“The UK is forecast to hand out 72 oil and gas licences this year, which would result in an estimated 101m tonnes of planet-warming pollution, a 50-year high” - these plans are obscene & ways urgently need to be found to reverse them. End of theguardian.com/environment/ar…

As a professional in these matters, remote and rural communities need housing, good jobs, better education and healthcare provision, and better access to public transport, as well as many other things, over and above one and two pence coins.

"Fundamentally they are there to make profit but that does not necessarily ensure people live in safe, affordable and accessible homes.” Dr. Abi O'Connor on the trouble with relying on private developers to solve the housing crisis in the Big Issue bigissue.com/news/housing/l…

Here is an opportunity for both Scottish governments local and national, to redeem their shredded environmental credentials. Will they take it?

“…the Resolution Foundation – a thinktank that focuses on issues affecting those on low and middle incomes – published a report showing that regional inequalities have not narrowed at all in the past 25 years.” ⁦The Guardian⁩ ⁦Resolution Foundation⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The inglorious 12th tomorrow. Left is a driven grouse moor. A completely devastated landscape. On the right an alternative vision. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌳

Excited that over 200,000 people have now viewed my interview with Paul Whitewick about who owns England! Find out how to investigate land ownership in your area here: youtube.com/watch?v=-HZ8J6…

First visit to the British Museum. We need ti give that stuff back!

We’ll take that back too 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prom… via 38 Degrees

Universities left out of recent public and private sector pay increases theguardian.com/politics/artic…

“We have no confidence that the large digital companies will be capable of regulating themselves in the interests of students, staff and schools.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“Elon Musk calls himself a ‘free speech absolutist’ but has accepted over 80% of censorship requests from authoritarian governments. Two days before the Turkish elections, he blocked accounts critical of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” theguardian.com/technology/art…

“One of the biggest issues is not just the rise in consulting spending but that these consultants coming in have very little knowledge about the stuff they’re consulting on.” ⁦Mariana Mazzucato⁩ theguardian.com/politics/artic…

‘Typhoons have prevented me going to school’ theguardian.com/world/article/…

“An obsession with austerity…” AND profit. Great article by ⁦Will Hutton⁩ about Grenfell report theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Yup theguardian.com/environment/ar…

“and all roads lead to Scotland” ♥️ theguardian.com/stage/2024/sep…

Nope - drop university fees to that of countries across Europe. Free education! theguardian.com/education/2024…

$2.6tn theguardian.com/environment/20…