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2025 is set to be the UK's hottest since records began. Scientists are clear that changes to our climate are unprecedented and the result of burning fossil fuels. Climate policies must be led by the science, not by climate deniers and their friends from the fossil-fuel lobby.
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In September 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves flew to New York. Her mission? To meet Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm and now, remarkably, what they claim is “the largest provider of newly built affordable housing in the UK for the last three years.” Let that sink in. A Wall Street private equity firm whose business model is extracting maximum returns for wealthy investors is now the biggest builder of what Britain calls “affordable housing.” The Labour Betrayal This is what makes the betrayal so complete. Labour was elected on promises to address the housing crisis, to build more genuinely affordable homes, to stand up for working people against vested interests. This isn’t incompetence. This is a choice. A choice to serve capital over community. Please read the full article and subscribe to my Substack💚 open.substack.com/pub/europe…
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Replying to @TorstenBell
Dear Welsh people, You have been conned, I urge you to read up on what Freeports and SEZs are, I have plenty of researched material on why free zones represent a significant threat to UK democracy. Torsten Bell is touting the glossy brochure version of Freeports, he is neglecting to state that they are housed in much larger deregulated Special Economic Zones (8 in total in Wales), signed off by former FM Mark Drakeford, present at the signing ceremony was Shanker Singham, the architect of Brexit. Wind farms were already being created and did not need Freeport status, plus the devolved administrations were under no obligation to accept Westminster's push for free zones. yoursforscotlandcom.wordpres… Drakeford doubted Westminister's nationwide rollout of free zones, he knew the dangers and went ahead anyway. 'Freeports and SEZs are places where the normal rule of law is suspended for the benefit of financial capital, usually at cost to the workers in the places and the communities that host them' Richard Murphy. youtu.be/DRz8S6D55r8 UK free zones contravene the EU rules on State aid (which is public money) by allowing it to be used as profit motive for corporations setting up shop inside them, this distorts the Single Market by creating an unlevel playing field. europarl.europa.eu/thinktank… Corporations setting up inside free zones enjoy suspension of tariffs, that means that this benefit goes to other countries, and not into the UK market. Free zones also come with 10-year tax holidays, meaning that the local community has to effectively pay those taxes, NICs are waived for employers, but taxes for employees are retained. bylinetimes.com/2022/08/11/i… Free zones come with 25-year licenses, massive deregulatory privileges that allow corporations to pollute the environment, hoover up public money to maintain the zones, and benefit from a secretive corporate justice mechanism called the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) which means companies can bypass domestic courts of a country and sue the govt for billions should they insist their rights have been infringed upon. UK Free zones are tax havens, Ponzi Schemes for corporations and the private sector to further collapse the commons, and this despicable right-wing Labour Party signed off them with the Tories. bylines.cymru/wp-content/upl…
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Firm hit with £90,000 in fines and costs for waste breaches seeks expansion at Whittlesey site via @CambsNewsOnlinehttps://www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/firm-hit-with-90000-in-fines-and-costs-for-waste-breaches-seeks-expansion-at-whittlesey-site/39891/
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⚠️WARNING⚠️ The head of the UK branch of Palantir is Louis Mosley, who is the grandson of the renowned British fascist Oswold Mosley. Louis Mosley is quoted as saying that Palantir's strategy for entry into the British health industry was to "Buy our way in" by acquiring smaller rival companies with existing relationships with the NHS in order to "take a lot of ground and take down a lot of political resistance" The fact that Palantir has 24 contracts with UK public institutions including the NHS, the Ministry of Defence, the police force, the Cabinet Office, and the DLUHC should be ringing alarm bells. Quotes from Peter Thiel "The NHS makes people sick" and "I no longer believe freedom and democracy are compatible" It was the Tories who arranged 23 of the Palantir contracts, the most recent contract given to Palantir was to Coventry City Council by Keir Starmer in April 2025. Keir Starmer will continue handing out Palantir contracts to councils, as one by one, councils are collapsing due to insufficient funding and poor management. This is part and parcel of how predatory corporations are making serious incursions into the public sector. Palantir is a key component of the mass privatisation of infrastructure currently accelerating at pace post-Brexit.
🚨 BREAKING: PALANTIR JUST TOOK OVER THE CDC Jim O’Neill has been named the new CDC Director. •Ex–Thiel Foundation director •Former partner at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital •Longtime Thiel insider •Championed FDA “reforms” straight out of Thiel’s playbook The CDC isn’t public health anymore. It’s Palantir’s health department.
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Deforestation today, devastation tomorrow. A swampy Melaleuca forest in Papua, Indonesia, was destroyed. 🇮🇩 These swamp forests had absorbed floodwaters and supported wildlife. Their destruction raised flood risks as we seen in Sumatra, and threatened livelihoods.
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Indonesia is clearing 5 MILLION ACRES of one of the world’s most biodiverse, important and intact forests in Papua… for sugarcane. We are losing Birds Of Paradise, Birdwing Butterflies, Rainbowfish all for nothing… 😤 ft.com/content/27a6bd42-aa95…
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Over the next few years, the UK public is going to see the emergence of 'parallel institutions, along with parallel states', which will be direct outcomes of the duopoly's nationwide free zones rollout. This project is being completely bypassed by the MSM, and the majority of left-leaning media outlets. The free zones policy was initially rubber-stamped with primary legislation, quickly followed by secondary legislation, meaning zero parliamentary debate, zero consultation with the public, and zero notification of the press. This is why next to no one has heard of free zones. 'Zone Fever' is all about breaking down the 'problem of democracy' into smaller, more manageable pieces. The Tories and Labour both colluded in carving out enclaves of corporate-governed jurisdictions with separate laws and regulations from the host country within a few years after Brexit. Brexit was the gateway drug for Zone Fever, it's main components being the access to use State aid (public money as profit motive in free zones. This was illegal in the EU, why? Because it would destabilise the Single Market by ushering in competition and distortions that neoliberals craved via the deregulatory frameworks of free zones. The word Brexit is a conjunction of 'Britain' with 'Exit' Deregulation fast-tracks planning, while gifting billions in pounds of State aid to lure corporations into the zones, where 10-year tax holidays are accompanied by 25-year licenses. Free zones under a deregulated corporate governance structure represent very real barriers to rejoining the EU. No one seems to understand or acknowledge this.
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And now, a year on, we have mounting evidence that grey belt is countryside: xitter.cf/RosieP4/status/1981774…
Yes! @RosieP4 The term 'Grey Belt' is @UKLabour weasel words for precious Green Belt that hasn't been cared for. Instead of restoring it, they want to build in it. Eco ignorance.
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👇👇 @ZackPolanski - we are being sold down the line on climate again, do read this
🧵 1/ 🚨 🚨 Whitehead Review on Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs) now out It’s meant to help the UK decarbonisation path — but it has some serious blind spots. Here’s why 👇
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Understand what’s happening
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"MPs have said they are “deeply concerned” that the government’s proposed new siting policy for new nuclear reactors “fails to present a truly joined-up approach across planning, safety and environmental regulation”. newcivilengineer.com/latest/…
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US ARMS FIRM SECURES BAN ON PALESTINE PROTESTS IN BRITAIN Court documents reveal aerospace firm Moog has obtained an injunction against protesters in Britain and even consulted the police about Declassified. The corporate takeover of UK law continues… declassifieduk.org/us-arms-f…
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The UK government has blocked a report warning that rainforest collapse could drive up UK food prices, calling it “too negative” to release. They can hide the truth, but they can’t stop it. thetimes.com/uk/environment/…
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The case studies were coming in too fast for us to keep up with, so we've included a few in the report, and have launched a Grey Belt Tracker that YOU can fill in to log Green Belt at risk: forms.gle/889a4bmPpT1sAz… Q: Which of these pictures is grey belt? A: Both /
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‘proposed legislation likely to exacerbate problems because housing developers will be able to build on once-protected green spaces, without having to replace loss of nature in nearby areas’ Young first-time buyers forced into ‘nature deserts’ UK data show theguardian.com/money/2025/o…
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Predictable doesn't even begin to describe it, but @CommonsESNZ seems to have misunderstood how planning examinations currently work (they don't examine technology), and shame on them for repeating the insulting "blockers" rhetoric. #StopSizewellC niauk.org/nia-backs-mps-call…
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"The thought that you can sever the roots, pull them up, drag them the length of the orchard to put them in a hole and expect them to survive with no deterioration defies credibility." @BBCNews @BBCCambs @BBCLookEast #SaveCotonOrchard bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv…
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The Conservatives left us one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Labour was elected to reverse that damage. Right-wing deregulation and letting greed rip failed. National renewal means breaking with that model and restoring nature like we promised.
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