Prof Bill McGuire

Individually wrapped in newspaper in a wooden apple store with slatted shelves, in our cool vaulted cellar 😊

Also peeled, sliced, and frozen 👍

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

"Rachel Reeves unblocked a development of 20,000 homes that were being held up by a rare snail, after being approached by a developer with whom she said, 'we have a good relationship'

Not only stupid and ignorant, but crooked with it

Indefensible

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Today's apple pick up here in the Peak

Lots, lots, more still on the trees

They will keep us in pies and crumbles over the winter 😊

Not true. Most people vape for the nicotine hit, whether you do or not. This is simply a fact, and why they are selling so well.

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes

After compromising the climate COPs, the fossil fuel lobby - alongside their plastics and chemicals polluters - have now f*cked over attempts to reduce plastic pollution

Their zeal in ensuring that the environment is devastated knows no bounds

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The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people and reduced entire cities to rubble

It is not 'un-British' to protest over this Mr Starmer

You, in fact, are the one who is kowtowing to another country

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I think nicotine is the point. No one would vape if there was no nicotine buzz

Vapes were invented to keep the vast amounts of cash rolling in as smoking became less popular

Corporate-led addiction

BYD: Chinese EV giant sees UK sales soar by 880% The Shenzhen-based electric car maker says the UK is now its biggest market outside China.

If you want to take up 2 parking spaces, obliterate any pedestrian or cyclist that gets in your way, and confirm to everyone who sees you that you are a complete twat...

This is the car for you

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Starmer urges UK students not to protest as Israel marks two years since 7 October attack - live updates The UK PM describes pro-Palestinian rallies, planned to mark the second anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel, as

I know you try to pretend it isn't happening Mr Starmer

But since this time, Israel has intentionally flattened Gaza and killed 60,000+ mostly innocent women and children

I think genocide is a pretty good excuse for protesting

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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

This is what capitalism does best - screws the poor and vulnerable; screws everyone

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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Carbon offsets are, and always have been, a complete and utter con, designed to permit business as usual and free-market capitalism in the fast lane

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Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

This nasty piece of work is a racist arsehole of the first order

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Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

Looks like he should be kept in to do his homework

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Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, say experts.

The tobacco industry crooks raking in the cash and popping the champagne corks as they drive a massive new wave of addiction and deliberately target teenagers

One of capitalism's greatest obscenities

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A united Labour party is making Britain work better for all. We cannot allow our mission to be disrupted | Bridget Phillipson I’ve delivered for tens of thousands of schoolchildren, lifting them out of poverty – as deputy leader I can deliver for all, says education secretary Bridget Phillipson

Is this some sort of sick joke?

How can she keep a straight face?

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Fade to grey: as forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

As we continue to obliterate the natural world, it is responding by swapping dazzling colours for drab greys and browns

Yet one more grim outcome of humanity's never-ending campaign of destruction

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A good question

996 work culture is sad and inhumane. Whatever’s wrong with 888 – or even 000? | Emma Beddington Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach, says Emma Beddington

This is why we have trade unions

If you don't want to end up working every hour God sends, under appalling conditions, with few rights then join one now

@The_TUC @unitetheunion @frasermcguire_

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Defence ministry spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh Military personnel receive a private education allowance to avoid lessons in Welsh in state schools.

"The Ministry of Defence spends around £1m a year sending children to private schools in north Wales because 'state schools teach some or all lessons in the Welsh language' "

What complete and utter stupidity - and an insult to us Welsh

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Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

"In 2024, glaciers outside the giant ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica lost 450 billion tonnes of ice - enough water to fill 180 MILLION Olympic swimming pools"

The safe space humanity grew up in is collapsing around our ears

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Sorry Sir Richard, there is no such thing as sustainable aviation fuel

You can stick sustainable infront of anything these days, so that the term has become all but meaningless

Easy to find out why. Eg:

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Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government

"The changes being considered for that bill include the UK abandoning a European list of species and habitats that need to be protected and drawing up a British one instead"

Starmer's war on nature won't end until everything is concreted over

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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

This authoritarian regime won't stop until ALL protest is unlawful

Starmer just hates people not doing what they are told - the perfect qualification for an autocrat

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Indeed. But globally, this is a very small percentage. The majority of aviation emissions arises from a relatively small number of people doing a considerable amount of flying, almost entirely for pleasure

Conservatives pledge to remove 750,000 migrants under borders plan The party unveils new policies on illegal migration as its annual conference begins in Manchester.

Seems we have three parties now vying with one another to see who can be nastiest

Roll on Your Party

My God, do we need an alternative

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BREAKING: Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag Released flotilla activist says Israeli authorities "dragged little Greta Thunberg by her hair... beat her" and "made her suffer"

The west has given this rogue state the freedom to do anything it wants - from genocide to extra-judicial killings, to piracy on the high seas

Its monstrous leaders, and all those resposible for their appalling crimes, must be made to pay

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‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed views

Smoke and mirrors drivel

There is no such thing as sustainable aviation fuel

We need a prohibative levy on the minority that flies for fun every other weekend

No new airport expansion and a ban on private jets

And train not plane for domestic travel

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Next Tory leader? Rise of Katie Lam reflects rightward shift on migration Shadow Home Office minister who tweets in language of hard-right populism is talked of as future of conservatism

You think this crowd of Tories are an abomination?

Wait until you see the next generation

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Police make arrests at Palestine Action protest as demo goes ahead despite PM’s pleas Officers start arresting activists at silent vigil in support of banned organisation

“Those who have used the attack on the Jewish community in Manchester to call for today’s vigil to be cancelled, are wrongly conflating the actions of the Israeli state with all Jews"

Damn right @zoeatshine.bsky.social

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My new book - The Fate of the World: a Deep-Time History of the Climate Crisis - will be published by @HarperNorthUK next year

Hardback and ebook out in May, paperback to follow

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