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Jodie πŸˆβ€β¬› Sun
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πŸ’ͺ Union Rep ❀️ I write about law, literature, politics, environmental justice & the bar πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ« πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŽ“ πŸˆβ€β¬› πŸˆβ€β¬› 3 law degrees + 2 cats πŸˆβ€β¬› πŸˆβ€β¬› πŸ’™ Inner TempleπŸ’™ βš–οΈ Stand up for justice βš–οΈ Make the world a better place 🌍
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Just attended an amazing lunchtime seminar on AI and whether it can ever be environmentally friendly, organised by Friends of the Earth London. 🌍 πŸ’š

My takeaways:

AI is undoing progress on climate change - Microsoft AI is being used by Exxon to drill for oil…
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The Metropolitan Police have arrested 493 people in Trafalgar Square for holding signs reading "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" and say the figure could rise as processing continues

That brings the number of arrests linked to the Palestine Action ban to around 2,000 in London alone
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"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."

– George Monbiot
I can hear her voice saying β€˜the Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking’. Such an extraordinary actress and comedian.
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β€œOur investigation uncovered that an elected MEP was taking payments to peddle narratives beneficial to Russian interests... This case goes to the heart of our democratic values.”

β€” head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy
🚨 This is serious. Ex Reform UK leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, 52, pleads guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament when serving as a UKIP MEP.
Ex-Reform leader pleads guilty to Pro-Russia bribery charges
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to numerous bribery charges relating to pro-Russian statements.
caerphilly.observer
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We’re heartbroken to learn that Dr Jane Goodall has passed away, aged 91.

Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.

Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. πŸ’š
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So sad - Jane Goodall fought for nature when it wasn't fashionable to do so and continued fighting when she knew she'd never see the better world she wanted. A true heroine.

www.irishtimes.com/world/2025/1...
Jane Goodall, primatologist and global activist, dies aged 91
Scientist turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest to protect the environment
www.irishtimes.com
May be too late. Can he regain credibility? He’s done so many awful things, particularly with regard to political freedoms, which made many people regret ever voting for him.
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The fact that the billionaire Media are literally shoving Nigel Farage down your throat should be enough by itself for you to realise he hates the Working Class, he is the billionaires choice.
Saw loads of adorable common brown lemurs in Madagascar. This little guy was my favourite. πŸ‡²πŸ‡¬ #wildlife #lemurs #madagascar #africa #nature #lemur
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And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s β€œlaw and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police say
www.theguardian.com
The judgment focuses entirely on the legal criteria for granting interim injunctions (under American Cyanamid rules), & how the previous judge applied them incorrectly - thereby misapplying the law. Nothing to do with people’s rights (under ECHR or otherwise), asylum seekers, or anything else.
Nigel Farage has, inevitably, said that this ruling means β€œIllegal migrants have more rights than the British people under Starmer”.

The court’s short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didn’t even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.
"We should say at the outset what this appeal hearing is not about: it is not concerned with the merits of Government policy in relation to the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers, in hotels or otherwise."

(The "not" is underlined in the original)
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Reform should not only be held to account they should be mocked. Thoroughly mocked. They and their Toad of Toad Hall leader are a fucking laughing stock and deserve the same contempt they reserve for potential voters.

It should be a matter of embarrassment to vote for them.
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No it bloody doesn’t, and no they bloody don’t.
Me too! I really loved one of her accents in particular. I can still hear her saying β€˜Marsden!’ in it.
This was fantastic. I’m very picky with ebooks but Olivia Coleman really added to the story with her wonderful narration.

#booksky #books #readersofbluesky #robertwebb #oliviacoleman #bestseller
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Whatever it is, this is my favourite sport.
If you haven’t seen this you must watch it! Gives an amazing insight into Rand’s β€˜character’ and is read by the inimical Miriam Margolyes.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=wi84...
Miriam Margolyes reads Ayn Rand's very stern letter to her niece
YouTube video by Letters Live
m.youtube.com