Mix it up!

‘pon the left-hand side! @paulbowman.bsky.social

Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.

But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.

Good night.

“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”

How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?

When was the last time you heard a politician in the media asked anything like-

-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?

-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?

I cannot remember.

Parents could be legitimately asking WTAF?

Bisphenol-A has long been known as a hormone disrupter. It should be nowhere near children’s toys & dummies

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Be brave.

October Book of the Month is 'Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror'. In an extract from the introduction, editor Hollie Starling (@folkhorrormagpie.bsky.social) considers the disruptive potential of stories to upend fortresses of power www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/bog-...

Ahhh - if only these lovely photos came with those sounds. But I can imagine them, which is the next best thing (though the red stag roaring is a bit of a stretch for a south London resident).

Have started listening and right from the off we have claims from Coutinho that she was the first Energy Secretary to question net zero and that net zero is 'making emissions worse'.

The UK has delivered the fastest emissions reductions in the G20.

In latest Nick Robinson pod, Claire Coutinho sets out why her love of maths and data convinced her to call for abandoning climate change act, net zero targets and chase more fossil fuels extraction.

Curious, I’ve been using AI to examine these claims …

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WE NEED TO BE MORE FRENCH.

This is the theme of our new paper on cutting bills through energy saving measures, published today and highlighted in The Times. /1

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

We're in a global climate crisis. The UK government shouldn't be welcoming the very people who caused it.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/uk-labour-ministers-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-analysis

Can we not have AI pets? Hear me out now. An AI cat (AIC) that perfectly mimics actual cat (AC) whose AIC chip (AICC) is housed in an AIC robot (AICR) - with synthetic fur etc - who can ALSO speak in the voice of a dead but once dearly beloved friend / close relative. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Solidarity means recognising that our struggles are interconnected and it's powerful because it shifts the focus from charity to justice. Here are just 3 examples of how we’ve been practising solidarity in recent months. https://foe.uk/uhr25

NEW - UPDATE POST

Did the CPS make a fundamental mistake with the charging decision in the Chinese spying case?

How the CPS may have asked the wrong legal question and so made a wrong charging decision

By me

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Guardian amplifying Fall of Freedom. Remember, you don’t need permission. It’s not a petition or a fundraiser: the art *is* the action. Whether you’re selling out stadiums or working in the community, we want you to be part of this www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Been following Anywhere but Westminster since the start. Always foregrounding those without a voice, thoughtful and often emotional. Plus ace camera from John D (that shot of a homeless man pointing at an unobtainable bed in a department store window!).

GQ doing the right thing today: Re-upping this beyond-powerful piece by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on Dylann Roof. www.gq.com/story/dylann... One of the many grim deets: Twitter was once a place that would banish a white supremacist...

Top-drawer reporting (as usual) by @johnharris1969.bsky.social / John Domokos. If it makes you angry, then it's doing its job. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

48% of Ireland's waterbodies are so polluted, contaminated with chemicals, choked with algae, deprived of oxygen, lacking in species variety or physically altered and damaged that they fail to meet minimally acceptable standards.

And it's getting worse.
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Spot on “Many of Labour’s younger voters are already tempted by the Green Party, which combines environmentalism with left wing economics. Now by mocking Green protections & cosying up to developers, chancellor is giving them more reasons to jump ship”. So here it is join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

🧵Quarterly post that is actually about energy policy: There was an NAO report out today about big failures of a scheme introduced by the previous government to reduce households' CO2 emissions. The scheme, ECO, obligated energy companies to pay installers to fit heat pumps, solar, insulation etc.