Justin Webb scoffs at head of WHO who makes a plea for more spending on health with “he would say that wouldn’t he” ..in contrast to his tone on the Chief of Defence Staff’s plea for more spending on arms #r4today

Everyone should be equal under the law 🤔 #r4today

Most people don’t have original opinions. They just repeat what they’ve heard from someone louder, richer or more popular #r4today

On the hottest May Day on record, Blair should decide himself where he stands: The risks of not cutting emissions, given the potentially massive consequences, was enough to justify action, he told BBC Radio 4 #newsnight www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...

If the government want to reduce costs for hard-working people, how about fixing the roads? #r4today

Poor government decisions? Here’s some big ones from their predecessors: 1. Brexit 2. HS2 3. Rwanda #r4today

“voters are not fools and they deserve honesty" So says the man who divided Britain with a massive lie #r4today

Cheating a bit here as photos not from this week… Beesypeas or Peasybees? #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Two carrots yesterday (guess the location…) - and one pea (Vicia sativa in the garden today) #carrotsandpeas #wildflowerhour

Two carrots yesterday (guess the location…) - and one pea (Vicia sativa in the garden today) #carrotsandpeas #wildflwerhour

A summary from a couple of weeks ago: #r4today

The Labour government will not hold a public inquiry into the influence of pro-Israel groups in British politics, even after more than 114,000 people signed a parliamentary petition calling for a probe #r4today www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

I don’t think enough Republicans appreciate how despised Trump is beyond their borders #r4today

Southport attack: report shows ‘systemic failure of the state’ to prevent atrocity, says Home Secretary Meanwhile in Parliament Square the UK state continues to try and prevent other atrocities 🤪 #r4today

So there you have it: #r4today

“while no single headline was overtly partisan or inaccurate, there were systematic patterns in both subject focus and tone which created a significant cumulative effect” #r4today eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...

Released over 45 years ago #r4today

What happens when a radio presenter gets it wrong? #r4today

So the Trump’s war against Iran is making Putin’s war against Ukraine more affordable? What an f’ing crazy world this is 🤪 #r4today

Michael Gove’s area of expertise: #r4today

A bedraggled Coltsfoot and an early wild daff spotted today in the Wye valley #wildflowerhour

It’s a shame Jim Ratcliffe’s studies were limited to chemical engineering #newsnight

2025 warmest year on record #r4today

Storm Cloudier? #r4today

Did I miss the bit where Tim Davie reveals whether he was a Faithful or a Traitor? #r4today

Is it an editorial requirement that #r4today prefix ‘left wing’ with the word ‘radical’?

Grassland Fungi: A Field Guide – 3rd Edition out now! The proceeds go towards Monmouthshire Meadows Group and their work in helping to conserve and protect the species-rich grasslands in which these fungi thrive #wildfungihour monmouthshiremeadows.org.uk/2025/03/12/g...

Scarlet Waxcaps (Hygrocybe coccinea) in field behind the house and Golden Waxcaps (Hygrocybe chloroprana) on the lawn #wildfungihour

Late for #wildflowerhour again… Favourite new plant find this year was Adder’s Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum) And as described by #NatureSpot, in a colony of hundreds of plants in a sand dune slack #wildflowerhour

What remains of a Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seedhead in early January #wildflowerhour

Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) seedheads - attractive rather than ‘spectacular’ #Wildflowerhour

Euonymus europaeus - end of October 2024 #Wildflowerhour #fruits

Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) #Wildflowerhour #fruits

My ‘flower hunting’ today has been limited to my photo archive… Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) at Kenfig NNR on 9 July 2025, ..and an old pic of Blackstonia perfoliata from late June 2020 #wildflowerhour #GentianFamily

Missed yesterday’s hour again! Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans) at Caerwent S.Wales end of June 2022 #wildflowerhour #DaisyFamily

Late but… The day-flying Forester moth (Adscita statices) on Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) at end of May, in Gloucestershire #wildflowerhour #PollinatorPals

Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) attracting the attention of a pollinator #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Two edibles: Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum) and Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Autumn Squill (Prospero autumnale) at Prawle Point, S. Devon in early September #wildflowerhour #bythesea

Not really listening to #r4today this morning…. …in case this aspect of Latin usage was not mentioned: naturallatin.com/home/

Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) seen at Kenfig on 9 July 2025 The other 4 are from yesterday in Monmouthshire: Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) and Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) together, Betony (Stachys officinalis) and Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia) #Wildflowerhour #DeadNettleFamily

One message Nick Robinson hasn’t got is that ‘junior’ doctors, are now known as Resident Doctors #r4today

Holding people to account Justin Webb: “that’s what we do on this programme” No that’s what you USED to do! #r4today

Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) and Common Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) on Cleddon Bog on 21June 2025 #wildflowerhour

Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) and Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) from Salisbury Plain on 18 June 2025 #wildflowerhour

So not as impressive as #springwatch ‘s trail cam images but…

Let’s hope it doesn’t take the English justice system another 38 years to decide Lucy Letby is innocent! #r4today

Perhaps Nick Robinson’s experience in Rome, hearing about the Pope’s humility and tolerance, will make him a better person? But then again…. #r4today