This is a huge deal. Exemplary damages are very rare in the employment tribunal. Theyre used to signal extreme disapproval of egregious behaviour, in this case by Social Work England, the regulator. Whoever gave SWE legal advice that didn't consist of 'you've massively screwed…

Having recently been the victim of a hit and run which police wouldn’t even bother investigating, there is clearly an ongoing systemic problem. Jeremy Vine

Have to say Private Eye Magazine is absolutely on fire this week. 👏👏👏

I just signed a petition: Reinstate Sarah Benn who has been suspended from general medical practice for protesting against fossil fuels. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/rein… The Green Party George Monbiot Guy Shrubsole Robert Macfarlane Jenny Jones Caroline Lucas Green Party Women #ForWomenAndPlanet

Huge problem, look at the gasses they use: 13,200 times more powerful than CO2?! dcceew.gov.au/environment/pr…

Nice one XR Wandsworth ⏳ for highlighting the pollution spills in our local rivers & calling out the polluters

Do you remember when you first heard about deaths from Covid? A few people dying in a far off place.

And then ... And then ...

So 44 people were 'buried in one cemetery in Bamako, Mali on Friday 5 April after the weekly service,' a far off place.

Not due to Covid, but…

Outside Wandsworth's Southside Shopping Centre this morning. There were 326 sewage spills into the River Wandle in 2023. Who wants 💩in their water 💦 Thames Water 💧 Steve Barclay Defra UK ?
#BoycottWaterBills #DontPay4DirtyWater #restorenaturenow #ClimateEmergency

The times I have heard this from Labour politicians, even ones I like.

Do you remember when you first heard about deaths from Covid? A few people dying in a far off place. And then ... And then ...

So 44 people were 'buried in one cemetery in Bamako on Friday 5 April after the weekly service,' a far off place.

Not due to Covid, but due to extreme…

'Current policies are taking the world to a 2.8 degree temperature rise...that spells catastrophe, yet the collective response remains pitiful.' – António Guterres

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

Want a sober reminder of where we are in addressing the climate crisis?

Over the last 50 years the oil & gas industry has made $3 billion in profits every day. $52 trillion in pure profit: buff.ly/3v4yiYr

Time to unplug fossil fuels. #ActOnClimate

#climate #biodiversity

These professors are doing their jobs. Our job is to protect are students and help them gain the capacities to participate in and build better futures. Absolute solidarity with all students and professors in the US facing the full might of a violent police state. Free Palestine.

‘As Greens, we believe in co-operation,’ says the party leader who formally severed all ties with the Green Party of England and Wales because it was insufficiently vicious to members who oppose sterilising confused children

Does anyone else think it's a problem that the economics 'expert' on the Climate Change Committee Climate Change Committee is the former chief economist at Shell up until 2021?!? 🤯

#RevolvingDoor

Last week: Climate change to knock 19% off global GDP by 2050

Today: Nature destruction to potentially knock 12% off UK GDP by 2030

Turns out you can only destroy the world to grow the economy for so long - what if we tried something else?

Released on May 16th, my book with the film maker Peter Hutchison:

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life).

With many thanks for these wonderful endorsements by some very inspiring people:

‘Starmer could win a record landslide despite over half the country not voting for him’

“An electoral system should ensure that the majority rules and that all significant minorities are represented -  our system fulfils neither requirement”
#GetPRDone
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Are you a #renter ? In #WestPutney ward?
Fergal has got your back and is fighting for you.

Complaining to the landlady about mould & disrepair over 1 year, now received #Section21 notice!

Our cloths destroyed, we regularly remove & paint over the mould.

Landland 'keep the heating on all day & windows open & if you don't like the place to move'. Then increased rent!