2025 on track to be among three warmest years on record With global climate records continuing to tumble, can COP30 put on the brakes? #COP30 @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/2...

MOTD has lost hundreds of thousands of viewers following the contentious departure of Gary Lineker from the programme. There will be little sympathy for the BBC.

1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose. Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵

Why is NBC the only mainstream news source that still tells the real news? Is there any other mainstream media left that actually cares????

Meanwhile

Off the coast of #Tunisia, 40 people seeking safety, including mothers, fathers and babies have tragically drowned. 💔 Once again, the #Mediterranean claims lives that could have been saved. We must act now to prevent more deaths. 🔗: www.bbc.com/news/article...

I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

It's almost as if you focus solely on "stopping small boats", instead of making it safer and simpler for people to seek asylum in the UK, along with protecting victims of gangs, that every piece of expert advice will be proven right and routes will just shift. #r4today www.bbc.com/news/article...

They may not have noticed that Anita Anand has been doing a podcast on empires, including the British empire. open.spotify.com/show/0sBh58h... #r4today

#r4today Emma Barnett gets an explanation of the current state of play in prison administration after 14 years of Tory governments and asks why people are still being released in error. Massive issues but reduced to a zero sum game as usual.

We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work | Angela Rayner

The “radical left dem” - really? #r4today

It's incredible that 'preparing children for life' hasn't included finance, everyday budgetting and seeing through advertising etc. #r4today

Interesting that #r4today big 8.10 interview is Charlie Mayfield highlighting problems in UK productivity rather than Bridget Phillipson's solutions, but this problem is what has caused Rachel Reeves £20 bn blackhole as the OBR now recognise. Will BBC connect? Doubtful.

#r4today Justin loves to talk about “identity issues” linked to the Democratic Party — but never those in the GOP. White supremacy is also an identity politic. Structures of dominance are also identity politics. Identity politics are only criticised when minorities complain about discrimination.

Singapore doesn't have the best schooling in the world. Singapore churns out children who have been through an education mill. #r4today

Bridget Philipson explaining how reducing duplication in education MAKES IT MORE PRODUCTIVE. Perhaps the BBC could learn something from this? #r4today #wato

Yes, they're splendid birds. Swallows & House Martins will build their nests under house eaves with Swallows having an open top cup shape whereas House Martins prefer a closed top and small opening. There are sturdy versions for them, & Swifts, you could fit eg: www.birdfood.co.uk/nest-boxes/n...

Nope, they need specific building structural details hence in UK 'they like to live in houses and churches, squeezing through tiny gaps to nest inside roofs.' They are red listed as highly endangered. www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...

I’d rather be a Hobbit than a Saruman or Fëanor. Hobbits avoid conflict & like warm homes, good ale and don’t seek fame or power. They also have deep wells of loyalty, resilience, and quiet heroism when the world demands it. And against Musk, we will fight 💪 www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-jo...

In air pollution hotspots in England & Wales, half the population are people of colour, 48% are on the lowest incomes, and 60% don’t drive Pollution is being unfairly imposed on them, principally by those who drive through their area www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Why tax the rich? The case for accountability and justice The anniversary of a key piece of socialist literature inspires an argument for a fairer financial future that has never been more pressing By Bryn Glover

7m Britons can't work or do limited amount of work due to sickness Result of Poverty, austerity, profiteering - people can't afford good food, housing. NHS queues Can't see GP, dentist Insecure work, anxiety, mental health problems Lack of support from employers. Need good income & public services

#Finland #Suomi

Very telling that oligarchs want to be called aristocrats. On the donors who think they deserve to rule: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Reeves is considering slowing down electrification to have immediate 💸results, but electrification done right (eg w/ more renewables, reform of electricity market prices) is the midterm solution to high energy bills. There must be more sensible ways to help ppl in short run w/o killing midterm goals