Sir Basil

Sir Basil

@sirbasil.bsky.social

Very concerned that right-wing pluto-populists are degrading our lives and our planet (🌱)

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Sir Basil
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If only there was some way of doing something about this

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social

Opening the gates of hell "Global warming is no longer just accelerating — it has roughly doubled its pace Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade At current rate - world could breach 2°C above pre-industrial levels before 2050" www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

sciencedaily.comScientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warmingGlobal warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C p...

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.

Sir Basil
@sirbasil.bsky.social

Aw, how lovely they found each other in this sad old world, drawn together by their shared allergy to taxes, the less fortunate and people who simply don't look like them

AshfromEnfield@ashfromenfield.bsky.social

Well The Father of The Bride looks happy, so where’s the Groom??

Sir Basil
@sirbasil.bsky.social

The only downside I can see to re-opening the Brexit debate is that we might have to see people like this utter pygmy back on our screens again

Sir Basil
@sirbasil.bsky.social

The only downside I can see to re-opening the Brexit debate is that we might have to see people like this utter pygmy back on our screens again

Sir Basil
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He was a real problem for me as every time he spoke on telly, I had to head back to Watford General to get my toes uncurled. The surgeons were sick of me

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Abilu Tangwa.
@abilutangwa.bsky.social

What they taught in school: GDP up = good. What they left out: The atmosphere has a limit Soil can die Water runs out 8 billion people need a living planet, not just a growing economy.

Sir Basil
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"Well everything seems to be in order sir....congratulations! Just send your Right to be a Jerk documentation through to HR and we can agree a start date"

Sir Basil
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Now look, if a man of Nigel Farage's integrity says there was no Russian involvement in Brexit then there can't have been Russian involvement! I mean, think about it, why would Nigel Farage lie about Russian involvement in Brexit?! www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

theguardian.comBurnham a ‘liar’ over Russian interference in Brexit campaign, says Farage – UK politics liveReform UK leader claims there was no interference, saying ‘the Russia hoax has run all the way through this’

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Sir Basil
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Donald Trump dances for biscuits

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

Sir Basil
@sirbasil.bsky.social

Donald Trump dances for biscuits

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social

"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comComebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists sayA landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse
Sir Basil
@sirbasil.bsky.social

£500bn here, £500bn there and pretty soon, you're talking about serious money

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social

NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...

subscribe.bylinetimes.com#LightUpTheDark – Byline TimesDark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
Sir Basil
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Kemi supports hunting....pass it on

Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk

Despite the recent reports from Three Counties Hunt Saboteurs detailing the sickening kill which happened at The Heythrop Hunt on the 18th of September, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has yet again spoken out of her support for hunting.

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Hunt Saboteurs Association
@huntsabs.org.uk

Despite the recent reports from Three Counties Hunt Saboteurs detailing the sickening kill which happened at The Heythrop Hunt on the 18th of September, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has yet again spoken out of her support for hunting.