At last water companies free for all is being questioned "There has been growing public concern about sewage spills and rising bills for years while water companies have paid out £112m in rewards to executives over the past decade."
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I'm using @ecosia as my search engine as I really think we need to stop giving billionaires and corporate monopolies a free ride.
How to make climate resilience real for the farmers who need it now?
The potential for pro poor insurance to respond to accelerating climate risk.
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Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme events, posing unprecedented challenges for rural agricultural production and food security.
To explore what can be done join this @UNUEHS @FAOclimate online event.
ehs-unu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Are we as a society moving from one driven by individual responsibility guided by common sense, towards individual freedom driven by what's easiest and cheapest? Amazing what's buzzing through my head in the era of Trump and Brexit!
I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
“Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense”
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
People think socialism means the Soviet Union etc., but it also meant Clement Attlee becoming British Prime Minister in 1945, and the development of the welfare state across Europe after the war: actions that produced the best and most civilised time we have ever experienced.
Sign the petition to ask M&S to stop associating with GB news while the spew hate and disinformation.
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Great to see that Bozo still makes all the big calls wrong! Clueless as a stuffed chicken and still always wrong about everything. What's the point of an Eton education beside privilege?
Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 31 MILLION!👏
LETS DO THIS!
Global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs while fossil fuel extraction continues to rise.
We know what to do to save the planet but the world's richest seems intent on mass destruction of the majority?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
This president and his team are determined to undermine and remove basic human rights!
I stand for;
- Truth
- Equity and equality
- Justice
- The rule of law
Not this charlatan, his gang of crooks and their race to the bottom.
#TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
UK politics, at #PMQs yesterday Kemi Badenoch #Tory demonstrated an ineptitude that only Liz Truss could challenge.
The first step is to remove the existing subsidiaries which make a flight to Spain cheaper than a railway ticket 😟!
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The problem with this position is the massive IF!
If we can generate the fuels, build the planes.
We don't need the runway to drive the innovation needed the climate emergency should be sufficient..
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The climate action strategy for the year ahead needs to focus not just on the global politics of the #ParisAgreement at #COP30 but must also enhance implementation of climate action at country level thus focussing on national governments, highlighting leadership while calling out laggards.
Today attending the CAN UK network to plan climate action for the year ahead. Looking at how to maintain pressure for climate action while also building capacity in the global south and raising the voice of the poorest and climate vulnerable. The work starts today.
Global peace and justice are at risk, reversing progress made since WW2.
Questioning the role of government
Pushing tax cuts
Cutting red tape
Moving towards a litigious society
Propaganda veiled as free speech
Have permitted a few people to get far too much power and thus control almost everything.
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I'm proud to present my 🇪🇺 Youth Mobility Scheme Bill 🇬🇧 – a vital step to give young Brits the chance to live, work, and study across Europe.
The botched Brexit deal robbed them of these opportunities. It's time to fix that and reset our relationship with the EU.
Tulip Siddiq wasn’t found to have broken the Ministerial Code - she resigned.
Michael Gove, Gavin Williamson and Priti Patel all broke the Ministerial Code. Robert Jenrick was found to have made an unlawful decision
- yet they all remained in their jobs?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We need a fairer society wth funded public services that are fit for purpose, those with broader shoulders should take more of the load for the collective good.
Don't tell me society wouldn't be improved with no rough sleepers, more doctors and zero potholes, etc.
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Frasers Group says two-thirds of retail staff on zero-hours contracts.
Job insecurity means struggle to make ends meet, rent/buy home. Many rely on benefits.
All to boost profits, exec pay, dividends.
Govt says it will ban 'exploitative' zero hour contracts.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Well said.
The cruelty of capitalism - from cradle to the grave.
You can't take it 💰with you!
