A #budget statement. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'But the world, or more specifically the West, doesn’t do anything. Worse, the liquidation of Gaza, though outlined and broadcast by its perpetrators, is daily obfuscated, if not denied, by the instruments of the West’s military and cultural hegemony: from the US president…

As waiting times increase on the HMRC helpline , it's revealed the wealthy can by-pass the queue by using a VIP phone-number, while the mega wealthy can by-pass HMRC by using the Cayman Islands

Search and read 'Eating Christmas in the Kalahari'

Oh, who gives a fuck?

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In case you were wondering who runs this country.

Policy on public services - transport, health, social care, education - is made by people who don't use them and don't understand them, because they're rich enough to pay for premium alternatives. They don't much care for the services used by us plebs.

A right-wing Israeli mob came to my family’s home yesterday to search for me, threatening close family members who fled to another town in the middle of the night. I am still getting death threats and had to cancel my flight home. This happened after Israeli media and German…

Your regular reminder: Thames Water is a criminal organisation that over the last 30 years has taken money that should’ve been spent on infrastructure upgrades & chosen to commit repeated criminal offences instead, so they could give billions in looted cash to their shareholders

Whilst the government fails to lead on the climate crisis, those with the biggest power to act…
turn out to be - INSURERS !?

Really? (a🧵from a former insurer)
#InsureOurFutureNOW
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As I navigate the no-go areas and avoid the checkpoints of the Islamic militias, I recall my time on the collective farms of the New Labour era and think, why can't we just live in a country where capital is totally unregulated and the rich are exempt from tax and responsibility?

If #airpollution is linked to #Alzheimer 's, then pro-car, anti-environmental, anti- #netzero policies make the #socialcare crisis worse. More non-joined-up thinking by government. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The public might support climate action in principle but baulk at the reality of some actual measures, and that can't be discounted, but this is secondary to the main driver of climate inaction, eloquently explained here.

December 2023 is now certain to be the warmest December on record in the JRA-55 dataset, beating the prior record by over 0.2C. It will end just below September as the second highest anomaly of the year (with respect to an 1850-1900 baseline period).

Dear international students and talents from around the world, note that German universities welcome foreign students, are tuition free and many subjects are taught in English. Germany has become an open and liberal society in contrast to what the UK government is implementing.

Just did an interview with Ayshah Tull for @Chann4News on the latest climate data

2023 was second warmest year on record for the UK, and warmest globally

Long-term warming is 1.3 °C but the added effect of El Niño could make 2024 the first year at 1.5 °C above 1850-1900

Over the past 14 months that Will Falk and I have been fighting the Thacker Pass lithium mine, one of the most common questions we're asked by journalists has been 'So if you oppose electric cars, what is your solution?'
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Its now official: 2023 was the warmest year on record in the JRA-55 dataset, at 1.43C above preindustrial levels.

It beat the prior record set in 2016 by 0.14C, and continues a rapid warming trend thats seen global temperatures rise around 1C since 1970.