Prof Bill McGuire

UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer

'The UK has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer has said'

Hypocritical, cowardly, drivel

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK planes 'are in the sky' in Middle East, Starmer says Sir Keir Starmer says protections for British bases and personnel have been stepped up to their highest level.

By refusing to condemn the illegal attacks on Iran, Trump's British lapdog makes it clear that he supports a world where anything goes, where might is right, and wherein fascists and warmongers can do whatever they want

Sickening, but no surprise

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Iran launches retaliatory strikes across the Middle East after US and Israel attack – live Iran targets US military bases and Israel as Donald Trump says ‘major combat operation’ under way

"UK, Germany and France have condemned Iranian attacks on countries in the region saying Iran must refrain from indiscriminate military strikes"

They did not comment on US and Israeli attacks

Beggars belief, but just what you would expect from these US lapdogs

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Indeed!

YouTube video by ITV News We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see

BREAKING NEWS

The Joint Intelligence Committee report Starmer & Co. didn't want you to see in full is uncovered

Listen to what they didn't want you to hear, and you will understand why

youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8

Rolls-Royce boss pushes for UK taxpayer support for new jet engine Firm, which has announced record profits and £9bn share buyback, has £3bn project for smaller commercial planes

WTF?

Rolls Royce wants tax payers money to fund development so it can carrying on shovelling billions into shareholder pockets.

This just beggars belief

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

Four shot dead on US-registered speedboat by border guard, Cuba says Six other passengers were wounded in the incident, which took place near an island on Cuba's northern coast.

Looks very much like Trump is trying to engineer an excuse to invade Cuba

Watch this space

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Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

Effing hypocrites!

Just what you would expect from this dismal government

But I am afraid it won't work

We aren't as stupid as you seem to think

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reform UK promises to scrap flagship Labour worker and renters’ protections Richard Tice echoes Donald Trump with pledge of ‘great repeal act’ and ‘tight quotas and significant tariffs’

Anyone out there considering voting Reform in 2029

Don't expect for one second that they will govern for your benefit

Unless you are rich, they are going to screw you

And they aren't even bothering to hide it

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Government accused of caving in to building lobby amid plans to shake up housing sector in England New changes to planning rules would limit scope of English councils and prevent them pursuing improvements to low-carbon homes

"Under a consultation on planning rules, councils would be issued with guidance that would effectively limit their scope to demand builders construct new homes.....to the highest possible standards"

The latest staggering stupidity from the awful Starmer and Co

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Number of workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high There has been a 181,000 increase in the number of zero-hours contracts since Labour was elected.

"Proponents have argued [they] help support young people into their first jobs and offer flexibility around education or childcare"

This has always been bollox and an excuse to trash workers rights and pay as little as possible

ALL zero hour contracts must be banned

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Understood. Hopefully there will be a recording 🙂

I will be speaking at the 4BD - 4 billion dead - launch event on Saturday March 7th, alongside @rogerhallam.com and others

Please join us if you can

Everyone needs to hear this

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‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

I have been warning about this for years

Extreme weather ensured the UK lost a year's worth of bread in just the last 5 years due to crop losses

As Alfred Henry Lewis warned more than 100 years ago

"There are just 9 meals between humanity and anarchy"

www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Indeed. I have a SEND child

Fewer children in England to get EHCPs by 2035 under Send overhaul New special educational needs regime to result in far fewer children being given education, health and care plans

A reminder as Starmer & Co. plan to dump kids from the EHCP process because the country 'can't afford it'

.....that 50 UK families are together worth 2/3 of a TRILLION £, earned on the backs of UK workers

A one off tax at 50% would raise more than £300 billion

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

To everyone who thinks that Farage is a good thing

Putting a cross next to Reform in 2029 will facilitate the arrival of a truly fascist state

Be very, very, careful what you wish for

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It is already weak, and some projections indicate shutdown around mid-century - one says more likely than not by 2050. Others think it may take longer.

With heating now increased from 0.18C to 0.27C a decade, it could be much sooner, although a more meandering jet stream would still bring Arctic outbreaks. Then, when the AMOC shuts down - any time from 2050 - the snow will return with a vengeance

The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact Rivers drained dry to create artificial snow, a forest cut down for the bobsleigh track – IOC’s claims to prioritise sustainability at Milano Cortina exposed

Enjoy it while you can

I give the winter olympics another 20 years at most

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

Haven't flown for 20 years or so. I would have find a yacht or head overland to the Bering Straits and row across 😊

Madeline Horwath on the end of the Winter Olympics – cartoon After an emotional fortnight, it’s time for the curling stones to get some well-deserved rest

Love it 👍

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

Will you risk it? I certainly won't

“Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,” Karen says.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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I am. As usual, workers are being massively exploited and facing serious health threats

Calls grow for Andrew to be removed from line of succession as police search Royal Lodge – live updates The arrest of the 66-year old former prince has sent shockwaves through the UK and abroad, with reaction rolling in from the US to Australia

There shouldn't be a line of succession

This is a good time to end it, and replace the monarchy with an elected head of state

This is 2026 not 1526

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

The true cost of Ecuador’s perfect roses: how the global flower trade poisons workers Many farmers in the Andes rely on growing blooms for export, but high water usage and risky pesticides threaten Indigenous communities

Another symbol marking the insanity of late-stage capitalism

Poisoned roses flown half way around the planet, while indigenous workers suffer

WE DON'T NEED THIS

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

In many cases, they choose not to hear. Plenty of people in the fossil fuel sector have science backgrounds

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