Peter from Yorkshire
Peter from Yorkshire
@peterwhiteley.bsky.social
Cares about family, cricket, golf, gardening, climate and education amongst other things. Aged 70 - happily married xx
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But what are Congress and elected representatives doing about it????
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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45°C in the UK isn’t a disaster film - it’s a Met Office warning. This is what decades of fossil fuel lobbying, political cowardice & climate delay has led us to. This is why we urgently need a bolder Green Party - a party for the people and the planet. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They want Britain back - but is that post war Britain with rationing but simplicity and no technology, or pre- industrial Victorian Britain with serfs, or plague ridden 17c Britain, or 13c crusades, or pre 1066 before we were French. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Farage is still "offering them snake oil". www.thenewworld.co.uk/jonty-bloom-...
Given the scientific evidence re the climate crisis, I would rather take all steps to minimise it and be later proved wrong than deny the sense of such steps and be proved wrong. The latter kills people, increases dislocation of people and is the epitome of stupidity.
Ed Miliband says Labour will ‘win fight’ against UK net zero critics Energy secretary speaks at launch of £1bn investment scheme to bolster jobs in offshore wind supply chain.
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I fear for the future health of US citizens but perhaps those with a bit of intelligence will find a way to vaccinate their children while the MAGA crowd wonder why their kids are sick. God bless America 🤷♂️
Your 'moment of kakistocracy' for today: "We’ll look back at this as a grave mistake that sacrificed decades of scientific rigor, undermined public trust, and opened the door for fringe theories rather than facts.” apnews.com/article/kenn...
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British voters think the government "aren't going far enough" to improve EU trade. www.bestforbritain.org/redouble_eff...
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Why is this not a bigger story? The deputy GRIFTER-in-CHIEF wants to rob new workers of their pension, give existing workers lower pay rises, while taking his glod plated MP pension in time. This is what Deform clowns voted for. To make themselves poorer birminghamunison.co.uk/2025/06/03/r...
Decline came with Cameron’s decision to have a referendum which MPs (of all parties) were not brave enough to support Remain because it was too obvious that it was the right choice. Since then the Cons have been fighting a losing battle with ineffective leadership and are now going down the drain.
Putting her stupidity, incompetence, arrogance and ineffectuality to the side, I've never been able to get over Badenough's put-on posh accent. It reminds me of how my mother used to answer the phone back in the 1970s!
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Here's how a Nigel Farage-led government would actually increase immigration Shocker: Farage and Reform haven't thought anything through they're spouting at the minute www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Uninsurable houses as a result of climate change will be a disaster for homeowners, banks, governments and the whole of society. Are we ready for the challenge? youtu.be/_x0x_SoGyec?...
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This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Way to go Greenland 👏 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/greenla...
I for one and probably most of the world who live, love, struggle, care for others and die probably don’t want to hear anything else about Scump. Everything is selfish, mostly a lie and will not make anywhere in the world great. Get your act together USA before the UselesSArse does.
from today's post, about the fuckery that went down at the secret crypto greedfest dinner that was held last night at Donny Convict's Virginia golf motel please read the whole thing, thanks! link is here: bit.ly/3Zw1nel (and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
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"Global green economy has enjoyed compound annual growth rate of 15% per cent over the past decade, putting it second only to technology as the world's fastest growing sector." And, at $7.9tr, the 4th largest sector after tech, industrial goods & healthcare. www.businessgreen.com/news/4413438...
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9 years ago I did a 5 day walking challenge with 3 mates. We had a topic of the day to discuss 1. Brexit - it lasted 5 minutes until they realised they had no come back to my arguments against. They are still friends but I have to be very careful what we discuss. Facts are irrelevant apparently.
Fixed the chart on Laura Kuenssberg Added Brexit Pointing out that with Freedom of Movement we have lower net migation
The recent local elections had overall gain for Democratic (lab/lib/gr) parties right wing (RFUK/Con). I would support an alliance at the next GE as a first step towards PR. Get politicians discussing issues sensibly rather than “soundbitely” so that their decisions benefit the populace as a whole.
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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"In December last year, Resolute 1850 Ltd was incorporated in the UK. With a thinktank soon to be launched and funds from MAGA, American Big Tech and the US religious right already pledged, it seeks to use Reform as a vessel to bring Project 2025-style policies to the UK." 🤬
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Sad that as we approach VE Day the world is experiencing two wars of horrors in former British territories - Israel/Gaza and India/Pakistan - let’s try to celebrate peace rather than war.
"I got it wrong and I condemn Israel" That's what Conservative MP Mark Pritchard said yesterday. He said he had supported Israel for decades, but that in light of the state’s actions in Palestine, he got it wrong. He's begging for lives to be saved.
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Maitlis is spot on here. Reform is not a new party. Stop treating them as such. Ukip - Leave - Brexit - Reform. The same leader. The same ideas. Call them out on the damage they’ve done - the 5% hit on the economy, the 15% slump in trade, for broken Britain. www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
They only say it so that their mindless supporters will repeat it down the pub. Pity there isn’t a three strikes and your out system of silencing party leaders who spout blatant misinformation
Starmer: "The criticism on the double taxation is incoherent nonsense... it's in agreements we've got with 50 other countries... if Farage and Badenoch are seriously suggesting that they're going to tear up agreements with 50 countries, they should say so" Their ideology has bankrupted us
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