Pauline Wynter

The leader isn't Labour's problem

Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories

Whereas they just carried on doing more damage

They need to tax wealth and invest in public services

And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy

And focus on fairness

UK banks push for easing of capital rules to counter surge in private credit HSBC and Barclays executives tell House of Lords committee that they are losing ground to US rivals

Race to the bottom.

UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated.

This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City?
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Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households

Cutting the insulation schemes that are one of the best ways to permanently reduce energy bills for low income families would be an eyewateringly daft & counterproductive way of seeking to reduce energy bills, as well as driving up emissions & leading to mass job cuts in the insulation sector 🙄

Wow.

The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.

They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.

Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

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AXA and Ipsos have published the 12th edition of the Future Risks Report, a report based on a global survey of 23,000 citizens and 3,595 risk experts.
What do both experts and citizens rank as greates risk?
*** Climate change ***
So do I, after over 35 years experience in climate science.

Thousands on benefits could have energy debt cancelled by Ofgem Regulator Ofgem plans to cut £500m from the stack of customer debt - but other billpayers will cover the cost.

The energy bill write off con.

Fuel poverty rising, debt £4.4bn. Ofgem says £500m could be written off.

It would be added to the bills of other customers. Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020.

No cut in their profit. Debt would be rebuilt

Nationalise energy. End profiteering

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📣 Olivia Blake MP, Chair of The Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus: “This Caucus will restore a shared sense of purpose and rebuild consensus, resist division and remind the country that action on climate and nature is not optional. It is essential.”

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🌍 The new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus has launched in Parliament! The CNCC is calling for a renewed consensus on climate and nature action; giving practical solutions that work for people, the planet, and the economy.

To stay updated on the CNCC 👉 thecncc.org

The carbon flow of BECCS. When BECCS systems are employed, a negative carbon flow from the atmosphere into storage is created. From: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953422000678

We can find suitable land with sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow plants, wait years to harvest the biomass and burn it for energy, hope to capture the CO₂ with carbon capture and storage technology, and find a suitable spot to bury the CO₂ permanently.

OR we can use solar panels.

And here it is, a doubling of membership in less than 2 months.
WELCOME EVERYONE!

Thats the effect the Politics of Hope can have.

LET'S KEEP GOING, LET'S KEEP GROWING.

In Newton Abbot, a group of campaigners convened by Zero Hour met with Martin Wrigley MP, who supports the Climate and Nature Bill, to ask him to join the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus of MPs.

📢 The 4th episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now!

Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history

It was driven by climate change

But it ended up boosting climate deniers...

How can the world stop this from happening again?

Listen now: overshootpod.com

Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...

Direct Air Capture a Ponzi scheme, Climeworks, occupies second place in TIME World's Top GreenTech Companies of 2025”. It “Failed” to offset the carbon footprint of its own employees never mind its construction, operations or supply chain! The numbers simply don’t add up! heimildin.is/grein/24581/

Victoria Derbyshire (on the Laura Kuennsberg show) intros Zack P. by noting that Green Party membership has overtaken that of the Conservatives.
:)

Looks like a lot more investigation to come on this. Where are the 'mainstream' investigative journalists on this? @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social fancy taking a look? @lewisgoodall.com @maitlis.bsky.social

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril

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'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

In addition to the normative points, I am once again tapping the sign marked 'net immigration to the UK in 2029 will still be, in relative terms, very high, and the government needs to have a position that allows it to defend what the Actually Existing UK looks like'.

Tragic, horrific.
Most people have no idea, sadly, what dire news this actually is.
The living planet’s boundaries are being ruptured. The safe operating space for humanity, the ‘doughnut’, is ceasing to exist, in real time.

Why the reshuffle alone won’t change the government’s fortunes "For better electoral fortunes, the government needs to junk neoliberal policies, never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth."

UK govts appease corporations and the super-rich, people navigate crumbling social infrastructure.

Hard to see GP/Dentist
Shortage of social housing.
Sewage in rivers.
Sky-high energy prices
6.25m in England await 7.4m hospital appointments.
Unchecked profiteering.

Must abandon neoliberalism.

The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️

#TimeToStepUp
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The Times says global warming is ‘exaggerated’. Tell that to families facing soaring energy bills and food prices. Climate change isn’t just an environmental crisis it’s driving the cost of living too. 🌍💷

Image shows graphic of recent polling with Greens second in London on 18 percent

🗳️ NEW | Greens second in London 📊

🔴LAB: 31% (+3)
🟢GRN: 18% (+6)
➡️REF: 16% (-2)
🔵CON: 15% (-3)
🟠LDEM: 15% (-2)

via @yougov.co.uk / 7-8 Sept
Chgs w/ 31 Aug-1 Sept.

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@catherinemitchell.bsky.social at #Tyndall25UEA makes the v.important observation that, in the UK, the ‘first past the post’ political system reinforces short-termism. Without changes in this it’s difficult to see how the scale of change to deliver on our climate commitments can be achieved.

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Hi everyone, we've hit record numbers of Green Party members.

We're on the rise and you could be part of it.

You haven't joined yet? How about now? Green Party politics is the politics of the moment. We've never needed it more.

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If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.

And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

YES!!
Let’s hope people begin to realise the lies and misdirections politicians and MSM have been spouting for years.