Francis Sealey
@globalnet21.bsky.social
I am an ex-BBC producer who is now retired but active in creating channels of engagement around climate change, global conflict, and the challenges to democracy. Originally from Bridgwater in Somerset
By burning fossil fuels and changing how we use the land, human activity has quickly become the leading cause of changes to our climate
https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-change/causes-of-climate-change
https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-change/causes-of-climate-change
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
By burning fossil fuels and changing how we use the land, human activity has quickly become the leading cause of changes to our climate
https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-change/causes-of-climate-change
https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-change/causes-of-climate-change
‘We thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of it’: Enver Solomon on leading – and leaving – the Refugee Council
https://tinyurl.com/yjnzxewn
https://tinyurl.com/yjnzxewn
âWe thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of itâ: Enver Solomon on leading â and leaving â the Refugee Council
It has been a difficult week for those working with refugees and migrants in the UK, after Labour announced controversial new plans. Sadly, Solomon is used to such turmoil. He discusses hostility, hope and asylum hotels
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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
‘We thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of it’: Enver Solomon on leading – and leaving – the Refugee Council
https://tinyurl.com/yjnzxewn
https://tinyurl.com/yjnzxewn
How will climate change affect the UK?
Long and frequent summer heatwaves, more intense storms and flooding – and even freezing winters – are all signs of how global warming is affecting the UK
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/climate-change/how-will-climate-change-affect-the-uk/
Long and frequent summer heatwaves, more intense storms and flooding – and even freezing winters – are all signs of how global warming is affecting the UK
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/climate-change/how-will-climate-change-affect-the-uk/
How will climate change affect the UK? - Greenpeace UK
Heatwaves, storms, flooding and long freezing winters – this is climate change.
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
How will climate change affect the UK?
Long and frequent summer heatwaves, more intense storms and flooding – and even freezing winters – are all signs of how global warming is affecting the UK
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/climate-change/how-will-climate-change-affect-the-uk/
Long and frequent summer heatwaves, more intense storms and flooding – and even freezing winters – are all signs of how global warming is affecting the UK
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/climate-change/how-will-climate-change-affect-the-uk/
At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crreg2l7kezo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crreg2l7kezo
At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) alleges "systematic killings and cover-ups".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crreg2l7kezo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crreg2l7kezo
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords
European funding aimed at curbing migration inadvertently strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of weapons
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
European funding aimed at curbing migration inadvertently strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of weapons
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords
European migration funding strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of arms.
www.aljazeera.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords
European funding aimed at curbing migration inadvertently strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of weapons
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
European funding aimed at curbing migration inadvertently strengthened Sudanese paramilitaries, while weak export oversight allowed the flow of weapons
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
tinyurl.com/38ett64u
tinyurl.com/38ett64u
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
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November 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
tinyurl.com/38ett64u
tinyurl.com/38ett64u
Immigration and asylum ‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation
tinyurl.com/56cvmebr
tinyurl.com/56cvmebr
‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation
In Paris, a group of those returned from UK as part of the immigration scheme say they feel frightened and hopeless
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November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Immigration and asylum ‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation
tinyurl.com/56cvmebr
tinyurl.com/56cvmebr
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
tinyurl.com/2rzd5nbt
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
tinyurl.com/2rzd5nbt
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
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November 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
tinyurl.com/2rzd5nbt
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
tinyurl.com/2rzd5nbt
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
tinyurl.com/3d6dn48y
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
tinyurl.com/3d6dn48y
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
tinyurl.com/3d6dn48y
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
tinyurl.com/3d6dn48y
Citizens & Councillors
Join us TOMORROW November 27th at 7.00 pm
Join us for our November Forum when we discuss the importance of neighbourhood development to tackle climate change.
You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us TOMORROW November 27th at 7.00 pm
Join us for our November Forum when we discuss the importance of neighbourhood development to tackle climate change.
You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Citizens & Councillors
Join us TOMORROW November 27th at 7.00 pm
Join us for our November Forum when we discuss the importance of neighbourhood development to tackle climate change.
You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us TOMORROW November 27th at 7.00 pm
Join us for our November Forum when we discuss the importance of neighbourhood development to tackle climate change.
You can register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union
Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
https://tinyurl.com/y8n739x7
Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
https://tinyurl.com/y8n739x7
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union
Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
https://tinyurl.com/y8n739x7
Understaffing driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
https://tinyurl.com/y8n739x7
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the darkJohn Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?
https://tinyurl.com/3y85u6nh
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?
https://tinyurl.com/3y85u6nh
Flooded and forgotten: the UKâs waters are rising and weâre being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall â these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the darkJohn Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?
https://tinyurl.com/3y85u6nh
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?
https://tinyurl.com/3y85u6nh
Cooperation Town is a movement of community food co-ops, self organising on streets and estates across the country
https://cooperation.town/about/
https://cooperation.town/about/
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Cooperation Town is a movement of community food co-ops, self organising on streets and estates across the country
https://cooperation.town/about/
https://cooperation.town/about/
Delhi’s pollution is a crisis of democracy as much as public health, citizens say
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251115-delhi-pollution-crisis-democracy-public-health-cop30-india
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251115-delhi-pollution-crisis-democracy-public-health-cop30-india
Delhi’s pollution is a crisis of democracy as much as public health, citizens say
Citizens in the Indian capital of New Delhi say that the government’s inaction against the pollution-driven public health crisis signals both a struggling democracy and hypocrisy, as India leads talks…
www.france24.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Delhi’s pollution is a crisis of democracy as much as public health, citizens say
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251115-delhi-pollution-crisis-democracy-public-health-cop30-india
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251115-delhi-pollution-crisis-democracy-public-health-cop30-india
How much hotter is the world since the Paris Agreement? Here's what a decade of data shows
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
A decade after Paris, how much hotter has our planet become?
The past decade has seen record temperatures, soaring emissions and extreme heat becoming the new normal.
www.euronews.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
How much hotter is the world since the Paris Agreement? Here's what a decade of data shows
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykze63r2xo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykze63r2xo
Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel
More than 260 settler attacks in October resulted in Palestinians being injured or having property damaged, according to the UN.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykze63r2xo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykze63r2xo
UNRWA slams Israel for crippling Gaza efforts. only a fraction of aid needed for the population has been let in by Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/14/unrwa-slams-israel-for-crippling-gaza-efforts-aid-woefully-short-of-needs
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/14/unrwa-slams-israel-for-crippling-gaza-efforts-aid-woefully-short-of-needs
Aid still woefully short of Gaza needs as heavy rains, winter approach
Despite a ceasefire mandating the passage of humanitarian aid, only a fraction of the aid needed has been let into Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
UNRWA slams Israel for crippling Gaza efforts. only a fraction of aid needed for the population has been let in by Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/14/unrwa-slams-israel-for-crippling-gaza-efforts-aid-woefully-short-of-needs
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/14/unrwa-slams-israel-for-crippling-gaza-efforts-aid-woefully-short-of-needs
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
âWeâre proud to be pioneersâ: inside Spainâs community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
tinyurl.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...