What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

If you haven’t already: ✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk 📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks 💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women. 5/5

If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight. Use the Quick Vote option. Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.

Tampons are less regulated than candles. Despite pesticides found at 40x safe drinking water limits and cross-party support for change, period products remain underregulated as health products. @wildcardenviro.bsky.social from @wen-uk.bsky.social on why the UK must act now.

Leaf blower induced Saturday morning rage is a known condition. I fully support this war and do not find it bizarre. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Really pleased to see NT stepping in to help ensure these places continue to thrive in future. Ironbridge Gorge was the destination for my school's iconic big Year 6 residential school trip and I have very fond memories of places like Blists Hill.

The Government deserves credit for seeking expert advice on how the UK can adapt to climate change by 2050. With increasingly frequent and severe weather events driven by climate change, the need for urgent action is undeniable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you are interested in joining VWT as Chair of trustees, please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you! visit vwt.org.uk/vacancies

Fab opportunity to lead VWT's Board of Trustees and help to continue its wonderful work. It's a brilliant organisation that quietly works in background to do huge things - like bringing pine martens back to England and Wales. Please share and let me know if you'd like a chat (I'm a current Trustee).

Most of you need to bump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.

Fab opportunity to lead VWT's Board of Trustees and help to continue its wonderful work. It's a brilliant organisation that quietly works in background to do huge things - like bringing pine martens back to England and Wales. Please share and let me know if you'd like a chat (I'm a current Trustee).

This is the official return of a native species lost for over a century.

"They better look after the National Parks & the Protected Landscapes because it's going to be precious, not just for us but, 150, 200 years time people will regret it if those things start getting traded off" @rory-stewart.bsky.social puts it best 👇 (27:06) www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

⚡Is Labour about to put its historic link with National Parks at risk? I hope not but it seems this is not an academic question. 👀 All eyes will be on the government amendments to the planning and infrastructure bill, expected mid October. greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/30/i...

A classic of following the letter of the manifesto not the spirit of the commitment. No wonder Labour voters feel let down. If fossil fuels are so great for growth why do the companies producing them need so much subsidy and incentive to get them out of the ground?

Response from @campaign4parks.bsky.social to weakening of National Park & AONB protections: www.cnp.org.uk/news/respons...

Oh yes we should definitely build baby build all over our most precious National Parks and landscapes. That's definitely going to help us all have a brighter more prosperous future. Also if you insist on paying attention to detail, this isnt a duty that has a binding effect on planning decisions.

If you're at Labour conference, @archhfund.org.uk is joining @moreincommonuk.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk to discuss how heritage & community driven regeneration should be central to reviving places & civic pride. Looking forward to it! @patrickhurley.bsky.social @anooshc.bsky.social

I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Are these numbers based on literally anything but pure vibes?

The problem is that no one in their social or media sphere is directly telling them "no, those views are in fact racist".

90% of the UK newspaper market is controlled by three companies: DMG (Daily Mail et al), News UK (Murdoch), and Reach (the Mirror, Express). This also translates to a huge share (~40%) of online reach.

Seems like quite a moment. This morning, the UK was powered entirely by low-carbon energy, it seems. Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.

Why what is happening in the United States shows the need for the United Kingdom to repair its own constitution Our polity is there for the taking Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-pointl... Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...

I do think maybe we should be making a bigger deal of the world’s richest man calling for the violent overthrow of British democracy.

I’d like to think that maybe we could collectively learn something for how politicising the civil service is going from the States tbh.

Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!

One of the signs, looking back, of my ADHD in childhood was a total inability to “track the text” and stick with the class in class reading sessions. I compulsively read ahead to the point where one teacher stopped calling on me to read. I would have found this requirement almost impossible.

Impressive turnout to hear Nature Minister Mary Creagh at the first #WildSummit today

Love this "at just £4 a month it is far cheaper than therapy" www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

The UK has a target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030🏞️ But progress isn’t adding up - just 6% of land across the UK is protected, with 5 years to go🥀 New findings are launched as we prepare for #WildSummitUK tomorrow, where nature voices from across the country will push for action 🌱

Is it true that the new ministerial team at Defra is the first ever all female team? Anyone with longer memories able to confirm? @instituteforgovernment.org.uk

It's that time of year again, annual elections for election to Council of the National Trust. Lots of candidates to choose from. Read carefully and vote wisely if you don't want the direction of travel to be backward.

It's not the mere fact that this is happening that bothers me so much; it's that there's all this money floating around that could be organized and deployed to solve real problems instead. Half a trillion US dollars being spent in a collective program would eliminate any problem you could think of.

It’s #NationalPineMartenDay! VWT’s #MartensOnTheMove Haven sites celebrate all things pine marten with new hides, engaging info boards + life-sized pine marten silhouettes hiding in the forest waiting to be spotted! Find out more + plan your trip here www.pinemartens.uk #NationalLotteryHeritageFund

I just crave originality. No more extended universes, I want something new.

Asylum protests vs the local park run. @lgeraghty23.bsky.social runs the numbers for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

So has this rumour got any kind or basis to it, or are we just vibing?

Local and national governments should act to stop the spread of these oversized cars. As Anna Goodman says: “This has important implications for congestion, public space and road safety. The evidence is clear that SUVs increase road danger for people walking and cycling, particularly for children”

ahh I'd been wondering about this.

NEW Yes, an incoming illiberal and radical UK government would have absolute constitutional power By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/yes-an-inc... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/08/yes-...

Oh for... it's a probability engine. For words. There's no ghost in this machine.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

We’re Hiring! Can you help VWT make a difference for threatened mammals? Are you an experienced Operations Manager? Deadline for applications — 5pm on Friday 22 August. For more information and to apply, visit vwt.org.uk/vacancies

Trainline tells me I’ve travelled nearly 20,000 miles by train since May 2021. That’s not including all my work travel. Not bad considering I’m only commuting 2 days a week at the most.

Today is Trans Pride London. If you can’t make it, and you are a cis woman who is fed up with transphobic restrictions being imposed on a marginalized community in your name, please consider signing and sharing this petition www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

"The loss of bats could cost the economy $27 billion as they act as natural insecticides, saving us the need for costly chemical alternatives. Yet while pesticides are counted in GDP calculations, bats – and the essential services they provide – are not." Let's end the war on bats!