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Extinction Rebellion UK @extinctionrebellion.uk · 12d

💚As an individual we hold so much power.
As a collective we are even stronger.

Think about who benefits from keeping us isolated and silent.

In times of atrocity, destruction and genocide, the courage to act to disrupt, to resist, to disobey is a right and moral responsibility to many.

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Extinction Rebellion UK @extinctionrebellion.uk · 15d

There was almost one discharge into our waterways every 30 seconds in 2024.

Thousands of people fell sick from contaminated water while our biodiversity is depleted.

💙Our waterways are the arteries and veins of the earth.
If we pollute those waterways, life will die.

📸: World Water Wedding

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Christopher Walton @christo-walton.bsky.social · 1h

I was watching the mainstream news coverage yesterday about the return of the Israeli hostages & the grief & sadness of the families. The suffering of Palestinian families grieving for their missing or dead relatives was barely mentioned. Much of the Western media has dehumanised Palestinians.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 59m

join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 59m

The Green Party membership continues to surge – we’ve now passed the 110,000 mark!

Now is the moment to join. Let’s keep making hope normal again.

#GreenSurge #MakeHopeNormal

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 43m

Reminder: the policy of @greenparty.org.uk is to abolish Ofsted .

We need education for life, not just exams

schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-claim...

Ofsted 'transparent' despite withholding reform feedback

'We set out really clearly the negativity that we heard,' says Oliver

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 42m

Horrifying piece that shows exactly how Labour minister is dancing to the tune of biggest profit-driven developers & failing to meet pledges on new homes & on affordability. Worse, they don’t even seem to care 👇

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 41m

Finally, in short: not only have Regal not taken the Wildlife Act seriously, they are proposing 'mitigation' measures that will massively increase the risk of wiping out the population of one of the most endangered species in the country.
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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 58m

Regal's revised plan includes creating a new, better path to a pond where the newts live, instead of closing and redirecting access through the nature reserve.
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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 1h

Some other highlights:
- no assessment of risks from pollutants, e.g. run off from dust mitigation spraying
- no assessment of the risks from greatly increased footfall to and through the Glebelands from 4000+ new residents
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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 1h

Regal completely misrepresented the consultations they have had with the conservation groups and London, Essex and Herts Amphibians and Reptiles Trust (LEHART)
- the development site hold significant land suitable for habitat for the newts, which the application ignores
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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 1h

Large population of Great Crested Newts face extinction in North Finchley. Barnet Labour Council in thrall to Regal developers. Conservationists have submitted and shared their final objections to the Great Crested Newts mitigation plans Regal submitted. Some highlights:
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4h

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 16h

Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 1h

👉NEW -- Revealed: Pro-Israel lobbyist’s secret funding operation

by John McEvoy

Leaked emails expose how Conservative Friends of Israel director Stuart Polak consulted top Israeli diplomat and US billionaire on new funding streams.
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-pro...

Revealed: Pro-Israel lobbyist’s secret funding operation

Leaked emails expose how Conservative Friends of Israel director Stuart Polak consulted top Israeli diplomat and US billionaire on new funding streams.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 1h

"Right wingers being right wingers."
via Marcus Springer

ps In the UK, for 'Republicans' read 'Reform', with similar private messaging

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 1h

People who use money to make money rather than their hands. We need a tax system that works for the many, as someone could have said...:)

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 1h

Here it comes then. When Rachel said ‘no stand alone wealth tax’ at conference I felt that left wriggle room - it’s crying out to be done, we have enormous numbers of people in poverty and a tax system that takes more from them as a % than from people with an awful lot of money.

buff.ly/MdLLkyG

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Conaill Corner @concorner23.bsky.social · 1h

Arteja loves Liverpool, supports Everton and has become a key member of the community - but now faces being sent back into the hands of those who exploited her
✍️ @liamthorp.bsky.social www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

They are saying they're sending me home, but Liverpool is my home

Arteja loves Liverpool, supports Everton and has become a key member of the community - but now faces being sent back into the hands of those who exploited her

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 1h

As media outrage continues
over Hamas being unable
to find bodies of Israeli hostages
under tons of Israeli made rubble ...

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 1h

via Clare Bickle

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 1h

A fascist Friend of Israel
welcomed by
the genocidal apartheid state

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4h

Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Weapons Parts to Russian Supplier

martinplaut.com/2025/03/28/m...

There was £100k from subsidiary company Techtest in May 2019 and then £50k (not mentioned in the article) from parent company HR Smith group in May 2024.

donation.watch/en/unitedkin...

Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Weapons Parts to Russian Supplier

The aerospace company H.R. Smith Group was an early backer of the party after Nigel Farage became leader. Reform has faced criticism over comments seen as supporting Moscow. Nigel Farage at an even…

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 1h

Glad to see the govt has extended these vital schemes as farmers were facing a cliff edge at the end of the year.

But what we really need is a long-term farming support scheme that protects nature & supports food production - this should be an urgent priority for govt.

A screenshot of the government's press release. Text reads "Countryside Stewardship extended to support farming and nature
Thousands of farmers will receive extensions to continue restoring nature and farming sustainably, supporting long-term food security."

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