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Reform UK enlists Boris Johnson ally to write party nature policies Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories

The fact #Reform are an aggressive climate denying party defines them as being anti nature to their core. Why would you even contemplate this for a moment @bengoldsmith.bsky.social

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Or not at all if they are posted from Cornwall.

Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’

Sorry, @rory-stewart.bsky.social but while your hope for a new beginning for the #Tories was admirable, and I wish it were so, once again, your judgement as to where your former party is and your hopes for #ProsperUK seem to be way off.

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Always good to see an audience that reflects the diversity of modern Britain.

Seems the #WaterWhitePaper is an exercise in allowing water companies to continue to pollute by removing fines when they break the law. The polluter pays principle is being disapplied and the victims (customers & the environment) will continue to pay.

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@therestpolitics.bsky.social Given the contents of the US National Security Strategy & Trump's comments in his Politico interview, calling European leaders weak while leaning into the great displacement theory. Isn't it time we started treating the US as the threat it is? Stuart TRIP+ member Reading

Map of groundwater reserves in Europe

In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter:

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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

And yet, and yet, the govt pushes on with water hungry data centres exactly where we have no water.

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‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature

Piss ups and breweries spring to mind.

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Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end

Political leaders have turned away. Not only via this COP. I attended a regional fisheries meeting this year with the US refusing to approve any mention of climate. This week a council in the Midlands supported a school's climate conference but would not allow mention of CC.

Has the government got cold feet over fixing our broken water system? In July, the Independent Water Commission, more commonly known as the Cunliffe Review, published a series of recommendations – 88 in all – on what was needed to fix Britain’s broken water sector. Whil...

The government promised a water White Paper this autumn. Where is it? Are they having second thoughts?

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But not until 2027! Even though the industry has known of this proposed ban for three years, and should have been ready, they have wrangled an 18 month transition period out of this government. Once again, the government caves into industry vested interests.

BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands The Prescott memo contained no research questions or objectives, method, sample, time frame or, crucially, analytical framework for examining output.

"The Prescott memo [...] has not been transparent or robust in design or approach. The analysis itself falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands."

BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
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Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.

Tell YouTube, TikTok, Meta, LinkedIn and X: Show Us Your Most-Viewed Content

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If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

I agree, but how? If we all shout individually, our voice will be but a whisper. If we raise our voices together, then it will be a chorus of support. How do we organise against this right-wing, self-serving mob? @theguardian.com @restispolitics.bsky.social

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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street

Yep, he really should do it.

How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
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The tragedy is not that customers are the victim of this mess @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social. We will barely notice the rebate on our bills. It's that once again the environment is the victim and gets nothing. Rights for the river?

Interesting to note that Paid won the Caerphilly bye election and Reform lost. So who is the @bbc Today Programme interviewing? Oh it's Reform. I see their love affair is not diminished.

Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes

The government constantly talk of a win-win for growth and nature yet once again portray protecting a SSSI as a "blocker" to development. The more the government say the less we can trust.

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The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

This. Every last word of it.

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Conservative Party would abolish stamp duty, Kemi Badenoch tells conference - follow live She says

Watching the Tories this week, it seems they have learnt nothing in defeat. Their slogan "stronger economy" they trashed the economy, "stronger boarders" they opened them post Brexit. Abolish stamp duty, they destroyed many people's chance to buy a house. Shamless!
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Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

Sad to see this government, just like the last, has been bought. Clearly the developers said jump and Reeves said how high.

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Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

NO, NO, and thrice NO.

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Mackerel Meltdown: Industrial Greed Pushes Stock to 20-Year Low The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has delivered today shocking advice: commercial catches of Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be cut by 77% in 2026 if the stock is to sta...

Total political failure to protect one of the most important fish in the marine food web.

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‘You could drink from that pond’: the city digging for a solution to toxic runoff A project in Brighton to stop harmful chemicals from seeping into a chalk aquifer could set an example for managing such pollution

Brilliant. Let's have many more of these. Would be a good addition to Labour's planning reform. For once showing they improve rather than trash the environment.

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Hedgehogs, salmon and birds at risk after dry summer, says Natural England Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had ‘catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna’

For too long, we have known this is coming, and yet we do nothing to prepare and ensure our environment is resilient. Instead, we penny-pinch and fail to invest in nature.
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I utterly condemn the killing of Charlie Kirk. But the way the hard right in the US & around the world have been quick to weaponise it, use it to double down on authoritarianism, culture wars & intolerance is scary. This marks another moment when democracy & enlightenment values slip from our grasp.

We Can Make an Impact. Ban Bottom Trawling in 41 English Marine Protected Areas: Pledge Your Support

Support the governments plans to ban bottom trawling in many of our "so-called" marine protected areas.

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Thames Water renationalisation plans being stepped up, says minister Environment secretary indicates that calls from creditors for leniency from fines and penalties will be rejected

Bring it on!

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