The problem with this claim is it is not true. Almost £700 billion of this debt is owed by the government to itself, and that’s not debt. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

About half of what I wear is clothing donations… given by averagely waged donors to the charity and re-use shops I get them from. A big thank you to all the generous people my size who keep me (and most other Greens you see in the public eye) completely acceptably styled!

"Water companies selling sludge fertiliser containing banned ‘forever chemical’ to farmers." Yep you read that right. Not only are the water industry poisoning our rivers they're now potentially part of putting poisons into our food chain. Oh joy. endsreport.com/article/188941…

Great planning in these social housing apartments by Harquitectes in Catalonia All apartments are one room deep, with four units sharing a core. This provides light and ventilation to all spaces

Revulsion towards Israel’s genocide has produced the largest, most sustained English protest movement since Chartism — yet Labour is trying to prevent Palestine from being even discussed at its conference. tribunemag.co.uk/2024/09/labour…

You're watching hundreds of Palestine protesters storming the underground at New York City last night. Disobeying the cops. Resisting Israeli war crimes. This is how we do it comrades. Palestine will be free.

Masks work. And respirators (“high grade masks”) work better than standard masks. The evidence is strong, consistent and, sadly, widely misunderstood and misinterpreted. Thread ⬇️.

I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

BREAKING - Barratt Developments claim government department Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov responsible for building safety, support their plan to leave combustible XPS panels on 16 storey fire stairs without any fire performance test evidence stating they are safe to leave on. The material is banned on new

This woman knows what she is talking about, get her elected.

For a hospital trust to refer to ‘people who give birth’ rather than to women is not just wrong and crass, it’s actually insulting to women.

Sorry to keep rubbing it in but we are currently in the Manche region in Northern France. Every supermarket here makes Waitrose look like it's about to go bankrupt due to lack of stock. While destroying the economy, Brexit has reduced choice and supercharged prices in the UK.

HAPPENING NOW: Israeli soldiers are raiding Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah and forcing it to stop broadcasting in the West Bank for 45 days. Israel is planning something terrifying across the West Bank, and doesn’t want the world to see.

#IOF have raided #Aljazeera offices in Ramallah and, rather ominously, told staff they had to evacuate the building within 10 minutes and take their personal belongings with them. Whatever #IsraeliWarCrimes happen shortly afterwards AJ won't be able to report on them.

Interesting article about nature improving wellbeing. Creating a brand new park with natural swimming ponds, biodiverse habitats and outdoor learning and community spaces would bring enormous benefit to our local area for generations to come. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

#PlanningPassports look horribly like the simplistic zonal approval system that #TuftonStreet shills have been pushing for years to replace the planning system, e.g. in the 2020 planning white paper. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Depressing reflection of media priorities that focus is all on frocks & football tickets, rather than on real obscenity - that Labour is accused of receiving £4m, its largest-ever donation, from a tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms #bbclaurak openDemocracy

Germany is destroying its own democracy to support Israel’s genocide. U would hope that a country that has perpetrated two genocides might learn something from its history. Tragic & indefensible

NEW: Amazon has been awarded taxpayer-funded public sector contracts totaling more than £1 billion in the past year — despite facing a legal challenge over union busting and facing criticism over workers' rights.

Today is the equinox. Wherever you are in the world the day and the night are of equal length. In the south it is the start of spring and longer days; in the north the start of autumn and longer nights.