Category Archives: politics

Priti Patel news

Posted on 7th December 2021 by dizzy

UK Murdoch Home Secretary Priti Patel appears in recent news items. Priti Patel’s new powers to remove citizenship would turn ethnic minority Brits into second-class citizens Consider the following example, because it’s about to come true. Someone has been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Brexit, conservatives, politics, Priti Patel, Rupert Murdoch | Tagged 51 weeks' imprisonment, citizenship, crime, Dublin Agreement, Farage, home office, human rights, Johnson, Nationality and Borders bill, news, police, police state, Priti Patel, refugees, stateless, stop and search, the right to have rights | Leave a comment

Extinction Rebellion blockade Amazon warehouses on Black Friday

Posted on 26th November 2021 by dizzy

Extinction Rebellion blockade Amazon over ‘exploitation of people and planet’ Extinction Rebellion (XR) blocked Amazon distribution centres on “Black Friday”—a day of sales and big profits for the business. The group occupied Amazon sites across Britain, in Germany and in the Netherlands in protest … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, Extinction Rebellion, politics | Tagged Amazon, Barclay brothers, Black Friday, Extinction Rebellion, filthy rich, Frederick Barclay, fyshy, Marcus Fysh, Net Zero Scrutiny Group, the filthy rich, the Spectator, Tory MP, Xr | Leave a comment

Extinction Rebellion unveils plans to mobilise millions for acts of civil disobedience after Cop26’s failures

Posted on 24th November 2021 by dizzy

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/extinction-rebellion-unveils-plans-to-mobilise-millions-for-acts-of-civil-disobedience-after-cop26-failures … Extinction Rebellion (XR) vowed today to begin a major campaign of civil resistance in April, following on from large-scale protests before the coronavirus pandemic. XR said that world leaders had failed to heed the pleas of experts at … Continue reading →

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COP26 News review day 13

Posted on 13th November 2021 by dizzy

COP26 overran into it’s thirteenth day today and produced the Glasgow Climate Pact. Cop26 ends in climate agreement despite India watering down coal resolution … The negotiations carried on late into Saturday evening, as governments squabbled over provisions on phasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, politics | Tagged coal, COP26, Egypt, fossil fuels, Glasgow, Glasgow Climate Pact, phasing down, phasing out | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 12

Posted on 12th November 2021 by dizzy

The final day of the COP26 summit. Hundreds of global civil society representatives walk out of Cop26 in protest Carrying blood-red ribbons to represent the crucial red lines already crossed by Cop26 negotiations, hundreds of representatives of global civil society … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, Greta Thunberg, Julian Assange, politics | Tagged 1%, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, COP26, fossil fuel subsidies, Glasgow, global heating, Honest government ad, jets, Net zero by 2050, superyacht, the filthy rich, ultra-rich, wealth taxes | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 11

Posted on 11th November 2021 by dizzy

‘We are not on course’: scientists warn action must match words at Cop26 Scientists attending Cop26 have sent a clear warning to policymakers: get a move on, because every moment of delay, every extra fraction of a degree of global heating will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, politics | Tagged 2.4C, aviation, carbon emissions, Glasgow, guilt-free, Paris agreement, Peter Stott, public transport, scientists, transport, transport policy | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 10

Posted on 10th November 2021 by dizzy

COP26: China and US agree to boost climate co-operation China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The two countries released a rare … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris 'Rice pudding' Johnson, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, politics | Tagged China, COP26, US | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 9

Posted on 9th November 2021 by dizzy

Gender day today at the COP26 summit. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi arrived today. COP26 Report Reveals ‘Massive’ Credibility Gap Between Climate Commitments and 1.5°C Target Climate policy experts on Tuesday called for the final days of the United Nations … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, Greenpeace, Jeremy Corbyn, politics | Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Climate Action Tracker, Climate policy, COP26, fossil fuel industry lobbyists, Glasgow, global heating, greenpeace, Greenpeace International, Jennifer Morgan, People’s Summit for Climate Justice, Sir Patrick Vallance, The climate crisis poses a far greater threat to humanity than Covid | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 8

Posted on 8th November 2021 by dizzy

Obama implores world leaders to ‘step up now’ to avert climate disaster Barack Obama has called on world leaders to “step up and step up now” to avert climate breakdown, singling out China and Russia for being foremost among countries … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, politics | Tagged as well as multinational corporations such as McDonald’s, Barack Obama, Bayer, BP, Chevron, climate, COP26, delegates, Equinor, fossil fuel, Gazprom, Gazprom and other major oil and gas companies, HABC, HSBC, Microsoft, Nestlé, Shell, The Ferret, They include executives from Shell, Total, Walmart, Wera Hobhouse MP | Leave a comment

COP26 Protests and the Young Communist League

Posted on 8th November 2021 by dizzy

There were huge protests in Glasgow and around the world on Saturday about failure to adequately address the climate crisis. The Young Communist League (YCL) of Britain was prevented from participating in the Glasgow protest by police. It appears that … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, politics | Tagged anti-capitalism, Capitalism, communism, COP26, COP26 Protests, Glasgow, police, police kettle, protest, Socialism or Extinction, YCL, Young Communist League | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 5

Posted on 5th November 2021 by dizzy

COP26 news today is Fridays for Future Scotland’s protest in Glasgow. Greta Thunberg has called COP26 a failure. George Monbiot: Never mind aid, never mind loans: what poor nations are owed is reparations [ed: I recommend reading this article] At … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris 'Rice pudding' Johnson, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, politics | Tagged Fridays for Future, george monbiot, Glasgow, Greta Thunberg, Never mind aid, Never mind aid never mind loans, never mind loans: what poor nations are owed is reparations, what poor nations are owed is reparations | Leave a comment

COP26 News review day 4

Posted on 4th November 2021 by dizzy

COP26: Nicola Sturgeon urged to intervene in policing of protests FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to intervene to stop “over the top” policing of climate protests at COP26. Environmental campaigners have claimed that there have been “numerous incidents” of abuse … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, Extinction Rebellion, politics | Tagged arms trade, BAE Systems, CND, coal, COP26 policing, Ed Miliband, Extinction Rebellion, Faslane Peace Camp, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, Loch Ness Monster, Nicola Sturgeon, open letter, Scottish Greens, Xr | Leave a comment

COP26 New summary day 3

Posted on 4th November 2021 by dizzy

I’m reaching a few conclusions about COP26. It isn’t serious about addressing climate change because governments are sucking up to the filthy rich and powerful. That’s what refusing to address aviation is about, all the private jets and Bezos and … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris 'Rice pudding' Johnson, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, Labour Party, politics, the filthy rich | Tagged aviation, Brexit, COP26, European Research Group, Global Warming Policy Foundation, greens, Net Zero Watch, private jets, Steve Baker, Tufton Street | Leave a comment

COP26: CLIMATE ACTIVISTS TO TARGET 10 UK AIRPORTS THIS WEEKEND TO PROTEST EXPANSION

Posted on 3rd November 2021 by dizzy

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cop26-airport-expansion-protests-uk-b1950499.html Climate activists will target 10 UK airports this weekend to protest proposed expansion. Campaigners are planning to protest at Bristol, Doncaster-Sheffield, Gatwick, Glasgow, Leeds-Bradford, London-City, Luton, Liverpool, Manchester and Southampton airports from 11am on Saturday. … [Hypocritical P]oliticians have consistently refused to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, politics | Tagged climate activists, CO2, COP26, flying, Rachel Maclean, SAF, Sustainable Aviation Fuel | Leave a comment

COP26 News Summary day 1

Posted on 1st November 2021 by dizzy

COP26: Nicola Sturgeon catches up with activist Greta Thunberg NICOLA Sturgeon has said the “voices of young people” must be heard loudly after meeting with climate campaigners Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate this morning at Cop26. Scotland’s First Minister said … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris 'Rice pudding' Johnson, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, politics | Tagged Boris Johnon, COP26, cows farting, greenpeace, Greta Thunberg, James Bond, John Crace, Nicola Sturgeon, private jet, Queen, Rainbow Warrior, Sinn Fein, Vanessa Nakate | Leave a comment

COP26 News Summary day 0

Posted on 31st October 2021 by dizzy

Sir David Attenborough’s call to arms for ambitious nature recovery at COP26 Sir David Attenborough has today appeared in a new video calling for “bold action” at COP26 to help nature recover. In the short film, released by The Wildlife … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, COP26, Extinction Rebellion, politics | Tagged Alok Sharma, China, COP26, craven, David Attenborough, Edinburgh, Extinction Rebellion, Glasgow, greenpeace, hellscape, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, last seven, Met Office, Nicola Sturgeon, Patricia Espinosa, Rainbow Warrior, turning points, UN Secretary General, youth activists | Leave a comment

INSULATE BRITAIN Be Impossible, Demand the Realistic

Posted on 27th October 2021 by dizzy

Well done Insulate Britain. I have been considering organising an action locally in solidarity, risking imprisonment as you do. I think that I would do some simple criminal damage to increase my effectiveness rather than sit about waiting to be … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, politics | Tagged Insulate Britain, no more business as usual, protest | Leave a comment

2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecy

Posted on 26th October 2021 by dizzy

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Freedom of Information, politics | Tagged Access Denied, FoI, freedom of information, OpenDemocracy, secrecy, transparency, UK government | Leave a comment

‘What Betrayal Looks Like’: UN Report Says World on Track for 2.7°C of Warming by 2100

Posted on 18th September 2021 by dizzy

A home burns as flames from the Dixie Fire tear through the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County, California on July 24, 2021. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/17/what-betrayal-looks-un-report-says-world-track-27degc-warming-2100 “Whatever our so-called ‘leaders’ are doing,” said Swedish climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, politics | Tagged Climate denialism, Greta Thunberg, ipcc, Paris agreement, running out of time, United Nations | Leave a comment

Atmospheric CO2 Levels Haven’t Been This High in 800,000 Years: NOAA

Posted on 26th August 2021 by dizzy

A major report on climate says both greenhouse gas concentrations and global sea levels hit record highs in 2020. Republished under a Creative Commons Licence. Original article at CommonDreams KENNY STANCILAugust 25, 2021 Bolstering the case for meaningful climate action, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Crisis, Climate Emergency, politics | Tagged Climate crisis, CO2, CO2 levels, commondreams, greenhouse gas, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, sea levels | Leave a comment