All lobbying correspondence, emails, texts etc and transcripts of conversations should have to be posted on a publicly accessible website promptly along with the replies. Nothing should be redacted and no lobbying should happen in secret. Democracy dies in darkness.

After spending 15 years decimating our public services and protecting the rich whilst making everyone else poorer, many Conservatives saw Reform as the perfect opportunity to prolong their career and continue doing the same. And Farage welcomed them with open arms.

Diptych. #Alphabetchallenge #BonusDiptych #ClassicMono 📷

Fly by #photography #nature #gull #goedemorgen #birdwatching

Mandelson simply CANNOT be allowed to be a law maker over the rest of us. That should not be a difficult decision. www.thenational.scot/news/2581467...

That red against fresh snow never gets old. I photographed this male Northern Cardinal after a winter storm here in Arkansas.

Good morning 😘 have a wonderful Saturday ☀️🥞🫐☃️❄️✨⛸️🛷🧤🧣🤍

Movement of water #photography #nature #ocean #goedemorgen #light

Woodblock by Toshi Yoshida. ‘Camouflage’ 1985. Dimensions 35.5 x 25.5 inches.

Mist... 🤍 Mystery.... 🖤 My📷

Proud to have been one of the 9,200 people who submitted that name to the contest. Lol blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...

I’m sure Indian billionaire, Sunny Varkey, wants to give Farage a ton of cash to improve the lives of the people of Clacton. And definitely not to lobby for crypto or fossil fuels or to have first dibs on the firesale of British assets (eg the NHS) that Farage is bartering for power. FFS wake up UK.

True things, Part 98

This!

Blimey! ☀️ First #washdaywednesday of 2026! 📷 #photography

Stunning tree for #thicktrunktuesday #lovetrees #nature #photography 📸 credit: Derek Griffin

Sly Dunbar RIP

Definitely maybe.

The Art of Noticing…🌺 #BeachLife

The only surprising thing about Braverman defecting to Reform is that she waited this long

Standing together #photography #nature #birdwatching #Goedemorgen

Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

Voigtlander Bessa T LLL 8 element 35mm f2 Kodak 5222

Dark days drawing to a close. Flowers to look forward to.

The Government wants new water laws that lock us into decades of rip-off privatisation - without asking the public. 82% of Brits support public ownership. You won’t get a say. Stop the stitch-up. Demand a real public consultation: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Painting by David Grossmann ‘In the Winter Dusk' 2022. Oil on linen over panel. Size 127 × 76.2 cm.

Just wondering if Nigel Farage would take “I don’t do computers” as an excuse from another politician? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/21/nigel-farage-apologises-breaches-mp-code-conduct

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Raindrops

Up side down reflections yesterday morning. #Abstractia #nature

Candelabra Aloe. A flowering succulent that flowers in Winter.

Sound on youtu.be/jSDIkpwlqsA?...

Miao Hmong embroidery designs by the highly skilled women embroiderers of the Miao Hmong people who originated from the mountainous regions of China #WomensArt

Monday lunch. Me: Steak and chips Neighbouring diner, also alone: Pink champagne cocktail Hugo Spritz Two plates of oysters Large rib-eye and chips Spinach Two fried eggs Macaroni cheese Onion gravy Ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard. I left as dessert was being ordered.

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

In the light of the setting sun. #Stunday #photography #nature #austria #sony

2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America? 2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America? 2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?

Just how unhinged does Trump have to become before Congress or his Cabinet intervene to stop him? If he wants to impose more taxes on US consumers by raising tariffs, Europe (incl the UK) can't stop him, but it definitely can't compromise on principles of territorial integrity & self determination.

Odilon Redon Blue Poppies, 1910

😸😸😸😸😸😸😸😸 Matt on form!

I've never got this close to a heron. Very special.

It was my lucky day! #photography #nature #dolphins

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

A bit chilly out there #Photography 📷 #Winter #Ice ❄️🧊

let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.

‘It’s good to talk’. Laura Jane Wylder