Zack Polanski: We are taking Labour's voters YouTube video by PoliticsJOE

In Gorton and Denton, it's the Green Party Vs Reform.

With the brilliant Caroline Lucas, we spoke with @politicsjoe.bsky.social

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Zack and Hannah plotting menacingly (although not really coz they're smiling on a kids table in an outdoor park cafe!)

Daily Mail - beware the green menace

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Trevor Philips, "This is not a country where people get thrown in jail for the things that they say"

Zack Polanski, "We're spiralling down that road. 2,700 arrested for opposing a genocide"

It's quite obvious that criminal damage and terrorist activity are entirely different things.

It's yet another move of this increasingly authoritarian Labour Government to try and conflate the two.

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

This should be THE story everyday.

EXCLUSIVE: Farage’s Worst NIGHTMARE? - Green By-Election Candidate Speaks Out YouTube video by Owen Jones

The brilliant @greenpartyhan.bsky.social Green Party Candidate for Gorton and Denton on @owenjones.bsky.social
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Investigation demanded into Keir Starmer's comms chief's lobbying links Tim Allan's minority ownership of a lobbying firm has led to accusations of a perception of a conflict of interest.

Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.

This isn’t really about individuals.

It’s about the state of the Labour Party.

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Are people sicker now than in 2019?

Civil servants in England are.
Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*.

Are things getting worse?
It certainly looks like it.

This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.

Very pleased to see Starmer not resigning 💚

Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…

Get Palantir out of the UK.

Protect our NHS.

Protect our country.

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Scientists Develop Sugar-Coated Nanoparticle That Blocks COVID-19 Virus From Binding to Human Cells Reduces Infection by ~99% in Lab Experiments

Reform losing. Green Party gaining. Country winning.

Fight back with us:

Join.greenparty.org.uk

🎅🍫 Why is your Christmas chocolate so expensive?

🌍 Because of climate change.

🖥 Watch economist James Meadway explain on @zackpolanski.bsky.social's @boldpolitics.bsky.social

Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls.

Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.

We're all just getting started.

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British.

Dear #NSWCHO.

I saw lots of people wearing masks and respirators today, however, none of those that were sick were wearing one.

It looks like urging people that aren’t worried doesn’t work. Probably need more frequent or stronger messaging.

Zero episodes of coughing observed in mask wearers.

WHERE WERE YOU?: GEORGE MONBIOT YouTube video by KSW Rooms

Looking back on the murder of the brilliant and astonishing Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years on. He was executed for seeking to stop the despoilation of the Niger Delta by Shell. His murder prefigured much of what we have seen since. He remains a guiding light to us.
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Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Wearing an FFP3 mask will prevent you from catching airborne viruses or from spreading them. Simples 🤷‍♂️
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Oligarchs + fossil fuel companies can sue the UK govt in secret courts for literally billions of pounds if they impose laws that protect the climate?

If you’re not fine with this, @globaljusticenow.bsky.social have a petition:

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URGENT WARNING: Forest City 1 and the Charter City Agenda This is not a housing development. This is a pilot project for privatised governance.

Forest City 1 Suffolk is the beginning of many more charter cities dependent on deregulated SEZ frameworks, and billions in public money.
Find out more here👇🏻
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Real action on climate change requires funding, not just rhetoric. The govt must commit to contributing to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility fund and Just Transition Mechanism if we are to address climate breakdown.

Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.

We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!

“People who disown Trump are now back in his camp... Things they didn't accept as recently as four years ago, they now accept.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @owenjones.bsky.social discuss Trump’s efforts to sue the BBC for $1 billion.

Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/owen-jones...

Water company enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112 United Utilities, whose executives are barred from receiving bonuses because of pollution record, will pay out most of the increase in dividends

Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.

UU has 205+ criminal convictions.

Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined

Rewarded with higher price and profit.
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Another acquaintance died only middle aged from a sudden heart attack last week. This is the third person I know who has had a heart attack in the last two years. All had one thing in common, they had just had COVID again. 🧵

A great thread, worth scrolling through. There has been a concerted effort by opinionmakers who shape the public discourse to have people NOT KNOW the many long-term risks of infection, because knowing them and then not acting upon them might feel bad. Better, they think, to simply act in ignorance.

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.

“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”

British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

It absolutely beggars belief that with all the evidence we have of climate change there are still people who deny it exists. While countries like the USA roll back what little moves there have been to tackle it, the situation is getting pretty dire for the planet.
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How Capitalism Works, Covid Edition, pt. 9743