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The judge due to rule on the proscription of Palestine Action is swapped last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a history of working for the government and another who ruled in favour UK selling jets to Israel.

Accusations of a “stitch-up”.

novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
A ‘Stitch-Up’: Palestine Action Case Gets New Judges | Novara Media
The judicial review of Palestine Action’s proscription has been thrown into turmoil by a last-minute change. A new panel of judges includes one with a long history of working for the government and an...
novaramedia.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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DEFEND OUR JURIES

David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing cases passing a public interest test.

We saw this coming. It is the reason Defend Our Juries exists.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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BREAKING: Mass 'terror' arrests outside the Home Office of protestors holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".

The government is guilty of protecting a foreign genocidal regime, over the lives of Palestinians and our rights.

Lift the ban.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I try and be a 'normally a more complex explanation' sort of guy but everything about the Palestine Action ban has stunk of horseshit from the start.

Hope you're drafting that resignation letter, Yvette.

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 8:10 PM
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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XR Waverley and Borders protesting against the proposed expansion of Farnborough Airport last Thursday
www.xrwaverley.org/.../09/29/fo...
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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We need Heathrow airport expansion like the dinosaurs needed an asteroid

☄️✈️ ☄️✈️ ☄️✈️ ☄️✈️☄️

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government
Scheme includes plan to move the M25 and could mean up to 760 more planes in the skies around London every day
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"All of us must do our part and subject world leaders to extreme and relentless public pressure."

(Sigh... Some of us have been doing this for a looooong time!)
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.

This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Public Law Project's latest report finds that the average universal credit sanction is hundreds of pounds more than a criminal fine.
Universal credit sanctions more 'severe' and 'damaging' than criminal fines
www.bigissue.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.

www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
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Disciplining dissent: UK universities, the arms industry, and protest
Laura Shewan, SGR, describes the increasingly close relationship between the military-industrial complex and the academic sector in Britain. She also highlights the increasing antagonism of university...
www.sgr.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Frantically trying to re-bury carbon that formed over millions of years reminds me of cat scratching to cover its poop in the kitty litter. Good luck with that!
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."

~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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I interviewed Clare Farrell recently at #Atlas25 in Helsinki - a refreshing conversation in very unrefreshing times - @claretotty.bsky.social
youtu.be/QTxufyuaR6c @operaatioarktis.bsky.social
Facing the Climate Abyss: Extinction Rebellion Founder Clare Farrell– Democracy & Extreme Realities
YouTube video by Nick Breeze ClimateGenn
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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It was super fun to have a great session I was on at #COP30 have a rapper summarize the whole thing. Baba Brinkman is so good, y’all.
Also: a custom rap anthem is the absolute best way to end any session. Check out Baba Brinkman's astounding rap-up of our climate information integrity panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_5...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
COP30 – Just Facts – Baba Brinkman Rap Up
YouTube video by Event Rap
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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The schizophrenia of focusing #cop30 on saving forests, while also promoting notoriously forest killing #biofuels

www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
With the clock running down at the COP30 climate talks, the Brazilian hosts are working hand-in-hand with industry groups to secure backing for biofuels in the final text – despite fears that scaling ...
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Is it possible to stop greenwashing in the meat industry? | Vox www.vox.com/future-perfe...
What happened when America’s biggest meat companies got called out for greenwashing
The meat industry’s climate accountability moment is here.
www.vox.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Really excited for the double bill this week! 👇🏼
This week on Bold Politics: the truth about our nuclear weapons, who really decides what goes in Reeves' budget and how the UK left will need to work together to take on fascism.

Big week. Subscribe: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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I've long assumed that as global warming become more obvious and severe, leaders would come to their senses and ramp up climate action and preparation

But the opposite is happening - and I'm starting to fear that my assumption was naive and wildly wrong

www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
Why is climate action stalling, not ramping up as Earth gets hotter?
As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action and preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen
www.newscientist.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A petition to get Palantir (a huge surveillance-intelligence-military company that has been used in the Gaza genocide & other human rights abuses, and has been given all the UK NHS data) out of South London hospitals.
You can sign as NHS worker, patient or resident: actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
No Palantir Federated Data Platform in South East London
The NHS has given a £330m contract to Palantir - a US military surveillance company - to run the new Federated Data Platform (FDP). The FDP links patient data across the whole NHS. Handing this to a...
actionnetwork.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In pink, Lewisham climate and social justice activist Anna, who is 81 and with a severe physical disability, got arrested again! 💚✊
95 ARRESTS

Police arrested 90 sign-holders at the Peace Garden today. 5 arrests were made at an autonomous action in Hastings.

45 people held the same signs in Derry and Belfast, without arrest.

Join us on any of three days of action this coming week: www.wedonotcomply.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Scroll to sign a letter to the London Mayor to improve dangerous junctions for cyclists - as well as pedestrians and wheelers.
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The London Cycling Campaign has updated its Dangerous Junctions mapping, highlighting across London and by borough the most dangerous junctions for cycling, walking and wheeling for Londoners. lcc.org.uk/news/dangero...
Dangerous Junctions 2025 update - London Cycling Campaign
lcc.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM