Tracey Hart
@hartarchitect.bsky.social
living future accredited architect + certified passivhaus designer
chair of trustee board @ futureproof cumbria
sharing in the hope of a better World 🌍🌿🕊️💚
(posts are personal especially when political 🤓)
chair of trustee board @ futureproof cumbria
sharing in the hope of a better World 🌍🌿🕊️💚
(posts are personal especially when political 🤓)
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I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Healthy oceans, safe future: stop the toxic shark trade
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now!
action.wemove.eu
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
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⚡ Community energy is hugely popular, but it's being held back.
📄 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s report has outlined exactly what the Government needs to do to empower communities, bring down bills and create a local energy revolution. Now’s the time to act.
👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
📄 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s report has outlined exactly what the Government needs to do to empower communities, bring down bills and create a local energy revolution. Now’s the time to act.
👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
Reclaiming the energy commons could help save this government
From old flour mills to rooftop solar co-ops, community power should play a key role in lowering bills and rebuilding trust.
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
⚡ Community energy is hugely popular, but it's being held back.
📄 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s report has outlined exactly what the Government needs to do to empower communities, bring down bills and create a local energy revolution. Now’s the time to act.
👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
📄 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s report has outlined exactly what the Government needs to do to empower communities, bring down bills and create a local energy revolution. Now’s the time to act.
👉 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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The latest from Starmer's increasingly autocratic and zionist regime
Judge “widely respected for his fairness and independence” removed without explanation for the second time, when set to make a decision on Israel-linked case
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Judge “widely respected for his fairness and independence” removed without explanation for the second time, when set to make a decision on Israel-linked case
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The latest from Starmer's increasingly autocratic and zionist regime
Judge “widely respected for his fairness and independence” removed without explanation for the second time, when set to make a decision on Israel-linked case
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Judge “widely respected for his fairness and independence” removed without explanation for the second time, when set to make a decision on Israel-linked case
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. Why do a third of children live in poverty?
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty? | CNN
Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.
edition.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. Why do a third of children live in poverty?
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
It is a political choice - years of austerity, real wage cuts, regressive taxation, unchecked profiteering, disappearance of social housing, hijacking of govts by corporations/rich.
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Absolutely disgraceful 👇 - Labour's manifesto promised NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded"
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
"Part of this will be capital funding we've allocated into the primary care estate.. & some of it, we're working with the private sector as part of a private sector partnership to fund the rest of them"
Minister Karin Smyth on how the new walk in health centres will be funded
Minister Karin Smyth on how the new walk in health centres will be funded
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Absolutely disgraceful 👇 - Labour's manifesto promised NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded"
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
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Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
Railway Bill: The govt has 'lost' thousands of consultation responses!
Check out this from We Own It and sign the open letter weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
Check out this from We Own It and sign the open letter weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
The government lost YOUR rail consultation responses - take action
It is crucial for passengers that our voices are heard and that the bill delivers on the hopes and expectations of passengers. But this has not happened.
weownit.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Railway Bill: The govt has 'lost' thousands of consultation responses!
Check out this from We Own It and sign the open letter weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
Check out this from We Own It and sign the open letter weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
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The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
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Fossil fuel companies “are way better at capturing politicians than they are capturing emissions.” @AlGore
No time to wait. End Fossil Fuels. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #voteclimate
No time to wait. End Fossil Fuels. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #voteclimate
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Fossil fuel companies “are way better at capturing politicians than they are capturing emissions.” @AlGore
No time to wait. End Fossil Fuels. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #voteclimate
No time to wait. End Fossil Fuels. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #voteclimate
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This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
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The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
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A very personal story of Covid tragedy and Dominic Cummings, which I wrote early in the pandemic in 2020.
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
Cummings' Contempt for Us All has Revealed the Real Man Behind the Myths
Otto English shares a personal story of tragedy during the lockdown which was unfolding at the same time as Dominic Cummings was conducting his Barnard Castle eye test. My family loves Easter Sunday. ...
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A very personal story of Covid tragedy and Dominic Cummings, which I wrote early in the pandemic in 2020.
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
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School repairs left unfinished as firm behind PFI contract goes into liquidation.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge schools PFI contract goes into liquidation
The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
School repairs left unfinished as firm behind PFI contract goes into liquidation.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
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🔴Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's Government's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔴Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
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This is huge!
🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the first International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia - in April 2026.
🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the first International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia - in April 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is huge!
🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the first International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia - in April 2026.
🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the first International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Colombia - in April 2026.
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🚨 The UK has REFUSED to back a plan to save collapsing mackerel stocks 🐟
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨 The UK has REFUSED to back a plan to save collapsing mackerel stocks 🐟
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
By ignoring scientific advice, the UK is fuelling overfishing.
This isn’t complicated. It’s a political choice.
📩 This #WorldFisheriesDay, tell the PM to stop overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
Reposted by Tracey Hart
🔴 Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
@mattmgallagher.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/c...
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
@mattmgallagher.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/c...
Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🔴 Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
@mattmgallagher.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/c...
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
@mattmgallagher.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/c...