Ungainly on landhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqynqdilsk2nOne of my earnest hopes is that Emma Reynolds, the former City lobbyist whom Starmer appointed as yet another craven, spineless and utterly useless Environment Secretary, will be out of a job tomorrow. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/18/poultry-sector-growth-plan-uk-national-food-security-supply-chain https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/18/poultry-sector-growth-plan-uk-national-food-security-supply-chain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other19 Jul 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqynqdilsk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mquhx3rylk2uExcellent and essential letters here, laying to rest some pervasive myths about Carbon Capture and Storage, and raising further concerns about both the astonishing financial outlay and the vast climate damage it will cause. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquhx3rylk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqr6owcvzk2eThis is why we can't have rich ecosystems and safe food. The farm lobby threatens us all. https://www.grilled.media/inside-copa-cogeca-plot-to-kill-eu-green-deal/16 Jul 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr6owcvzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqqoys3gwk2rThere's no avoiding the conclusion, however much dust the UK government throws into the air. By providing weapons, rhetorical and diplomatic support to the Israeli government as it has committed genocide in #Gaza, Keir Starmer and his ministers *are* complicit in this great crime.16 Jul 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqoys3gwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqiy2evmkk23There's a simple, fair and effective means of funding politics, which ensures that voters count and money doesn't. MPs: please stop messing about with proposals for donation caps, and press for a proper, democratic funding system. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/political-donations-poison-democracy-antidote-reform-uk https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/political-donations-poison-democracy-antidote-reform-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other13 Jul 2026 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqiy2evmkk23https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqccnoz76c25@GMB.org.uk is actively impeding democratic reform. For selfish and short-sighted reasons, it is helping to prop up a corrupt system, which will never favour the politics it wants. The old ways are over, and it urgently needs to wake up. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/10/gmb-warns-labour-cap-political-donations-endanger-party-funding https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/10/gmb-warns-labour-cap-political-donations-endanger-party-funding?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other10 Jul 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqccnoz76c25https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqbi4dyvj22sI'd love this to happen. It'd be great to see the Church honour the Creation*. (*other views on the origins of life on Earth are available) [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbi4dyvj22shttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mqadv65tu22oAs of today, Henry, the author of this essay, is on Bluesky, so give him a follow: @henryfudgeofficial.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqadv65tu22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq7vrqn3zs2yThis is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 https://henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy-is-a-symptom https://henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy-is-a-symptom?triedRedirect=true09 Jul 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7vrqn3zs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq7fbz74ok2eThis point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.09 Jul 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7fbz74ok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq75sb47y22uSome crucial points here on the great Carbon Capture and Storage con by @sioldridge.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7480683975569571840/09 Jul 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq75sb47y22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq74f5gvjk24The brilliant Michael Walker has interviewed me for @novaramedia.com about Farage, heatwaves, carbon capture and storage, new green tech and a bunch of other stuff. Do give it a watch or a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3IFlcWI22409 Jul 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq74f5gvjk24https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq55wmzh7c2tDespite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/08/carbon-capture-con-andy-burnham-fossil-fuels-renewables08 Jul 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq55wmzh7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq4nh7ynxk2s08 Jul 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4nh7ynxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq4gfxf5qs2hNever underestimate the self-pity of the ruling classes.08 Jul 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4gfxf5qs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq2sjo3pcs2wClacton right now would be a brilliant place for some Radical Listening. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other07 Jul 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2sjo3pcs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq2rveoef22x"The Establishment" (noun): elitist journalists who outrageously expose the leader of a political party for doing what all ordinary, honest working people do: cheating, grifting and hiding millions of pounds in donations from fraudsters and overseas billionaires.07 Jul 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2rveoef22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq2lj74cbc2aIf there is one thing that could induce us to kill each other, it's the conflict-driven business model of the big social media companies. When will the government insist that a harmonious society is more important than their goddamn profits?07 Jul 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2lj74cbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mq25rhkxi22mRemember how Trump and his team campaigned on the promise of "free speech", and claimed - generally without a shred of evidence - that progressives were shutting it down? Well, here's the reality. Speak out against these paramilitary murderers, and you could find yourself in very big trouble. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq25rhkxi22m