Prof Bill McGuire

Not in the UK and not due to one event. Excess deaths due to Chernobyl could be as high as 200,000

Equating thousands of motorway accidents to a catastrophic nuclear accident, that even affected UK meat production a full decade later, is really not sensible and not valid

Not in Britain they don't, and not due to a single event. Excess deaths due to Chernobyl could be as high as 200,000

I think it will take a while!

Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two-child limit Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending

Here we go again

Billionaires are allowed to get away with all sorts of tax dodges without interference

But the poor and vulnerable on benefits are the ones that get scrutinised

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UK is world's most expensive place to develop nuclear power, report says Experts criticise “overly complex” rules and call for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.

"Motorways wouldn't be very useful if we all drove at five miles an hour but that's sort of what we're doing in nuclear safety"

Yes, but motorways don't have the potential to spead radiation across a continent and take many thousands of lives - a la Chernobyl

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We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight | Ed Miliband For all its flaws, the Brazil conference underlined the wish by a global majority for clean energy and climate action – and the UK will keep leading the way, says Ed Miliband, secretary of state for e...

"Cop has reaffirmed the belief of the vast majority of the world in this ideal. Those who would deny or prevent action are not winning the argument, they are losing"

Maybe - but they are winning the war

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Much, much, worse

China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

Indeed. This is what capitalism is designed to do

The idea end point, which we are heading towards, is that everyone works for a pittance to make a tiny elite staggeringly rich

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How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade

Would be marvellous if it worked out as expected

But such schemes never seem to end up doing what they are supposed to do, and the reality is almost inevitably a dim reflection of the glossy artists impressions

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Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits? Mushroom and ashwagandha coffees are spreading from health stores to UK high streets.

The latest bollox as late-stage capitalism thinks up ever more ridiculous ways of making us part with our cash

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These are just meaningless words

Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30

Ed Miliband "admits the deal "does not have all the ambition we would have wanted", but adds that it commits to keeping the 1.5C target alive"

This is denial of the first order - utter madness, complete drivel

All COP30 managed was to agree on doing F-all

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Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30

If this is a deal, then it's a deal to do nothing meaningful whatsoever

As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time

Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin

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Cop30 live: rumours of deal as delegates prepare for final plenary After a series of all-night meetings, the Brazilian presidency appears optimistic it has persuaded parties to agree to a deal

“....the outcome in Belém is meaningful progress...the Paris Agreement is working...the transition away from fossil fuels...is accelerating

Translation

The Outcome is meaningless

The Paris Agreement isn't working

FF companies are expanding operations

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There is no point. In 30 years it hasn't stopped emissions going up, and barely ever acknowledged the words 'fossil fuels' let alone had any sort of plan whatsoever to cut back

The problem is much of the alternative capacity is additional

FF emissions are going up and FF corporations are planning to expand operations

‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém

"It's like talking to robots.....

Some are saying: “Why even come to Cop?”’

Indeed

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Cop30 live: summit president says ‘everybody will lose’ as fears rise that conference will end without a deal André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day

When the host nation announces plans to expand its oil and gas exploration, what hope can there ever be of a deal

We will NEVER turn our backs on fossil fuels until climate driven societal and economic collapse forces it upon us

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COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.

"All mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from the draft deal"

I don't wan't to say I told you so but.....

To be honest ANYONE could have predicted this

As I have been saying for YEARS - the COP process is dead

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COP30 fire: BBC at the scene of 'intense' blaze Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was at the UN climate talks in Brazil when a fire broke out.

Talk about a metaphor 😀

You really couldn't make it up

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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

Really? Well, knock me down with a feather 😮

And how are we doing preparing for catastrophic climate breakdown?

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Cop30 live: current climate pathway ‘a death sentence for many’, says UN secretary-general António Guterres uses speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiations

As usual it takes Antonio Guterres to cut through the COP crap

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MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog

And the UK's most autocratic government removes yet another human right from British citizens

Forget Reform, it seems to me we already have a populist right-wing regime in charge

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Greedy more than anything.....

Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says rise of clean energy must be acknowledged and rich countries need to do more

This is a discussion we should have been having at COP1, 30 years ago - if not 50 years ago

Too late now, to prevent the catastrophic return of a Pliocene climate

But still possible to dodge a reprise of an Eocene hothouse

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Ho, ho, ho.....😊

Drought and heatwaves lead to second worst harvest on record, analysis shows England has suffered its second worst harvest on record after a year of heatwaves and drought, according to ECIU analysis of Defra figures.

The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024

One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years

Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder

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Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport? The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry

What a marvellous sight 👍

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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’ Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown

Words, words, words......

And we can't 'avoid climate breakdown'

It is already happening, with far worse already locked-in

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‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figures

I would expect nothing else from these entitled parasites

We need an elected second chamber NOW

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