Famine has now been confirmed in Gaza. Over half a million people are facing the most devastating form of hunger, warns The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. An immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access is imperative to save lives. wfp.org/news/famine-co… — via World Food Programme

I am pleased to report, at today’s meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, approval was given for work to begin on the development of a plan for an underground system for Manchester. 🐝

Heat pumps are magical machines. Instead of combusting fossil fuels to generate heat they transport heat from the air, ground or water into your home. This reduces carbon emissions instantly by about 80% with the current electricity mix. It will be 100% by mid 2030s.

Israel’s largest arms firm, Elbit Systems, is close to a £2 billion UK MoD contract training 60,000 British soldiers annually. Despite its central role in the Gaza holocaust, Elbit is set to become a “strategic partner” of the Ministry of Defence. Private Eye reports Elbit

How much tax do we pay in the UK, compared to other countries? This much:

On August 24, 1968, France tests its first hydrogen bomb at the Fangataufa Atoll. The device was suspended from a balloon. It was detonated with a 2.6 Megaton yield at an altitude of 540 m.

William S. Burroughs, The Painter’s Light (double-sided), 1987

Good climate news this week 1 China: Coal and gas consumption lower this year despite a sweltering July, emissions continue to decline 2 UK: Green power surges in Q2, up 195% rise on the same quarter last year 3 Turkey: EVs up a fantastic 128% in 2025 to reach 18% share 4 China:

What's happening? Woke up, turn the radio on and hear "is illegal immigration the UK's biggest problem as Nigel Farage says?". #r4today is obsessed, propagandising and still pushing Reform (as they pushed Ukip & the Brexit party), even though they have just 4 MPs. @bbcr4today

Trickle down propaganda. What you seem to be saying is Reform's core supporters are too thick to be interested in politics. Yet they want to rool okay. #r4today

Why are Emma Barnett and Anna Foster refusing to mention the murder of their fellow journalists and others at a hospital by Israel? Most other news organisations have a mention at least. Is it deliberate policy? theguardian.com/world/2025/aug… #r4today @bbcr4today

Had enough of multi-millionaire Muhammad Ziauddin Yusuf's poison. Please don't tell me what I understand, or not. #r4today #makeBritaingentleagain #Farageriots

“Wind doesn’t work” Wind generated nearly 83 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity across Great Britain, 30% of all our electricity “The farmers said what happened to our land” The farmers are asking for Solar on their farms to supplement their incomes and struggling businesses

Farage saying we "must" leave the ECHR. We "must" repeal the Human Rights Act. Do his idiot followers not realise that would remove all of THEIR OWN human rights?

Terrific piece about one of the finest TV shows ever made.

Climate change will mean coffee and chocolate become foods only for the rich. And numpties think #netzero will be expensive... #wato #climatescam #r4today

Both BBC News (UK) #wato and Reform UK missing the point about migration - the vast majority in recent years have been legal migrants with visas issued by our Govt. Focussing on so-called illegal migration wouldn’t make much difference to the number of migrants already here.

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NB The Farage who says he fears a “genuine threat to public order” is the same Farage who is doing all he can to whip up exactly that. He’s already wrecked our economy with Brexit - allowing him to do the same with the human rights which protect *all* of us would be unforgivable