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Jonathan @clarets7.bsky.social · 11h

The 3.5% solution to the rise of American authoritarianism yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...

The 3.5% solution to the rise of American authoritarianism

How the No Kings rallies could be the kickstart for Trump and MAGA’s downfall

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 1d

Been somewhere very, very exciting today. Incredible chalk grassland, junipers and waxcaps in a landscape shut off to most of England since the First World War. Hoping to write about it for my next book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY…

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Jenny Shepherd @green--jenny.bsky.social · 1d

New petition to amend #PlanningAndInfrastructure Bill and protect irreplaceable blanket bog from big onshore wind farms - please sign and share - link in blog post

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 1d

Guest blog - Blanket bogs and windfarms by @green--jenny.bsky.social

Blog: markavery.info/2025/10/30/g...

#peat #bog #turbines #renewable #climate #walshaw #hebden #haworth #floods #petition #PIB

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime thought the judiciary couldn’t keep pace, but they were wrong. Judges have been steadily building cases, blocking escape routes, and pushing back against the administration’s misconduct. The result? A series of court defeats that the White House can’t just sweep under the rug.

Trump’s Getting Thumped in Court

Bad faith arguments, blatant misrepresentations, illegal appointments and politicized prosecutions are turning judges against Trump’s DOJ.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

As the world is showing, nature has the weakest protections imaginable. Communities buying up as much land as possible for nature remains a top priority. One way people can do this is through financially supporting conservation charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News

Sir David Attenborough inspires a surge in backing for a £30m campaign to create a nature haven.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Intellectually dishonest from The Times' Lord Finkelstein. If you look only at a progressive tax and ignore how much more the richest earn of course you 'prove' they "bear the heaviest burden". But if you look at all taxes as a percentage of income the poorest bear a similar burden to the richest.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

A genocide in Gaza, a genocide in Sudan.

Who's supplying the weapons for them both?

Us.

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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing the images coming out of Sudan, the slaughter, the violence, the abuse 😢. The same playbook with the same puppeteers. Pure evil that’s relentless for greed, and power. Innocent people murdered whilst the manipulators sit safely on their vulgar gilded thrones. The world is run by psychopaths

Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 4d

“More than 150,000 people have died across the country and about 12 million have fled their homes, creating one of the worst humanitarian crises.”

This is a genocide in Sudan.

El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan

The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James Kennedy ✊️ @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 3d

The Labour Party continue to think that where they're going wrong is that they need to move more to the Right in order to chase voters, when in actual fact we just want them to actually fucking stand for something, mean it, be consistent and grow a damn backbone.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 3d

🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About

You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...

All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About

You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

Raise £12bn in budget by extending income tax thresholds freeze, says a Fabian Society.

The poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.

Hitting low/middle income people won't aid growth.

Tax dividends and capital gains at the same rate as wages. Tax the rich

Raise £12bn in budget by extending income tax thresholds freeze, says thinktank

Fabian Society says move ‘best available option’ for chancellor as she seeks to offset impact of weaker economic forecasts

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny Shepherd @green--jenny.bsky.social · 5d

The government wants to make the #Planning+InfrastructureBill law b4 budget on 26 Nov - so not much time left to sign and share this petition to Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Jonathan @clarets7.bsky.social · 5d

Critical National Priority Infrastructure is meant to allow fast tracking of the green transition. Wind farms on peatlands are not green though, peatlands are the UK's equivalent of tropical rainforest.

Jonathan @clarets7.bsky.social · 5d

Why this petition when peatlands can have the highest protection in the UK for nature? Critical National Priority Infrastructure allows the Secretary of State to overrule these protections and allow development of wind farms on peatlands. Please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland

We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to: 1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and 2. Require the restoration to good conservat...

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Jonathan @clarets7.bsky.social · 9d

Wind farms on peat are not green, they emit far more CO2 than an equivalent wind farm on mineral soil, and destroy irreplaceable habitat. Please read the petition to ban wind farms on protected peatland and sign and share if you agree petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland

We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to: 1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and 2. Require the restoration to good conservat...

petition.parliament.uk

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · May 29

Final Version:

225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right

Text & signatories here -

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

OPEN LETTER: 225 UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer

New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

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Jonathan @clarets7.bsky.social · 9d

We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to:
1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and
2. Require the restoration to good conservation status of peatland’s interlinked mosaic of habitats, including irreplaceable blanket bog.

Jonathan @clarets7.bsky.social · 9d

Wind farms on peat are not green, they emit far more CO2 than an equivalent wind farm on mineral soil, and destroy irreplaceable habitat. Please read the petition to ban wind farms on protected peatland and sign and share if you agree petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland

We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to: 1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and 2. Require the restoration to good conservat...

petition.parliament.uk

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Jenny Shepherd @green--jenny.bsky.social · 10d

West Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for public consultation until 16th November. Here's a bit of info about what it's about and how it could affect the campaign to #BanWindfarmsOnProtectedPeatland saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/w...

West Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy is open for public consultation until 16th November

The West Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy draft is open for public consultation until 16th November. All the documents and the survey forms are here. Ban the Burn will upload our consultati…

saverestorewalshawmoor.wordpress.com

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10d

More outrage over a ban on Israeli football hooligans than there is over Israel wiping Gaza from the face of the earth.

The world turned on its head.

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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 11d

Keir Starmer’s rush to unleash Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans on the streets of Birmingham shows an astonishing obsession with normalising Israeli apartheid — and must be opposed.

Starmer’s Sweet and Tender Hooligans

Keir Starmer’s rush to unleash Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans on the streets of Birmingham shows an astonishing obsession with normalising Israeli apartheid — and must be opposed.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11d

Those backing the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans visiting Birmingham were smeared as antisemites.

Then Tel Aviv police banned the city's derby after riots.

This whole saga is defined by lies and smears.

Here's the truth 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/maccabi-te...

Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans: lies, smears - and the truth

Tel Aviv's police ban the city's derby after Maccabi hooligans rioted. You cannot make this sh*t up.

www.owenjones.news

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Amy Kenyon @amykaye.bsky.social · 11d

A new post, about an old post, and about some things that happened. With thanks, as ever, to readers and subscribers. xx

Walking away

...and time passes

open.substack.com

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 12d

Sunday book review - The Book of Bogs by Anna Chilvers & @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Publisher: @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/10/19/s...

Contributions from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @gregorynorminton.bsky.social

#bogs #peat #wuthering

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Labour, Reform, and the right-wing press are all attacking the Green Party.

🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.

💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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