Labour: ‘we need to shoot down slogans and easy fixes that don’t work’. Also Labour: ‘anyway, here’s our Trump-inspired slogan which offers an easy fix that doesn’t work.’

We have just launched our Annual Tree Giveaway 2025/26 - bristoltreeforum.org/2025/12/29/b.... Please spread the word.

Finding some bat species are photoluminescent in ultraviolet is one remarkable discovery for 2025. We had a feature on this in Spring 2025 issue of our membership magazine, Bat News. To discover more about #bats 🦇 and help bat conservation join today www.bats.org.uk/support-bats... #BatYearReview

Writing yet another email to my MP begging her to stop destroying nature 🙏😭🦇🦎

Meet the Virginia big-eared bat: a case study in strict environmental protections. We hear a lot about bat tunnels and the supposed ‘negatives’ of environmental regulations but what about the success stories? P.S. I also think we need a UK equivalent of ‘state bats’ 😂 @batconservation.bsky.social

My new year’s resolution is to force politicians to protect nature 💪

Merry Christmas to all of you who fought so hard for nature this year! And to the grinch politicians who voted to weaken environmental protections? Expect a visit from a ghost who will show you a future without wildlife… we need your heart to grow a few sizes ASAP 💚🦎🦇

Echoes & Whispers - Explore the world of #bats 🦇 in this six-part podcast, a creative evaluation piece by Stephen Rutt and Claire Todd. speciesontheedge.co.uk/echoes-whisp...

The stark contrast between Labour action on animal welfare - Stick: ban trail hunting. Stick: ban shooting hares with young. Stick: ban snares. With their total inaction on wild species conservation. Reject all legislative proposals to strengthen protection of wild species. Dangle Carrots instead.

This video from @beavertrust.bsky.social shows how beavers can help insects and #bats 🦇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy3j...

Labour keeping their manifesto promises on hunting and more broadly animal welfare. Makes the fact they have abandoned commitments to nature all the more bizarre and frankly depressing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

That’s the woman who said whatever that guy is saying, 5 minutes ago, but got ignored.

Thangam Debbonaire spewed similar when voters kicked her out of public office and replaced her with better. She was raging that people didn't understand the political games she had to play. No. We just saw an arrogant MP who didn't give a shit for people. Starmer has a similar schtick.

A very disappointing response from a government who is choosing to ignore scientific evidence and advice from @jncc.bsky.social following the seventh quinquennial review of species protections www.gov.uk/government/p...

Hands of the habitats and species regulations Keir Starmer! This legislation protects our endangered species and habitats. We need to make it stronger not weaker.

No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state

The government is rolling back nature protections in their draft planning policy framework. Here’s what you need to know and how you can help. The template email is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

There is a clear pattern of Steve Reed looking people in the eye and making promises that he completely bulldozed over months later. Journalists- This needs more attention. Residents- We need to let our collective anger unite us in action. ✊

Well said Dr Paul Dorfman- The Nuclear Taskforce came to its conclusions "without providing any evidence that [nuclear] regulation is responsible for huge delays and ballooning costs rather than the incompetence of the builders and the issues with designs" www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/de-fa...

Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.

It's noticeable that the people who are now angriest with Keir Starmer's Labour government are those who voted for it. And they are right to be. This has been his primary achievement. So where on earth does he think Labour voters will come from, next time round?

On days like today, I'm contractually obliged to post this:

"We understand you may struggle with the basics of life without carers who have left the country or can no longer come here to work. But it's simply more important to us, that we pander to reform voters, even though they are never going to be persuaded to vote Labour ever again. Sorry not sorry."

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My politics is whatever protects this🌳🦇🪲🐝🌸

98% of the UK said the don’t want environmental protections weakened. The majority of the uk care about bats and newts and the narrative that they are ‘blockers has been completely debunked. So why do we still have ministers pushing anti-nature policies?

A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity

Bush vetch - Vicia sepium still flowering in the copse where the mower missed earlier in the year. #Wildflowerhour

I like to think this is what the newts think of Rachel Reeves every time she puts them against house building

I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too: "There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done." All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.

Any press coverage?

The next time that somebody tells you ‘the government wouldn’t do that’…. Oh yes they would!

🦇 December is here! Bats are hibernating. They may roost on their own or in small groups, often in cool, quiet places like disused buildings, old trees or caves, where they hopefully won't be disturbed.

This government has me acting like lemongrab on a daily basis 😫 (please tell me I’m not the only nature lover who watches Adventure Time 🤞)

@natreswales.bsky.social published the first Species in Peril report. It outlines species at risk in Wales which includes six mammal species, five of which are bat species: greater horseshoe bat, Bechstein’s bat, Leisler’s bat, barbastelle and serotine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?

Are the Labour Government finally going to bring in rent controls? I seem to be living rent free in their heads! (Thanks for the shout out!) Join.greenparty.org.uk

Good thing on BlueSky is it’s free of ‘forest city’ lobbyists Still just dreamt up by two yimby-concrete-the-land businessmen, seeking credibility and government ie taxpayer-funded legal-financial backing. Call it out. They can’t survive without government subsidies. In fact most on x can’t.

If you care about wildlife and the environment, do take a minute to watch this. And please write to your MP. Thanks x

Got a minute? Labour are about to pass new planning legislation that will effect every single one of us. Make sure you have the right facts. Here’s everything you need to know about the bill in 60 seconds.

I was foolishly optimistic that a Labour government might not have been so seriously wrong about protections for nature and the environment. They are bastards.

The lords have caved already and the planning bill will now go back to the commons with no amendments. There’s now nothing stopping it going through unless Labour MPs magically gain a backbone which we know won’t happen. Goodbye nature. Goodbye endangered species 💔

Shame on the @theguardian.com for this totally uncritical, incurious puff piece on behalf of a former colleague that makes no effort to interrogate the people behind the imaginary, call out the AI slop, or really think beneath the surface at all. share.google/mpqsLEBUrjbu...

Because, as per the thread, they are two grifters with connections to libertarian think tanks. Loads of architects, planners, landscape architects and all sorts are already doing this thinking and practice, this does not reference or collaborate in any way, it is simply clickbait slop.

"artist" Lol. AI slop from crypto grifters.

I'm going to file this into the "grift that's never gonna happen beyond this render" bin. share.google/Dek6tc1VCeWH...

speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency

I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since. Hope you enjoy it too! youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...