Dennis Patton

Dennis Patton

@dennispatton.bsky.social

Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Loath Labour and Tory.🐕🦊🦇🦔🦡🦌🐈🦢🦉🦈🐙🦀🦞🌻🍁🍂🐜🐛🦋🐾

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Greenpeace + Friends of the Earth making the obvious yet overlooked point that if government approves new oil fields, runways, cuts to clean tech grants, and watered down EV targets then it's hard to take its commitment to net zero all that seriously. www.businessgreen.com/news/4537926...

businessgreen.com'Climate climbdown': Campaigners warn Budget decisions could put emissions targets at riskLetter argues cumulative impact of imminent decisions on Rosebank, EV targets, Heathrow, and heat pump funding could breach legally-binding Carbon Budgets

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If there are Choc Hobnobs in the house, I'll eat the lot in one sitting. So the last time I bought a pack was 3 years ago. They cost £1. Yesterday, in the same shop: £2.50. Inflation is 5% Not 150% Should cost £1.16 Not £2.50 Sometimes you lose sight of just how badly you're being ripped off.

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Privatisation has failed This Thursday 29th Oct shady Thames Water execs will meet dodgy US hedge funds to agree a £2.4 BILLION bailout that *households will pay for through increased bills* @andyburnham.bsky.social has 3 DAYS to step in and STOP THE BAILOUT, take back Thames Water

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Asked by Nick Robinson why Reform U.K.Ltd are so dependent on foreign donations.? Farage’s answer was “There are British patriots working all over the world” Oh so freedom of movement is good for very rich businessman but it’s not good enough for ordinary people?

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"It's time for this government to show some energy and some bravery and put the water companies into special administration - and then, of course, into public ownership". 💯@greenjennyjones.bsky.social. It's time to end the rip-off and take private water companies in England back into public hands.

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This morning on BBC Breakfast, Nigel Farage said he had received “zero help from the state” with his security. Yet reports say he had previously received publicly funded protection and was offered a taxpayer-funded package including a bodyguard, a secure car and a trained driver.

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Werther's Originals were on special offer at Home Bargains.

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"There's a black hole in the public finances." A hole in what? Westminster issues the pound. The Budget is on Wednesday 28 October, and the real limit is real resources: staff, materials, capacity. Not a gap in a spreadsheet. Build your reply in Argument Builder. #MMT #UKGreenParty #Economics

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3 hours ago the Brazilian Supreme Court rejected any challenge to the election results. Just now Flavio Bolsonaro has dropped his objections. Lula is President it cannot be stopped, and Flavio Bolsonaro will be going on trial for corruption. And then to jail.

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Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

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774 partners of scandal-ridden accountancy firm EY collect £870,000 each. Average partner pay up £83,000 in a year. EY does not pay employer national insurance on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for every £1m of profit shared. Despite scandals, gets govt contracts.

cityam.comEY partner pay jumps to £870k despite consulting slumpBig Four giant EY posted a rise in UK fee income and hiked payouts for its partners, even as its consulting arm came under pressure.

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The Israeli Police Is Trying To Intimidate Arab Voters, We Won’t Let Them ‼️🚨‼️🚨 While They Go Genocide We Go JOINT 🇵🇸 Choose "ודם" ✊

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HAVE YOU ADDED YOUR NAME YET? If you're in the UK, sign the petition that could make a massive difference! Every year, construction works around the country threaten occupied swift nests, obstructing access and destroying colonies.

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CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.