accepting an MBE would mean I would be 'being used to whitewash the story of empire'. Important stuff from George The Poet 🇺🇬

Much solidarity and support to Clover Hogan this morning.

I'm not going to share the owner of this platform's crappy tweet. Instead here's Clover on climate and inequality - perhaps why Musk is feeling uneasy! youtu.be/RtGlXrQtgq8?si…

Unusually wet weather seen over autumn and winter could hit UK harvests by almost a fifth, finds ECIU analysis:

✍️ Rebecca Speare-Cole

standard.co.uk/business/busin…

Important Chaminda Jayanetti piece on the government's planned Work Capability Assessment reforms, supposedly to tackle economic inactivity

457,000 people are due to miss out on £416 a month by 2028/29, but only 15,400 of them are expected to be in work by then bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

The internet is full of oddballs like Father Calvin Robinson, the conspiracy theorist cleric.

But why was he ever let near a regulated news channel? Asks alan rusbridger

prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65…

This is welcome. I don’t think the problems of the rail can be solved without a network wide strategy and control of track and trains.

Hope that some of the basics - including electrification and massive improvements to east-west lines across northern England - are part of this

v good from Jan Rosenow although I agree with others that ‘lost’ /‘wasted’ is better than ‘rejected’. +This is also persuasive for those bored by energy cons./efficiency as too passive. The active switch to ren’s is a way to stop waste. Leo Murray @[email protected] Andrew Pendleton Doug Parr

BIG NEWS: On June 22, we march! ✊

Will you join us and demand action for nature?

Spread the word.

Together, we can #RestoreNatureNow .

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Can I add a future spike, higher than any counterfactual, labelled climate change?

This is a lovely little story, brilliantly told. You can tune in any time to catch up and enjoy any of #EarthDay events via the Transform Our World platform. James Sellick's session for 4-6 year olds is here: transform-our-world.org/tow-events/ear…

'harsh & prescriptive conditionality at best pushes people into low-paid & insecure work'

I spoke to Anoosh Chakelian for this excellent piece on conditionality in the benefits system, which also references workshops & focus groups NEF's been running to explore alternative approaches

As someone who grew up with Flying Circus, Holy Grail and The Life of Brian, this is the best #CANBill campaign yet.

On #EarthDay —and everyday—we call on everyone to tackle the climate and ecological emergency with the speed and scale it demands.

👉 action.zerohour.uk

Mass graves full of dead Palestinians, many of their bodies mutilated, have been found follwing Israeli military operations at #ShifaHospital and #NasserHospital hospital in #Gaza .
This is deeply disturbing and incredibly serious.
An independent invesitgation is essential.

From @juliangallie: The mass desertion of working-age voters is an existential danger for the Tories conservativehome.com/2024/04/22/jul…

It's really heartening to see voters rejecting negative, culture war-focussed campaign messages from political parties.

With public services and the NHS needing big investments, what comes through is a desire for candidates and parties to say how they will bring change.

This is an embarrassment as is Mark Clattenburg's Mail piece.

As a Forest fan I want the Nottingham Forest to fix the problems on the pitch. What outcome do they want from this?

Close down in front of the defence. Convert good chances. Then we will win games. Basics. Forest Fan TV

I’ve asked the #GE2024 candidates who want to be my next MP in #Wimbledon to back the Climate & Nature Bill. It’s our best hope of tackling the climate-nature crisis and building a more prosperous future for all. Will you join me? #CANBill Zero Hour action.zerohour.uk

Latest from me: A radical politics rooted in nature is spreading – and the establishment doesn’t like it theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Guy Shrubsole Lewis Winks

Sunak has ‘set Britain back’ on net zero, says UK’s climate adviser

'Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee, says Tories’ decision to dilute key green policies has had huge diplomatic impact'
theguardian.com/environment/20…

I can report that The Greg Foat Group and Gigi Masin’s #RSD2024 Fish Factory Sessions on super sea blue vinyl sounds fabulous. Bought from Level Crossing Records (🙏🙏) where they also serve a fine long black.