Steven Toast @chimpios

are we just pretending the disability benefits cuts didn't happen now or do people (MPs, even) genuinely not know the LCWRA rate has been slashed in half?

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Disability News Service @johnpringdns

2 days ago

DWP removes PIP deaths and harm figures from annual report, just as Timms publishes findings from his PIP review #PIP #DWP #TimmsReview #BenefitDeaths @CommonsWorkPen disabilitynewsservice.com/pip-review-dwp…

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Soaring flying #birds of #Peru #Ecuador #Colombia and #Brazil, Andean #Condors are #vulnerable from #agriculture and ranchers poisoning them with #pesticide. Help these magnificent birds to survive! Be #vegan 🥕🥦 and #Boycott4Wildlife 🦅💚 @PalmOilDetect wp.me/pcFhgU-8S0

It’s interesting how the trolls object to disabled people being supported financially have nothing to say about tax dodgers, tax evasion and billionaires who exploit people and planet .

They are actually going to do it aren't they? Burnham’s Labour are actually going to drill for more oil and gas. In the middle of (another) heatwave, as climate change tightens its grip on our planet. And people wanted us to stand aside for this guy??? Join.greenparty.org.uk

Alex Wickham @alexwickham

2 days ago

Exclusive with @Jess_Shankleman @ChaplainChloe Andy Burnham has asked the civil service to prepare announcements on new drilling in the North Sea and public control of Thames Water within days of taking office. Government officials are drawing up plans for energy and water

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fun fact: bfs dad spent years studying how to save these guys by reducing bycatch. the cartel threatened to blow up his hotel because it would cut their profit so much

Strange Animals @Strange_Animals

2 days ago

The vaquita is a tiny, critically endangered porpoise from the Gulf of California. Less than 10 individuals are believed to remain. (Photos VaquitaCPR)

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"Just put the fires out!" Ever seen a boreal wildfire? I have. I used to fight them. When fire behaviour becomes extreme, you're not getting close to them. The radiant heat from a crown fire is face-melting from hundreds of metres away. All attempts at direct attack will fail, because dropping water on it becomes akin to trying to spit on a campfire...it evaporates before it even hits the flames. Additionally, reduced visibility, high winds, and turbulence makes aerial attack hazardous. As a wildland firefighter, I've been extracted off of wildfires twice as our fires blew up, both times having our gear burned over. We returned to find firehoses and metal melted into the ash. I've seen fireballs launched hundreds of feet high, and fires intense enough to produce lightning, influencing the weather around them. I've seen wildfires grow to the size of a major city in a short period of time. So no, we can't just put the fire out. Not being able to stop such a natural process is a truly humbling feeling.

Citizens Advice attacked by DWP youtu.be/Y6BQT4a0byY?is… @CitizensAdvice

Just a few hours later we find out that he's been announced as a Lord - and there's briefings that Andy Burnham will take steps that will create further destruction of our planet. We see once again exactly who Labour are. New face. Same party.

Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski

2 days ago

Extreme heat is killing thousands. Wildfires are burning. In order to secure a liveable future we have to leave all fossil fuels in the ground. Why can't Labour party politicians be honest & direct about that?

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Whoever issued the instruction “leave pets” behind seems to be completely devoid of humanity 🤢

dominic dyer @domdyer70

2 days ago

Cairngorms National Park wildfire sparks evacuations as residents told ‘leave pets’ Huge plumes of smoke have been coming from the Cairngorms National Park as a wildfire spreads in the Scottish Highlands

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Disabled people’s organisations raise concerns over ‘less than honest’ and ‘diluted’ PIP review report #TimmsReview #PIP #DWP @CommonsWorkPen disabilitynewsservice.com/pip-review-dis…

Pygmy Marmosets pack a lot of personality into a tiny #monkey 🐒🐵! They’re #vulnerable from #palmoil #mining and #meat #deforestation in #SouthAmerica 😿 Help them survive be #vegan 🥕🍆🫑 #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @PalmOilDetect palmoildetectives.com/2021/09/25/pyg…

Nuremberg style trials are in order for the fossil fuel executives who knew what they were doing to our children’s futures and did anyway

Charlie Stayt, "You said Andy Burnham is too in hock to vested interests to deliver real change. You haven't given him a chance, have you, he hasn't even started?" Zack Polanski, "If he does do the right things I'll be the first to applaud him" "He's appointed James Purnell as chief of staff. This is a man who is a corporate lobbyist for private water companies" "When we have water companies pumping sewage into our rivers and charging us extra for the privilege, this doesn't seem a good start" "Then we know Josh Simons hired a private investigator to look into a journalist who was talking about undeclared donations for Labour Together" "And finally, the only substantial thing he's voted on as an MP in the last week, is to support Shabana Mahmood's regressive immigration reforms. Including asking asylum seekers to review their cases every 30 months. That's deeply inhumane for people fleeing war and persecution" "Andy Burnham might surprise me and move in a more progressive direction and I'd really welcome that" "But the rumours of appointing Shabana Mahmood as Chancellor, a politician who cites Margaret Thatcher as one of her political heroes" "This doesn't sound like we're moving in a direction to end ripoff Britain, it looks like more of the same"

It's so on-brand of Keir Starmer to commit one last betrayal of his stated principles before he rides off into the political sunset...

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The National @ScotNational

2 days ago

Keir Starmer has named 16 new Labour peers in his 'resignation honours' 👇

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“We're at a point where this government could say actually we're gonna bring it into special administration, slash the debts, get the best deal for the public purse, and from there bring it into permanent public ownership.” In a sharp policy analysis from Westminster, We Own It’s Sophie Conquest laid out the strategic path to ending the privatization of our water system. With Thames Water on the brink, the incoming government has a golden opportunity to bypass expensive buyouts, put the company into special administration, and permanently transfer its assets to the public purse. Yet, the appointment of corporate adviser James Purnell to Downing Street signals that the threat of reprivatization is very real. Selling Thames Water back off to US hedge funds and offshore billionaires after using public money to clear its debts is simply unacceptable. Burnham must decide: is he serving the public or the corporate interests Purnell used to represent? 📍 London 📅 13 July 2026 #ThamesWater #PublicOwnership #SpecialAdministration #HedgeFunds #JamesPurnell NationalisationNow Westminster LondonNews Accountability

Northwestern Ontario is burning, and one First Nation community has reportedly been wiped out. Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins, Ontario, has burned to the ground. Because the remote community has no road access, residents were forced to flee by boat and other limited routes. An entire community is gone.

LAndy Burnham says a wealth tax would be ‘creating new divisions’ He’s not even on the pitch. The super rich have taken our assets for decades and we want them back. That fight isn’t going to come from Andy Burnham.

Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar

3 days ago

NEW: Andy Burnham appears to be playing down prospect of a wealth tax *for now* - but doesn't rule it out in future. He tells @GaryLineker podcast: "I don’t want to come in and create new divisions and pitch people one against another. “I’m not going rule things out right now.

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The worst thing about Rachel Reeves is what turns her to tears Here it’s Starmer resigning 21000 children murdered in Gaza 🇵🇸 We all know Rachel hasn’t lost a single night thinking of those children These people should disgust all of us: Phoney Selfish Vacuous Repulsive.