Shirley Sheyes

The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?

Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.

Hundreds of chicks clubbed to death every year for "tradition" - sign the petition to end it: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...

Never going to Cyprus while this is happening

Disgusting

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#cyprusholidays

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Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist that prompted denunciations from some on the right.

President Trump defended Tucker Carlson on Sunday for his sympathetic interview with the white nationalist and racist antisemite Nick Fuentes, breaking a weekslong silence on an episode that had ignited bitter infighting among conservatives.

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
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The men who raised the flags Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."

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@naturescot.bsky.social no excuse for unnecessary animal cruelty. Shame on you Nature Scot

#scotland #barbaric #animalcruelty #gannets

New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth

So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
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Richard Tice told The Times in March he had “never met Nathan Gill”

Tice - "Please welcome to the stage, Nathan Gill."
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

The artist known as Zack Polanski so am astute communicator. His voice is fluffed in a lisp. Glib radicalism of the rampant egomaniac.

Are the right ok?

This is next level of "journalistic* " slop.

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“It wasn’t immigrants who hiked anyone’s electricity bills. It wasn’t asylum seekers who increased anyone’s rent. Trans people didn’t make your weekly shopping more expensive.

We’re here to call bullshit on those kinds of lies."
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I’d give her the Nobel Peace Prize if it was up to me. All decent news networks should be lining up to interview her. Immense respect to all those brave Jewish people who resist and protest against what Israel has been doing despite risks, and everyone else committed to a peaceful, civilised world.

Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-c…

Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences for the second time after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry.

Climate emergency, anyone?

Seems Scot Gov more interested in appeasing the lairds than protecting the environment.

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When the ‘trail’ you’re pretending to follow runs across a busy road…

#trailoflies #trailhunting #smokescreen #wildlifecrime

Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it

“The woman volunteer corroborated an earlier report that Greta Thunberg was physically beaten and forced to wear an an Israeli flag tied to her back while she was dragged along – then went on to describe the terrible prison conditions .., including being starved and forced to drink toilet water”

The American fans at the Ryder Cup are absolutely gross, just the worst of the worst

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds Exclusive: CPRE study suggests housebuilding targets can be met without encroaching on green belt land

‘Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds’

Given a choice, big developers will always cookie cut green fields. It’s easier & cheaper.

Need to change the emphasis from what’s most profitable to what’s right.

Nationalise social homebuilding?

The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics It is time that the media fulfils its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth

On the blatant double standards the media - BBC included - deploys while showcasing Nigel Farage. He is constantly given a free pass not granted to other politicians. bylines.scot/news/the-far...

Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco co... Questions have been raised over Zebec’s shell company registration and Japan Tobacco International’s links to Russia

Exc: Reform Party sponsors appear to have broken company law

Crypto firm Zebec's Companies House listing cites a BVI-registered holding company as its ultimate owner, in an apparent breach of the rules

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Man caught encouraging dog into badger sett by local land owner A GIFFORD man was caught encouraging his dog to enter a live badger sett after a private land owner set up a wildlife camera.

Man convicted after being reported to the police for encouraging his dog to enter badger setts. www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/2548352...

Millionaire Reform UK donor praised far-right hero Enoch Powell's 'vision' We can reveal how businessman Gary Dutton told how he admired Enoch Powell, who predicted a race war in his infamous 'Rivers of blood' speech, 'for his vision'

Millionaire Reform UK donor praised far-right hero Enoch Powell's 'vision'

UPDATE: Judge Denies Justice for Animals Mutilated on YouTube for Likes

4 felony cruelty convictions. Zero justice. Judge Mary Alice Brennan gave serial animal torturer Anigar Monsee probation for stabbing, cutting, & killing rabbits, chickens, frogs, & pigeons on video. No jail. No accountability. Demand consequences
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Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says “It turns out they’re all wankers and it turns out they all hate each other and it turns out all they do is fight with each other"

“It turns out they’re all wankers and it turns out they all hate each other and it turns out all they do is fight with each other"