DWP data - approx 80% of UC claimants in 2025 were British, Irish or had right of abode. Refugees made up around 1.5%. Approx 25% were from minority ethnic backgrounds, most were White. Rising need comes from how wealth is shared in the UK, the divide is economic, not racial.

Nationalising water and power companies is a basic must

SpaceX rocket explodes in the Indian Ocean today, and Musk calls it successful… One minuscule small step for mankind, another giant leap of Musk’s wealth and his assault on oceanic life.

But not the Conservatives. Every you need to know about Labour these days.

How little we know about the #Biodiversity we are fast trashing phys.org/news/2026-05...

The absurdity of the lie they tell you that we cannot run the world with renewable energy is astounding.

Writing about oil + chemical pollution at sea for @oceanographicmag.bsky.social Luke McMillan sums this up: 'Shipping remains one of the most polluting industries, + among the least accountable...if something goes wrong, the burden falls on coastal communities'. share.google/zqra4tOH7U67...

Satellite data shows oil spills from shipping happen far more often than reported, revealing high-density 'slick belts' that correspond with shipping lanes. Most spills are not investigated. The cost of cleaning up oil pollution is often paid by coastal communities. share.google/zjELnkfcKMpZ...

Five toys on sale in UK found to contain asbestos, banned in other countries. Manufacturers must know asbestos is deadly but use it. Deregulation obsession - UK relies on exporters, importers & retailers to test goods and inform regulators if asbestos is found. Profits come before People.

Really interesting questions and discussion - thanks all!

One more reason to say #PalantirOut open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Let's #degrowcars and end fossil fuels! That way we also end the fuelcrisis!

Reparations just aren’t feasible unless you’re a felon...

Wikileaks released footage of a very similar incident perpetrated by US soldiers in 2010. The footage triggered global outrage at the highest levels. Now Israel perpetrates this crime over and over again, with total impunity. Zionism is hollowing out humanity and must be ended.

We've had a week of politicians saying that what Israel is doing is illegal, wrong, it must stop But as usual there has been absolutely no action It took them just 4 days to take action against Russia The EU/UK Free Trade agreement with Israel could be ripped up in one day

What would take guts would be a fair and proportionate tax raid on the billionaire classes.

Israel carried out five airstrikes in eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border after calling for the forced displacement of residents in two areas in the south of the country, the state news agency said. 🔴 Follow aljazeera.com for more

Just a reminder: Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz agrees with us. Asking a Billionaires to live with 995 million won't end civilisation... But runaway inequality might.

Look what I saw on the river tonight! 🦫

LAUGHABLE front page from The Express… A newspaper that backs Reform whose leader and MPs voted against laws on: Stalking Harassment Drink spiking Upskirting …and sharing intimate images without consent. A pathetic excuse of a newspaper.

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

Hell Yeah Science☄️💥⚡️💯

If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet: "chemical pollution in the Arctic food web and rapid climate-driven warming" The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked phys.org/news/2026-05...

"Our community is scared and exhausted but we are fighting back." It's important that all of us who stand with the LGBTIQA+ community support the Good Law project in their appeal against the high court decision. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...

How ‘Anonymous Quotes’ Are Used by Political Journalists and Spin Doctors to Deceive the Public A startling admission by a Times journalist has revealed how political journalism and power really works in Westminster, reports Peter Oborne

This is absolutely spot on.

The Government is committed to restoring or creating 250,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat in England by 2030 (outside existing protected sites) Are they on track? Not by my reckoning: see my graph below, & latest data here: naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/15/a... But there's still time...

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“Societies fall apart when a tiny elite captures political and economic power, walls itself off from ordinary life, and uses that power to entrench its own privilege.” @igorvolsky.bsky.social #taxtherich otherwords.org/i-fled-the-u...

I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...

Turkish flotilla activists arrive after being released by the Israelis.

The glee with which the transphobic lobby is celebrating this says everything. Nasty, spiteful, and hateful. Shame on anyone bullying this most bullied of communities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I love these "critics of proportional representation" who have been watching seven years of Governments with sizable majorities under first past the post disintegrate but still stick to the line they learned in A Level Politics. Next level resolution.

Both previous and current heads of EHRC have told trans individuals that they didn't have the rights in the first place. They did, but this guidance strips them of those rights. Not to mention, personally speaking, that non-binary individuals are basically told we don't exist, but twas ever thus.

No surprise here.

Since the most recent energy crisis, BP's profits have doubled. It's vital that the government show leadership to make sure we're funding renewable energy to keep people's prices down. My conversation today with the Mayor 👇🏼 m.youtube.com/watch?v=fM77...

Can't thank Stephen Colbert enough for the decades of laughs he's given us. He's been positively therapeutic in these troubled times & I can't wait to see what he does next! 👀 (plus, he let me sit behind his desk) 🙏

Why is it that the conversation about bringing lynx back to Scotland is so far advanced and mature, while by contrast here in Ireland, there's virtual silence? Sure, the Scots have more surviving habitat, but that doesn't stop us agreeing to do it, and then *preparing*.

Well done, Sadiq Khan.

It's time to end the Guga hunt. Sign the petition today. protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...

#C4News "Zack Polanski is now setting Labour policy" BBC News, "Wes Streeting would like to see a wealth tax on investments.. Equalising the rates of capital gains and income tax" Wes Streeting, "Generate £12 billion revenue" Let's see which other Green policies Labour will adopt next 😉

An American leader who believes in science.

A healthy democracy relies on citizens being able to make informed choices. The level of net migration is 82% down on what it was five years ago, yet half of the public believe this number is going up. We need to take a serious look at the impact media are having on the spread of misinformation.

“We object to working on Palantir's FDP – it is not & never was, the right choice for the Health Service. NHS must not renew Palantir's contract & we will fight internally to make that happen”… “There is a better way & we are willing to build it ourselves” 👏👏👏 www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-...

Just keynoted Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' Annual Investor Meeting. Draghi spoke before me. No pressure... My argument: Europe's energy problem isn't a lack of clean tech. It's relying on fossil fuels we don't produce and can't control. But the alternatives are clearer than ever before.

38 million deaths since 1971. “When you consider the scale of the violence and damages, it becomes clear that this system is not something we can continue to accept.”

The big question - when indeed will the Environment Agency do what it exists to do and, you know, er, enforce the law? Great work by @nicolacutcher.bsky.social and @friendsriverwye.bsky.social

The Climate Change Committee’s new assessment shows the challenges facing UK farming. 💧🔥   #NatureFriendlyFarming works - it’s whether governments & the private sector will back farmers to deliver at scale. Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/engcylnsvh