Another lovely #wildflowerhour tonight, it’s wonderful to see so many of you enjoying #thewinter10, our challenge for the coldest months! It’s surprising what you can find if you go to look! 👀 See you all again next Sunday! ☺️

In 2020, Boris Johnson said that Trump "encouraged people to storm the Capitol ... I believe that that was completely wrong. ... I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol". Does he still think that? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...

We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.

Seems the bbc will do absolutely anything for celebrity traitors.

Some interesting ideas in here, counterbalancing the pervading sense of inevitability that in the end only helps the very people it is directed against.

But the US private insurance health model makes untold billions for the profiteering companies. Which is what private medicine is all about - profit before patients.

This Thursday #ChangeEverything comes to the wonderful Malvern Book Cooperative, 7pm. Hope to see you there if that's your patch! @wiltonsquare.bsky.social

Tim Davie gone Can we have Mock the Week and the Mash Report back now please? cc @daraobriain.bsky.social "Comedians react as BBC boss 'threatens to axe left-wing comedy shows'"

Sorry to hear about your first wife But people need to realise what private health is. You are their meat. Our NHS has been deliberately run down by politicians, underfunded & privatised, so it’s not what it should be. But, fundamentally, it delivers care according to need not ability to pay.

Exactly. True story: when my first wife died, I got lots of demands for uninsured excess charges. Most were $10 or $20, so I paid them. Then one for $1600 for an MRI. I checked the details before calling the provider. The alleged scan was done after she had been cremated and buried.

accusing him of weaponizing the legal system, using it to pursue political enemies while shielding allies and major donors from investigation or accountability. Read what he wrote here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

A federal judge issued a stark warning about what he called an “existential threat to democracy” in a forceful first-person essay published Sunday. He revealed that he resigned from the bench to freely speak out against Trump,

My interview with Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director, who was fired for doing her job, standing up for public health and science. Learn about her resilience and optimism. erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m...

Exulansis -the moment you simply give up trying to explain the in‑between. 📖 This article gives voice to the silent struggle of families living with #LongCovid, where recognition, care and empathy often fail them. www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/exulans...

Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies! www.bbc.com/news/article...

More dodgy deals uncovered in the government’s VIP lane during the peak of the pandemic

This study of the 2005 London bombings was the first in which we proposed that supportive behaviour among survivors in an emergency is due to extension of the boundary of the self-category, which occurs in such events due to perceived common fate. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

I'm reminded of something @anandwrites.bsky.social said in response to conservative claims that NYC isn't the "real America" - he said something along the lines of: "New York is where your kids go when you won't love them for who they are." Cities ARE the nation.

9. Now this idea is being resuscitated once again. The city is cast by the new wave of fascists as a degenerate, crime-ridden arena, dominated by Muslims, immigrants and “alien” ideas such as feminism, antifa, anti-racism, trans rights, asylum, public transport and intellectualism.

4. The city, for them, was a seething mass of “aliens” and “cosmopolitans” (ie Jews). It teemed with “foreign” and “degenerate” ideas and practices. Some of them, particularly Gerald Wallop (Lord Lymington), railed against its democratic impulses: he wanted a revival of aristocratic rule.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

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'The biggest day of protest in US history as an estimated 7 million people showed up for No Kings on 18 October in small towns and red counties as well as big blue cities.'

'it is Trump’s willing participation in a mutual process of identity enactment, rather than any instructions contained in his speech, that should be the basis for assessing his ... responsibility for, the assault on the Capitol building' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm so, so sick of hearing about immigration. It's like a foghorn 24/7. On the news. In the papers. In the shops and the pub. In the coffee shop. For God's sake just knock it off - yeah it's important, but it's not the only or even the main thing going on. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Even where survivors have strong evidence, the system rewards defendants who can outspend, out-delay, or out-threaten them. Part 36 offers — the settlement tools routinely used by corporate lawyers — can bankrupt a claimant who dares to reject a lowball offer and fight on.”

Volunteers and community crafters have come together to create a poignant tribute at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire. More than 11,000 hand-crafted poppies adorn the Chapel of St Mary the Virgin in honour of those who have served and sacrificed. We will remember them.

Is anyone else finding America particularly terrifying right now? Here we have a “pro-life” Christian man calling for Stevie Nicks to be executed and pastors are preaching that the 19th amendment that allows women the vote should be repealed.

Labour’s reset with the EU may solve this boring, costly nightmare for British businesses. But EU-phobic Farage and Tories say they would rip that agreement up again. What an utterly childish response to the damage they’ve done. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄 Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆 1/15 🧵

The Philippines is about to get hit by another devastating typhoon. Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, has intensified into a super typhoon off Catanduanes. Authorities warn of life-threatening conditions.

Iran, facing its worst drought in decades, is planning intermittent cuts to water supplies to try to stave off the evacuation of Tehran.

Give this a share if you can 🦖👍

Rebellion in the MAGA movement when Kevin Roberts, the head of conservative think-tank Heritage Foundation, had a sit down with Jew & woman hater, Hitler fan, racist Nick Fuentes & Tucker Carlson www.ft.com/content/17fc...

Guaranteed they won't piss off if you ask me! Their (pay)masters have very deep pockets. Politics of their kind is driven by US billionaires who want to rule the world

National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign. 35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee 12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate Non-slate candidated www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

It’s WE who need to remember.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 They'll be back Their (pay)masters have very deep pockets

In the best tradition of Swift, Henry skirts the edges of believability so masterfully that you feel obliged to check it's actually satire.

What a fabulous wildlife hotel 🐌🐞🕷🦔💚 Our #WilderWorcestershire team work with fantastic groups, like the brilliant Worcester Cathedral Eco Group who are responsible for this prime real estate for bugs, beasties & even hedgehogs 👏 Read more www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wilder-...

Musk's remuneration package is designed to shock. Why is the Tesla board so keen to reward failure?

Well done NT Members who did vote for the nominations committee endorsed candidates, blocking the ReFuk - Restore (Destroy) Trust candidates who seek to whitewash history. But c 48k votes in total is only a fraction of the membership which makes me wonder who doesn’t vote

I'm quoted in this NBC News piece from yesterday. Reality is, a decade and a half of under-investment has crippled the state. Labour will have to pick up the poisonous bill, and then we'll all have to pay if Reform UK smashes everything left. www.nbcnews.com/world/united...

Exactly this.

This. Cameron & Osborne lit the fuse to Brexit, Farage & the rise of the far right thugs - and their hard of thinking sheeples. And LiarJohnson

This was a fantastic speech by Newsom, in Houston, right in the middle of a state Trump considers his own.

Ca Gov Gavin Newsom: “He is a historic president—a historically unpopular president. Underwater in every key category—I mean, you can’t even make this up… “And he knows it. Why else did he feel the need to rig the election before even one vote was cast. That's just weakness.”

No argument here.

From affordable sketches to investment pieces, Art Fair East in Norwich this weekend isn’t just for looking, it’s for buying – and supporting artists: ⤵️ L

No it is because he is a greedy, racist, fascist, corrupt **** of a man. No one wants him in charge.