Cllr Paul Thorogood
@paulthorogood.bsky.social
Green Party councillor representing Braintree Eastern division at Essex County Council since 2021 and the Kelvedon and Feering ward at Braintree District Council since 2019
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Burning household rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power, BBC finds - BBC News
Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.
www.bbc.com
To produce power burning waste is as dirty as burning coal www.bbc.com/news/article...
On that leak… The Office for Budget Irresponsibility
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On that leak… The Office for Budget Irresponsibility
Listen to this when you get a spare 30 mins. Rutger explains where the world is right now with fascism gaining traction, compares Trump to Caligula and Europe to the withering Venetian empire www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures - BBC Reith Lectures 2025 – Moral Revolution
Historian and author Rutger Bregman announced as BBC Radio 4's Reith lecturer for 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Listen to this when you get a spare 30 mins. Rutger explains where the world is right now with fascism gaining traction, compares Trump to Caligula and Europe to the withering Venetian empire www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Proud to be a “Libtard”
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Proud to be a “Libtard”
Plastic doesn’t disappear - it spreads, clogging our oceans, our land, and even the air we breathe. Plastic is choking our planet and should be banned
16,000 chemicals in plastic
4100 known to be hazardous
10,000 of these chemicals haven't been tested enough to know if they're harmful or not
Rising plastic production, rising chemical production - a rising sea of harmful chemicals all around us all the time.
4100 known to be hazardous
10,000 of these chemicals haven't been tested enough to know if they're harmful or not
Rising plastic production, rising chemical production - a rising sea of harmful chemicals all around us all the time.
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Plastic doesn’t disappear - it spreads, clogging our oceans, our land, and even the air we breathe. Plastic is choking our planet and should be banned
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New study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I live in a previously rock solid Labour ward that went to the Greens for the first time ever in a by-election earlier this year. The London local elections are in May. Do they think about the effect all this will have on what's left of their strongholds?
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I live in a previously rock solid Labour ward that went to the Greens for the first time ever in a by-election earlier this year. The London local elections are in May. Do they think about the effect all this will have on what's left of their strongholds?
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Royal College of Physicians has written to the Secretary of State for #Health & social care calling for a nationwide public health campaign on #AirPollution after survey revealed widespread public ignorance about #Health impacts
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Poll finds the public remain unaware of the health impact of air pollution
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has written to the secretary of state for health and social care calling for a nationwide public health campaign on air pollution after a survey revealed widespre...
airqualitynews.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Royal College of Physicians has written to the Secretary of State for #Health & social care calling for a nationwide public health campaign on #AirPollution after survey revealed widespread public ignorance about #Health impacts
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airqualitynews.com/headlines/po...
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📊 Ref lead of 15pts
‼️ Grns 3pts ahead of Lab
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (-)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 05 - 06 Nov
Chgs. w/ 29 Oct
britainelects.com
‼️ Grns 3pts ahead of Lab
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (-)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 05 - 06 Nov
Chgs. w/ 29 Oct
britainelects.com
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britainelects.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📊 Ref lead of 15pts
‼️ Grns 3pts ahead of Lab
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (-)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 05 - 06 Nov
Chgs. w/ 29 Oct
britainelects.com
‼️ Grns 3pts ahead of Lab
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (-)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 05 - 06 Nov
Chgs. w/ 29 Oct
britainelects.com
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Please take a moment to appreciate this uppercut of authoritative fury from James.
We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Derailment warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
We may have seriously underestimated the risks of climate change. This includes derailment risks. This does not mean we are doomed, and it certainly does not mean there is no point in trying to turn o...
www.technosphere.earth
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Please take a moment to appreciate this uppercut of authoritative fury from James.
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Seat Projection [It's Just 1 Poll Caveat]:
A 15% Reform lead against a hopelessly split opposition would deliver them a landslide majority of 130 seats.
RFM: 390
LDM: 72
LAB: 51
SNP: 43
GRN: 41
CON: 20
PLC: 6
Others: 8
A 15% Reform lead against a hopelessly split opposition would deliver them a landslide majority of 130 seats.
RFM: 390
LDM: 72
LAB: 51
SNP: 43
GRN: 41
CON: 20
PLC: 6
Others: 8
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Seat Projection [It's Just 1 Poll Caveat]:
A 15% Reform lead against a hopelessly split opposition would deliver them a landslide majority of 130 seats.
RFM: 390
LDM: 72
LAB: 51
SNP: 43
GRN: 41
CON: 20
PLC: 6
Others: 8
A 15% Reform lead against a hopelessly split opposition would deliver them a landslide majority of 130 seats.
RFM: 390
LDM: 72
LAB: 51
SNP: 43
GRN: 41
CON: 20
PLC: 6
Others: 8
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Curbing CO₂ emissions is the best way to reduce large-scale human suffering.
Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering
Gates wrote a new 17-page memo hoping to have an impact on next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Brazil. He’s urging world leaders to ask whether the little money designated for cli...
www.pbs.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Curbing CO₂ emissions is the best way to reduce large-scale human suffering.
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Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis.
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
September 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis.
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
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Back before Brexiters destroyed the best deal in the world ...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Back before Brexiters destroyed the best deal in the world ...
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“There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.” - Walter Lippmann
#RadioFreeAmerica
#RadioFreeAmerica
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.” - Walter Lippmann
#RadioFreeAmerica
#RadioFreeAmerica
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There’s enough money in the UK to lift everyone out of poverty, fix every school and pothole, cut NHS waiting lists, spend more on police and armed forces. The problem is this money is being hoarded in the wrong place
4m people in England & Wales spend more on essentials than they earn.
580,000 have £50 left at the end of the month.
Result of low wages/benefits, austerity, unchecked profiteering.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Poverty is a political choice.
580,000 have £50 left at the end of the month.
Result of low wages/benefits, austerity, unchecked profiteering.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Poverty is a political choice.
Millions in households in England and Wales are stuck in the red, says charity
Citizens Advice says 4 million people spending more on essentials than they earn amid ever-increasing bills
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
There’s enough money in the UK to lift everyone out of poverty, fix every school and pothole, cut NHS waiting lists, spend more on police and armed forces. The problem is this money is being hoarded in the wrong place
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In a mind blowing lack of human decency, sewer dwelling Shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam said some immigrants living legally in the UK should be deported to leave the country more "culturally coherent".
Disgusting human being.
Disgusting human being.
October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In a mind blowing lack of human decency, sewer dwelling Shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam said some immigrants living legally in the UK should be deported to leave the country more "culturally coherent".
Disgusting human being.
Disgusting human being.
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Farage partner involved in fraud investigation
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Nigel Farage’s partner embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation
Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case
www.thetimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Farage partner involved in fraud investigation
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Quaint sayings #1 Don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining - Ruth, Celebrity Traitors, BBC1
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Quaint sayings #1 Don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining - Ruth, Celebrity Traitors, BBC1
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🚨 Labour, Reform, and the right-wing press are all attacking the Green Party.
🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.
💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.
💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 Labour, Reform, and the right-wing press are all attacking the Green Party.
🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.
💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.
💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I stood as the Green Party candidate in the Braintree constituency at the July 2024 General Election. The voters chose to re-elect man of principle James Cleverly
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I stood as the Green Party candidate in the Braintree constituency at the July 2024 General Election. The voters chose to re-elect man of principle James Cleverly
Sesame Street: It's Not Easy Being Green (Kermit's Song)
YouTube video by Sesame Street
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October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
To produce power burning waste is as dirty as burning coal www.bbc.com/news/article...
Burning household rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power, BBC finds - BBC News
Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.
www.bbc.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
To produce power burning waste is as dirty as burning coal www.bbc.com/news/article...