The #RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all.
The venality of power writ large …and dissected devastatingly by @georgemonbiot
Robert E Fuller short film RSPB Bempton: Seabird Dramas Unfold on Cliffs
https://youtu.be/o-05J98KI1Q?si=jfzmBVdH-IUjg0Xh
#Seabirds #RSPB #Bempton
The RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all
This is not just a story of a wildlife charity being bullied – it’s about the ugly truth of power dynamics in today’s Britain
Economic power seldom needs to discipline those who might challenge it. Most of the time, they do it to themselves. However extreme the ideologies promoted by corporations and oligarchs, organisational life falls broadly into line.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
#RSPB #ToryFascism #FreeSpeech
#freespeech #toryfascism #RSPB
Oh, this is superb stuff from George Monbiot on the RSPB being slapped back into line after daring to call out the lies from government.
A must-read.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
Alternatively, the Government could have made sewage companies improve water treatment capabilities years ago.
'Britain will ease some environmental rules for housebuilders'
'The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a once-staid organisation that is increasingly activist, tweeted that official assurances about environmental protection were a “lie”.'
#RSPB #water #waterway #waterways #river #rivers #housing #UK #sewage
#Sewage #UK #housing #rivers #River #waterways #waterway #Water #RSPB
'The #RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all
This is not just a story of a #wildlife charity being bullied – it’s about the ugly truth of power dynamics in today’s #Britain'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
Nice bit of digging behind the headline about the #RSPB's climb down on government lies, by @georgemonbiot
The RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all | George Monbiot | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
I fully support the #RSPB England claim that #RishiSunak #MichaelGove and #ThereseCoffey are #liars for weakening #environmental protections.
The fact that pressure has been put upon the organisation to apologise is appalling.
#ToryLiars #environment #lies #Brexit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
#brexit #lies #environment #ToryLiars #environmental #liars #ThereseCoffey #michaelgove #rishisunak #RSPB
"Who is Ben Caldecott? Among other roles, he is a senior fellow at Policy Exchange. Policy Exchange calls itself a thinktank. I see it as a dark money lobby group, and one of the most deadly anti-environmental organisations in the UK." - George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
#13yearstorymisrule #ToryLiars #policyexchange #RSPB
George Monbiot on how the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) was bullied into submission via one of its own trustees, a member of the shady rightwing 'thinktank' Policy Exchange.
As Monbiot says:
"Large organisations (characteristically more timid than small ones) bend over backwards to appease established power. The most effective means of demonstrating their loyalty is to invite the brokers of this power into their inner sanctum"
#RSPB #PolicyExchange
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain
After the #ToryFascistDictatorship forced #RSPB england to apologise or lose charity status, the #NationalTrust also stepped in on the #EnvironmentalVandalism happening on our #Rivers, #Oceans and #WaterWays
A petition (not much use I know but it's something) from #NationalTrust to hold the #TorySewageParty to account.
Need 100k and over 87k right now - make it higher if you can.
Perhaps some in #JoinIn might sign.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/restore-our-rivers-and-freshwaters-to-health-by-2030
#JoinIn #TorySewageParty #waterways #oceans #rivers #environmentalVandalism #nationaltrust #RSPB #ToryFascistDictatorship
If the #RSPB can’t call out government lies, democracy is under threat https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/if-the-rspb-cant-call-out-government-lies-democracy-is-under-threat/
Disappointed in the #RSPB here for not standing their ground.
They had nothing to apologise for. Of course it's right to call out individual politicians for lying. Lies don't just happen out of thin air. They are the result of deliberate acts by individual politicians.
@fkamiah17 He may have made them apologise, but #RSPB England have not deleted the Tweets. Interesting
https://twitter.com/RSPBEngland/status/1696845799383003180?s=20
#RSPB v the #Tories: six #environmental promises - lies or otherwise?
Do the charity’s accusations that the government has reneged on a range of environmental pledges stand up to scrutiny?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/31/rspb-versus-the-tories-six-claims-the-truth-or-otherwise
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #ToryLies
#torylies #ToryFailure #torypoliciesinaction #environmental #tories #RSPB
"For the record the
@ChtyCommission
's guidance on campaigning
"A charity can campaign using emotive or controversial material, where this is lawful and justifiable in the context of the campaign. Such material must be factually accurate and have a legitimate evidence base." #RSPB" Feargal Sharkey, today on Twitter.