As the entire vision of being a 'green export superpower' fades, tech is stepping in to suck up what's left Apparently Google is one of the major customers, if not *the* customer behind the plans to indefinitely postpone any green export from Sun Cable - and replace it with a data centre:

Australia's department of environment quietly removed *ALL* hydrogen projects from its annual big listing of major projects. I find that remarkable. It's admission that the raft of cancellations is just very bad optics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

MERRY CHIPMAS: I have a new @crikey.com.au piece about how a HUGE solar farm planned in north Aus planned to send power via cable to Singapore - but is now PIvoting To Data Centre As hydrogen projects collapse all over the place, the green export dream is dying... www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/23/d...

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We walk the cold ways of winter. Our magics become based on mud, phyllomantic tellings of tomorrow. In this shivering territory, hats and cloaks are practical working tools worn because the witch fears no weather, but knows when to wrap up. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981 #WitchSky

🔴 REVEALED 🔴 The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. 📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇

UPDATE: 3 things I learned today 1) Political leaders haven’t thought much about the health threats of CO2 capture and storage. Eg CO2 pipelines have kill zones. Leaks can acidify aquifers and mobilize heavy metals. 2) 45Q tax credits for CCS are now by far the biggest subsidy to oil and gas AND…

Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas Catford’s Christmas tree - with a strange looking fairy.

The social media ban is the Platonic ideal of contemporary politics: An ill-conceived, superficial "we must do something" response to a serious systemic issue The real harm it will cause terrifies me Can it inspire us to create a better politics? in-between-days.ghost.io/the-social-m...

SALES DIRECTOR: Why no kitchen table? DESIGN LEAD: Because kitchen tables are for fucking Candyland. We’re selling a political mode of thinking: deduction as power. Think less “family night,” and more “I will find the hidden structure of your choices, and then I will destroy you.”

As a long-time campaigner for publicly owned railways and the proud owner of a very well-worn @bringbackbritishrail.org t-shirt, I am excited to vote for #GreatBritishRailways in public hands today 🛤️🙌 But as @sianberry just said in the Commons debate - shall we do the actual trains next?! 🚆

"You're a government of cowards" Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society join.greenparty.org.uk

Sick of constant demonisation of migrants on #bbcqt & failed cruelty being the only answer from spineless politicians? Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system! With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social 👀👀👀

I was looking forward to the Zack vs Zia battle and it turned into the Zack vs everyone except Daisy Cooper battle. It was refreshing to finally hear a QT guest say that immigration is not the reason for failing public services. They are running scared and maybe there are a few more greens tonight.

Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk. Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me. It's not going to work on anyone. Join.greenparty.org.uk

📮Take back our 500 year old Royal Mail 📮 Buy back this national asset from its Czech billionaire owner Use the profits to reduce outrageous stamp prices and improve service Until 11.59pm tonight @ofcom.bsky.social is listening to YOU - take action on link below weownit.org.uk/act-now/end-...

🪟Since 2002–05, the number of people living in the private rented sector has more than doubled to around 320,000 by 2021–24. The poverty rate for private renters is up by 63% to 100,000 over the same period. Action is needed from the NI Executive to help tackle this hardship.

Juries are not just part of our legal system — they are vital defenders of the right to protest. With anti-protest laws still in place, I asked the Government what risks getting rid of jury trials will have on our democracy. #RightToProtest #Democracy

Welp, I did it! Got my 100th good deed before the end of the year: www.goodgym.org/v3/reports/g... Thanks to #Goodgym for keeping me fit and making my life so much more rewarding! Anyone looking for a good reason to start exercising regularly in excellent company, this is it: www.goodgym.org 😍🏅

North Finchley housing campaign coming to a head this week. Barnet Council will decide the fate of the Vue Cinema, Hollywood Bowl and restaurants. Will we get housing we need, or 1485 mostly unaffordable 1-bed flats, a ruined nature reserve and no entertainments. www.tiktok.com/@greenpartyc...

I maintain that Tanya Tagaq's 2019 Ted Talk is amongst the best sound poetry created in the 21st century: youtu.be/dumvYzfuT0w?...

There are literally zero NY millionaires left, really, they've been leaving for over a decade, they've all gone and... Wait, what? #wealthtaxnow

I live in Massachusetts and we instituted a Millionaire's Tax of 2%. Not only has nobody left, we actually have more millionaires than we did before the tax.

"When are we going to see tough choices for multi-millionaires and billionaires?" @zackpolanski.bsky.social joins Good Morning Britain to discuss the Budget.

Yes, Labour, we call bullshit! The UK is the anomaly, with a vast gulf of inequality between rich and poor. Here's our govt's own headline: "the wealthiest 10% estimated to hold around half of all wealth, primarily in the form of private pensions and property" www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

The charity, @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social, that helps residents investigate nature in their communities, worked with volunteers to test if metal was present across 50 sites. A report looking at the impact of metals on aquatic life expected in Jan 2026.' Link: @bbc.com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.” Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget

The Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025 gathers standout, risk-taking writing from every publication of the year, spanning poetry, non-fiction and fiction. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate: ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...

A fear I've long had for food banks. What happens when demand exceeds supply? "Demand is up, food prices are up, donations are down, and funding is volatile" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

An incredibly important map: this is how the network of lobbyist influence works. Just this snapshot of the private water companies should tell you how private oil and gas, transport, heath, development, even education - so many aspects of our society - serve private interests.

One of the reasons we need universal basic income plus higher taxes on the rich is to boost the spending power of the bottom 60% and in doing so, reorient our economy around the needs of the majority of people who comprise it. As inequality has increased, our economy has adjusted to meet rich wants.

This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget. Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax. Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.

Likely London's largest population of Great Crested Newts is under threat from a massive tower block development. And Barnet Council has neglected its responsibilities to this highly protected species. Please sign the petition: c.org/KYZbmkSbvF

A huge welcome @russell-moyle.co.uk to @greenparty.org.uk! Lloyd has been a dedicated public servant as both a councillor and MP in Brighton, with values that run very Green.  Exciting times ahead! @bhgreens.bsky.social 💚

Caught a snippet of someone on R4 talking about a 'whole systems failure' in the NHS. Add elected Greens talking about the need for a total systemic overhaul of taxation. Capitalism is breaking faster than our climate. We need govt to manage a fair transition. #VoteGreen join.greenparty.org.uk

To everyone who’s bought a book from us recently: thank you. We’re reaching for just 10% of our subscribers and followers to buy a book from us, which would sustain our work in a big way. If you haven’t yet, and you can, we’d love your support. brokensleepbooks.com

That’s so funny, they sit there as though they have never heard anything so radically different in their lives. It’s just common sense, and normal ethics, isn’t it? 🙏🏾

If it's weird to you that the other parties don't get something so obvious: Join.greenparty.org.uk

At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

It is a political choice to keep children in poverty whilst billionaire and multimillionaire wealth grows larger. @greenparty.org.uk has today written to the Chancellor urging her to use the next week's Budget to tax wealth fairly, cut bills and deliver real change.

Great interview with Russell Tovey - and really delighted to say welcome to @greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

You can see why the Greens popularity is growing. @zackpolanski.bsky.social gives straight answers to questions even ones that are loaded with danger. I think it called courage in your beliefs and telling the truth, both commodities very rare in politics, even more so in recent years.

"the best response to hatred is solidarity"

Just spoken at the Roadpeace event for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The experiences of bereaved families and injured people must be heard so institutions like the Met and TfL behave with empathy and understanding of the acute trauma and violence involved in road death.

Someone shared this fascinating simulator from Dorset Council, demonstrating the difficult decisions they make when balancing their budgets: simulator.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk The short answer, for me: raising taxes works, but councils can't tax progressively, so, over to central govt. #taxthesuperrich

Although HMRC officials investigating millionaires bring in much more revenue than they are paid their numbers were drastically cut a decision supported by both Conservatives & Labour governments [by pure coincidence both Tory & Labour parties are funded by millionaires] #SocialistSunday