Now it is clear why Trump abolished USAID. This vile “brain” behind much of MAGA wants to punish ex-colonies for them benefiting from aid in the past. All very logical if you have no moral compassion in your body. These people are beyond contempt.

This is beyond comprehension - 18,000 children in Gaza killed by Israel - 12,000 under the age of 12. And we call ourselves civilised. Western Governments allow themselves to be bullied by the Israeli lobby. It is far far too late, but the support for Israel must stop. youtube.com/shorts/LyrdG...

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How Israel’s truck bombs ripped through Gaza City - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

How can our government possibly be supporting this obscene Israeli regime in any way, shape of form? It’s certainly not in my name. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

. Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! More: www.bigissue.com/opinion/cl... .

Among Western democracies, the US is basically in a league of its own. No other comparable democracy has climate denial so deeply embedded in a major political party, its media ecosystem, and parts of government. It remains the largest contributor to the 425.78 ppm CO2 currently in the atmosphere.

Ignore the blah blah blah and remember this: "Since atmospheric GHGs [which increased by +2.3% in 2024] drive global warming, [this is] ultimately the metric that matters for meeting the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement." Unless these decline we are on a steady march to hell #ClimateCrisis

The question is: how did the minority gain such power as to do harm?

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Reform plan to cap aid at £1bn would damage UK’s international influence, critics warn

Huge solar project commits one million panels for end-of-life recycling and reuse, before they even get to work reneweconomy.com.au/huge-solar-p...

Our inaction on climate change is extremely dangerous. We need to do more. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts

Nothing that an "AI" does has any anchorage in material reality, it's all just code, continuously juggling. It has no grounded understanding of anything, no responsibility, no reasoned sense of consequence, or anything else...

Not quite sure what to make of this ….. youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E?...

🎥 #StandWithUkraine take Putin's power, income & influence (and other tyrants' too) switch to renewables & get off oil & gas PL RP🩷💚💙 @coolbreeze0921.bsky.social @edengk.bsky.social @enigma8750.bsky.social @flylegaleagle.bsky.social @greysamongstus.bsky.social #ClimateAction & #peace 🕊️

Using old coal mines to heat homes? Gateshead is doing it. Their mine-water project—the UK’s largest—draws 15°C water from boreholes, uses heat pumps to boost it to 80°C, and sends that heat through an underground network. The system now warms 350+ homes and 23 buildings.

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Dear #BBCNews, can you please explain why your press reviews frequently highlight right-leaning papers? As the items chosen are frequently political, a bias seems obvious. Today 8 of the 9 stories in summaries are from right-wing papers. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine. The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning

Wool “It’s hard to think of any other material that’s 100% natural, renewable, sustainable and biodegradable, and wool’s secret weapon is its versatility.” So why isn’t it used more - maybe it will be ……. www.countryfile.com/people/opini...

This news is not new, but good to see it emphasised. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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❗️ Red Alert❗️ EU Commissioner Varhelyi proposes to weaken the #pesticide regulation. Eternal permits for pesticides, no more periodic evaluations. Health and environment will suffer, industry will profit. 📝 React now, tell the EU Commission what you think: www.pan-europe.info/end-toxic-pe...

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

Trump’s world is a mirror of reality, where truth exists only as the opposite of what he says.

. Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. - The New York Times Find out more: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/... #ClimateAction

Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working. Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.

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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.

Surely the #BBC bias furore is about two elements, both right wing in origin. 1. Criticism of “woke”subjects which the Right have chosen as wedge issues 2. Perceptible pro-Right party political bias (QT, R4Today, etc). Both can surely be traced back to the influence of Robbie Gibb, who should go.

It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.

My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.

Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social

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Reform UK’s Leader in Wales Nathan Gill will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to 8 charges or Russian Bribery. 🇷🇺 Farage was his leader and colleague of 20+ years. What did he know? #ReformRussianBribes

It is high time Mr Gibb was removed from his post, and real impartiality restored to the BBC - one of our most valuable national assets. So much of our future is dependent on having information available to the population that they can trust.

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.

"Disinformation is one of the major obstacles stalling climate progress" - Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Progress! - EU countries have agreed to fast-track talks on an electricity trading agreement with the UK - a major win for Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset. They also approved mandates for talks on an agri-food deal to ease cross-Channel trade frictions, & to link the EU & U.K. emissions trading systems

Liberal Democrat MPs have today tabled a motion in Parliament to remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board. Robbie Gibb was appointed by Boris Johnson, he was an editorial adviser to GB News and a director of communications for Theresa May. He is not neutral or impartial.

Quite right! Mr Gibb shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the levers of power of the BBC. He’s shown his true colours and must go. Come on HMG, take action!

The British Journalism Awards are for news outlets judged to have provided the best public interest journalism over the last year. Of the 6 finalists for 2025, only The Times could be described as right-wing. The others: Channel 4, The i Paper, FT, Sky, & Guardian pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...

Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that. We need to protect our institutions open.substack.com/pub/christin...

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