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How Brexit is estimated to have hit the UK economy reut.rs/4a3bm05 reut.rs/4a3bm05
ALT How Brexit is estimated to have hit the UK economy
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Look at what’s happening to the UK
The Red is immigration into the UK from outside Europe
Source: Gvt report on migration
Chart HT @lucyjaynewhite1
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Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
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A big talking point of climate change skeptics is “…but the 1930s were hot!”
It’s true. They are right. 1930s summers were super hot in the US!
But zoom out, and most of the globe was not.
Top image: 1930s global temp anomalies, compared to…
Bottom image: the last 10 years with warm orange colors everywhere.
While the 1930s were indeed a relatively warm decade, they are no comparison to recent times, as the pace of human driven climate heating has far surpassed the pace of natural cycles - actually it’s about 10X faster than natural due to greenhouse heating from fossil fuel burning, land use changes, and variations in air pollution, plus climate feedbacks.
A note about the 1930s in the US. It was the Dust Bowl… a phenomenon caused by the intersection of a natural dry cycle in the US Plains and also horrible farming practices with the mass plowing of native Prairie grass. This resulted in incredibly hot summers in which many US heat records still stand today. Contrary to denial talking points, the 1930s in the US are further proof that us humans, even in the small numbers of the 1930s Plains, can have a profound impact on the climate.
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The climate stripes for more than 800 cities and 150 countries worldwide have been updated with temperature data from 2024 - and all are available to be downloaded for FREE for #ShowYourStripesDay
Help us make a difference rdg.ac/3xPtlH2
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Just in case you wondered whether President Trump was right about the ‘genocide’ of white farmers in South Africa…. BBC Verify shows he wasn’t. bbc.com/news/articles/ce9vxv…
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Speaks for itself.
ALT White graphic with black text. Text: UK-EU Deal For: Asda Morrisons M&S Octopus Energy Salmon Scotland BAE Systems Vodafone Dairy UK British Retail Consortium Ryanair Guide Dogs Campaigns Federation of Small Businesses Confederation of British Industry UK Hospitality The Food and Drink Federation British Poultry Council Babcock International Group British Meat Processors Association British Chamber of Commerce Against: Kemi Badenoch Nigel Farage John Swinney
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This is quite concerning.
Charts showing rain total forecasts for next 16 days, little to rain for many. Parts of eastern and southern Scotland are at 21-23 days straight of no rain days. If this verifies, we could be pushing 40 days in some spots.
Very unlike Scotland!
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Let’s also get some perspective on Reform’s Councillor numbers as a whole. They are segment 1 (behind the Greens)…
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⚠️Wildfire Warning⚠️
A very high to extreme risk of wildfire is in place across parts of Scotland from 28 April - 4 May.
Avoid using anything involving a naked flame.
Please act responsibly.
Visit 👉ow.ly/Vm6g50VJ045 for more info.
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Across Europe, regional sea levels are rising at an average rate of 2–4 mm per year. Mean sea level change is a critical indicator of climate change.
The visualization by @NASA shows changes using the metaphor of a submerged porthole.
#ESOTC2024 report: bit.ly/3Gbw023
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Everyone agrees our energy system is broken. Zonal energy pricing is part of the fix:
🧾 saves £55 billion on everyone's bills by 2050
✂️ cuts billions in waste
🌿 cuts carbon emissions by 17%
With govt considering reform, Octopus CEO Greg breaks down where savings come from 👇
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⚠️The VERY HIGH wildfire warning remains in place across Scotland until Wednesday, 9 April.
❗ An EXTREME wildfire warning has been issued for the south west, eastern, central, and north of Scotland for Thursday, 10 April.
Visit 👉 ow.ly/EbO850VvW70 for more info.
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Großes Dankeschön an die @deutschetelekom für das großartige Video ❤️
#Klimakatastrophe u. #Klimaschutz sind so ein wichtiges Thema!
Und doch denken immer noch zu viele Menschen, gibt es doch gar nicht o. wenn, dann besser ignorieren. 🙈
#UnsereZukunft
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Thanks for kind comments. Just to confirm: Alfie's away but, as a pathetic free-loading European type, hasn't yet left the cult. Not sure where he is - might have nipped across to Greenland, just to do a quick tour of its security facilities to check everything's cool with them😎
Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time fave @BeeGeesOfficial songs, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!”
A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶
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This is "I Put Up Tariffs" 🎶- perhaps the first ever parody song (?) to make reference to the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930. It's based on #BobMarley's legendary "I Shot the Sheriff" and sung from the point of view of #Trump, unleashing his frenzy of #tariffs on the USA & the world.