Rupert Read

@rupertread.bsky.social

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Co-Director @climatemajority.bsky.social | Emeritus Prof of Philosophy | Author, WHY CLIMATE BREAKDOWN MATTERS and TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTATION | Home-grown dissident | Free thinker | Earthling. NB Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.

Photo says "It's a very, very bad start." Over the top of a blurred image of Andy Burnham.

Quote, over the top of a map of Britain sliced in two down the middle, reads: Climate adaptation could become the central dividing line of the next decade of politics. Britain is entering a period where environmental disruption increasingly intersects with geopolitical instability and fragile supply chains. These pressures will not remain abstract – they will shape household finances, public services, migration, insurance costs, and infrastructure.

Photo shows people listening to Liam Kavanagh of the CMP speak while sitting next to Rupert Read. The text, a quote from Rupert's column, reads: “....while many working class people are involved in that movement, it is also generally true that disproportionately many of the faces you see at protests, organising meetings or being interviewed on TV are (like me) from a largely white middle class background.”

Photograph shows Rupert Read talking into a microphone against a backdrop of a big screen with a slide featuring a National Security Warning headline.