Tony Booth 44 (@ed_nonsense) 's Twitter Profile
Tony Booth 44

@ed_nonsense

Linking socialist eco-activism with a career in education. Another world is still just about possible. And we have to make it happen.

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Ben See (@climateben) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scientsts: global warming of 3°C is * hard/impossible to survive * hard/impossible to prevent * likely by 2069-2092 * plausible by 2045 * just one of many existential threats that mean a total rethink of economic growth is mandatory to protect species and everyone Journalists:

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“Labour is cleaning up the foul mess the Tories left behind with record number of criminal investigations into water companies – which could see bosses behind bars.” Really? In Cambridge, government sees ⁦⁦Anglian Water⁩ as partners for growth. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Stella Swain Palestine Solidarity Campaign : "If King's College, can listen to its students and divest from the arms industry and companies complicit in the illegal occupation of Palestine, then every university can act to ensure they are on the right side of history."

Helena Horton (@horton_official) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It looks like Thames Water may have already paid out some bonuses from the controversial £3bn loan which was meant to be used to keep the company afloat. They won't say. But hopefully they will answer the select committee theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, said the attack represented a “distinguishable sadistic pattern of the new phase of the genocide”. Unbearable. ⁦Tony Chancellor⁩ theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 (@michaelrosenyes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rupert Lowe MP Rubbish. I’ve eaten meals and bought things from people who’ve spoken little or no English. My great grandparents didn’t speak English. Did they not contribute through tailoring and millinery?

Feargal Sharkey (@feargal_sharkey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Anybody else notice the sleight of hand? Just 9 months ago govt promised us a "Full review... that will fundamentally transform how our entire water system works". Today all we've got is a review of regulation or in the words of Sir Jon Cunliffe himself "my job is to make the

Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Biodiversity Net Gain? Slashed. Nature-friendly farming? Defunded. Climate & Nature Bill? Blocked. It’s austerity, privatisation and inequality dragging the economy down - yet it’s our natural environment that’s being mullered to pay for it.

Biodiversity Net Gain? Slashed.
Nature-friendly farming? Defunded.
Climate & Nature Bill? Blocked.

It’s austerity, privatisation and inequality dragging the economy down - yet it’s our natural environment that’s being mullered to pay for it.
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BREAKING: Massive Glacier Collapse in Blatten, Valais (Switzerland) – May 28, 2025 Over 3.5 million m³ of ice, rock, and snow collapsed from the Birch Glacier, putting 9 million tons of pressure on the glacier. The entire village of Blatten (approx. 300 people) was evacuated in

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Romania claims it is reducing Roma discrimination yet used EU funds to construct social housing for Roma on edge of a city far from public services, built from shipyard containers without minimum requirements for heat or sound insulation and sanitation. theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

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“Sharing experience of six months alongside Palestinians in Masafer Yatta I hope to help others like me break the wall of deception and begin to heal from these devastating 18 months and 75 years before them,to build a future worthy of our shared humanity” 972mag.com/how-six-months…

Mark Williamson (@markrwilliamson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No doubt they’ll get called Nim-bees😶: Bumblebee Conservation Trust becomes latest nature organisation to raise fears about government’s planning reforms.

Ben Goldsmith (@bengoldsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ireland’s leaders not only condone ecocide, they protect and subsidise it. Ireland is now one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. ‘It’s an empty lifeless sea. Overfishing blamed as whale-watching businesses close.’ irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

Feargal Sharkey (@feargal_sharkey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So there we have it, there is no "£104bn private sector investment", it's all coming out of customers' pockets following those massive bill hikes. No doubt ministers will be keen to make a statement before parliament setting the record straight.