I have to admit when I first heard about Sophia Money-Coutts, I thought someone was taking the piss calling her ‘money-coutts’ because she was so posh & related to the banking dynasty. But then realised she was not only as stupid as her name suggests but gets paid to be stupid.

Most homeless people remain hidden. They're sofa-surfing, in squats or trapped in modern slavery.

Donate now and help us to find and support all those without a home.

sifafireside.co.uk/hidden/

#HiddenHomelessness

I’m bored of saying it but just remember all this is with the temperature rise of just over one degree when we’re heading towards 3°. And we won’t get net 0 until 2050. Racing towards the cliff.

Roger Harrabin After 28 COPs still accelerating towards the cliff in fact.

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Farmers are warning of food shortages as record rainfall threatens to bring the first season without a harvest on some farms since the end of the Second World War

Together, we can contest the privatization of the Edgbaston Reservoir path.

See you on the 21st!

Bring your friends and family to show how much the reservoir circuit means to us all. 🤝💚

Birmingham councillors recently voted through the biggest budget cuts in local authority history. Now the council want to ‘consult’ on how to impose some of those cuts. How much is this fake democracy costing?

In November, I wrote a column estimating how much it would cost to restore public services. Answer: v roughly £100bn a year: theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Where would it come from? Richard Murphy has the answers in this essential article. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…. Read them together.

#Vegan popup this Sunday at the Warehouse Cafe! April 14, Justice from iheartfood.ltd serving Caribbean-inspired vegan delights, 12-6pm

Saw The Zone of Interest tonight. Watching it, then (re)reading Naomi Klein's review are currently, in my view, civic obligations.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We are just in the process of confirming speakers for our public organising meeting on Saturday 27th April at 10.30
Come along and help us shape the campaign moving forward.
UNISON Birmingham Brum Climate Justice Coalition Equity Birmingham Fair Housing Campaign Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham NEU Birmingham Trades Union Council Unite Community Birmingham CBSO

A year ago today, I got a bike for my birthday and tried learning to cycle for the first time. I've made a little video for fun to show my journey over the past twelve months.
I didn't think I'd be able to, so if you've never learned or want to try again, this is your sign🚴

Birmingham City Council is selling part of the #edgbastonreservoir pathway to a developer, meaning that public rights on that section are under threat.

Join us #linkinghands around this section of the pathway so we can send a message of unity.

🧯As Labour HQ was painted, people took to the streets of London in support
📢 Despite a ridiculous amount of police repression, and a Section 7 being put in place before they even began to march, we will not be silenced.

🔥 See you tomorrow 12PM @ Victoria Embankment Gardens

There are impossible planning restrictions on wind turbines that do not apply to, e.g., building an incinerator or drilling an oil well.
Our planning system prevents local authorities properly considering climate impacts on one side while it blocks clean energy on the other.