openDemocracy · @openDemocracy
4964 followers · 594 posts · Server newsie.socialExclusive: British Gas staff wrongly tell our reporter hydrogen will replace gas and that new boilers can burn it
#UKPol #UkPolitics #Greenwashing #Environment #Climatechange #Climate #BritishGas #Hydrogen
#ukpol #ukpolitics #greenwashing #environment #climatechange #climate #britishgas #hydrogen
openDemocracy · @openDemocracy
4964 followers · 594 posts · Server newsie.socialThe government has touted the Renters Reform Bill as a fix for tenants facing unfair eviction. But there’s a problem...
#UKpol #UKPolitics #Renting #rent #housing #eviction #RenterReform
#ukpol #ukpolitics #renting #rent #housing #eviction #renterreform
Stoat · @Stoat
695 followers · 5796 posts · Server mastodon.scotRory Stewart's campaign to make himself seem palatable continues. Yesterday, he tried the old "some MP's have mental health problems because it's so hard". Today, he's in the Scotsman saying he wants to be an MSP. Here's his abysmal record where he voted against climate change measures, voted to increase student fees/remove funding and also voted to put every UK citizen under surveillance. He's ex-MI6.
There aren't any good Tories.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24964/rory_stewart/penrith_and_the_border/votes
Hannah Graham · @DrHannahGraham
486 followers · 163 posts · Server mastodon.scotVoter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination, report finds.
“The current voter-ID system is, as it stands, a ‘poisoned cure’ in that it disenfranchises more electors than it protects.”
#UKPol #UKPolitics #ToryGovt #Elections #Voting #England #Discrimination #disenfranchisement
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/11/voter-id-in-england-led-to-racial-and-disability-discrimination-report-finds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
#disenfranchisement #discrimination #england #voting #elections #torygovt #ukpolitics #ukpol
openDemocracy · @openDemocracy
4958 followers · 592 posts · Server newsie.social
ADAM RAMSAY: Corporate lobbyists have successfully pushed Keir Starmer’s party to ditch its progressive policies
MostlyTato · @MostlyTato
446 followers · 4254 posts · Server mstdn.socialAh the Truss years...I mean weeks...sorry, days. 😂
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/01/shes-totally-lost-it-inside-story-of-the-unravelling-of-liz-trusss-premiership?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb
#LizTruss #Truss #UKPol #UKPolitics
#ukpolitics #ukpol #Truss #liztruss
User name cannot be blank 🇪🇺 · @happy
284 followers · 1480 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org"Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since Brexit"
#Horizon #Brexit #FBPE #GTTO #UKPolitics #UKPol #TheGuardian
#horizon #brexit #fbpe #gtto #ukpolitics #ukpol #theguardian
Andrew Guilford · @AndrewGuilford
72 followers · 244 posts · Server mas.to
Very alarming to see the extent to which the media is still able to influence public perceptions
As recently as February 2021 51% of British voters agreed with the statement “a transgender woman is a woman”, including 6 in 10 women. 34% disagreed
In April this year only 33% of voters agreed that trans women are women, with 47% disagreeing
#Transphobia #TheTelegraph #DailyMail #Media #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #UKPol
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/09/transphobia-uk-press-media-negative-coverage/
#ukpol #greenparty #labour #tories #transrightsarehumanrights #media #dailymail #thetelegraph #transphobia
Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
1137 followers · 761 posts · Server mastodon.scot
The #BBC's Laura #Kuenssberg has an upcoming TV series on the series of crises (or, if you prefer, "collective meltdown" which beset the #UK #government from 2016 to 2022. It's got a great title: "State of Chaos"! I'll certainly be watching
#UKpol #politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66755345
#politics #ukpol #government #uk #Kuenssberg #bbc
Adrian J. Chung · @ajc418
92 followers · 897 posts · Server mastodon.me.ukAndrew Marr sees a crumbling post #Brexit Britain, #Trump handing #Ukraine to #Putin, and #AI instigating a white-collar led turbulent #revolution against the status quo
https://youtu.be/1rSstwTur6Y
Via the New Statesman
#ukpol
#brexit #trump #ukraine #putin #ai #revolution #ukpol
SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
225 followers · 4626 posts · Server mastodon.scotMartin Rowson on #RishiSunak’s hopes of a #TradeDeal with #India – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/sep/08/martin-rowson-on-rishi-sunaks-hopes-of-a-trade-deal-with-india-cartoon #UKPol
#ukpol #india #tradedeal #rishisunak
Stoat · @Stoat
695 followers · 5701 posts · Server mastodon.scotSNP/Greens this week:
Council tax on 2nd homes to double
Rent controls
Peak rail fares abolished
4 day week trial
Short term lets regs
Nature Scot probe
Childcare expansion
Boosting welfare spending (probably thru a wealth tax)
Tories:
Scotland is full of rickets and rats
Bring back National Service
Ban nitrous oxide
Take benefits away from long-term sick
RAAC
No wealth tax
Labour:
SNP/Greens are extremists
SNP has "lost its way"
Will deliver "change"
RAAC
No wealth tax
Stoat · @Stoat
695 followers · 5671 posts · Server mastodon.scotA lovely coincidence this, Jonathan Ashworth waxing lyrical about the benefits of using AI for... benefits. Right after Labour have been meeting up with Google and accepting luxury gifts from them. Same guy who U-turned on his loathing for the two-child cap last week because he got Starmered into accepting it. Subtitles.
Btw, other countries who've implemented AI for benefits claims have had terrible experiences - Australia and the Netherlands in particular.
SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
225 followers · 4609 posts · Server mastodon.scotBritain's Best Days Are Behind Us, Say Voters
A majority of voters believe “nothing in #Britain really works” and say #RishiSunak’s party has made #PublicServices worse, according to an exclusive new poll
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/britains-best-days-are-behind-us?r=i3k8c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
#UKPol #ToryPoliciesInAction #England
#england #torypoliciesinaction #ukpol #publicservices #rishisunak #britain
Andrew Guilford · @AndrewGuilford
72 followers · 244 posts · Server mas.to
Very disappointing news
No offshore wind projects were successful in the renewable energy auction, including Wales' first offshore floating wind farm, Erebus, because the government set the maximum price for generators too low
#RenewableEnergy #OffshoreWind #FLOW #FloatingOffshoreWind #WindFarm #Erebus #ContractsForDifference #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #WalesPol #UKPol
#contractsfordifference #ukpol #WalesPol #plaidcymru #greenparty #labour #tories #erebus #windfarm #floatingoffshorewind #flow #offshorewind #renewableenergy
Stoat · @Stoat
695 followers · 5663 posts · Server mastodon.scot
SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
225 followers · 4597 posts · Server mastodon.scotBen Jennings on the #UK’s crumbling political landscape – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/commentisfree/picture/2023/sep/07/ben-jennings-on-the-uks-crumbling-political-landscape-cartoon #UKPol #RishiSunak #ToryPoliciesInAction
#torypoliciesinaction #rishisunak #ukpol #uk
openDemocracy · @openDemocracy
4958 followers · 592 posts · Server newsie.social
Andrew Guilford · @AndrewGuilford
72 followers · 244 posts · Server mas.to
Analysis finds the rise of “muscular unionism” is out of step with public opinion and there is a “striking ambivalence” to retaining the union in its current form
#UKPol #Wales #England #Scotland #NorthernIreland #RishiSunak #KeirStarmer #BorisJohnson #Labour #Tories #GreenParty #PlaidCymru #SNP #SinnFein #MuscularUnionism #Independence
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ippr-government-wales-brexit-scottish-b2406800.html
#independence #muscularunionism #sinnfein #snp #plaidcymru #greenparty #tories #labour #borisjohnson #keirstarmer #RishiSunak #northernireland #scotland #england #wales #ukpol
openDemocracy · @openDemocracy
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Starmer assistant among active corporate lobbyists working for shadow cabinet.
Staffer for #Labour leader has senior Grant Thornton role while Dodds and Reynolds have taken secondees from lobbyists.
#labour #ukpol #politics #uk #lobbying #keirstarmer #grantthornton