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  "Government needs to get serious about changing the way we travel – not simply making the vehicles we use cleaner. Electric cars have an important role, but electrification alone cannot solve the transport problem. We need better public transport, more walking and cycling, and genuine alternatives to the car for everyday journeys." From London to Portugal by train: what I learnt about transport and climate - Campaign for Better Transport https://bettertransport.org.uk/blog/from-london...

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  Adrian Ramsay: “It’s good that the foreign secretary is presenting the findings of this crucial report to ministers from other governments. “But it begs the question, why are MPs in this country still being denied access to the full report? "... why has our government still not published its response to how it will address the stark findings?” UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://www.theguard...

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  More on Die Linke's Berlin victory. "GERMANY’S Left party (DL) has scored a stunning victory in Berlin, winning a state election for the first time on a campaign to nationalise housing owned by corporate landlords and cap rents." Die Linke score stunning election victory in Berlin | Morning Star https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/die-linke-score-stunning-election-victory-berlin

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  So sad. There are Nazis in Israel, Germany and England's south coast. All surging, all hateful, all enabled by the mass media and pusillanimous politicians. Eight-year-old Gaza girl killed by Israel on first day of school | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/7/eight-year-old-gaza-girl-killed-by-israel-on-first-day-of-school?traffic_source=rss

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  Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds | Datacentres - UK | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/planned-datacentres-carbon-emissions-uk-exxonmobil?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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  "As for the more recent reconstruction of London, I find almost all of it architecturally dire and socially repellent, particularly the clustering skyscrapers that proclaim the triumph of finance capital and the interests of its corporate elite while signalling disdain for people at large, closing down on publicly available space, and darkening our streets." Full article: Realism, humanism and alternative hedonism: an interview with Kate Soper, Part 1 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/fu...

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  You wouldn't know it from BBC coverage but the Green Party were (also) not invited to Burnham's cross-party talks on social care. As Ellie Chowns says in a letter to him. "Failing to extend an invitation to your first cross-party meeting on the topic is, frankly, not consistent with your stated commitment to working cooperatively across party lines."

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  Trump administration has received $13Bn from Venezuela's oil this year already. What they are doing with it is obscure. Oil receipts up 25% but country is in recession. Rubio gives instructions directly to the Venezuelan interim president who maintains a show of independence. It's a de facto colony (article says 'protectorate'. Trump ha convertido Venezuela en un protectorado 'de facto' y la comunidad internacional prefiere mirar hacia otro lado https://www.eldiario.es/i...

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  "Proposed mechanisms for delivering action like citizens’ assemblies are a response to the sluggishness of existing institutions, but do not address its cause — the power of the capitalist class. "Agreeing what we ought to do doesn’t guarantee that it will happen: the climate movement needs to ... recognise that this is fundamentally a class struggle and a battle against capitalism itself. #ClimateChange is an emergency – and the implications are radical https://morningstaronline.co.u...

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  So the country with a gigantic prison-industrial forced-labour workforce will now charge other countries an import tariff due to their supposed forced labour practices? Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/trump-forced-labor-tariffs

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  It had to happen Thieves stealing copper from a data centre. #CriticalMinerals Los ladrones de cobre amplían sus objetivos: ahora, también, los centros de datos https://www.larazon.es/madrid/ladrones-cobre-amplian-sus-objetivos-ahora-tambien-centros-datos_202607176a59f3dfe9f2e84b5c6dad06.html

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  If true, this will be a fail at the first hurdle. Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c935yx2z9d4o #ClimateCollapse #Burnham #NorthSeaOil

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  Looks like NESO are trying to prevent the kind of issue (high solar input causing overvoltage) that led to Spain's grid collapse. In Spain this was in the critical context of nuclear centrales being off-line. In Britain the availability of French interconnector supply is impacted by their nuclear shutting down as cooling water too hot. Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears | Solar power | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul...

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  Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't the UK spent the last 30 or so years undermining this model by introducing wasteful, profit seeking, competition? "Lyon [Policy Exchange] blames this on the UK healthcare model in which the state both funds and provides treatment; this lack of competition means there is little motivation for contract holders to become more efficient, save costs or respond quickly to patient concerns" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2nz82z3vo #NHS

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  Immersing myself for the last 10 days in the ecological economics of waste. I can only conclude that the enormous, enormous, enormous problem can't be solved while matetial growth and capitalism persist. That's difficult as I'm writing a book about practical policies!

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  "But there is another truth from last week that goes largely unreported in the British press. In Belfast, Republican communities held the line. There were a handful of attempts at organising anti-immigrant protests that emerged and dissipated very quickly. In Republican areas there were no attacks on foreign workers. No scapegoating. No pogroms." Belfast burns again | Morning Star https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/belfast-burns-again

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  ‘No major UK newspapers have published editorials about the heat and there has been no space dedicated to it in the comment sections of the largest French and Spanish newspapers.' Invitation To A Turkey Shoot – How To Debunk Climate Denial https://medialens.substack.com/p/invitation-to-a-turkey-shoot-how

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  That attack in Golders Green was by a mentally disturbed man who that same day attacked a non Jewish man. But it is being used as evidence of a wave of attacks on the Jewish community. While the Israeli State's genocide is leading some to turn, without justification, on unconnected Jewish people, it is essential that clarity of evidence is prioritised. Otherwise politicians will do the usual knee jerk of hurried decisions such as bans on legitimate solidarity actions.

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  Oh surprise, surprise, Nigel the Stockbroker is on the radio again, spewing hate in his clever way. The agenda is clear, war on migrants, on disabled people, on workers. Pitifully weak scrutiny by Robinson.

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  Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities We want the government to include in its revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that the building of B8 warehouses and the 24/7 operation of such megasheds will not be permitted within 500 metres of residential properties. Petitions https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764882 #planning #UKPol #NPPF #MegaSheds

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  "By now you would think that even the dimmest bourgeois politician — even those who think the British empire can be reconstituted for the 21st century — might wonder if their “special relationship” with the US might be reclassified as abusive. But not Starmer, or that buffoon David Lammy, once a foreign secretary so marginal to affairs that he was not consulted over who might be our country’s ambassador to what is nominally our principal ally." Imperialist delusions https://m...

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  The appalling attacks on Jewish people in London and before in Manchester will only serve to strengthen the calls for restrictions and crack downs on Palestinian solidarity. The Israel lobby are at it again, with their rhetoric of "hate marches", meaning mass solidarity and outrage against the ongoing genocidal wars.

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  Zack Polanski calls for ‘nuance’ when discussing antisemitism in rebuke of PM | Green party | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/24/zak-polanski-calls-for-nuance-when-discussing-antisemitism-in-rebuke-of-pm

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  But the racial aggravation in the attack should be laid at the door of the peddlers of hatred. Garage, Yaxley Lennon and their ilk. Man admits rape and religiously aggravated abuse of Sikh woman - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxd05gd12eo

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  World on the brink of a perilous new era, Amnesty warns | Morning Star https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/world-brink-perilous-new-era-amnesty-warns

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  “The impunity Israel enjoyed in Gaza as it committed water war crimes is again on full display,” How Israel is destroying Lebanon’s water infrastructure | Israel attacks Lebanon News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/22/how-israel-is-destroying-lebanons-water-infrastructure?traffic_source=rss

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  “When he sought to realise his ambition to become leader of the Labour Party, with very little base within the party, he became dependent on McSweeney, Mandelson and Labour Together to organise and fund his election. “When he became Prime Minister, the reward for McSweeney was control of No 10, and the reward for Mandelson was the highest diplomatic office. The unspoken message to civil servants was, ‘What Mandelson wants, Mandelson gets.’ https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/clear-ou...

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  Farage compared to the butcher of Gujarat. ‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage | Reform UK | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/british-indians-nigel-farage-reform-uk-harrow-local-elections

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  Bloggers and website managers: Beware fake wordpress.com subscription renewal notices. Always check the sender address and don't follow links - you can check subscription status in your dashboard if unsure. #scams #phishing

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  For the next 48 hours, every donation you make to UNWRA to support Palestine Refugees will be doubled, up to US$ 21,000!   https://donate.unrwa.org/int/en/match #Palestine #UNWRA