Richard 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇬🇱 #SaveGaza #ClimateAction #RejoinEU

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It is THE fundamental problem. To survive and prosper we must make billionaires history. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

France’s former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has called for sanctions against Israel and the US over their attacks on Iran:

“We say clearly to the United States that their war against Iran is illegal, illegitimate, and dangerous.”

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

imagine how much carbon this war is emitting; not sure "humanity" is the word; maybe not very bright primate digging own grave

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
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Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London Exclusive: senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could leave Labour fourth place in capital in May Senior Labour politicians across London have warned the government not to take progressive voters for granted, with concerns the party faces a “political earthquake” in the capital in May after a surge in support for the Greens. They have been privately circulating new data that suggests Labour could drop from first to fourth place in London in the May elections – losing control of all but two of their councils – with the Greens soaring into first place to take nine. Continue reading...

Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London

Blackout in Cuba leaves millions without power amid US oil chokehold Latest outage darkens island facing dwindling oil reserves and increasing pressure from Washington

Trump has given a temporary waiver to India to buy Russian oil.

Meanwhile the embargo on oil reaching Cuba continues unabated, bringing this already impoverished country to its knees.

The action of the US against Cuba is an act of war under international law.

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WAR CRIME BY THE US.

An unarmed Iranian ship was takIng part in an Indian naval exercise, alongside the US.

The US withdrew and torpedoed the Iranian ship.

THEN the US refused to rescue the sailors, letting them drown.

This is treachery, cowardice, cruelty and a war crime of the highest order.

The US-Israeli force has now bombed THIRTEEN hospitals and health centres. This is exactly what Israel did in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced

BREAKING: UK to cut international finance on climate & nature

Seemingly under cover of the war on Iran, out comes some bad news

Reminder that govt were warned last year by UK’s spy chiefs that collapse of ecosystems could seriously impact national security

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We are pleased to join 85 organisations in writing to the Prime Minister calling on him to increase climate finance and to fairly tax the wealthiest and largest polluters in our society to pay for climate action at home and overseas.

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#climatefinance

Ann Pettifor argues we can't tackle climate change without first regulating finance. Her key point: governments gave up control of capital flows to markets, but in every real crisis (WWII, 2008, Covid) central banks worked with fiscal policy. Climate demands the same coordination.

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The UK government is cutting international climate finance funding from 11.6 billion to 9 billion pounds, contradicting climate pledges and harming vulnerable nations during a critical climate crisis.

Shabana Mahmood accused of mimicking Trump as she announces asylum plans Home secretary’s proposals to overhaul immigration system include end to permanent refugee status

My mind still boggles about so much of this - like why bang on about the ills of 14 years of tory rule and then issue a policy that’s even worse than anything cruella or patel or sunak could manage like FFS. I feel actively hostile to labour at this point 🤬 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Labour and Tories are the same party.

They are both committed far right.

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This really needs banning from UK politics. No party should taking a damn penny from crypto.

'Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Lives at Risk for No Purpose' The Government talks about wanting to reduce division and increase integration and then implements policies which will do the complete opposite, argues Daniel Sohege

As I wrote for @bylinetimes.bsky.social earlier this week, Labour's anti-asylum proposals increase harm, increase the risk of exploitation and human trafficking and embed racism and discrimination as policy. The Home Secretary is ignoring evidence, and humanity. 8/

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Section One Summary What factors affect migrant decision-making? Migration trends and secondary movement towards the UK Since 2017, the number of asylum applications in the UK has been increasing, by 2019 returning to levels seen during 2015-16 although the UK was relatively little affected by the European 'migration crisis'. This recent increase is likely due in part to movement to the UK by those already in Europe. In 2019, at least I in 6 asylum applicants to the UK had made a prior application in a European country. However, only a small portion of secondary movement across Europe is to the UK-in 2019, the UK produced just 6% of Eurodac hits relating to prior applications elsewhere in Europe. While many entering the UK may travel through France, most top nationalities applying for asylum in the UK do not apply in France in large numbers (with the exception of Sudanese, Afghan and Albanian applicants). Social networks, shared languages and diasporas motivate asylum seekers to reach certain destination countries Social networks aid migrant integration to society, acting as facilitators of information relating to life in the destination country. They are considered trusted sources and are likely to influence migration journeys more than information from formal institutions. The presence of diaspora communities can motivate migrants to reach certain destination countries. The proportion of diasporas in the EU+ residing in the UK is correlated with the proportion of asylum applications across the EU+ made in the UK (see slide 21). Armed conflict, human rights abuses, poverty, political & economic instability and violence are factors that forcibly displace migrants The majority (57%) of individuals escaping persecution are internally displaced within their own countries and most refugees displaced abroad stay within their region of displacement, living in countries neighbouring their countries of origin. Of the number of asylum seekers that reach Europe, o…

In fact, the Home Office's own analysis shows that harsher policies, such as those being presented by the Home Secretary, are more likely to force people into more exploitative situations, and being trafficked. 7/

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Opinion Restoring order at the border speaks to Labour values. Without that, we won't be able to do anything else at all Shabana Mahmood Our approach, unlike that of the Greens and Reform, is in step with the British people. They don't want extremes - they want a system that is managed and fair Shabana Mahmood is the UK home secretary

This is a hot mess of outright lies and misinformation from the Home Secretary, designed to try and persuade people that a government which is implementing some of the most hostile anti-immigration/asylum policies, in practice, for decades is progressive. 1/

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Alan MacLeod—

"This is how media lies to you in real time."

Reform are in denial about why they lost by 12% in Gorton & Denton (60% white, 80% UK-born) after losing by 11% in Caerphilly (98% white, 98% UK-born) to Plaid Cyrmu

Both seats unusual in seeing more people vote than at last Welsh Senedd/last GE: more voters turned out to stop Reform than supoort

Israel launches new attacks on Tehran and Beirut, as US embassy in Riyadh hit by two drones Israel says it is hitting

Israel has used the cover of the Iran War to launch a ground invasion of “strategic parts of Lebanon”.

All part of the plan.

Refugee families who have survived war and persecution will now face renewed uncertainty every 30 months. Refugees should be able to put down roots: settle into communities, learn English and find work.

Our analysis also shows this new workload will cost up to £725 million over the first 10 years.

Lib Dem Lisa Smart MP in last night's democracy bill debate: "Unlimited donations mean unlimited influence. They corrode public trust and distort political priorities. Until we cap donations, we will continue to have a democracy that is for sale." (there's still no plan for a cap on donations)

Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

Of those who voted Labour last time just 37% would vote Labour again - Even more remarkable when you realise only 34% of all electors voted Labour last time.
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🌍 Highest EVER Green Party Polling

➡️ Lowest Reform Polling Since April 2025

➡️ Lowest Reform lead since July 2025

Inconvenient facts for Farage Reform’s own involvement with “foreign voters”...

Welcome to Farage-land, where it's not okay for Muslims to vote in elections, but it's okay for Reform to have overseas members and foreign billionaire backers...