Dave McPartlan

… and we sit and watch 😢

Irish nature is rapidly dying, and the reasons why are staring us in the face.

Find your anger.

World’s Largest Sand Battery Now in Operation Loviisan Lämpö has commissioned the world’s largest Sand Battery. Developed by Polar Night Energy, the industrial-scale Sand Battery now serves as the main production facility for the district heating...

World’s Largest Sand Battery Now in Operation
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The problem is Nunez wants to stay 😂

There are significant problems with the way that sexual violence is dealt with in the criminal justice system.

There is chronic underreporting.

Investigations take years.

The court backlog means several more years before a trial.

Complainants give up.

Prosecutions collapse.

These problems require considered, intelligent solutions.

Any “tough on crime” policy which does not have this as its centrepiece is a distraction.

A con.

Don’t let con artists and hatemongers distract from the real issues.

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

No, charging VAT on private healthcare is not a re-run of the VAT/education debate.

It wouldn't just impact 5% of the population - everyone who sees a private dentist/optician would pay more.

And it wouldn't raise £2bn. Plausibly it would lose money.

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📖 I'm really looking forward to interviewing Monica Feria-Tinta and Partha Dasgupta at the Edinburgh book festival on their wonderful new books 📖

"A Barrister for the Earth" on Mon 11 Aug 17:45 - 18:45

"On Natural Capital" on Thu 14 Aug 19:30 - 20:30

#yourparty #corbyn #sultana

Writing in that right wing rag, The Telegraph today, Rachel Reeves accuses Jeremy Corbyn of trying to destroy 'her party'.
I think you'll find that's Keir Starmer's party, Rachel.
Anyway, it certainly isn't the Labour Party of Keir Hardie, and it absolutely deserves to fail.

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We wanted change - and this is what we got. Labour will leave Government, after only one term, having achieved nothing beyond delivering the country to Reform

Former UK Supreme Court Judge Lord Sumption, "Palestine is a state, the sooner the UK acknowledges the facts, the better"

What gets me is that everyone has an an opinion about what they think is happening! No one, and I mean no one, knows what is happening. Why waste your time posting how you feel about something which may or may not be true 🤯

98%

That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p)

Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible

Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Motherfucking wind farms…

I cannot get over how no one in mainstream politics even disputes factual claims like this. Everyone admits that Israel is starving children and murdering desperate civilians. The only ‘debate’ is about what to call it and whether the motives of people protesting it are pure enough.

Noel and Liam Gallagher’s brother charged with rape and threats to kill.

I bet there’s going to be a massive riot at the next Oasis gig, right?

Wrong, because:

1. He’s white.

2. Oasis aren’t responsible for his actions.

Just like an entire asylum hotel is not responsible for one offender…

Labour focused on appeasing Reform, not beating them, says Jeremy Corbyn Former Labour leader says his new party will inspire hope, not fear, and promises to reset ‘broken’ political system * Jeremy Corbyn: This Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics – we will give it to them Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Labour government of “appeasing” Reform UK by “scapegoating” migrants and minorities for its own domestic policy failures, saying his new leftwing political party would take on Nigel Farage instead. The veteran leftwing MP, who confirmed last week he was launching a new, as yet unnamed, movement with former Labour MP Zarah Sultana, said British politics was at a “critical juncture” with the rise of rightwing populism. He said he saw their role as providing hope, not fear. Continue reading...

Labour focused on appeasing Reform, not beating them, says Jeremy Corbyn

Hillsborough bereaved urge Starmer not to appoint ex-Sun editor to senior role Labour figures also have concerns about appointing David Dinsmore as permanent secretary for communications

Hillsborough bereaved urge Starmer not to appoint ex-Sun editor to senior role

Labour figures also have concerns about appointing David Dinsmore as permanent secretary for communications

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

My friend, Nabil, does not want to die. He doesn’t want his wife and six children to die, he doesn’t want his friends and neighbors to die. He doesn’t want the Israeli hostages to die. He doesn’t want Jews to die. He just wants food to eat, a shelter to live in, and to live his life, peacefully. 😡😡😡

Sooner or later something terrible is going to happen at one of these hotels and the politicians and media outlets who have spent the past year whipping it all up will have to carry the blame

Exclusive: Green Party Frontrunner Zack Polanski On Trying To Make It From Outside 'Dull' Westminster And why comments from his leadership rival made him particularly "upset".

We need to make Labour more scared of losing votes & seats to the Green Party than to Reform.

My interview with the Huffington Post about why I'm asking for your vote to be the next leader of the Green Party.

👇🏼

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...

It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.

Yep. I think the vast majority of people will see the truth in this. WATCH IT⏬

'Stopping the boats' is a lie.

But yes if instead it means stopping the corruption of billionaires on their yachts.

Can the UK govt can do more on Israel? Other than a position on principle some may suggest a complete arms ban? One f35 component can contribute to a war crime. Sanctions on Israel? How many IDF personnel are trained in UK? Do RAF share intelligence? Are govt receiving funding from Israel lobbies?

Palestinian mother holding starving small child

There is no context - none at all - that justifies the deliberate, calculated starvation of children.

#Gaza

Credit: Anatolu/Getty Images

This is the political messaging we need to hear. Built on kindness, compassion, understanding, honesty - and exactly the kind of messaging the 1% don't want those representing the 99% to adopt.

Reform will legalise hand guns if elected.
It’s almost 30 years since Dunblane. Farage said then, that post Dunblane gun control legislation was “ludicrous”.
But we have not had another school shooting since 1996.

Farage wants to bring US style private health to UK & also US-style gun violence