We need to stop educating children simply to understand the world as it is, and start empowering them to imagine the world as it could be. To question. To challenge. To think. To create. The future isn't something we should teach children to accept. It's something we should give them the power to shape. @NEUnion @educationgovuk

Day after day since the approval of #Jackdaw, I've heard endless excuses from those who claim to be committed to climate action. The most common? "We need to be realistic. Renewable energy hasn't expanded fast enough to meet growing demand, so we have no choice but to continue expanding oil and gas." And you can be pretty sure the same argument will be rolled out for #Rosebank. But that's the absurdity of the entire argument. The speed of the renewable energy transition is a political choice. How quickly we invest, build infrastructure, reform energy markets and accelerate the transition is determined by the very politicians telling us we have no alternative. We're being told to accept the consequences of political decisions as though they're unavoidable laws of nature. And that's what makes this so infuriating. THIS IS A SELF-IMPOSED CRISIS. AND WE'RE STILL IMPOSING IT ON OURSELVES. Where's the urgency? Where's the ambition? Where's the political will to actually change the circumstances we're being told we must accept? Instead, the failure to accelerate the transition becomes the justification for prolonging our dependence on fossil fuels. But there's something far more devious going on here. This isn't pragmatism. It's political theatre. It's gaslighting the public into believing these decisions are unavoidable, while conveniently ensuring the biggest winner is #BigOil. We're bending over backwards to keep private profits flowing, while society, the wider economy and the planet are left paying the price. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateVandalism @ZackPolanski