Ooo look a lovely poetry competition for Norwich folk of all ages. Hurrah for our beautiful river Wensum and its precious valley replete with the beauty of nature! https://www.norwich.gov.uk/news/article/595/lord_mayor_of_norwich_launches_poetry_competition
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When inflation in food prices is 11% we need wages and benefits to rise to match. No one should be paid wages so low that they can't afford proper meals. You can't work (nor do your school work) if you're starving.
#Inflation #BrexitDisaster #TaxTheRich
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RT @GreenJennyJones: Desperate times. Noone wants to protest, we all have better things to do. But we understand we are damaging the only planetary home we have.
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RT @ColossusDiplo: .@sana2 : "My brother Alaa could die in prison if the British government doesn't intervene to free him"
@alaa is a British Egyptian pro-democracy activist and a father to a 10-year-old boy.
#FreeAlaa #SaveAlaa
@FreedomForAlaa
@Monasosh
@zeynep
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RT @2ears2wheels: Excellent, excellent thread. Personally, I think if someone doesn't understand this, they should be barred from the job.
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RT @tyroneweelad: What the Prof said
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RT @fascinatorfun: Exactly this.
Ludicrous explanation from Braverman
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RT @KBRH87: @JKSteinberger One key factor that’s missing the this post is the actual emissions from biomass, biogas and hydrogen. If these where included you wouldn’t be able to argue for a decoupling as shown in these graphs from Denmark.
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RT @JKSteinberger: Whether or not such radical transformation and upheaval corresponds to growth or degrowth is less important than getting that transformation going, in all sectors: energy, transportation, housing, industry, food/agriculture, etc. Changing production & reducing demand.
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Keith Taylor, successor in the European Parliament to Caroline Lucas, when she was elected to Westminster. A sad loss marked here by our friends the Green in the European Parliament.
RT @GreensEFA: It is with great sadness that we hear about the passing of our former MEP Keith Taylor.
He was an MEP and a friend for 9 years, fighting for a better EU, animal rights and a healthier environment for all.
He will always be remembe…
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RT @Andrew9Boswell: @GreenPartyJack "Even more concerning that Mr Robinson's intervention came very early into the interview. It was a classic tactic of trying to undermine someone before they had started to make their argument. ...
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@ClennellMick @SuellaBraverman Some of us are quite good at recognising twats. And also corruption. We've had some practice recently.
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Happy all saints day! May we all be inspired to ensure that good triumphs over evil. Let this day be the beginning of the victory. 💚🌍😇
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This is sad news of the death of a former long serving Green Party MEP. His work for the protection of animals and improvements to EU regulations for animal welfare was second to none.
RT @JeanLambertLDN: Heartbroken to hear of the death of my friend and former MEP colleague #KeithTaylor. Passionate about making the world a better place. Always good company. Deepest sympathy to his family.
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And there's such a simple, obvious and humane solution that would end all this. But it would be a kind and welcoming solution and helpful for the victims of war, so we aren't allowed to have it. What? 👀👀👀
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Meanwhile the country falls into unmanageable debt and dysfunctional torpor because there's a shortage of skilled workers, of people of working age and an economic doldrums because businesses can't get staff and can't pay rent, taxes or energy bills....
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Then they get brought ashore and kept for weeks in cramped and unsanitary conditions while the deliberately obstructive home office seeks to ensure that they are refused entry. Then they are given an allowance too small to live on and forbidden to work...
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... and set out on the open sea across a busy shipping route in a rubber dinghy loaded with men women, children, and babies. Then they have to get rescued by a complex operation of coastguard boats....
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Won't history look back on our system for welcoming traumatised and vulnerable refugees and gasp with disbelief? First we force them to pay extortionate fees to criminal people trafficking gangs. Then they have to don life jackets...
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Isn't it laughable for the UK to be helping Ukraine to defend itself against #CyberAttack, when our own government, former prime ministers & foreign secretaries are incapable of basic cyber security measures, and leave an array of UK state secrets on display for the Russians? 🙄
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