Monthly Archives: October 2021

Climate change: UN emissions gap report a ‘thundering wake-up call’

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59049770

National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what’s needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme.

Their Emissions Gap report says country pledges will fail to keep the global temperature under 1.5C this century.

The Unep analysis suggests the world is on course to warm around 2.7C with hugely destructive impacts.

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Just a few days before COP26 opens in Glasgow and another scientific report on climate change is “another thundering wake-up call”, according to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.

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2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecy

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/freedom-of-information/2020-was-worst-year-on-record-for-uk-government-secrecy

openDemocracy has an exclusive report exposing the depth of the government’s attack on the Freedom of Information Act

Last year was the worst on record for government secrecy, new research by openDemocracy has revealed.

Just 41% of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to government departments and agencies were granted in full in 2020, down from 43% the previous year.

This is the lowest figure since records began in 2005.

The findings are published in openDemocracy’s new report, ‘Access Denied’, which exposes the extent of the government’s attack on FOI.

It follows a major investigation by openDemocracy last year, which revealed how a secretive Cabinet Office unit called the ‘Clearing House’ vetted sensitive requests for information.

A judge subsequently criticised the government for a “profound lack of transparency” that might “extend to ministers”.

A parliamentary inquiry into the Clearing House – launched by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee in the wake of openDemocracy’s revelations – opens this week.

The Access Denied report also finds that some government departments have far lower FOI disclosure rates than others, with the Cabinet Office among the worst offenders, along with the Foreign Office and the Department for International Trade.

Transparency campaigners say “urgent action is required” and that there needs to be a “sea change in attitudes towards FOI within Whitehall to avoid it spiralling it into an accountability black hole”.

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What is it to be a Fascist?

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Fascism is about authoritarian rule and it is regarded as opposed to democracy.

So Fascism is about authoritarianiam, following a strong leader. I don’t think that Boris can do that but Priti is going for it.

5.40 But then Priti is Murdoch (Press baron old fart hopefully dying soon :)’s choice little.

I’ve got it – little Fascist tool. Hiya Ruppie, nice to have your attention. Have a good afterlife ;)

Hey Ruppie, I’ve said it before, but hope you die soon. Best wishes but you should know that you’ve always been a total cnut. I want you to know that when you die ;)

You can’t say that to family, can you? [ed: He might hear ;)

ed: Fascism is about people submitting to the authority of some twat with a loud mouth, uniforms, ribbons, banners and shiny buttons. [ed: They can do it without the shiny buttons and all that …]

[Fascism can do without the buttons. It is about submission to and an acceptance of a right-wing ideology where there is an acceptance and acquiesence of a corrupt right-wing ideology, an unquestioning acceptance of a corrupt, perverse authority]. There’s also the issue of a totally flaccid non-opposition.

or crap hair

I don’t think that crap hair does it actually

and Priti I think you need a proper Mesamorph body to be respected as a proper Fascist really sorry.

Oh dear :)

Bye PP, C’est la vie.

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This blog is censored by official UK censorship

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You know this, don’t you? Nobody except one policeman or excessive s***ers (suffering from !) are allowed to comment

So, if I was to do a serious piece about Climate ahead of COP26 – nobody would be allowed to comment on it.

ed: 21?

Listen please while I’ve got your attention. You don’t have to agree with me but …

Ciimate? Let me phrase this differently. Survival.

C’mon then Priti Fascist, comments are allowed. Please notice that I didn’t ask Fascist.

ed: new thread about what it means be a Fascist

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