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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 3h

Here it is from the government’s own mouthpiece. Plenty of good old fashioned English (Anglo Saxon) words would well express my opinion about this nonsense but I’ve vowed not to use them on BlueSky. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 6h

"point out that North Sea oil doesn’t cut UK energy bills, and suddenly you’re censored"

This dismal government refuses to hear the truth as it prepares the way to give the green light to new oil and gas fields

Despicable and complete madness

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Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy

Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other

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#StopEACOP @stopeacop.bsky.social · 6h

"The fossil fuel emissions causing the climate crisis are still rising, despite needing to fall by 45% by 2030 to have a chance of keeping global temperature below the Paris agreement target of 1.5C above preindustrial levels." #StopEACOP! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 6h

Climate change impacts are hitting us in the uk here & now. They’re hitting much of the rest of the world even more cruelly. Denial, delay & distraction are rife. We all need to get our heads around the physical, economic & social realities & not be distracted. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on the rising risk from flooding: uninsurable buildings should focus minds on climate adaptation | Editorial

Editorial: The bleak future faced by one small town offers a cautionary tale about the threat from global heating

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14h

"a quarter of the typical energy bill in 2024 was profit. That is equivalent to every household paying £416 a year so other people can grow rich."

Excellent piece by Mathew Lawrence of the @Cmmonwealth thinktank

How the government keeps you poorer

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Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

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ECIU @eciu.net · 14h

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025

The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic, to explain how continued greenhouse gas emissions are fuelling worsening climate change impacts.
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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025

The latest climate science at a glance — all the key metrics, in one infographic.

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 17h

In our constituency we’ve formed a Climate & Nature Bill support group and had a warm reception from our MP so we’re pressing on with planning a local peoples’ assembly. @zero-hour.bsky.social

Climate and Nature Bill Supported in Newton Abbot. 6 supporters and our MP under a blue sky.

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 17h

Only if we a) persuade our fellow citizens that climate & nature care are critical for survival & are possible b) shout very loudly, louder than the fossil fuel money talks c) so government takes on a clear mandate. A lot of big ifs, granted, but what’s the alternative?

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 20h

This is an unmissable read: “We are not adrift, but we must stop clinging to old maps as they lead us back to the very crises from which we need to escape. It’s time to chart new routes grounded in reality, justice, and possibility.”

Climate Andy @andycorney.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Anderson’s @kevinclimate.bsky.social conclusions are that to achieve the Paris 1.5°C we need 20% emissions reductions annually, for 2°, 7%. The UK’s share? 12-15% reduction. That’s the science! Carrying on like this will destroy most life & very soon.🔥
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Talk at the Tyndall Centre Conference: Our Critical Decade for Climate Action - Climate Uncensored

Venue: UEA. 8th September 2025

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Climate Andy @andycorney.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Anderson’s @kevinclimate.bsky.social conclusions are that to achieve the Paris 1.5°C we need 20% emissions reductions annually, for 2°, 7%. The UK’s share? 12-15% reduction. That’s the science! Carrying on like this will destroy most life & very soon.🔥
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Talk at the Tyndall Centre Conference: Our Critical Decade for Climate Action - Climate Uncensored

Venue: UEA. 8th September 2025

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 20h

“Every year, the gap between commitments and reality grows wider, with devastating impacts on people, the climate and our economies,”. The normalisation of destruction is horrifying.

Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 20h

The cultural scaffolding of rape: deeply troubling; dismantling it is deeply important. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

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Jeff Turner 🦋🌈🦋🌈@loveneverhate @loveneverhate.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 1d

I really cannot bear how Farage is getting away with bare-faced lies, again and again, through the silence and complicity of the UK media. It's all there. His political career can and shoud be finished. Instead, media are making his rise inexorable. The corruption and ineptitude are beyond belief.

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 1d

"I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."
Nigel Farage on Gill's pro-Russian statements in European Parliament.

Here's Nigel Farage & Nathan Gill in European Parliament. ⬇️
They mostly turned up to make pro-Russian/anti-EU statements.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

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Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Health for XR @healthxr.bsky.social · 1d

🧵The GMC prosecution has previously argued that imprisonment for climate protest is de facto evidence of misconduct that negatively impacts the confidence of the public in the profession. They insist context and motivation are irrelevant

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Health for XR @healthxr.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Dr Hart was referred to the MPTS by the GMC following his imprisonment earlier this year for an action in which Exxon Mobil petrol pumps were damaged to highlight their historic and ongoing complicity in the climate health emergency - healthforxr.com/gp-given-cus...

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve a #CANBill group in Newton Abbot. Our MP @martinwrigley.bsky.social was already promoting the Bill & after meeting us last week agreed to join the cross-party Caucus to network with others. We constituents are keen to spur on him & all MPs on with greater climate & nature care 💚

MP Martin Wrigley with representatives of 6 local groups supporting the Climate & Nature Bill, against a background of green field, leafy tree, houses and a blue sky in our Newton Abbot constituency.

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 1d

I like to think that people powered community energy promoting @zero-hour.bsky.social #CANBill will shift us to a UK tipping point on tackling global heating & nature depletion. global-tipping-points.org

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, don't forget that she called Osama bin Laden a freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela a terrorist, General Pinochet a friend. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 1d

“Push hard, push fast, don’t stop.” Experts speak about avoiding negative tipping points and promoting positive ones. global-tipping-points.org

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 1d

I feel similarly. But maybe not so baffled cos I understand people - including me - are often understandably scared & exhausted. Moral courage is hard when your living is, or at least seems, precarious. And. What does Lmao stand for ? I am acronym averse! Or just a typo?

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 1d

We need doctors who have the courage to take personal risks for public health - he broke the law, yes, and would not have needed to if the media & public leaders took their responsibilities seriously with integrity. He is an asset, not a risk, for health. healthforxr.com/dr-patrick-h...

Dr Patrick Hart’s becomes the first working doctor to face a fitness to practice tribunal for climate activism. – Health for XR

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