Declared donations of £20k isn't a story when compared with £5mn undeclared donations, but I guess it fills space.

Farage : "It was a gift, it wasn't political" Also Farage : "This was a reward for campaigning for Brexit" Farage : "He doesn't want anything in return" Also Farage : "Reform UK Ltd will remove capital gains tax on crypto" Grifters gotta grift

This ⬇️ the most loathsome decision made by the current Labour government. There was/is no justification for this decision. Wrong on every level.

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So proud of what we do - giving space for this kind of discussion without pretending we have all the answers. Just people having a real conversation. It shouldn't be so rare. If you dislike the state of our media, why not vote with your fingers and give this a listen? Reward what you want more of.

Let those among us who have not accidentally followed a fascist leader on Facebook in full on fascist gear... who's like the most obvious fascist... doing really fascist stuff... cast the first stone. #Reform

This is good. But unless something can shift both the Tories and Reform from their fossil-funded Scorched Earth agendas, it is very vulnerable.

Shocking stats: Climate change is ALREADY costing the UK £60bn every year, or 2% of GDP Without climate adaptation, this could rise to £260bn (5% of GDP) by 2050, says CCC's Baroness Brown The committee says UK should invest £11bn a year to become more resilient

The struggle of Britain’s most flooded farmer As a new Climate Change Committee report warns the UK is dangerously underprepared for what is coming, Alex Thomson speaks to a farmer who is already feeling the devastating effects. Read our latest newsletter here:

If you're in the UK, please support and share this petition to hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks. It's growing fast, let's get to 10,000 by the end of this week! Then the government will respond to it 100,000 and it is debated in parliament petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

This is doubly upsetting because so many of the things we need to do -from supporting farmers to improving diets- would bring huge benefits across health, nature, and the economy. When we make these changes, we'll look back and wonder why we didn’t make them sooner & what on Earth we were thinking."

My quote: "The pressures on UK food keep piling up. From climate change to nature loss and geopolitical shocks, we are entering a period of dramatic risk with a food system woefully underprepared and fragile. The warnings and reports pile up, but policy is not meeting the moment...

Temporary licences for Russian-origin oil and gas is not the long term answer to energy insecurity. In Parliament, I called for an honest conversation about moving Britain further and faster away from fossil fuels and ending reliance on short term fixes. We need policies on demand not supply.

“Reducing aid is a political choice, and one that risks turning our backs from communities already living with the consequences of issues they did little to cause.” READ Richard Hawkes Oxfam GB CEO in the Independent: independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-aid-global-partnerships-funding-b2979708

Well it's pretty late in the day but it's good we're finally having this conversation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reform are wrong - not just slightly wrong but fundamentally wrong - on *the* most important issue of the 21st century. Could not be wronger.

How is this not corrupt?

#NigelFarage #Charlatan #Selfserving #Grifter #EpsteinClass #FiveMillionQuid

Friends, I’ve been around politics for over 50 years. I’ve never seen anything as brazenly crooked and corrupt as what Trump and his cronies did today.

We have the solutions(many of them - there’s no single magic bullet) but now we need the political will to resist the clamour of lobbyists for old tech.

😢 As Michael Marmot once said: "The UK is a poor country with a few rich people in it"... www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

Bigotry can be beaten 🎉

🥁 Urgent for UK folk. Write to your MP about the Nature + National Security Bill. We want this Bill to be chosen to support by whichever MPs win the private members’ lottery on May 21st. Please act now. It only takes a moment. 🙏. @zero-hour.bsky.social www.zerohour.uk/write

@mayaellismp.bsky.social reinforcing your legitimate concerns

Nigel Farage’s claim that he paid for a £1.4mn house with his fee from a reality TV show has been challenged by corporate accounts that appear to show that the income remained on his company’s balance sheet after the property purchase. www.ft.com/content/88ce...

⚠️Climate change exposes hundreds of millions to longer and deadlier pre-monsoon heat in South Asia, according to @wwattribution.bsky.social 🧵 In late April and early May, India and Pakistan experienced a period of extremely high temperatures, with daily maximums exceeding 46°C: ow.ly/3U7150Z0Zax

🌿 The collapse of the natural world is a direct threat to the UK’s national security. 🌍 The new Nature + National Security Bill is an urgent, science-led response to this threat. 📝 Write to your MP—ask them to back and choose the #NNSBill in the private members' bill ballot. 👉 zerohour.uk/write

⚡ Community energy is about more than clean power, it’s about local people shaping their own energy future. From rooftop solar to shared wind projects, communities across the UK are cutting bills, creating jobs, and driving the transition to net zero 🌍💚 The future of energy is local ✊

Hysterical laughter. This really is very very very funny. Talking about reaching into the bottom of the bin because there’s nowhere else to go.

I was brought up in Belfast during The Troubles, I was in Sarajevo during the siege, I work with colleagues in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Russia & Ukraine and I’ve spent time with displaced people on the Russian/Georgian border. I know what happens when populists are enabled to spread hatred 👇

Isn’t this the definition of Fifth Columnists?

Time for a new direction from a new Heath Secretary Conversation on ‘Not the NHS Again’ Podcast YouTube.com@NottheNHSAgain @jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social @keepournhspublic.bsky.social @doctor

Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos was at the Nakba Day demonstration in London. The 88-year-old has attended almost every demonstration in the last two year’s protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. #freepalestine #gaza #genocide

Robinson complained on stage that without the support of wealthy Americans, it wouldn’t have happened. “This event would not be happening if I didn’t go to America,” Robinson told a crowd of people who otherwise complain about foreign influences on UK politics.

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

Victim blaming by the far right

The Ethnic Cleansing of The West Bank, by Peter Oborne. 'The settlers are in control': How the West Bank is being ethnically cleansed | Middle East Eye share.google/pgZHIA0B5PLe...

Christopher Harborne is a new entry on the Sunday Times rich list top ten - worth £18 billion. He bought Reform for 0.1% of his fortune...

There are close links between the MAGA/MAHA administration & far right kooks in the UK like Reform (don’t forget, of course, that Russell Brand joined strategy calls with the US MAHA folks, had Bhattacharya on his podcast, shared a stage with him, etc.). Reform wants to replicate MAGA/MAHA tactics

If Reform ever gains power we can expect it to promote dangerous & vain mavericks like Bhattacharya in the UK. Beware.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, the settlers - with the connivance of Israeli state forces - murder ever more Palestinians.

Good to see the public service ethos is alive and well.

Changing Prime Ministers

Our response to the Sunday Times Rich List

In 3 weeks: the Supreme Court gutted the VRA, five Southern states moved to redraw their maps, and Virginia's pro-Democrat map was struck down. The midterm maths has shifted 8-11 seats toward Republicans. My latest midterms update + 8 tips for voters christinapagel.substack.com/p/midterms-u...

This fall, the high court will hear arguments from Big Oil companies seeking to escape accountability for their climate lies. Despite holding significant investments in the oil and gas industry, Justice Alito hasn't recused—an "indefensible breach of ethical boundaries," say gov't watchdogs.