“Many situate Blair’s otherwise incomprehensible position with the allegiance of his largest donor, Larry Ellison, a Trump-affiliated tech billionaire who, as of January 2024, had given $100m to the TBI and pledged to take his donations up to $375m.” #Blair

Nobody likes Tony, lol

@JugglingWithEggs @catarinac

‘#Blair went on to become godfather to one of #Murdoch’s children and former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil said the relationship between the two after New Labour gained power was “almost incestuous”.

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/rupert-murdoch-documentary-rise-of-dynasty-bbc-tony-blair/

“This new report [from Tony #Blair Institute] is muddled and misleading.

There is far more progress being made around the world to #decarbonise the global economy than it suggests.

For instance, China is the world’s leading producer and domestic deployer of #renewables and #EVs. Its power generating capacity from renewables has now exceeded that of fossil fuels and its emissions are likely to peak in the next two years.”

Nicholas Stern (Blair’s #climate advisor when in office)

“Tony #Blair has decided to mimic Nigel #Farage on #NetZero and sounds like he is speaking on behalf of petro-states like Saudi Arabia & Kazakhstan for whom he has lobbied for more years than he was PM.

It is vital that the government distance itself from this latest dodgy dossier from Blair and turn its attention instead to what the Climate Change Committee is saying today. Their report could not be clearer: we are woefully unprepared for the impacts of climate breakdown”

Carla #Denyer

‘#Starmer says #Blair's #ClimateCrisis views are in line with government policy
Sammy Wilson (DUP) says Starmer’s net zero policy “is not only bad, it is mad”. Even Tony Blair says so, he says.

Starmer says Blair said there should be more #CarbonCapture. The government agrees. He called for more use of #AI. That is happening too, he says. And Blair said domestic targets were needed too, he says.’

Guardian Politics Live

“Tony #Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of #Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying”

Carole Cadwalladr

A reminder of how the Tony #Blair Institute came to be and the tentacles of its power, particularly around the current #Starmer #Labour government…

‘The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) has exploded in size and revenue during the last few years. Its accounts show it made over $81m (£65m) in revenue in 2021, a 78% increase on the previous year.’

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/17/tony-blair-institute-rise

Day 30 cont ️

“A separatist #ChristianSect which tells its members to hate the world and which objects to voting is campaigning for the #Liberal and #Nationals parties ahead of Saturday’s federal election. The #PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch, formerly known as the #ExclusiveBrethren, has dispatched hundreds of its members to pre-polling booths in #MarginalSeats while instructing them to keep secret that they are members of the controversial #religion.

Workers in five marginal seats in Victoria and NSW told this masthead they had encountered 20 or more Brethren members wearing #Liberal or #National campaign T-shirts handing out how-to-vote cards, some of whom identified themselves as members of the sect. The seats – #Kooyong, #Gorton, #Hawke, #Gilmore and #Calare – are held by #Labor or #independents.

The accounts were backed by #LaborParty campaign sources, speaking anonymously because they were not authorised to speak publicly, who claimed the Brethren members were active in seats in #NSW, #Victoria, #Queensland and #Tasmania, including #Bennelong, #Parramatta, #Whitlam, #Macquarie, #Paterson, #Lyons, #Reid and #Blair.”

#AusPol / #extremism / #RightWing / #LNP / #Coalition / #voting <https://archive.md/osEeV> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html> (paywall).

@tagesschau

Was für ein Wahnsinn im #Wertewesten: Die Verbrechen der Junta in #Jerusalem machen mich fassungslos:

Die #Nakba - imo deckungsgleich mit dem #Holocaust, der #Shoa - findet JETZT in GAZA an den Palästinensern statt. Für alle sichtbar!

Unsere Medien trichtern uns ein, Putin zu verteufeln. Teufel aus Jerusalem - genauso wie die Völkermörder #Blair und #Bush, die kriminell den #Irak überfallen und Hunderttausende Menschen abgeschlachtet hatten - scheinen sakrosankt morden zu dürfen.