Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
According to the BBC, a third of my Yorkshire water bill in Dec 2024 went on debt and dividends. An 8% increase will come my way on April the 1st to pay for "investment", apparently. When will labour end this scandal @lukecharters.bsky.social
Just had my bill for Yorkshire water, 8% rise on April the 1st. What is Labour going to do about this scandal @lukecharters.bsky.social
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-a...
A very long read but also very informative. Recommended.
And that's happening everywhere 🙁
Setting - The surroundings in which a heritage asset is fucking smothered!
Suttle House, Grade II listed!
I often feel that I live in my body alongside another person who wants to continually move and say things.
Good to hear but....www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/14/nort...
Justice delayed is justice denied. Isn't that the saying?
It really is incredible to see how some governments will turn themselves inside-out and sacrifice just about every single value they purport to have, rather than accept the premise that Palestinians should count as human beings.
For connoisseurs of utterly mental extensions on mundane houses (via reddit)
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
British housing at its finest - setting, scale, landscape, proportion, details, and finesse all completely absent!
it’s honestly incredible to hear a mayor talk like this about transportation and the harm that comes from cars
Amazing how out of step Labour are with the public on this.
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
🌊 Catch the Wave!
Our latest newsletter is out and we’re launching Community Waves, a new open-source social space for changemakers to connect, learn, and organise for transition.
Read more and join the wave
news.transitionnetwork.org/november-202...
American billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone & owner of the 2,500-acre Conholt Park shooting estate in Wiltshire, has been tankering in huge quantities of water from drought-struck Hampshire to fill up his lake (legally, but outrageously):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Couldn't make it up... 🙄
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o
Big changes planned for Liverpool Street Station 🚉
A proposal would see part of the station replaced with a 90-storey tower. But there’s a better way.
With a sensitive, phased scheme, Liverpool Street could be upgraded while keeping its unique character👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/206882
Council mower on Tadcaster Road this morning
Nice to see ＃cityofyorkcouncil doing its bit for ＃nomowmay. Apparently this campaign is "false". News to @plantlifeuk.bsky.social I am sure.
REVEALED: only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.
The government needs to change the rules.
My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Even under the most liberal of popes, the Catholic Church failed to acknowledge its history of tyranny, torture, misogyny, enslavement and colonialism. It's time for honesty. I wrote this in 2013 about the impending canonisation of the genocidaire Junipero Serra.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Two people cross a road at a set of traffic lights. They are smiling.
Breaking news! @sportengland.bsky.social's #ActiveLivesSurvey shows that walking for leisure has increased by 6.8%. That's over 3 million adults in England who are walking more! But there’s clearly a need for safer, more pleasant streets, as fewer people are walking for travel. 🚶♂️🚶♀️
The Govt’s #PlanningBill would allow developers to pay cash to trash wildlife & the environment. The nature levy isn’t a tool for ecological recovery - it’s a license to kill nature. Pleased to join ecologists & experts to sign letter to MPs👇
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Useful addition to the debate about planning and nature from Mr Monbiot in the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Throughout their time in office the conservatives blocked every single measure to tackle the costs of PFI I put forward. Don’t let them get away with trying to claim otherwise.
Today, water bills are rising on average by £123.
Water companies will flood you with PR, claiming it’s for investment. Don’t be fooled.
We've already paid for it for the last 35 years-they used it to pay out dividends & fuel debt.
We’re paying twice for an abhorrent service.
