Notices by JuneSim63 💚 (junesim63@mstdn.social), page 2

"Zack Polanski has achieved the Greens’ strongest-ever local election performance, despite a relentless smear campaign. The antisemitism nonsense once weaponised against Jeremy Corbyn was not so effective against the UK’s only Jewish political leader"

#LocalElectuons #UKPolitics

Sir Keir Starmer killed the Labour Party for Israel
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/sir-keir-starmer-killed-the-labour

"The UK population’s health is poor, getting worse & not undergoing the same steady improvement seen in countries such as Japan, Norway and Spain, according to a new analysis of healthy life expectancy in 21 countries by the Health Foundation. It went up by an average of four-tenths of a year across the 20 other comparable countries"

The worst will say this is proof the NHS isn't working, when we all know it's lack of investment & poverty.

#Healthcare #NHS #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/27/people-in-uk-spend-fewer-years-in-good-health-than-a-decade-ago-study-finds

A Labour education secretary is threatening to remove university status from universities that want to stop hate from spreading on campus.

#UKPolitics #Universities

https://bsky.app/profile/jolyon.goodlawproject.org/post/3mjvqfuhlm22d

"Trump’s executive order sanctioning Albanese prohibited any American person or entity from providing her with “funds, goods or services” – a description so broad it has been compared to a “civil death”

#FrancescaAlbanese #Israel #UN #Genocide

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/14/my-life-has-become-a-rollercoaster-francesca-albanese-death-threats-danger-dread-accusing-israel-genocide

Mahmood's migration figures debunked.

"The home secretary’s claim that her proposals are necessary to save £10bn have now been thoroughly debunked by the government’s own data; in fact, care workers and their dependants strengthen the public finances for at least the first two decades after arrival"
Jonathan Portes

Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

#Immigration #UKPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/13/mahmood-migration-reforms-fraction-claimed-savings

"The £1.6bn in profits made in 2023-24 and 2024-25 would have been enough to pay for 9,178 doctors or 19,428 nurses during that time, according to the Centre for Health and the Public Interest"

#NHS #Privatisation

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds | NHS | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/private-companies-nhs-services-profit-chpi-research

Consumers should “completely avoid” buying UK-caught cod, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has said, as it warned that populations have reached a dangerous point of decline despite zero-catch recommendations.

#Cod #Fishing #MarineConservation #MCS
Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ UK-caught cod as population plunges | Fishing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/consumers-urged-to-completely-avoid-uk-caught-cod-as-population-plunges

"..a huge swathe of the south has been occupied by an invading army that’s targeted and killed civilians (a war crime), children (a war crime), medics (a war crime), journalists (a war crime), blown up critical infrastructure including bridges (a war crime), and has seen a fifth of its population made homeless overnight (a war crime)"

#Lebanon #Israel #WarCrimes
Israel is waging war on Lebanon. Why is the world calling it a "ground operation"?
https://www.thenerve.news/p/lebanon-war-israel-iran-ground-operation-media-war-crime-carole-cadwalladr

"Battery storage is now cheap enough in India that solar power can meet 90% of the country’s power demand at lower lifetime costs than current average purchase rates in most states, a new study has found, a finding that could potentially point to a future buffer against global energy shocks"

#India #Solar #Energy

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/solar-energy-cheap-battery-storage-can-meet-90-of-india-s-power-demand-at-affordable-costs-ember-report-101775504852427.html

"Our skies get quieter every summer: from 1995 to 2023, the UK swift population declined by 68%. “It is a pretty consistent decline,” says the RSPB’s migratory birds programme manager, Dr Guy Anderson, “and it’s pretty consistent wherever you look in the UK.”

#Swifts #Birds #Wildlife #Environment

The reasons are murky, but‘Swifts spark joy!’ Why these beautiful birds need our help – and 10 ways to give it | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/swifts-spark-joy-why-these-beautiful-birds-need-our-help-and-10-ways-to-give-it?&CMP=upside_email

"His name is ‘Fossi’. He’s depicted as a swirl of grey smoke. And he’s liable to lose his temper whenever his classmates blame him for the climate crisis.

Fossi is the protagonist of Our Hidden Powers: The Big Switch, a children’s book launched last week by Swedish clean energy operator Baseload Capital"

Disgraceful.

#FossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #Children #Books

https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/meet-the-combustible-cartoon-character-who-wants-to-make-kids-feel-sorry-for-fossil-fuels/

"Hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit almost halved if the government assesses their condition might one day improve. Charities warn the move could cause large-scale hardship, including “destitution.”
Frances Ryan

Dreadful, punitive policy from this Labour government. "We will keep beating you until your condition
improves"

#Disability #Benefits #Eugenics #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/29/disabled-benefit-claimants-face-lower-payments-if-conditions-not-deemed-lifelong-charities-say

"I have followed every protocol. I haven’t committed any crime. I have diligently done what the government said to be on the 10-year route. And now, because my son has a disability, the government is saying you can’t have the right to stay, because you claimed benefits, you must wait another 10 years"

#Immigration #Refugees #AsylumSeekers #UKPolitics

How Labour’s immigration plans shatter lives | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-immigration-leave-to-remain-shabana-mahmood-heart-broken-testimonials/

Yes she's correct, but a closer reading shows her insistence that more investment in new nuclear is the way forward.
No Rachel, it isn't. It takes many years and is far more expensive than investing in solar, hydro, wind and battery storage, and is by no means 'clean'.

#Renewables #CleanEnergy #UKPolitics

Rachel Reeves to tell G7 accelerating shift to clean energy is best defence against energy price shocks | Renewable energy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/29/rachel-reeves-to-tell-g7-accelerating-shift-to-clean-energy-is-best-defence-against-energy-price-shocks

"Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development"

#Housing #AI #NationalGrid #UKPolitics #Energy

The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of new homes
https://www.thenerve.news/p/ai-data-centres-electricity-grid-housing-new-homes-energy-delay

"Meet Matt Brittin: ex-Googler and, if reports are to be believed, the BBC’s next director general. An executive search yielded an apparent shortlist of four women – who between them had decades of experience in broadcasting, news, and public service journalism – and one man, who didn’t"

#BBC #Google #Journalism #Entertainment #UKPolitics #AI

Will Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?
https://www.thenerve.news/p/matt-brittin-google-bbc-director-general-ai-death-journalism-guardian-anna-bateson

"The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of liquid natural gas (LNG), and oil and gas companies and their trade groups have spent years lobbying to weaken the EU’s methane law in the name of energy security concerns. Now, attacks on gas infrastructure in the Middle East and spiking energy shortages in Europe add urgency to the industry’s push"

#Methane #Oil #LNG ##IranWar
As War on Iran Continues, a European Climate Law Could Be at Risk - DeSmog
https://www.desmog.com/2026/03/25/as-war-on-iran-continues-a-european-climate-law-could-be-at-risk/

Unusually fair article on Green Party leader Zack Polanski from the BBC. Is something afoot?

#XackPolanski #GreenParty #UKPolitics

Zack Polanksi: I want to hold balance of power at next general election - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg05xrgkg6o

I've pledged to join #NoMowMay2026

Link below if you want to take part

Join No Mow May 2026 - Plantlife
https://www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/join-no-mow-may-2026/

"Our new study shows that a wetland created by beaver damming can store carbon at rates up to ten times higher than an equivalent stretch of river and floodplain without beavers"

#Beavers #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity

Beavers can turn streams into carbon stores – we measured how much
https://theconversation.com/beavers-can-turn-streams-into-carbon-stores-we-measured-how-much-278489