For 'rethink' read weaken Starmer - a former human rights lawyer - panders to Farage and Reform once again Despicable cowardice www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

“If I had known all of these things [would happen...], I would have stayed home and died in my bed in peace" Disgusting behaviour by the British government I spent months in Montserrat at the start of the volcanic eruption in 1996 - marvellous people www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

How to tackle the #climate emergency - Trump administration style Don't mention it - and it doesn't exist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

@BJennings90 hits the spot once again www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"A party without a soul, a purpose, or tolerance for dissent: that’s the lasting impression of Labour from its annual jamboree in Liverpool" Starmer's Labour is a dead man walking And good bloody riddance Your Party 💪💪💪 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The truth is that on a rapidly heating planet, a pragmatic approach means we are playing Russian roulette with all six barrels loaded. The only question is just how big a mess we will make when we pull the trigger" In case you missed it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"social housing landlords and local authorities in England are not required to put floor coverings down so they usually don't" Absolutely disgusting. This should be a minimal requirement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blair and Trump A pairing made in hell - and going to hell www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just out My latest @guardian piece on #climate pragmatism and the global rowback on climate action www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The White House will open 13.1 MILLION acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining" What hope for us is there - honestly? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

You can be damn sure that the 'hard choices to come' will impact on the poor and vulnerable Not the rich and super-rich and their capital www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The first winter greens, cabbages and kale are ready for picking up here in the Peak Yum

HEATQUAKE! Originally published this month in BBC Science Focus magazine, you can now read my new piece on how climate change drives earthquakes on my substack #CoolEarth blog here billmcguire.substack.com/p/heatquakes

"cultivation (of soya) in untouched forest nearly tripled from 2018 to 2023, reaching 250,000 hectares (620,000 acres)" When money talks, nature, the climate, and the futures of our children and grandchildren, count for nothing www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The expected drivel here Including presenting a cap on bus fares as a success story, when she actually RAISED the cap by 33 percent Not letting spending 'get seriously out of control' is code for more austerity and doing what the markets want www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

"European players were subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families. They were no surprise as public discourse in America has broken down" Disgusting behaviour by the partisan crowd at the Ryder Cup golf www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

You really ain't seen nuthin' yet www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Labour is just not interested In keeping with Reform - and in an attempt to match them - it is just easier to blame others Weak, pathetic and despicable www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This really is just the start By 2040, almost one third of the world's cropland will suffer severe drought every year Just imagine the colossal impact on yields and food supply www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"the female master of ceremonies employed to inject some life into the crowd at the 1st tee was recorded using a megaphone to lead a chant of 'Fuck you Rory!' ” What has happened to this country and its people? www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

When 2/3rds of your own party think you are doing a bad job, you know your time is up Starmer has been a walking catastrophe for both Labour and the country But an early Christmas present for Reform

Palestine supporters awaiting trial in jail are being targetted and penalised by prison staff While the UK government continues to facilitate genocide in Gaza Welcome to Starmer's Britain www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Some marvellous sweetcorn this year - 1,000ft up in the Peak District 😃

"Today, we clear a soccer field’s worth of tropical forest every six seconds, a loss dramatically worsened by humanity’s growing hunger for meat" Wean ourselves off meat now, or the switch to a Pliocene climate that's locked in will do it for us www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you're not yet a member, join now The launch conference in Liverpool at the end of November is set to be huge - quite possibly one of the biggest political events in modern British history www.yourparty.uk

"Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews" Starmer's war on nature and democracy continues Indefensible www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘The electorate has twice given its verdict on a Jeremy Corbyn led party.’ Yes, and twice, the electorate gave a Corbyn-led party more votes than Starmer – 2.5 million more in 2017 and 500,000 more in 2019' tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/your... A great upheaval is coming in British politics

"...aides advised [Starmer] not to attend [COP30] for fear of attracting the ire of the Reform party" WTF? Reform might as well be in government www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Utter criminal incompetence Why did they even build a desalination plant? They are expensive to run and we don't need them (yet anyway 😊) Typical of Thames water to spend on this nonsense instead of reducing leaks and stopping pumping raw sewage into our rivers www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A tiny piece of good news on the climate Not much compared to the big picture grimness But we will take all we can get www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oh my God www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Starmer has managed to find something to make him even more unpopular - if that's possible www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BP execs laughing and popping the champagne corks Lock 'em up and throw away the key www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Nature, the climate, animal welfare.... You name it, Starmer's dire regime, will be rowing back on regulations and action Indefensible www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Still hard to get my head around the fact that Starmer would prefer to keep millions of kids in poverty rather than make the wealthy pay their way Just how cynical, arrogant, and stupid is this man? www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

Well, the UK Environment Agency is completely useless and allows our rivers to be polluted with abandon and without checks Who knew? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Most people know what a flash flood is, but have never heard of a flash drought They soon will Flash droughts can suck all the moisture from the top soil, devastating harvests in just a few weeks Global crop yields are set to be hammered www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Mind-boggling insanity Starmer's dreadful regime is now full-on anti-climate as well as anti-nature They CANNOT be allowed to get away with this www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Landmark it may be, but far, far, too little And China is set to be hammered by #climate breakdown www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The oceans are dying, just as happened in The Great Dying 250 million years ago Only today it's happening much, much, faster And do the world's governments and fossil fuel giants care? Do they hell www.theguardian.com/environment/...

After his incoherent evidence-free rant at the UN yesterday, we all know Trump is certifiably insane But the Farage isn't far behind 😆 www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...

Official membership has now opened I have just joined I hope you will too Never has the rise of a new radical left been so critical 💪💪💪 www.yourparty.uk

Watch this and tell me that Israel is not guilty of a genocide What is happening in Gaza is truly monstrous, yet the UK, US and the rest of the world stand back and do nothing Recognising Palestine is just words FFS DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For 'worst' read 'best' 👍 When the big pharma parasites don't like it, you can be sure we are doing the right thing www.theguardian.com/business/202...

More bad news, but the headline is not strictly correct Via #climate breakdown, fossil fuel burning threatens the health and well-being of all 8 billion + of us www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global heating is making hurricanes and typhoons more powerful, wetter and slower-moving - all of which increases their devastating destructive potential Expect a great deal more of this www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

British wildlife is in desperate straits We have a government elected to champion nature, but which is now championing its destruction It is vital that every one of us works at the local level to do everything we can to prioritise nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And what we all desperately need as the climate collapses around our ears are cheaper flights and more aviation emissions Reeves - like the rest of the Starmer clique - appear to be inhabiting a planet where there is no climate emergency www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

This is an understatement if ever there was one There's no athletics on a dead planet www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

What this government means by reform is cuts, despite the UK benefit bill being one of the lowest in Europe Starmer again targetting the poor and vulnerable while leaving the wealth of the rich untouched Totally indefensible www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...