I ask MPs and media heads to consider this question: 𝙄𝙛 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙙? Clips below of expert warnings of severe economic and societal threats without emergency action. #NEB2025

99% of what you need to understand about the relentless murder of our living planet, in one word: CAPITALISM

Maj of public, TUC, British businesses want better ties with EU but Labour instead pursuing deal & misalignment with a demented orange fascist. 🤬 “Charles & Wills to make separate trips to US in 2026 as part of a campaign to revitalise a trade deal with Trump” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Countryside Alliance are once again talking out of their (top) hat. 80% of the public, rural & urban, think fox hunting should remain illegal. The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth, as @jon-moses.bsky.social shows here: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-... bsky.app/profile/theg...

It seems the first of the new 'nine river walks' the Government announced in place of a real access policy... won't actually create any new access? They're just upgrading the existing path and adding some signs and benches. A really rubbish level of ambition. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx

Our 2025 version of "Carol of the Bells" - originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song "Shchedryk" - music 1st written by Mykola Leontovych in Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation). The composer would be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921. #SlavaUkraïni #dontabandonthem youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs

Here's another #buyastrangerabook day offer. After the sad news recently of the passing of Sophie Kinsella, @monsterofcoffee.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of one of her books. Here is a selection. If there's one of these (or another) you'd like, get in touch. UK only

E-cargo bike ride to supermarket and garden centre, would still be out if I'd taken the car.

@biggreenbooks.bsky.social made it with a day to spare, thank you for all your efforts

Just in case #R4Today keeps parroting Trump's claims about the security implications of wind farms with no comment, listen to Mark Zachary Jacobson (professor of civil and environmental engineering, Stanford university) on the World Service earlier - around 08:20 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Fabulous ride on my gravel bike this morning, had to go to the retail park in town for a few errands so took scenic route via canal and Greenham Common. Felt somewhat smug as I whizzed past the massive queues in & out of the car park 🚴‍♀️

Lovely to spot this from my brilliant local bookshop @hungerfordbookshop.bsky.social! Thank you for buying, borrowing, reading or listening! #TopTen

@ghrnews.bsky.social might want to update your bulletins

The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.

I've been trying to get my hands on a copy of @thewaroncars.bsky.social book 'Life After Cars' since the beginning of November without resorting to a non-independent seller. I've just had an email from the wonderful Simon of @biggreenbooks.bsky.social that after weeks of effort, it's on its way. 1/2

An amazing prize and a good cause. Well worth £5 a ticket #Scotland Please share @anna-orridge.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social @lauraewebster.bsky.social @kaukabstewart.bsky.social @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social @humzayousaf.bsky.social

"The lives of the Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners now on hunger strike are at growing risk. On Friday, two reached day 48 without food. (In 1981, one IRA prisoner – 29-year-old Martin Hurson – died on the 46th day.)" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Right, Oxford. In the immortal words of Delia, "Where are you? Let's be 'aving you." Be there, in Bonn Square, from noon today, to meet the far right march. (They probably won't get there till 12.45 or so, so it doesn't matter what time you arrive).

UK government on the wrong side of @amnestyuk.bsky.social is a disgrace.

Houchen tries to block Teesworks evidence to MPs northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

What Badenoch so egregiously misses is that these 11 year old boys, whether “native” or migrant, turn into men who are capable of perpetrating violence against women and girls. This is a desperately poor show from her, not unexpected in that it happened, but worse than usual.

Read this. Then read it again.

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

This is the Swift version of Villager, for example: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

If your “special relationship” involves lawsuits, threats, and conditional investment, you might not be special, just… exposed. On Brexit, leverage, Trump tactics and learning the hard way that when you exit the tent, sometimes a bigger, bullier country will come urinate all over you.

Right, I have decided to write a "guided tour" of the 33-page Trump law suit on BBC. It should be fun. This will be on my Substack later - sign up here: emptycity.substack.com I may re-publish it on my personal blog later, but it will only be on Substack to begin with.

So: Trump has finally filed a law suit against the BBC. New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday. Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.

Alongside fellow Green MPs and Peers, I have written to the Justice Secretary to express my serious concern about the wellbeing and conditions of the hunger strikers. Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.

“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or a̶n̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶s̶t̶ a traffic engineer.” — paraphrasing Kenneth Boulding via Michael Baoigheallain

Trump expresses his deep enjoyment of news of the violent death of one of his critics. This is the conduct of a dangerous psychopath.

Pleased to share that I've written a chapter for FUTURE RURAL, a new book out in April 2026 to mark @cprecountryside.bsky.social's centenary Other authors include @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @maryannochota.bsky.social Pre-order here: www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

Make that British citizen and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai. Is the UK government going to demonstrate backbone, with Sir Keir about to go to Beijing? www.bbc.com/news/article...

As a vigilant citizen deeply troubled by the erosion of public accountability in the UK’s economic landscape, I’ve submitted a series of FOI requests to the UK Govt, aiming to pierce the veil of secrecy surrounding free zones. Please look at my latest Substack❤️ open.substack.com/pub/european...

Yup - and he’s doing this exactly because he has nowhere left to run after disastrous policy decisions. Yes, the Conservatives caused the NHS to be where it is today, but unfortunately Labour has done precious little to actually fix any of the fundamental issues in the system.

This is the paper that now wants us to elect Reform.

Well, this looks truly appalling.

The RFK, jr effect.

Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night

If at all possible: Check the publisher on the copy you're buying of a book, and if it says Unbound seek out another edition. It's likely this is happening for all ex-Unbound-published authors.

As I have been saying for a while now, we are going backwards We had a go, but it was too hard, so now we can't be arsed Apparently, it's easier to just accept a climate cataclysm, and ensuing societal and economic collapse www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature So I had a go at mapping them myself 1/ whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...

People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

Hey Nottinghamshire. This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.