Peter Garbutt

When profit guides every decision, consumers become consumables and genocides turn into business ventures. Humans are becoming disposable in the most perverse and self-defeating way

BREAKING: The web domains andyforleader.co.uk, edforleader.co.uk and yvetteforleader.co.uk have all been registered this afternoon.

Too few know about this

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.

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4 Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City

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Join us at Civil Society Week to explore how participatory democracy can make Europe more responsive and inclusive.
Meet us at:
• ECI Day Meet and Greet – 2 March
• Mind the Gap workshop – 4 March
Brussels or online | March 2026 Register via: www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/ou...
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'Every time Nigel Farage rolls out a “policy”, the maths collapses. Last week he claimed his hospitality plan would cost £3bn. Reality check: it’s closer to £13bn. That’s not a rounding error, it’s the equivalent of slapping 2p on income tax.'
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Most plastics, chemicals, artificial fertilisers, pesticides & synthetic fabrics are made from fossil fuels & they emit pollution throughout their life cycle, from extraction to processing to use & disposal. Fossil fuels give birth to so many major pollution sources.

OOFF! Just seen a preview of Dirty Business (Ch4 factual drama) on the sewage scandal. This will start a conflagration. Tears and fury. Could it spark a Post Office-style reckoning? I think it could. Watch it later this month. Kudos to the heroes Ash Smith and Peter Hammond from WASP

Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...

“Our natural state is to be free to be who we are, for us, and for no one else. This is not a metaphor, but a biological pattern. Our genes know this, but our masters are ignoring it”
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Money on armaments! Oh goody, just what we need!

Estonia says Russia planning military buildup to shift power in Europe Russia has no intention of launching a military attack on any NATO state this year or next, but is racing to rebuild its forces as Europe steps up its rearmament, Estonia's foreign intelligence servic...

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Russia has no intention of launching a military attack on any NATO state this year or next, but is racing to rebuild its forces as Europe steps up its rearmament, Estonia's foreign intelligence service said in its annual report on Tuesday…

I hope you mean the poverty of others.
The politicians who make the choice to be poor are very few and far between.

“Resistance is built into our wild-type genes, and anarchy against power is not an ideology, but part of our biology”
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When a Party reveals itself in all its nastiness, believe it.
And vote against it whilst you still have the vote.

We could do with media that isn't owned or controlled by oligarchs. Journalism would be able to pick itself off the floor and relearn how to do the job properly.

🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇸 Macron declared that Europe "will be swept away in five years" if it doesn't confront Trump.

🗣️"People are desperate. You no longer know how far the Americans are willing to go. This isn't just about Greenland. We're on our own at this point," he added.

In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide Reading by Tim Foley:

In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide
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YouTube video by Status Coup News BREAKING: FBI Director BLOCKED Agents Investigating Renee Good Murder | LIVE Minneapolis Protests

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I consider this to be a must-watch for everyone, everywhere. @kevinclimate.bsky.social doesn't sugar-coat the situation we're in, he tells it straight.
We need to understand the deep trouble we're in.

Recent talk recorded with slides.

Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...

The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...

Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.

After Reform Ltd councillors got elected
promising council tax CUTS ...

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Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein.

He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.

Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.

Both men are alive.

How come they've never been asked to testify?