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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 1h
Besides PR we need to limit money controlling our political space and demand diverse, truth based media. As long as private, profit driven interests control the information we receive voting is meaningless. As @appgfairelections.bsky.social campaign makes clear. This is not “left” or “right” issue
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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 2h
Fans of real democracy, of fair elections, of Proportional Representation..

You probably don’t know this..

But the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, here 👉 @appgfairelections.bsky.social

Is the LARGEST APPG in Parliament, including a lot of Labour MPs.

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APPG for Fair Elections
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2h
Horrifying piece that shows exactly how Labour minister is dancing to the tune of biggest profit-driven developers & failing to meet pledges on new homes & on affordability. Worse, they don’t even seem to care 👇
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
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Citizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 2h
For more updates and news of future arrests www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/press @itsalanevans.bsky.social @fionaharvey.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social @emmagatten.bsky.social @bibivanderzee.bsky.social @grist.org @brianmchugh.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social @ben-cooke.bsky.social
Press - CAN - Citizen’s Arrest Network
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Citizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 16h
Citizen’s Arrested: Mark Thurston, CEO of Anglian Water held up for 1 hour this morning.

8 women confronted the water boss with evidence of his crimes and called the police. When they arrived 1 hour later they refused to handcuff him. Instead they escorted the CEO away, and let him walk free.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2h
And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 2h
Super-rich, greedy vested interests have an outsized influence on our political system.

So, if we want a fairer economy, we need to work together.

Find out how you can take action every week by joining our mailing list.
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Weekly updates, and how you can be a part of the movement for tax justice in the UK.
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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks for listening @thetimes.com!

Great to see @overshootpod.bsky.social featured in this week's Times Environment newsletter
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d
The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

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Zero Hour for the Climate & Nature Bill @zero-hour.bsky.social · 1d
📢 Lord Stern: “Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the 21st century, while growth fuelled by fossil fuels is futile because the damage it causes ends in self-destruction.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 1d
I was in a meeting yesterday warning that if we lose the ECHR we are Royally Fucked. I think people think it could never happen - but remember everyone said that about Brexit. Let’s not be as stupid as then.
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
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Ruth @ruthr1.bsky.social · 1d
Can’t recommend this enough !
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d
The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d
A UK “pro-climate” charity channelled £830k to the Koch-funded think-tank Mercatus Center according to @desmog.

The story highlights how Donor Advised Funds lets donors anonymously support groups promoting climate denial, greenwashing & reactionary causes with minimal transparency.
How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank
A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can…
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Citizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 1d
Breaking: Group of women place CEO of Anglian Water under Citizen’s Arrest for one hour outside Coulsdon South Station this morning with evidence the CEO may be committing crimes of public nuisance.

When British Transport Police finally turned up they escorted Thurston away, but did not arrest him.
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 1d
Hum, cannot say this is a surprise as UK financial centre business is built on this . Loads of research confirms this fact. Has hollowed out economy of the country centralising power and money in London, benefiting wealthy - foreign and domestic.

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Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social · 2d
On October 28th. the panel ‚On the road towards COP 30: engaging citizens in global climate negotiations‘ explores the possibilities and tensions of direct citizen engagement in global climate governance.

eveeno.com/110452876

#CitizensAssembly
On the road towards COP: Engaging citizens in global climate negotiations
a panel featuring Nicole Curato (University of Birmingham), Bernardo Jurema (RIFS Potsdam), Andreas Bummel* (Democracy without Borders), and Azucena Moran (RIFS Potsdam)moderated by Melisa Ross (Uni...
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 3d
From arms, civil rights, governments appeasement, and more. Have a listen on this great podcast discussion with @cluthaman.bsky.social and @ronniebarbour.bsky.social!
Bylines Scotland Radio: Barbour and Roche Ep.1
Two grown men desperately try to make sense of politics
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 4d
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...
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Climate Majority Project @climatemajority.bsky.social · 15d
We must adapt to protect our future.

We’re calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan to invest in:
📚 public education
🏗️ stronger infrastructure
🏘️ local funding

Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ClimateMajorityProject
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 2d
With Caroline Lucas at the Conduit Club, talking about how to save democracy - by making action climate popular. By starting with where people are: not in abstractions, but in collaborative agency. On climate impacts and in cost of living - which are >the same fight<.
#Safer
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Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social · 2d
Democracy is more than voting, pretending otherwise is foolish.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3d
Boris Johnson broke the news model – smirking as he lied on camera, knowing no journalist would dare call him out.

The joke was on us.

Peter Thurlow reports
How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight
We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?
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Ron Dorland ©️🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rondorland.bsky.social · 2d
Trump has 2 luxury hotels in Indonesia.
Without putting his businesses in a blind trust,everything he does is grift and graft. Source: Trump Residences Indonesia share.google/OtOUU91cqx0G...
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 2d
Every year, $100s billions that should be funding schools, hospitals & social care is disappearing into tax havens to fuel crime, conflict & new private jets.

The UK facilitates 26% of this global tax abuse, and has the power to expose it.

Demand they act.
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Expose tax haven secrets
No more secrets, no more safe havens for dirty money.
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Climate Majority Project @climatemajority.bsky.social · 2d
“We are always learning about climate change. Nothing ever changes. Nothing gets better. What are we going to do?”

We want to hear from students, teachers, and professionals about how climate change makes you feel.

Share your story via this link: tally.so/r/nP4400
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 2d
MPs are time poor. We’re asking for just 90 mins of their time to hear top experts explain why we’re heading for disaster without real emergency action👇

We have so many positive actions open to us, but windows of opportunity are closing.
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 4d
Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
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National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
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