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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Extreme wealth inequality is killing planet Earth, and hijacking political power so as to be allowed continue.

This is the most important thing to understand right now.

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 4d

Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
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Ireland's richest 10% produce almost as much carbon as the bottom 50%, report says

Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to increase taxes on the rich.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns

Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 7d

We’re told that competition makes everything better — cheaper, fairer, more efficient. But when it comes to banks, that’s a myth. Six giant institutions dominate the UK market. It’s time for a publicly owned Basic British Bank to make banking fair again. youtu.be/rwPoacsfIqI?...

We need a Basic British Bank

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t give an inch, don’t show weakness, stand your ground.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe Andrew Cuomo has a humiliation kink.

If so, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is giving him the time of his life right now!

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 10d

Diolch yn fawr Caerphilly!

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10d

The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10d

The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 10d

An embarrassed Farage abandoned the Reform candidate before the count.

news.sky.com/story/caerph...

Caerphilly by-election: Just like that! In Tommy Cooper's birthplace, Farage nowhere to be seen as Reform loses

The joke among Plaid supporters at the count was that long before the declaration Mr Farage was halfway down the M4 on his way back to London, Jon Craig writes.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot

It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 13d

@greenparty.org.uk has voted to oppose the introduction of Freeports and Special Economic Zones across the United Kingdom at it’s annual party conference in Manchester.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social
@rachelmillward.bsky.social
greenparty.org.uk/2024/09/08/g...

Greens vote to oppose introduction of Freeports in the UK - Green Party

The Green Party has voted to oppose the introduction of Freeports and Special Economic Zones across the United Kingdom at it’s annual party conference in Manchester. Commenting Green Party Co-Leader A...

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13d

No British prime minister has discarded their claimed beliefs and policies so comprehensively or so swiftly.

The biggest political conman of our age.

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 15d

'A 2,000-year-old wetland which is one of England’s most protected habitats has “bulldozers at its gates” after developers said conditions to protect it were blocking the growth the government is demanding.' Any thoughts, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social? Four words from me - fuck the government's growth.

Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans

According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes

www.theguardian.com

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Amy Trewick @sneapster.bsky.social · 16d

Please sign and share the petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature

We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

petition.parliament.uk

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15d

Could a future of fascism be upon us?

A devastating wake-up call from @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 29d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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rosie400.bsky.social @rosie400.bsky.social · Jan 13

Over 11,000 people have sent our Community Planning Alliance homesforeveryone.org report to their MP.

Have you?

Very easy to do via the link here

Homes for Everyone

How to solve the housing crisis for people, nature and the climate.

homesforeveryone.org

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 17d

God yes.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18d

Over the years, our big conservation groups, once brave and radical, have been taken over by suits: people with an Establishment mindset, who identify with the system they should be contesting. They wheedle and appease when they should be fighting with every legitimate tool they have.

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 17d

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 17d

Unlike the big nature NGOs and the CPRE, the Community Planning Alliance has consistently said that the Government's planning reforms should be binned.

We are a grassrots group. We are #TeamBat #TeamNewt #TeamNature

www.communityplanningalliance.org

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18d

Hello, @rspb.bsky.social, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk.
Where the hell are you?

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 17d

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 17d

Unlike the big nature NGOs and the CPRE, the Community Planning Alliance has consistently said that the Government's planning reforms should be binned.

We are a grassrots group. We are #TeamBat #TeamNewt #TeamNature

www.communityplanningalliance.org

www.redhotsource.co.uk/communitypla...

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D Lovatt 🍃💚🍃 @colliewobbled.bsky.social · 17d

Unlike the big nature NGOs and the CPRE, the Community Planning Alliance has consistently said that the Government's planning reforms should be binned.

We are a grassrots group. We are #TeamBat #TeamNewt #TeamNature

www.communityplanningalliance.org

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Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 18d

The nature NGO’s @rspb.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk should be mobilising an army!

Instead they are cowering in trenches with their millions (pounds & members)

We need something new.

A radical, grassroots movement that actually fights for nature.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18d

Over the years, our big conservation groups, once brave and radical, have been taken over by suits: people with an Establishment mindset, who identify with the system they should be contesting. They wheedle and appease when they should be fighting with every legitimate tool they have.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18d

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 17d

This is an ingenious way of defeating the worst people in the country - funding change from the bottom up. Let's go! --> www.indiegogo.com/projects/cle...

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