Steve Hyndside

a man in a suit and tie is kicking a soccer ball on a field with the words watch the football ALT: a man in a suit and tie is kicking a soccer ball on a field with the words watch the football

Is that Mitchell and Webb sketch more relevant than ever?

Be cautious of anyone who talks up recycling without caveating that it has to be alongside massive reduction in plastics

Rules for UK waste tyres tightened after millions sent to furnaces in India Waste tyres exported from the UK to India for recycling were found to be going to unregulated dumps or makeshift furnaces.

Very proud to have played a small part in this alongside my colleagues at @fightingdirty.bsky.social "Rules for UK waste tyres tightened after millions sent to furnaces in India" www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Who will benefit from the Heathrow expansion? Ultra rich jetsetters There’s something bitterly ironic about a government claiming to take the climate crisis seriously while backing the expansion of Heathrow Airport — a project that will release an estimated 4.4 millio...

You can't claim to be serious about the climate crisis while expanding airports.

Heathrow’s third runway won’t help working people: it’s a gift to the ultra rich frequent flyers.

@greenparty.org.uk will always call this out.

My piece in the Standard 👇🏼

www.standard.co.uk/comment/heat...

Who will benefit from the Heathrow expansion? Ultra rich jetsetters There’s something bitterly ironic about a government claiming to take the climate crisis seriously while backing the expansion of Heathrow Airport — a project that will release an estimated 4.4 millio...

"You cannot understand the absurdity of Heathrow expansion unless you truly grasp its impact on both people and planet. Labour seems oblivious to both." @zackpolanski.bsky.social writing for @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy www.standard.co.uk/comment/heat...

Heathrow ‘ready to start mobilising’ as it unveils £49bn expansion plan Project includes building third runway and rerouting Britain’s busiest motorway

"the Green Party said the airport’s expansion was 'a flightmare on Downing Street for people and planet'." www.ft.com/content/20a6...

Heathrow Airport's third runway expansion plans to cost £49bn Heathrow says expansion is

Well indeed >>> "If Labour's environmental commitments were worth the paper they're written on, these proposals would never have seen the light of day," @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE The Guardian Ethnic minorities in England at higher risk of heat-related deaths, says study Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Ethnic minorities and the most deprived are at increased risk of dying due to excess heat.

As climate breakdown accelerates, governments must invest in adaptation, better quality housing and closing the inequality gap.

There is no environmental justice without social justice.

Reform are being selfish and greedy, grabbing fossil fuel money for themselves instead of thinking about how people's lives can be so much easier with #NetZero bringing down living costs.
They are the Selfish Party.

“Reform are showing themselves to be the political voice of the vested interests of big oil and corporate profit.” @adrianramsay.bsky.social

Greens slam Reform for taking ‘big oil’ donations “Do I believe climate change exists? No.”

"Greens slam Reform for taking ‘big oil’ donations" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...

The elephant on the runway is that these Heathrow expansion plans are by the rich, for the rich, to enable a small group of rich people fly more, regardless of the impact on our planet or local communities. At least we have @greenparty.org.uk calling this out greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/31/h...

Farage investigated for possible breach of MPs’ code of conduct Reform leader may have failed to declare support from PR boss who is now a Trump official

"the Reform UK leader should have declared support he received from a PR firm whose former boss is now a Donald Trump official." www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Gaza's deadliest days linked by a pattern of attacks on families Using exclusive new data, social media obituaries and satellite imagery, Sky News has tracked the killing of families in Gaza over the past 21 months.

This is what a genocide displayed as an infographic looks like news.sky.com/story/gazas-...

Outrage as Tory councillor compares Bristol school to Hamas He said Cotham School 'behave like terrorists do'

That the Conservatives still stand by this Cllr is ... mind-blowing.

In 2016, he famously adopted a golliwog doll as his mascot in council meetings(!).

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

A group of leading economists is urging Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves to introduce a wealth tax to tackle extreme inequality.

The Green Party has consistently called for a fairer tax system.

Time for Labour to make some different political choices and tax the super-rich fairly.

Last night’s camping spot.

(To balance it out, we woke to driving rain and 25-30mph winds).

There is something magical about watching my 6 and 8 year olds now in the garden obsessively mimicking that Chloe Kelly penalty.

#Lionesses

Evergreen

Awful - hope you’re ok @adambienkov.bsky.social

"The UK government must join France in recognsing the state of Palestine – as well as enacting a full arms embargo, widespread sanctions, a ban on the import of settlement goods, and funding for evidence collection for prosecutions." @carladenyer.bsky.social www.itv.com/news/2025-07...

Foreign Office staff take three domestic flights a day Figures show civil servants in David Lammy’s department took more than 1,000 flights within the UK in 2024-25

"Government departments should be setting an example and using trains whenever possible for domestic travel. Taking three domestic flights every day flies in the face of climate science..." @sianberry.bsky.social

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

"Time and time again our leaders have called the situation ‘intolerable’ and yet continue to tolerate it – we must see real action to end the genocide.”

Important intervention from @carladenyer.bsky.social on the need for the UK to recognise the state of Palestine greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/25/g...

I, for one, look forward to an inevitable confusion in interviews when politicians are asked about 'your party' and it's unclear if it's Your Party or their party.

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

“[Children's] small bodies are shutting down — they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing."

Meanwhile, Gaza health authorities say more 1,000 people have been shot and killed trying to access food distribution sites backed by Israel and the US.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

“It’s the tobacco playbook: challenge the science, challenge the messenger, try to silence people, try to undermine people’s credibility.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BBC News and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation News organisations say local journalists are increasingly unable to feed themselves in Gaza, facing the same

BBC and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two ex-party leaders make major demand for universal free childcare Green Party MP Siân Berry and Mandu Reid, former leader of the Women’s Equality Party, have joined forces to call for universal free childcare to help struggling parents

Green Party MP Siân Berry and Mandu Reid, former leader of the Women’s Equality Party, have joined forces to call for universal free childcare to help struggling parents www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Evergreen skeet

Oh my days, these Lionesses will be the death of me.