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Families ‘inconsolable’ in Gaza as Israel returns more unidentified bodies

Families ‘inconsolable’ in Gaza as Israel returns more unidentified bodies https://aje.news/y2wk7e

Water bosses in England exploiting bonus loophole face crackdown Exclusive: Ministers to act after last year’s legislation ‘outwitted’ by failing firms paying millions to executives

Water bosses in England exploiting bonus loophole face crackdown

Their utter contempt for consumers and the Government continues

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We’ve had information campaigns on Brexit and Covid. What about the climate? - Climate Outreach In the runup to Cop26, public knowledge about the crisis is shallow, with few understanding the scale of the threat.

11/ Even more striking: @climateoutreach.bsky.social themselves (cited in McCarthy’s letter) explicitly argue for government-led public information campaigns on #climate, drawing lessons from Brexit and COVID.

"Public engagement is not window dressing; it is the essential foundation for all policy"

9/ McCarthy praises “subtle” #climate messaging in BBC Natural History programming

But subtlety is the opposite of what’s needed given the risks

Climate breakdown should be central to news & current affairs, not tucked in wildlife docs

Failing to grasp this distinction is incomprehensible!

Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

8/ At the same time, parts of the UK press have become openly hostile to #climate action.

For the first time, newspaper editorial opposition to climate policy now outweighs support.

This is the media environment government is choosing to defer to, rather than lead.

New Impress Report Into Climate Change News Highlights Need To Boost Independent Regulation - Impress A new report has highlighted the need for further policy work on how climate change information is reported and regulated.

7/ When climate is covered, it’s often:
– episodic, not sustained
– stripped of risk framing
– disconnected from lived impact

A new report finds only ~18 % of UK readers access independently regulated climate news, pointing to gaps in quality and oversight that risk misinformation.

5/ McCarthy then argues fewer people watch TV, especially younger people, so national briefings wouldn’t land

But this is a false choice

A national briefing should be multi-platform: TV, online, social media clips, community screenings

You don’t abandon public information, you scale it!

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature National Emergency Briefing | The UK’s leading climate and nature experts brief MP's on the risks, impacts and solutions to the climate emergency

3/ It misrepresents the proposal. The idea isn’t government spin, it’s about creating a shared factual baseline, in a style like @nebriefing.bsky.social, run by scientists & campaigners

Trivialising such briefings accepts a politics where govt reacts, not leads

Watch the full NEB briefings here:

WE DO NOT COMPLY

Veteran anti-war and human rights activist, Angie Zelter, was removed from Westminster Magistrates Court after attempting to read a statement to the judge instead of pleading to a charge under s.13 of the UK Terrorism Act 2000.

Humanist Heritage: Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love […]

'The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Neither love without knowledge, nor knowledge without love can produce a good life.'

You can read more about the legacy of Bertrand Russell on the #HumanistHeritage website. heritage.humanists.uk/bertrand-rus...

Revealed: Women suffer most from spiralling court backlog Women disproportionately locked up as number of English and Welsh prisoners held on remand rises by 44% in 10 years

Revealed: Women suffer most from spiralling court backlog

Women disproportionately locked up as number of English and Welsh prisoners held on remand rises by 44% in 10 years

www.opendemocracy.net/en/crisis-pr...

Are we addicted to high-carbon ornithology? Published in British Birds, April 2018 – vol. 111, issue 4, pp 182–⁠185 By Javier Caletrío In ornithological company, the concept of climate change is usually discussed in terms of measurable impac…

Javier wrote this 8 years ago.

Since then, our personal carbon budget for a liveable future has shrunk to c.2 tons.

We can use 2T just driving a car, before we add in diet, flying & heating etc.

What will things look like in another 8 yrs…?😮🤷‍♂️
#ukbirding

lowcarbonbirding.net/addicted-hig...

Zack Polanski challenges Nigel Farage to show down debate.

Let's talk about who funds Reform.

Let's talk about how disastrous Brexit has been.

Let's talk about why Gorton & Denton must vote Green & stop Reform.

Why so quiet, Nigel Farage?

▶️ WATCH: @tuc.org.uk @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social message for working-class people.

It’s time to stand up to the politics of division.

Join us on 28 March.

No, opposing genocide is not divisive 👇👇👇

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Banner Drop on the Damson Parkway Footbridge. Photo: Zoe Broughton.

BANNER DROP!
Peace campaigners call on Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) to cancel a controversial arms fair.
Protests are planned outside the NEC during the Specialist Defence and Security Convention (SDSC-UK) due to be held on 3-4 February @camerazoe.bsky.social
#StopTheHarm

BREAKING - DOJ co-founder Tim Crosland physically ejected from court.

Tim was carried out of court today for attempting to explain to the judge that his hearing, and 1000s of others, are unlawful due to lack of legally-required procedural evidence.

www.defendourjuries.net

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
(You could be in a court room some day)

Over the last few years, when juries have heard evidence of why people have taken direct action to advance climate or racial justice, or to stop genocide in Gaza, they have repeatedly found the accused not guilty.

Latest polling. Only the greens can stop Reform in Gorton and Denton. Reform +12%, Greens +11%, -20% Labour

Labour have blown it. This is it. Time to take on Reform.

Manchesters first Green MP is coming. Join us to help get them elected on Saturday.

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Labour say a Green win would be "existential."

Sounds like an invitation....

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🗓️ It's 30 days to the parliamentary by-election - and 100 days to the May local elections.

Help us win in Manchester, the Senedd, and all around the country.

Join us. And join in. ⤵️

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A report from @jrf-uk.bsky.social shows UK poverty is 'deeper and more damaging than any point in last 30 years' - citing the government's lack of urgency and direction.
Poverty is a political choice - Labour have chosen austerity over addressing inequality by taxing extreme wealth fairly.

Water bills up again.

The Green Party will lower bills by ending the privatised water company rip off. Water must be taken into public ownership now.

National Action Days - Green Party Now is the time to get involved and get Greens elected. See below for action days across the country and sign up now to be part of a winning team.

Sign up to one of our action days to get involved👇
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What a fresh breath of hope there is in #Manchester The Green Party are bringing us a future. #MCR #votegreen #gortonanddenton #byelection

Hope before hate — neighbours, not enemies.
This is Manchester. This is Gorton and Denton! 💚

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