Brexit was sold as a plan. It promised control. It turned out to be an argument without a plan as to what came next, even years on. Now Britain has to work out what it actually wants from Europe writes Niall Ó Conghaile.

Amazing 👏 👏 👏 This morning nearly 91% of UK energy generation was from renewables… grid.iamkate.com

Amazing 👏 👏 👏 This morning nearly 91% of UK energy generation was from renewables… grid.iamkate.com

There's having a brass neck and then there’s whatever this is from Boris Johnson

Fascinating 🦫

No evidence found of ‘family voting’ in by-election. Can’t say I’m surprised.

Visceral backlash, loathing & song. This week’s Pecksniff Diary has this & more on Reform’s stunt, Tories on the brink of extinction, the drifting LibDems, the Greens digging in & fractured councils with May elections looming. It's another corker of a read... Cheers!

Fascinating 🦫

No evidence found of ‘family voting’ in by-election. Can’t say I’m surprised.

Britain has lost 118,000 miles of hedgerows, writes Kate Moore. What’s replacing them – and why does it matter more than you think? This restoration project offers a rare answer. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Lots of renewable energy being generated atm. Very little gas being used. 👍🏼 grid.iamkate.com

Lots of renewable energy being generated atm. Very little gas being used. 👍🏼 grid.iamkate.com

A small step in the right direction.

The UK could do this too. We should.

Hard to be optimistic about anything at the moment, but there is one positive development I suppose. Donald Trump has made the strongest possible case for why countries must turn their back on fossil fuel. And they seem to be listening.

Nature is in crisis – but solutions are within our reach. Bug hotels, hedgehog gaps, wildlife ponds. Wildflower patch. The smallest action we take can change how we care for the world around us, one person at a time. Here are some great ideas ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Today is International Rewilding Day. So while we are focusing on what each of us can do to help wildlife, here 👇 are more ideas to create your own haven

Without a referendum…

Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...

Fossil fools may wish to pour a stiff one, grab a seat, and keep the smelling salts to hand…because Britain’s electricity is currently 82% zero carbon…with just one neat trick - #renewables Fossil fuel companies hate it.

For the owners of suitable rural, off-grid homes who are facing a price shock for heating fuel, there has never been a better time to replace the system with a heat pump.

“Farage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems” V much summing up his approach to power. Grifting and gobshiting - yes please. Hard work and responsibility - god no. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The necessity of maximising our own renewable energy sources seems blindingly obvious now. If the climate emergency - and now geopolitical shocks - don’t convince you, what would?

Hereditary peers are to finally go, although some will be offered life peerages.

This should have been predictable.

Last week in Parliament, UK Feminista and MP Jess Asato launched the 'System Change' report for schools: a blueprint to move from reacting to sexual abuse to preventing it. By Jenny Rhodes for International Women's Day #IWD2026

Hmm…

From FT comments

A special relationship is built on mutual love and respect. An abusive relationship is when your partner belittles you, gives nothing back, threatens you, keeps negatively comparing you to an ex partner and despite it all assumes you'll always be there for them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Guess the Board of Peace got bored of peace.

“You literally have no anxiety about healthcare expenses.” A US immigrant in East Suffolk reflects on the NHS and peace of mind. #lifeintheUK

“You literally have no anxiety about healthcare expenses.” A US immigrant in East Suffolk reflects on the NHS and peace of mind. #lifeintheUK

We just finished this extraordinary Oscar-nominated documentary which is currently on iPlayer - a truly unique insight into the life of young Russians made only possible by the bravery of one teacher www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

You'd think Reform would be delighted that a white, working class plumber got elected and they beat the metropolitan elite university lecturer.

Hannah Spencer's victory speech is a simply brilliant piece of political communication. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here we go. All these Reform voters better stop working to look after granny. Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This is shocking, but a must-watch.

Is Britain really “not so great of late”? One recent arrival from Texas sees things rather differently.

The therapeutic value of community horticulture is well documented and massive. The same goes for animal husbandry. Care for the soil is fundamental to our survival and to start to repair the damage caused by extractive industrial farming, ignorance and greed.

Ah. He claimed to be sending a ‘hospital ship’ to help Greenland because Greenland was literally helping a US submariner. What a hideous fraud he is.

Flooded streets, ruined crops, vanishing insurance – this is not tomorrow’s crisis. @rupertread.bsky.social says the UK is already experiencing the early texture of climate breakdown now, and adaptation is no longer optional but essential.

A change of EU rules to let in Ukraine might also offer a way in for Britain, but make us always rule-takers, perpetuating resentment  By Niall Ó Conghaile eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

#ITVYouthTracker EU referendum voting intention for 16-25 year olds ✅🇪🇺 Join the EU: 83% ❌🇪🇺 Stay out of the EU: 17% Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026

Classic Zelenskyy: "We can also give ceasefire for Russians if they will do elections in Russia."😏🤌

So young white women must breed, old white women must shut up and cook (and clean behind the fridges), and black and brown women will be deported. Is that the Reform message?

The cat’s out of the bag. 👇🏽 “…Brexit was not the will of the people but the will of the rich and powerful – Putin, Trump, the autocrats, the billionaire oligarchs, the libertarians and Farage.” “The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”.

The cat’s out of the bag. 👇🏽 “…Brexit was not the will of the people but the will of the rich and powerful – Putin, Trump, the autocrats, the billionaire oligarchs, the libertarians and Farage.” “The Epstein files show that Brexit was never a “plucky British revolt”.

A reminder that the UK is currently on its 6th Prime Minister in 10 years, testimony to how much the ill-conceived and unnecessary EU referendum and it's aftermath have permanently damaged British politics.

Good.

Good.