Maria Bell

Following yesterday's announcement that a staggering, recording breaking 3,614,428 hours worth of sewage had been dumped into the environment. Here's what that actually looks like. Massive thank to the @WATERSHED_i team for the brilliance. watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-out-…

is the UK public prepared for shocks to the food system? Are affluent societies that are used to plentiful flows? Following from my report to the National Preparedness Commission, I urge the UK public to be be involved. Resilience is a community matter. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Farmers now prevented from accessing the Sustainable Farming Scheme. A very shortsighted move from a government that doesn't understand farming, doesn't care about nature, and is woefully indifferent to the very real threats to Britain's food security. 👎 gov.uk/government/new…

Allowing physician associates to take on the responsibilities of NHS doctors "costs lives", an expert from the University of Oxford has said bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I am sending around "Oligarchs' Island" again, written in November 2024. The White House has become an island of international oligarchs. Full essay link in image below or profile

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Well that didn't take long. Less than 10 minutes into the hearing and the water industry is already trying to blame @Ofwat for the devastating lack of investment. Let me remind them, for 35 years WCs have annually "Certified" to Ofwat that they know the law says and that they been given all of the funding needed to build, operate and maintain an properly functioning sewage system... Where's our money gone?! @CommonsEFRA

My feed is filled with Gazans returning to their homes & discovering skeletal remains of their families & loved ones Many skulls with direct gunshots to the head, executed in cold-blood by the IDF They dumbed the bodies to decompose in the open & get devoured by stray dogs

⏰ HEADS UP! ⏰ Time is running out to try & stop the govt passing a law that will force us to bailout failing water companies.😡 Pls sign & share @sascampaigns #BanTheBailouts petition TODAY & make govt prioritise the public, not the #polluters. ⬇️⬇️ sas.org.uk/water-quality/…

"The UK environment secretary, Steve Reed, is pursuing legal action against a group of anglers who are trying to restore the ecosystem of a river." More on this staggeringly stupid decision in today's @guardian by @sandralaville theguardian.com/environment/20…

When, almost a full year ago, UNICEF called Gaza “a war on children”, we did so not out of hyperbole or for a headline, but because of hard evidence on the ground. Appallingly, as per below, such evidence of this war on children keeps mounting.

Tweets from six years ago:

Look at the state of this. @SouthernWater releasing sewage from virtually every inland and coastal outfall in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire today.

The two faces of England. 1. Coastal locations where WCs are currently dumping sh*t onto our beaches and into our seas. Red Xs. 2. Location of sewage dumping monitors that currently aren't working. Grey spanners. Thanks to @watervole3 for the inspiration and graphic.

Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and water-grabbing multinationals are profiting by forcing citizens to pay for it in bottles. Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 Transatlantic Leaders: Concerned about Ukraine’s future and wondering what you can do? Here’s a few things that can be done TODAY all of which - spoiler alert!! - you should have taken action on for *years* now: 🛢️Extend existing sanctions on #NordStream2 that will otherwise sunset this year 🚀Green light #Ukraine to make deeper strikes against Russian facilities that are launching strikes against #Ukrainian civil energy infrastructure 🗣️Announce NATO Article 4 consultative mechanism in response to sabotage against critical infrastructure in @NATO member states that has already been attributed to #Russia 💰Unlock all frozen #Russian central bank assets to fund #Ukraine’s military & reconstruction ⛴Drastically increase enforcement of Russia energy sanctions, price caps, & tech export controls

We had race riots 3 months ago. Razor thin majorities over Reform in many Labour heartland seats. A loto who parrots Trump playbook talking points and a govt who just put up bus fares and took people's heating money. If you don't think something like this can't happen here...well

I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about Israel bombing Baalbek, Tyre, and Beirut in my father's country, Lebanon. 🇱🇧 These are some of the most ancient cities on earth, treasures of humanity. Cradles of civilization bombed by so-called "civilized" nations. Shameful.

I will translate this for all the Western liberals who don't understand anything: Ramallah is not Gaza, it is in the West Bank, it's a beautiful cosmopolitan city that is Christian, Muslim, and secular, and it is not governed or controlled by Hamas.

Dispatches can reveal how King Charles and Prince William are making millions from the taxpayer. In a joint investigation with @thetimes we have uncovered lucrative deals with the armed forces, schools and even the NHS.

As context for the debate over Agricultural Property Relief, let's remember that: - Just 20 Dukes own almost 1 MILLION ACRES of Britain - Whilst 59% of farms in England are less than 123 acres (50ha) in size