The light is beautiful just now. Finally feels cooler too.

At least we have a cool shady area to relax outside. Very sorry for those who don’t.

‘Our political system is toxic masculinity in constitutional form and it therefore attracts people who share those values.’ Accurate summary of why our political system is so shit and this just might be a turning point towards the change we so desperately need. 👏

‘ Badenoch said that there had been a “villain in Britain’s deindustrialisation. His name is Ed Miliband and he has made our country poorer,” she said, to applause.’ What a clown car the Conservative Party has become. Two words on industrialisation and impoverishment? Thatcher and Brexit.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

I can tell tonight is going to be wild already. Bumped into @rosieisaholt.bsky.social in the car park and @mrhenrymorris.substack.com in the cafe!

YouGov are really on the ball this morning with their daily questions. #keirstarker !?!?

The Farage effect. A losers’ charter. Everything gets worse and costs more when prejudice is turned into policy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"It is quite incredible that the author (Farage) of a genuinely historic change that has made tens of millions of people poorer, and made the country weaker, has been able not merely to survive, but to prosper," writes Alastair Campbell.

Beautiful day in Cornwall well spent at Trebah Gardens and Kynance Cove, finished off with dinner and sunset in St Ives

Saw this sign just now in Cornwall and somehow thought of you! @sturdyalex.bsky.social

The conversation we need to have (the truth): govts and media cynically blame immigration for their own failures. They’ve endangered our communities, unleashing Farage-fuelled racism and radicalised hatred on unregulated social media sites, as they lack the integrity or courage to call it out. (2/2)

The conversation they want to have (the ugly but persistent myth): uncontrolled immigration has led to deep rifts and unhappiness in “left-behind” communities, justifying people’s “legitimate concerns” and leading to dangerous but understandable riots on our streets…. (1/2)

Spotted in Glastonbury. I know there’s a lot of alternative culture here. Thought this was a bit much tbh.

Absolutely correct, and that he gets invited on the radio to sell his book “how to make Britain rich” I find genuinely rage making

🇭🇺 The price of right wing populism and authoritarianism.

Wow! Just found out that the Prince Regebt in Taboo is played by Mark Gatiss! Unrecognisable! I was convinced it was Oliver Letwin!

We live in a world where we have allowed the far right to generalise a single, atypical example into an entire universal ‘truth’, while actual, undeniable injustices again the weak and the powerless are allowed to occur again and again without any outcry at all.

It’s been raining all day but I’ve made a pavlova! Bit shonky in terms of shape but I’m sure it’ll taste good. Good old British summertime.

Given he posted this, which is pretty clear in intent, I really don’t get how he’s not been arrested for inciting racial hatred and a subsequent riot.

My pure white rose has opened and it’s tinged with pink akin to raspberry ripple! What’s going on? 🌱🌹

I should add that this vital story - about a company and an issue that most of Britain’s media is chasing - was broken on a v small investigative website’s newsletter. The power of independent media! Do support Democracy for Sale if you can 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com/subscribe

Well this is my ‘garden of the year’ anyway… pleasure to be able to relax here and take in the ever changing views and passing butterfly. #inmygarden 🌱🌿

What a wonderful inspiring day at RHS Chelsea Flower Show yesterday. Just buzzing so much I hardly slept last night 🙄 photos of some of my favourites I was privileged to go into and appreciate the detail!

Fab day at the #RHSChelseaFlowerShow catching up with friends and colleagues and admiring beautiful plants and gardens.

Not now, Ebola!

My word! Praise indeed Melanie Hick!

Trump is bankrolling the next armed pro-Trump insurrection—and issuing reparations to the conspirators behind the last one—by stealing the money from the victims of the insurrection (using lawyers who are just fixers for a thug). Todd Blanche should be in prison, as should Trump.

"I cannot be bought by anybody," says Nigel Farage, who supported the IRA, rioters, and neo-Nazis for £79 a pop Imagine what he'd do for £5 million. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

The biggest majority in the modern era, and terrified of your own shadow for two years. It beggars belief. I've never known any govt. to have less to lose, and never known a greater need for political honesty than now. But, hey, best stay cautious. You don't want to become unpopular do you?

The launch of a garden design AI App at the Chelsea Flower Show is proving to be controversial. I don't think AI can ever replace the human touch, ingenuity and guidance of a real designer. The assertion that you have to spend over £10k on qualified and experienced designer is simply false, though.

Yes, you can tax the rich. Happy Tax Day. #TaxTheRich #Mamdani bsky.app/profile/mayo...

This is what they believe. And if they get real power we are all in deep trouble. Don’t let it happen.

What Mr Proctor said (and no, we are not related afaik!)

Oh wow. What a take.

A very happy 100th birthday to the remarkable Sir David Attenborough.

Just remember. Farage isn’t really winning. He’s having power bought for him by foreign-based crypto billionaires and fossil fuel magnates. They want a corrupt PM who’ll sell off our NHS, bin NetZero and scrap our rights and protections to make more profit for them. Good day for moneymen and morons.

What is the worst smell ever? How do you compete with rotting tofu? The cruise ship I worked on had a bunged up sewage system for a few days and you couldn’t escape the stench.

This is revolting. @zackpolanski.bsky.social surely won’t let her stand?

Delighted to get not one, not two, but three answers to my bagel question on #mysteryhour! Thank you @mrjamesob.bsky.social ! Very hungry for lunch now!

@quietriotpod.bsky.social US military newspaper is now woke!!! 🤣

You know what we never hear anyone talking about these days? The Climate Catastrophe. I wonder how that existential threat to human civilisation on earth is all going? #GlobalHeating

What? How could that be? They’re usually such upstanding people. 🙄

At RHS Bridgewater today with The Mothership. Good colour on the Chinese Redbuds. Plus camassias in the Paradise garden and a wonderful multistem Zelkova serrata at the entrance.

The significant year on year fall on boat arrivals is broadly unreported by BBC or other media. It has less to do with imminent government changes currently going through than a fall in "push factors" that is Europe-wide

Absolutely delighted to find two of our gardens featured in an actual book! In print! An Award Winning Book, no less!

Good to see Kemi Badenoch has finally found an area where she can make a real difference.

Annual pilgrimage to the bluebell carpets of Ashridge today. Always a delight. 🌱

Ugh. Utterly indefensible

It’s a gorgeous day to be filming in the garden!