Stephen Knight

NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge disap...

NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end

Well done Cardiff Council!

My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you By Alex Andreou

The most heartbreakingly powerful piece I’ve ever read on Substack. Please, please read and share. And look after your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for whom England is becoming frightening.

@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇

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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

Good work @cmmonwealth.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

Well said @transenvuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

They did it again!!

I'm on BBC London News this evening (6.30pm) talking about the cost issues that heat network customers have faced over the past few years and the need for government action.

Here's the BBC web news story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shorter lunchtime bulletin here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ofgem's current plans for price protections do not tackle unregulated energy costs facing heat networks (which get passed to customers) and leave heat network consumers without the same level of protection enjoyed by gas and electricity customers.

https://heattrust.org/news-events/198-ofgem-s-fair-pricing-plans-still-fall-short-for-heat-network-customers

NEWS: Ofgem’s fair pricing plans still fall short for heat network customers
“Ofgem’s proposals around price regulation do not yet deliver the level of fairness or price protection that heat network customers deserve."
#heatnetworks #consumers #ofgem

heattrust.org/news-events/...

A cutout of the letter published in the Guardian.

We are proud to have signed this joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for a bold and fair climate plan

With energy bills still far too high and millions living in cold, damp homes, the UK urgently needs a plan that tackles the climate crisis and the cost of living crisis together

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Bar chart showing heat-related deaths in several European cities from 23 June to 2 July 2025, distinguishing between numbers due to human-caused climate change and those due to natural variability Milan: 317 from human caused climate change, 182 natural Barcelona: 286, 54 Paris: 235, 138 London: 171, 92 Rome: 164, 118 Madrid: 108, (then some relatively small number not given) Athens: 96, 79 Budapest: 47, 24 Zagreb: 31, 25 Lisbon: 21, 71 Frankfurt: 21 (then some relatively small number not given) Added text says two-thirds of heat deaths in London were attributable to climate change Guardian graphic, source: World Weather Attribution, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London

Yes climate change is already killing people

www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

The Government said it’d cost £99bn to publicly own our water.

But this drew on calculations by — drumroll — water company lobbyists. The true cost is closer to zero.

Here’s why. 🧵

Now Keir insists he ‘stands by’ sentiment of 'island of strangers' warning SIR Keir Starmer has insisted he still believes in the sentiment behind his infamous “island of strangers” warning – saying Britain must be an “integrated society”. The PM said he “didn’t dis…

Doe he stand by his claim that immigration has caused "incalculable damage" to public services/the economy?

This is far worse and far less defensible either factually or politically than the clumsy/stupid but not fundamentally malign "island of strangers" phrase.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3580587...

Presumably the ‘right to bear arms’ is only a ‘longstanding custom’ too that a future president could sweep away with an executive order….??

London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms The body representing local authorities in London is urging MPs in the capital to push back against government proposals for funding reform, with a...

-London Councils urges MPs in the capital to push back against government funding reforms

-Briefing note seen by @politicshome.bsky.social warns of "devastating" cuts to councils

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

This is crazy and horrendous.

YouTube video by Double Down News Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison

Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Warren Condemns Assault of Senator Padilla: Trump is Making This Nation Look Like a Fascist State

Senator Padilla was violently assaulted for doing his job.

If this is how federal agents treat a sitting U.S. Senator peacefully asking questions, how far will they go?

Errr… I think the rest of the world would disagree!!! www.iter.org

It means we have to look beyond the immediate in scientific research.

Yes. Humanity has to have a future beyond the next 20 to 30 years…

£2.5 billion for world-first prototype fusion energy plant The record funding announced this week shows the UK government’s firm commitment to clean, sustainable energy in Nottinghamshire.

If we are serious about fusion research, it's time for the UK to re-join Euratom and the ITER project. Time for Labour to reverse this Brexit damage to our science community. @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

Kellaway Avenue needs to be 20mph along its entirety. It has an island crossing in a thirty mph stretch that is used by school children everyday.

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example

Well done @transenvuk.bsky.social for raising this vital issue. Time for legislation against dangerous SUVs that should have no place in our cities www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Memorable for the line about the 1997 landslide: "The Labour party, per contra, has after many thirsty years had a cornucopia of luscious psephological fruit emptied over its head."

We had the Jenkins Commission in 1998, but Blair failed to implement it. webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/201312...

Just briefed the UN Security Council again on the situation in Gaza.
 
Watch my full remarks here:
t.co/OYSdN1n60b

So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?

Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?

This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.

Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift Government to analyse potential benefits of new generation of reactors

Interesting article in @guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...