Noah Atabani

The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

Spot on “Many of Labour’s younger voters are already tempted by the Green Party, which combines environmentalism with left wing economics. Now by mocking Green protections & cosying up to developers, chancellor is giving them more reasons to jump ship”. So here it is join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

The war on drugs clearly isn’t working. We need an urgent review of the 50 year old Misuse of Drugs Act, & to start treating drug addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one, & get drugs out of the hands of criminal gangs #Newsnight

Facts…
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.

I can’t remember whether our right-wing media was completely detached from reality before Brexit; Gove’s anti-expert rhetoric; Johnson’s blatant lies etc etc. I fondly imagine things were never this bad…

Oh.

How To Save Democracy: Facing Climate Reality Jon Alexander meets Caroline Lucas, former MP and Leader of the Green Party, and climate “actionist” Ellie Meredith, to ask if and how people power can still...

I attended a really great event where Jon Alexander met Caroline Lucas, former Green Party MP and Leader, and climate 'actionist' Ellie Meredith, to ask if and how people power can still provide a meaningful response to the climate emergency.

Watch now.

www.youtube.com/live/gAXHfM7...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

More evidence that the #climate emergency affects *everything* - it should be front & centre of ALL government decisions. As well as serious adaptation (petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7300…) Govt must urgently stop making things worse eg greenlighting high carbon airport expansion

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

This surge is now absolutely phenomenal.

110,000 members.

That's +5000 in the last 24 hours alone!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Exclusive: Greens Plan To 'Overtake Tories And Replace Labour' As Support Surges The party has also seen its membership break through 100,000 for the first time.

Keep it up, folks!

Together - hope is here!

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

Join us in being cheerful!

Let's make hope normal again!

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ANALYSIS | Calgary's 2025 meh-lection: how low can turnout go? | CBC News With a mix of inattention and indecision tamping down excitement, advance voting has plunged. Will Calgarians' decision be to not bother?

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It all adds up to a "perfect storm" for voter apathy. With a distracted public, confusing new rules, and a list of candidates that isn't exciting many, Calgary could be on track for one of the worst voter turnouts in its modern history.

Jason Markusoff, CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

🚨🚨Good news: The European Union has signaled it will not give in to pressure from Washington to tear up its #green rules in order to firm up a deal on #tariffs, @ec.europa.eu trade chief @sabineweyand.bsky.social has said to EU Member States. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

I understand. We understand.

We understand the importance that Europe had in your lives and the sense of biting loss for many of you.

We understand what Brexit has done.

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Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says “We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

James O'Brien Daily Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...

Peaceful protest.
‘Abolishing’ landlords.
Gary Neville’s hard truths. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

This is magnificent.

His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street.

Separating children from their parents.

Creating fear.

Taking people for “how they look.”

Oh.

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Thinking of all those held hostage by Hamas who are being reunited with their families after 2 long years, and those finally being released from Israeli prisons in Gaza & the West Bank. I barely dare to hope, but we must - this must be the start of lasting peace & freedom for all

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😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔

A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.

By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

Yet another wake up call about the scale & cost of #climate risk. That’s why we urgently need a National Climate Resilience Plan with emphasis on local funding, nature based solutions & community resilience - pls sign & share petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

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With Caroline Lucas at the Conduit Club, talking about how to save democracy - by making action climate popular. By starting with where people are: not in abstractions, but in collaborative agency. On climate impacts and in cost of living - which are >the same fight<.
#Safer

The go-between: how Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy The long read: The tiny, astonishingly wealthy country has become a major player on the world stage, trying to solve some of the most intractable conflicts. What’s driving this project?

The go-between. My long read on how Qatar has become the diplomatic capital of the world, and the power it has accumulated in the process.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...