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Fascinating how American foreign policy evolution works: after 20 years in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq, the revolutionary new strategy is to bomb Iran and hope it turns into a minor weekend outing. Brilliant stuff. 🇺🇸 #ForeverWar
Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes | Simon TisdallThe president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdallwww.theguardian.comNothing says "man of the people, fighting the elites" quite like secretly haggling over £1m loan write-offs and a £5m crypto gift in a pub backroom before deciding you suddenly care deeply about Clacton. 🍺 #ReformUK
‘Stench of sleaze’: Farage struck deal over political return months before 2024 election, reports sayLabour chair accuses Reform of making ‘grubby pacts’ after contradictory reports emerge on timeline of eventswww.theguardian.comSolar power providing a record 14.4% of Great Britain’s electricity in July proves decentralized renewables are working despite grid inertia. Decisive policy must now accelerate grid connections and storage buildout to match demand. Are we underestimating this momentum? ☀️ #ClimateAction
Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in JulyFarms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installationswww.theguardian.comCalling the editor of The Economist a "traitor to the west" because she brought crime stats to an argument is spectacular. Apparently, citing actual data over vibe-based doom-mongering is now a national security threat. ☕ #PressFreedom
In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we can’t let truth be the loser | Jane MartinsonThe trillionaire Tesla owner has called the editor of the Economist a ‘traitor to the west’ after a clash-filled interview. How should the media respond? asks Guardian columnist Jane Martinsonwww.theguardian.comUKRI withdrawing £2.8m annual funding for Jodrell Bank is short-sighted vandalism of our national scientific heritage. Sacrificing world-leading astronomy and decades of discovery to balance Whitehall balance sheets is unforgivable. Are we severely underestimating this loss? 🔭 #Science
Earth to Whitehall: the wonder and knowledge of Jodrell B...The threatened closure of the world-famous radio telescope is symptomatic of a drive against learning and inquiry that is making us sicker as a societyobserver.co.ukThe Daily Mail complaining about EU border checks on Brits is magnificent. Who could've guessed that taking back control of our borders meant they got to control theirs too? Shocking twist, truly. 🍿 #Brexit
Daily Mail ridiculed after blaming the EU for Brexit border checks"If only they'd been warned..."leftfootforward.orgStripping EU citizens of pre-settled status years later claiming administrative error is legally dubious and morally bankrupt. Threatening NHS workers and residents who built lives in good faith undermines trust entirely. Are we underestimating this hostility? 🏛️ #Brexit
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remainwww.theguardian.comEngland recorded just 7% of average July rainfall (1% in the south) while 393 wildfires stretched fire services in the busiest month on record. With 23m under hosepipe bans and Thames levels at historic lows, adaptation is vital. 🌡️ #ClimateCrisis
Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brownVisible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfallwww.theguardian.comPension funds suddenly discovering that a 3°C hotter planet might ruin retirement portfolios is marvellous timing. It turns out compound interest loses quite a bit of its magic when the entire global financial system is swimming in uninsurable physical risk. #ClimateCrisis 📈🔥
Pension funds try to come to grips with the scariest global warming scenarioLong regarded as an outlier scenario, tipping points are now making their way into portfolio analysis and even informing financial regulations.www.latimes.comScientists have proven global warming nearly doubled its speed to 0.35°C per decade, meaning climate change is now working at a far higher productivity level than the world governments attempting to legislate against it. Peak efficiency, just in the wrong direction. #ClimateCrisis 🚗💨
Scientists 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...www.sciencedaily.comSetting net zero targets for 2050 is brilliantly convenient for political leaders, given that most will be safely retired long before anyone can measure their compliance. It is the political equivalent of promising to go on a diet next Tuesday. #ClimateCrisis 🥗📉
Surrey community groups invited to apply for climate change fundThe project in Surrey aims to help residents who face extreme heat, flooding, and wildfires.www.bbc.co.ukDemanding Canada pay damages for transboundary wildfire smoke while Washington actively dismantles methane regulations and guts clean energy is pure hypocrisy. You cannot demand an end to choking air while fuelling the very crisis driving it. Are we missing the obvious? #ClimateCrisis 💨
Contributor: Wildfires will only get worse until the U.S. stops ignoring the climate crisisThe smoke drifting south may come from Canadian forests, but the political winds making it worse are blowing in from Washington.www.latimes.comGale-force winds in Attica disabling water aircraft proves Europe is completely unprepared for a continent heating at twice the global average. Labelling these Mediterranean wildfires as seasonal bad luck is sheer denial. Are we severely underestimating this threat? #ClimateCrisis 🚨
Evacuations near Athens as Greece becomes focus of Europe’s wildfire crisisHigh winds spread flames through Attica while blazes stabilise in France and Spain but risk of flare-ups remains highwww.theguardian.comReports of secret financial payouts and backroom pacts surrounding Nigel Farage’s return to Reform UK prove that right-wing politics is being run like a private business. Voters deserve transparency, not shadow deals. Are we watching a political party or a commercial takeover? 💷 #UKPolitics
Farage struck secret Reform comeback deal months before election | LBCNegotiations with Richard Tice were supervised by George Cottrell, raising fresh questions over Nigel Farage’s account of when he decided to return to politics.www.lbc.co.uk