Damien GayleVerified account

@damiengayle

Environment correspondent at the Guardian 🍀🇯🇲

London, England
linktr.ee/DamienGayle
Joined November 2009
1,622 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @damiengayle

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @damiengayle

  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Mar 2018

    “If you can read that list without the hairs on the back of your neck beginning to stand up, then maybe is not for you.” David Randall in The Universal Journalist, 1996.

    61 replies . 292 retweets 778 likes
    Undo
  2. 3 minutes ago

    Pointing out hypocrisy is not "whataboutery"

    2 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    51 minutes ago

    NEW: A Black schoolgirl was strip searched by Met Police officers while on her period - and without another adult present - after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, according to a report which found racism was likely a factor.

    31 replies . 371 retweets 541 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Minister rightly says shouldn’t go ahead unless there’s public support Since only 14% people are in favour (over 80% for wind & solar) that should sound its death knell And since replacing just half of gas imports would require 6000 wells, that’s not likely to change

    14 replies . 201 retweets 730 likes
    Undo
  5. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    "The numerous examples of officers exchanging misogynistic messages... is in itself indicative of a problem much wider than the occasional 'bad ‘un'." Eleanor Hanmer of our team looks at tackling in the Met Police:

    1 reply . 3 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    ‘In what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind action, the lawsuit brought by activist shareholders claims that Shell’s 13 directors are personally liable for failing to devise a strategy in line with the Paris agreement’

    1 reply . 8 retweets 15 likes
    Undo
  7. Retweeted
    Mar 14

    Police are there to protect private property, not justice. (Exhibit 1,937,279,827)

    0:44
    Riot police have arrived
    Show this thread
    4 replies . 8 retweets 56 likes
    Undo
  8. Retweeted
    Mar 14

    Not gonna lie, today has seen the widest popular support for anarchist squatters that we've witnessed in ages

    London: mansion occupied on Belgrave Square, owned by a russian oligarch
    5 replies . 35 retweets 193 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  9. Mar 14

    In a statement on the Deripaska squat, the bemoans the sanctions against Russian oligarchs as "a distinct break with Britain's traditional support for property rights"

    1 retweet
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  10. Mar 14

    ☹️

    Eviction imminent
    Show this thread
    1 reply . 1 like
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  11. Mar 14

    Crimes of colonialism cascading down the generations

    This Tweet is unavailable.
    2 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  12. Mar 14

    Anarchists have occupied Oleg Deripaska's London mansion.

    1 reply . 1 retweet 5 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  13. Mar 14

    Good. And then let's get Blair and Dubya in there straight after.

    1 reply . 3 likes
    Undo
  14. Mar 13

    The ’s video team cut this clip from my footage of today’s action against the red carpet.

    4 retweets 11 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  15. Mar 13

    Environmental activists disrupt red carpet in London - my story for the on today’s action by

    3 replies . 23 retweets 62 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  16. Mar 13

    “We are asking celebrities to use their platform to speak out about the climate emergency ... they have platforms that are so big but they are not using them for the reasons we need.” Dillon, another protester, explaining why they have targeted the event.

    3 replies . 7 retweets 29 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  17. Mar 13

    “We’re asking them to use their platform to speak out about the reality of what’s happening.” activist Claudia explains why they are targeting the

    4 replies . 7 retweets 28 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  18. Mar 13

    Some were able to get inside and disrupt the red carpet itself

    0:08
    They’ve cordoned off the red carpet for these climate protestors who are stationed here. “Just look up! Just stop oil!” Incredible how they got here.
    Show this thread
    1 reply . 8 retweets 24 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  19. Mar 13

    Police and security have tried to carry protesters from off the road leading to the red carpet

    4 replies . 17 retweets 41 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  20. Mar 13

    Young environmental activists from have attempted to disrupt the red carpet at the ceremony

    3 replies . 27 retweets 53 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  21. Retweeted
    Mar 12

    Today the Saudi regime executed 81 men, in the largest mass execution in its history. Yet Boris Johnson is about to visit Saudi Arabia to beg for more oil. If the government really cared about human rights, it would end its cosy relationship with the Saudis.

    619 replies . 4,529 retweets 14,545 likes
    Undo

@damiengayle hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·