I am so bored of hearing politicians saying that the country is being held to ransom by trade unions whose pay demands cannot be afforded when that is not true. A thread…..

I instruct an upper-year undergraduate course on Healthy Aging at @queensu - for one of the assignments, students were asked to create an infographic discussing a common myth about aging. I have permission to share some of the infographics with you... 1/7

In 2 days, we're calling all artists to participate in TAE23! Though there is plenty of time to register, we encourage you to register as soon as we open. Don't forget to share your #WIP. We open our Call for Artists on Nov 25th at 7am PST! #tae23 #artforacause #callforartists

@HelenRumbelow I think Ned just lost his home. So many trees destroyed 😪

@burnley_green

'Improvements' in Burnley Town centre. This roundabout was full of beautiful trees all now destroyed. @burnleycouncil shame on you @TheGreenParty @antony_hig this is not progress.

Not sure who is still out there, but I’ve been working on this for six months and, well, here it is:

The Hancock farce & Williamson disgrace are symptoms of rot at the heart of this Tory Govt. We've had 80 ministerial resignations or sackings in the past year alone. We can't put up with this rotten Govt any longer - we need a #GeneralElectionNow Me on @bbcquestiontime #BBCQT 👇

Sigh.

1/ Congratulations to @grantshapps on his appointment, the 5th BEIS Secretary of THIS Parliament. Fair play to him, one of his aliases was Michael Green, which could be a good sign. 🙂

Utterly bewildering Govt attack on solar farms. Solar is a win-win for energy & food security - it's *9 times cheaper* than climate-wrecking oil & gas (and much faster to deploy too), and fields with solar panels can still produce food. Who's behind these nonsensical Govt plans?

"'Move on outta here. Go on, pack your bags.' I think that's the part she should have played." Founder of M People, and fierce critic of the Conservative government, @themike_p reacts to Liz Truss using the chorus of his song 'Moving on Up' at the party's conference.

"we have listened". Too late - untold damage from this reckless duo. #Resign. #GeneralElection

“A country in which you can’t see a GP for months & your mum can’t get an operation for years, where beaches covered with sewage & the trains don’t work, is not one that can stand another round of spending cuts.” Excoriating from ⁦@chakrabortty⁩👇

There are overwhelming physical & mental benefits to more access to nature - yet we only have a legal #RightToRoam on 8% of English land & 3% of rivers. Today my Private Members Bill is published, calling for @Right_2Roam to cover rivers, woods & green belt - Govt must support it

If only there was some way to prevent these "horrible stories of suffering" - perhaps don't join the queue? Surreal energy to this #thequeue #queue

More North Sea oil & gas - but no mention of renewables, no insulation, and no windfall tax - @trussliz couldn’t have got this any more wrong. Does she not have a *clue* what got us into this crisis in the first place? #PMQs

We’re planning to sue Ofgem over their price cap announcement. Here’s how & why 🧵(1/9)

What Emily Maitlis seemed to me to be saying in her Edinburgh lecture was that there are truths that need to be told that can be stated as facts without requiring rebuttal. A short thread to discuss this…..

"It’s time to admit that water privatisation has been a failure." "In 2018, Michael Gove... said that England’s nine regional water... companies had paid out 95 per cent of their profits to shareholders between 2007 and 2016." Polluting for profit. https://t.co/HTNnlXjGfn