Mining magnate Mark Thompson – who’s backing new Reform think tank ‘Resolute 1850’ – previously hosted Liz Truss at a tungsten mine he ran in south Devon The mining company, Tungsten West, donated £4k to Truss’ leadership campaign 1/ cc @writesbright.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/writ...

Voluntary stewardship has failed. There's stricter regulations, but poorly enforced. We now know that SGARs are contaminating everything: songbirds, hedgehogs, slugs, sparrowhawks, species unrelated to rodent food chain. www.thinkwildlife.org/latest-roden... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/06/18/h...

Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 33 MILLION!!! 👏 LETS DO THIS!!

Imagine if communities could own rivers, woods & peat bogs Labour’s Community Right to Buy *could* let people do this with a simple change to the law But rumours are circulating that this change is at risk of being dropped Me for @powertochange.org.uk: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

So good to get some good news in the current world!

Meanwhile, the Dartmoor Visitor Centre in Princetown is being forced to close because of a lack of funding, funding that the duchy could provide - without even missing it. Read what the excellent @guyshrubsole.bsky.social has to say on such matters:

An early contender for headline of the year…

Is the Gov. even aware that a "well managed grouse moor" involves the trapping of thousands of Stoats, in order that the maximum number of grouse can be blasted out of the sky on the Glorious 12th? One rule for the shooting classes, no rules at all for wildlife. Sign the petition now! #ukwildlife