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18 May, 14 tweets, 3 min read
"The UK produces more plastic waste per person than almost any other country in the world, and many of us spend time carefully sorting our recycling."

"The government claims that almost half of the UK’s plastic packaging gets recycled, but that simply isn’t true."
"Well over half of the household plastic packaging the government claims is recycled is sent abroad, most of it going to countries with very low recycling rates and a serious problem with plastic waste being dumped or burned illegally."
"Unbelievably, the amount UK sends abroad is the equivalent of three and a half Olympic swimming pools every single day."

"The government claims all of this exported plastic gets recycled, but truth is we have no idea what really happens to it because no one bothers to check."
"It’s actually illegal to export plastic waste unless it’s going to be recycled, but Greenpeace investigators have found British plastic dumped by the side of the road, abandoned in illegal dumps or even set on fire in Turkey and Malaysia."
"In Malaysia, CK Lee, a local solicitor who works with the Kuala Langat Environmental Association told us that local residents “were having breathing difficulties, having difficulty to sleep, feeling nausea, [and] feeling unwell” "
"...from breathing in the toxic fumes and smoke from plastic waste that had been dumped and burned in the open air."

"This is wrong. It’s unjust. And it has to stop." ⚠️☠️
"The government claims to be a global leader in tackling plastic pollution, but it is failing to address this crisis responsibly."
"Its small gestures towards stemming the plastic tide, like banning plastic cotton bud sticks, stirrers and straws have had a minimal impact. Meanwhile, more significant reforms like introducing a plastic bottle ‘deposit return scheme’ have been repeatedly delayed."
🌎🌍🌏 Can't BREATHE!!

greenpeace.org.uk/news/plastic-r…
"WATCH ‘Wasteminster: A Downing Street Disaster’ – Greenpeace’s new film on the plastic crisis."

greenpeace.org.uk/news/wastemins…
SIGN THE PETITION 👇

To: The UK Government

“Fix the UK’s plastic waste crisis:

1. Stop dumping our plastic waste on other countries
2. Cut the UK’s single use plastic by 50% by 2025
3. Roll out a Bottle Return Scheme to stop billions of bottles from being dumped”

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10 May
@natibubble @mo_scot @DoogidGolf Please take time to read this thread, and particularly, the article highlighted regarding the misconception of #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as a "nationalist" project.

Read 15 tweets
10 May
@LeRef5 @agcolehamilton If your comment refers to @scotgov then you had better provide evidence to support your claims.

If, your comment is based upon partisan tactics from opposition parties to smear the incumbent @scotgov then you have no evidence since their goals are entirely party political.
@scotgov "We are reminded also that the UK has changed significantly during its history. It is also a union which evolves and is CONTINUING TO EVOLVE, as the introduction of devolution in 1999 for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales demonstrated."
@scotgov "The Scottish Independence Referendum represents the latest stage in the evolving story of the political and
constitutional shape of the UK."
Read 42 tweets
8 May
"Curtice said: “The thing that clearly comes out of this forecast is we are talking about a situation where roughly half of Scotland has voted for a pro-independence party and roughly half has voted for a pro-Unionist party, ..."
"...so this election has very clearly underlined the sharp division, even division, between Unionism and support for independence in Scotland.”
"He said that, unless the polls shift, this means that a second independence referendum would be a huge gamble for either side and that no-one can know how Scotland would vote."
Read 19 tweets
8 May
"THE “once in a generation” phrase parroted by Conservatives in their attempt to block a second independence vote is nothing but a slogan and has no constitutional relevance, one of the architects of the Edinburgh Agreement has said."
"The context of Northern Ireland with the ending of the Troubles then raises an interesting point. Northern Ireland has, under British law, a guarantee that the Secretary of State will consider any fresh referendum on Irish unity 7 years after an initial referendum."
If a similar definition of a 'political' generation were applied to the will of the Scottish people to pursue #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, 7 years will have lapsed since #indyref 2014, on 18 September 2021.
Read 16 tweets
5 May
@glasgowcathcart @stevelonie @Dorokusai_tweet @indywolf72 I agree with you!

There are far too many current references in that bigoted attempt to distort the truth - Scotland, like all other nations but for the existence of tin-pot dictators worldwide and in Westminster, has the right of self-determination.
@glasgowcathcart @stevelonie @Dorokusai_tweet @indywolf72 Furthermore, the author deliberately incorrectly apportions the blame for the political game playing by the #Tories onto @SNP.

@NicolaSturgeon acknowledges there are things that could have been done differently and maybe better and commits to doing better if given the chance.
@glasgowcathcart @stevelonie @Dorokusai_tweet @indywolf72 @snp @NicolaSturgeon Opposition parties in Holyrood are wholly responsible for limiting the achievements of @scotgov with their partisan politicking and need to promote themselves continually because they want to be @ScotGovFM and @scotgov !!
Read 9 tweets
5 May
@Jacqui_C_ @Channel4News Heavy #Tory bias in media prevents people from forming their own opinions on events 'reported' and I use the term 'reported' very loosely given the extent of 'brainwashing' from some media owners that act to serve their own interests.

Truth is distorted for personal gain. 🤑
@Jacqui_C_ @Channel4News @Keir_Starmer faces an uphill battle to address media bias that prevents his message from even being heard by voters.

COVID pandemic restrictions have limited opportunities for face-to-face campaigning that could circumvent media bias although the wall of bias is constant.
@Jacqui_C_ @Channel4News @Keir_Starmer “People don’t really know what we stand for, so we’re having to fall back on the time-honoured tradition of anti-Tory sentiment,” complained another MP.

This plays into hands of corrupt and biased media since this comes across as criticism of #LiarJohnson and therefore negative.
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