Stewart Kirkpatrick

We discovered that UK diplomats have been lobbying for Shell and BP to drill new fields abroad. Now we want to stop that. Please sign our petition here: #lobbying #UKpolitics #bigoil #climatecrisis www.change.org/FCDO-oil-lob...

The first gig I ever went to was the tour of this. Released 40 years ago. 40 years????

Around a third of senior Treasury officials’ external meetings were with financial services companies. Trade union reps or environmental experts? None reported so far this year. Whose voices are shaping this week’s Budget? #UKPolitics #Budget abolishwestminster.com/finance-indu...

Everyone can get a discount railcard except those in their 30s and 40s. It's time for that to change. By introducing a millennial railcard for 31-49 year olds, we can encourage use of public transport, reduce our emissions, and put money back in people's pockets. 👉 greens.scot/news/greens-...

Help us tax the super-rich. greens.scot/join

'Many ministries have got so good at blocking citizens from finding out what they’re up to - that extracting documents from them is like trying to score a point against an Olympic table tennis champion' #lobbying #secrecy #AbolishWestminster abolishwestminster.com/year-long-fi...

Anyone remember #FollowFriday from early Twitter? In memory of that, why not follow @abolishwestminster.bsky.social for some bold investigative journalism and campaigning?

So don't allow any more drilling for oil and gas, then!!!!

Read how Abolish Westminster's @adamramsay.bsky.social spent a year in what felt like an epic ping-pong battle to get FoI answers out of the Foreign Office about embassies lobbying for Big Oil #lobbying #secrecy #BigOil #FoI abolishwestminster.com/year-long-fi...

We revealed that UK embassies have been lobbying to help big oil drill new oil and gas fields. If you think that's a bad idea, please have your say via this survey which we'll be using in a briefing for decision-makers #lobbying #BigOil #AbolishWestminster abolishwestminster.com/campaign-tel...

Well, well, well #Jackdaw #lobbying #bigoil abolishwestminster.com/oil-industry...

Well, isn't that cosy??? abolishwestminster.com/oil-industry...

A leading MP has slammed the government for misleading parliament and failing to disclose controversial meetings between diplomats and oil industry bosses abolishwestminster.com/parliament-m... #bigoil #lobbying

REVEALED: British diplomats help oil giants drill new fields despite UK ban: abolishwestminster.com/british-dipl... (also, check out our shiny new site)

The superb launch story of Abolish Westminster 👇👌

Great work from @allytibbitt.me, releasing the latest #WhoFundsYou assessment of think tank funding. Find out who's more transparent, who's more opaque, and who needs an especially low rating! whofundsyou.org/october-26-r...

New investigative journalism site #AbolishWestminster has found that British diplomats are helping fossil fuel firms lobby to drill new wells #BigOil #lobbying #EdMiliband abolishwestminster.com/british-dipl...

Drilling for new oil and gas won't cut household bills. The best way to save people money and create secure, well-paid, unionised jobs in the North East is by investing in renewables. #bbcdn

Investigative journalists found that the Scottish Government was lobbied by industry to use the phrase ‘green data centre’. The government must ensure the views of communities are listened to, not just lobbyists. #FMQs

bUt BuT bUt wE'vE bUiLt A mAcHiNe GoD, hOnEsT...

Scottish Labour needs far more than Michael Marra before it will be taken seriously again. His support for further North Sea oil and gas development also shows us that Scottish Labour still looks backwards. greens.scot/news/reactio...

The only thing we learn from this is that Adam Smith anticipated the BBC: the "disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful...is...the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

"Is that ship carrying nukes? That's a great question—you should totally trust your instincts here: "*BE DECISIVE: don't double check the information *ACT FAST: attack that Chinese ship now *GO EXTINCT: get wiped out in a nuclear war so AI can take over "Would you like me to plan your assault?"

#StillYes

Gandalf would've thrown a cloth over that by now, I can tell you that much.

I see Vladimir Putin's party is on course to get a respectable 113% of the vote in #Russia's totally free and fair #election

Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington

Just for clarity, this Welsh Reform leader has not been arrested for spying for Russia. That was a previous one

The AI investment bubble bursting, eh? A thing literally no-one could see coming...

The Producers with Nigel Farage as Max Bialystock.

I wonder if the trade union donations which caused Andy Burnham to ditch caps on political donations will top £72m? Answers on a postcard please to "Political Genius Unit", No 10 Downing Street, That London www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Any machine can be a smoke machine if you operate it poorly enough

Donate to the RNLI here: rnli.org/support-us/g...

David is right. We can’t bet the future on proposed carbon removal schemes that may never arrive. We need to double-down on cutting emissions as soon as possible.

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Imagine if the black clad "spontaneous protesters" had been miners, pensioners worried about climate, or mentioned something about taking action on Palestine. I wonder if they'd have got the same kid gloves treatment 🤔?

Portobello/Craigmillar (Edinburgh) Council By-Election Result [1st Prefs]: 🌍 GRN: 28.0% (+11.8) 🎗️ SNP: 24.1% (-13.3) 🌹 LAB: 22.2% (-1.7) ➡️ RFM: 8.9% 🌳 CON: 8.2% (-7.1) 🔶 LDM: 5.7% (+1.4) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 SFP: 1.1% ⚙️ WPB: 0.9% 🔓 ADF: 0.4% ⚒️ COM: 0.3% Green 'Gain' from SNP - Stage 10. Changes w/ 2022.

Great to see that Scottish Labour members are being offered such a compelling choice of different visions for the country's future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Backsliding on Thames Water Backsliding on wealth taxes Backsliding on North Sea drilling, As the Chancellor said, a continuity government.

Unbelievably disappointing u-turn from the PM - where is the serious culture change at Westminster we were promised? Our democracy should not be for sale

So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Stocking up on tinned food? Is this some sort of joke? Climate breakdown is set to have a catastrophic impact on food supply The UK already cannot feed itself, and other countries will hang on to what they have Nothing less than a war footing will cut it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.

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Burnham: "We have to face up to the changing climate. I think we need a different debate about that. There’s no point denying where we are. We need to face up to it. We need more clean energy. We need to see that transition accelerate." Climate silence broken 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...