So many experts and commentators have responded on the policy today, so here's a rough thread on the politics of the Labour manifesto, and what it cld mean for the climate community. 🧵

PS. I'll try to write something more considered at some point. First up, we've come *such* a long way, and we should celebrate the progress we're making in shifting the dial. 💪

It seems likely that a major UK party will be elected on a platform to end new licensing in the North Sea, that was unthinkable several years ago ... 👏

🚨 Continuation of breakdown thread, started here:

https://twitter.com/chrisjvenables/status/1137414662943723525?s=19

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5️⃣ Mental illness is hard on people around you, shame can isolate them too.

They're left with burden of needing to help, but not really knowing how.

Don't know where to start in saying 🙏 and sorry. 6️⃣ And one final thought: life can be a real fucker sometimes - and whilst we are so much stronger than we know, we are also all quite vulnerable.

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Anyway, despite all this, when I'm feeling good, I can see a better life ahead. ☀️☀️☀️

👋 Hey pals, here's the thing.

I've been having a rough time. ⛈️

I pretended I was OK. I didn't think it would be me that had a breakdown. I wanted to be strong.

Decided it might be good to share. 😬

A thread. 👇

(Obvs there'll be lots of emojis ♥️) First up, why tweet this stuff? 🐦

Well, I haven't so far, and I'm still not sure.

But (1) social media can be real community 👋♥️ (2) I know I'm not gonna be the same after this & (3) I've been inspired by others' stories, it's awks but good, and maybe I can do the same. ✨