The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world" That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims

Al Gore on Saudi Arabia at #COP30 climate summit “Saudi Arabia appears to be determined to veto the effort to solve the #climatecrisis" “I hope that the rest of the world will stand up to this obscene greed and recklessness on the part of the kingdom” www.ft.com/content/f165...

Cruel. Callous. Cowardly. The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are. We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box. Reject the hate. Reject them. This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015 - 2023 - info that has been suppressed by Govt. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...

What are the odds that if/when ‘McSweeny gets fired from Number 10 he waits six months and joins Reform. To help moderate and professionalise them of course.

The main problem in the UK is that refugees are stuck in hotels and cannot work or contribute to society due to how slow/inefficient/incompetent the home office is…this idiotic and offensive suggestion would just make this situation permanent. We have to reject this insult to decency and humanity!

I don’t want McSweeney sacked because of this briefing ‘war’. I want him sacked because he’s steered Labour down such an awful, xenophobic path and paved the way for Farage in number 10.

Amazing to see the speed of change in Poland. Never imagined they’d decarbonise this rapidly.

This little Oak went in the ground today along with another 2499 happy saplings. Beautiful weather and a huge gang of volunteers made light work of the steep gradients and deep heather cover. Thanks to our chums from @sunartfields.bsky.social the wall got fixed too. @derbyswildlife.bsky.social

This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes. On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales. On the right is the UK prison population. 🧵1/8

If I was a betting man, I wuld have a fiver on that being @stevebraysodem.bsky.social in the hat 'helping' sooty and sweep interpret the nonsense being spoken.

An old Communist friend of mine used to say to me that the Labour Party has two colours on its rosette (it did in those days) Red and Yellow. Red for when it was in opposition and Yellow for when it was in office. Plus ca change.

China’s emissions have peaked, five years ahead of schedule. A moment of epochal importance. bsky.app/profile/carb...

"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general" Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

He's good!

Borrowed from elsewhere. Wise words from an expert.

We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history. We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

FFS

USA Photo of the year

The government has STILL not cleared out the highly partisan decision-makers imposed on the BBC by the Tories. Starmer and co are so amazingly spineless and feeble. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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After 3 days of tree planting this week, the 'easy' activity today was to plant some spagnum moss plants in a bit of recovering blanket bog. Who ya gonna call? Bog Blockers! it was a bit claggy and a bit cold but the company was good and the big looks great!

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

First official planting day done at Overdale Nature Reserve, near Hathersage. 2 out of the 11 plots now complete. @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @josmithwild.bsky.social Some tired volunteers now! It's hilly!

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation. UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests: lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...

BBC News bulletins leading on the story of an Algerian man being mistakenly released by the prison service. Funnily enough I don't remember these cases ever leading the bulletins when an average of ten prisoners were mistakenly released a month in the final year of the last Government

The PM is going to a rainforest in Brazil tomorrow. Britain has rainforests too. I agree with the Woodland Trust: "This feels like a lost opportunity to demonstrate domestic leadership in the protection & restoration of the UK's own precious temperate rainforests." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sorting the first 1200 trees ready for tomorrow @derbyswildlife.bsky.social

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

Reform MPs care so much about the Huntingdon attack that not one of them could be arsed to turn up for the Home Secretary’s statement about the incident yesterday.

It does make you wonder.

I'm going to keep posting this until everyone knows it. Who Funds Reform? Nigel Farage’s Party Received 92 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers - DeSmog www.desmog.com/2024/06/04/n...

"The most important plant in the world" one for the lovers of moorland and blanket bog. vimeo.com/1023348796/6...

Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.

Sloppy reporting here! 'Experts' only a single one is named. Reducing the price of electricity compared to gas makes heat pumps a better option than gas for lots of homes too so this is good for the environment. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Absolute perfection. #Reform

A good checklist for action!

Am I joining up the dots where I shouldn't be?

www.theguardian.com/business/202... So this sounds like good news right? Anything that replaces short haul flights with lower carbon transport. Let's hope Virgin do some 'teaser' cheap tickets to encourage folks.

Well said @zoejardiniere.bsky.social !

You could stick one of these on top of the boat @philsturgeon.com global.nissannews.com/en/releases/...

I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong. That 2/9d should read £122 million

Sarah Ferguson deserves a royal house in the way that Liz Truss deserves a lifelong financial allowance.

This is really important. Wealth inequality is stifling the UK economy rather than (as the rich and their captive politicians tell you) growing it.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... This is a bit shoddy. An article showing artists interpretation of what climate change can do to iconic landscapes. So far so good.

Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle... "On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.” Absolutely. Please get on with it.

Awkward ..... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... And Balmoral Castle and Sandringham too if you read it.