@therightarticle He’s got form for being a toe rag. “Labour MP John Woodcock has been suspended from the party ahead of an investigation into claims he sent inappropriate text messages to a female former aide.”
“The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has temporarily closed its East Jerusalem headquarters after “Israeli extremists” set fire to the perimeter following weeks of repeated attacks.” And where were the Israeli security services who presumably should have been protecting it? #Israel#UN
Perhaps to prove my point the minister of state for regulatory reform is Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, the Earl of Minto who met with the farmers representatives and he owns an estate in the Scottish Borders.
The BBC are reporting that April was the warmest ever, making it the 11th month running, and that the global average ocean temperature is increasing literally every day. However, they really need to ram some of the following points home, and they need to hold politicians to account:
even if we stopped emitting CO2 right now, this is the coolest it will be for many generations.
achieving net zero by 2050 is intended to limit average global temperature rise to 1.5°C; however, we've probably already exceeded that 25 years early, so 1.5° is impossible.
an average is an average… some parts of the planet will be much hotter, and some areas may become practically uninhabitable, including large parts of southern Europe.
even once net zero is achieved, temperatures will continue to rise for a few decades.
to achieve net zero at all we have to cut emissions very rapidly. The last 20% of savings are always harder than the first 20%, so Sunak kicking the can down the road is absolutely criminally negligent.
large parts of the most fertile areas of Britain could be underwater well before 2050.
it will cost a lot more to do nothing, not only in financial terms, but in terms of human lives, social upheaval, and the favourite subject of the British right, mass migration.
@dave BBC news tonight carried a story about climate change and its impact on sea life. Worthy in its way but completely ignoring the drastic consequences of mass starvation we face. It could have been commissioned by the oil industry. #BBC
I'm so sick of this bullshit perpetual victimhood narrative. Gideon Falter is all over the news this morning, being interviewed about antisemitism, when he deliberately waited at an intersection for a protest he knew was taking place, in order to provoke a reaction. I doubt the fact that he brought bodyguards and cameramen, and actively refused to be lead up the road where he could cross and be escorted by the Met, is being mentioned AT ALL.
@fkamiah17 He simply wants to stop peace marches protesting against the evil genocide of Israel. And if he really cares about antisemitism he should try and stop Israel bringing Zionism into such disrepute.
Surely its only a matter of time before the right wing press & their political associates start to complain about foreign rain flooding the country.....
Who will the history books give credit to when this happens?
My money is on Bojo, no individual has done more to demonstrate the worthlessness and utter failure of Westminster governance.
@Hadenuff Many might think that the reunification of Ireland and Scottish and Welsh independence was not a failure but rather greatly to be welcomed. Well done Bojo!
@MacNaBracha “Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest review of its kind.” Time to crack open the lentils!
@Geri The trouble is once they’d lied a few times you’d think no one would believe a word they say. But they have managed to stifle the main Gaza aid agency in their quest for ethnic cleansing.
Republicans are full on admitting they only want to run on the border but never actually fix it. It’s amazing.
They create chaos around a problem, never propose a solution, never sign on to an actual solution, create fear towards immigrants, and make sure Putin gets an advantage. Add tax cuts for the rich and personal rights removal and that’s the whole party platform.
@TonyStark This also absolutely applies to the Tories in the UK. They deliberately create an asylum seeker ‘problem’ to excite their right wing media to boost their racist vote. And tax cuts for the rich, tax increases for the poor, cuts to benefits and public services, and draconian new anti protest laws. Now talking about raising the retirement age to 71 as life expectancy for the poor is falling. #tories