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One of my hopes for the new government is that they will adopt good ideas from wherever they come from. The last government was just too deep in their own muck. Only ideas they created were to be considered.
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🚨Council trial huge success🚨
⁃ Staff turnover down 39%, saving £371,500 💷
⁃ Planning applications sped up 📈
⁃ Processing time for benefit claims fell 📉
Our incoming govt needs to take this seriously.
It’s time for a widespread public sector trial of a 4-day week. ⏰
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So @TheGreenParty now have 4 seats - as many as the revolting Reform party are forecast to get. So why in god’s name is @BBCNews rabbiting on about Reform still and not talking about extraordinary Green performance??
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A lot of farmers & conservationists' concerns about public access to the countryside boil down to one issue - dogs.
That's why @Right_2Roam has just published a set of new policy proposals on dogs.
We're serious about a right of *responsible* access 1/
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
Voter reform idea: 2 part vote for an election. Q1. Do you support the present MP - Yes or No. Q2. Excluding the present MP who would you vote for?
So if everyone supports the MP they stay and if not then your vote can be a true vote for another person / party. Thread[1/2]
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The Lib Dems have now published their manifesto - here's my take on their nature policies.
First up, I'm delighted that they commit to "Protecting and enhancing our temperate rainforest". Result!
(Full manifesto here: libdems.org.uk/manifesto) Thread 1/
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🚨 BREAKING: Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says the party will end the First Past the Post system (FPTP)
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🚨 BREAKING: The Lib Dems have pledged to take the UK back into the European Union single market
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We must abandon the flawed notion that the climate emergency is an isolated issue; global heating, though catastrophic, is merely one symptom of a profound environmental crisis of ecological overshoot. @ECOWARRIORSS
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"If you left out computer crime and fraud, we've halved crime" Penny Mordant
I know the question was on knife crime, but we mustn't ignore fraud, scams & computer crime! They're NOT some form of lesser victimless crime.
They destroy people's financial life, self-esteem, & devastate mental health. They leave people at risk in their own homes, scared to engage in our economy, damage businesses. They can see hospital closed down and operations stopped. #BBCdebate
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#BBCDebate FACT CHECK. Penny Mordaunt is LYING TO YOU.
- You will be able to buy a car.
- You will be able to heat your home.
- Climate solutions will lower the cost of living.
Climate action is good for all of us.
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I’m so excited every time my phone bings to let us know another amazing donor has sponsored another tree or meter of hedgerow.
People didn’t believe we’d get interest for hedgerows as they’re not as sexy as trees, but it’s happening. You’re doing it!!
🌳 Sponsor a Tree today! @ProtectEarthUK have planted 100,000 in the last few years, but it's looking like 100,000 more this winter and we'll need your help to do it. Sponsors will get a certificate like this showing where and what it is.
Donate: protect.earth/donate
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Rishi Sunak says to look up how much it would cost to insulate your home & install a heatpump.
You know what would make it more affordable? A PROPER government scheme to roll out insulation and heat pumps to low-income households and make it easier for all 🤔
#ITVDebate
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The point neither of them are making is the cost of *not* decarbonising. How much will floods cost? How much will cold inefficient homes cost people and the NHS? Volatile fossil fuel bills? Rising food prices? #ITVDebate
