“What we need is a just transition”

Broadcaster Chris Packham says the government isn’t being honest about the UK’s climate footprint – and calls the profits made by energy companies “grotesque”

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'Some vulnerable people will become destitute, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make'

Tom Wilson, who played Biff Tannen in “Back to the Future,” wrote a song about answering the same fan questions for almost 40 years and it’s one of the greatest things available on the Internet

Criminalising homelessness is a reflection of a lack of compassion. Could be any one of us if life takes a turn

Choose your friends wisely to confront extremism, says Michael Gove.

Also Michael Gove:

Criminalising people who need help isn't the solution

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From horror show to triumph! This is the moment when pianist Maria Joao Pires realises - as the orchestra starts to play - that she has learned the wrong piece for a concert. With no sheet music to fall back on, she has to keep calm and carry on. She is AMAZING. As is conductor

So, the party of business elected someone who didn't understand business? People do want change. That much feels true, but it's not for her or her kind that put self service above public service

Most of the European press has looked at Britain increasingly with disbelief over the past few years - “…..and now it’s seen as a basket case.” Via ⁦Byline Times⁩

In a game that brings out the worst in so many, he's a genuinely good man. I hope everything goes well for him now, and long into the future

Israel has killed over 11,500 Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7th, when 36 Israeli children were killed.

It’s impossible to imagine that number. This is what it looks like. A line 5km long.

(Location: Bournemouth Beach)

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When the perception of strength have become more important that real, genuine strength to stand up for what's right. Peoples lives aren't a game.

Lord Ken Clarke: ' I always fear... about the risks of moving towards an elected dictatorship in this country. The sovereignty of Parliament has its limits, which are the limits of the rule of law... in a liberal democratic society such as ours.'

#RwandaPlan

Today, there is around 1.5 million people who play youth football at any given time in England.

Some brutally honest advice I would give to my younger self starting out 🧵🧵:

The Rwanda policy and Madagascar

In 1940, senior Nazi official.. recommended Madagascar as a venue for forced deportations. Plan was developed by Adolf Eichmann, who called for a million Jews to be deported each year to the island.
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