Sorry, @rory-stewart.bsky.social but while your hope for a new beginning for the #Tories was admirable, and I wish it were so, once again, your judgement as to where your former party is and your hopes for #ProsperUK seem to be way off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Always good to see an audience that reflects the diversity of modern Britain.

Seems the #WaterWhitePaper is an exercise in allowing water companies to continue to pollute by removing fines when they break the law. The polluter pays principle is being disapplied and the victims (customers & the environment) will continue to pay. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@therestpolitics.bsky.social Given the contents of the US National Security Strategy & Trump's comments in his Politico interview, calling European leaders weak while leaning into the great displacement theory. Isn't it time we started treating the US as the threat it is? Stuart TRIP+ member Reading

In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter: 2/6

And yet, and yet, the govt pushes on with water hungry data centres exactly where we have no water. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Piss ups and breweries spring to mind. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Political leaders have turned away. Not only via this COP. I attended a regional fisheries meeting this year with the US refusing to approve any mention of climate. This week a council in the Midlands supported a school's climate conference but would not allow mention of CC.

The government promised a water White Paper this autumn. Where is it? Are they having second thoughts? anglingtrust.net/2025/11/19/w...

"The Prescott memo [...] has not been transparent or robust in design or approach. The analysis itself falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands." BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...

Tell YouTube, TikTok, Meta, LinkedIn and X: Show Us Your Most-Viewed Content www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns...

I agree, but how? If we all shout individually, our voice will be but a whisper. If we raise our voices together, then it will be a chorus of support. How do we organise against this right-wing, self-serving mob? @theguardian.com @restispolitics.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yep, he really should do it. How to make Keir Starmer a social media star open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Interesting to note that Paid won the Caerphilly bye election and Reform lost. So who is the @bbc Today Programme interviewing? Oh it's Reform. I see their love affair is not diminished.

The government constantly talk of a win-win for growth and nature yet once again portray protecting a SSSI as a "blocker" to development. The more the government say the less we can trust. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This. Every last word of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Watching the Tories this week, it seems they have learnt nothing in defeat. Their slogan "stronger economy" they trashed the economy, "stronger boarders" they opened them post Brexit. Abolish stamp duty, they destroyed many people's chance to buy a house. Shamless! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

Sad to see this government, just like the last, has been bought. Clearly the developers said jump and Reeves said how high. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NO, NO, and thrice NO. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Total political failure to protect one of the most important fish in the marine food web. anglingtrust.net/2025/09/30/m...

Brilliant. Let's have many more of these. Would be a good addition to Labour's planning reform. For once showing they improve rather than trash the environment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For too long, we have known this is coming, and yet we do nothing to prepare and ensure our environment is resilient. Instead, we penny-pinch and fail to invest in nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I utterly condemn the killing of Charlie Kirk. But the way the hard right in the US & around the world have been quick to weaponise it, use it to double down on authoritarianism, culture wars & intolerance is scary. This marks another moment when democracy & enlightenment values slip from our grasp.

Support the governments plans to ban bottom trawling in many of our "so-called" marine protected areas. chng.it/MSCXx26yv7

Bring it on! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

New - No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🎉 MAJOR OCEAN WIN! 📢 UK Government commits to ratifying the High Seas Treaty (aka the BBNJ) by the end of the year, as confirmed by Ocean Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at the UN Ocean Conference just now 🎉 #OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin @oceana.bsky.social @hugotagholm.bsky.social

Turning the military against your own citizens is the act of a dictator. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

FFS! What is @teamlabouruk.bsky.social thinking. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Feel today's interim report from the Independant Water Commission is too timid. Sir Jon Cunliffe needs to go a lot further in his final recommendations. And the government need to act on his recommendations. @anglingtrust.bsky.social anglingtrust.net/2025/06/03/a...

Listening to Ed Milliband on @restispolitics.bsky.social Leading restores my faith in politics and that there are politicians with passion, knowledge and vision.

Big fine for Thames Water. OFWAT fine them over £136m, for them polluting our rivers & for continuing to give bonuses & dividends while they were in financial trouble. Still a company that prioritises great over care for the environment & customers. Time to call an end to Thames Water

This campaign has potentially national importance. We must end the "automatic right to connect," regardless of whether the sewage system can cope. Developers pay for increased school and transport capacity. They should be made to do the same for our sewers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

All we ask is for the government and the EA to do what they are legally meant to do to clean up our rivers. Yet once more, the anglers in Pickering and @fishlegal.bsky.social have to go to court and win again!! Great work! But it shouldn't be needed. fishlegal.net/2025/05/19/d...

Once more, Thames Water's leadership put their own greed ahead of helping customers and the environment. This is on the day DEFRA and the EA confirm they have launched 31 criminal investigations into the company in the past year. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Not enough is being done to clean up our rivers. Anglers across England continue to show just how bad things have got. Angry? Yes! Will @teamlabouruk.bsky.social act or continue to push regressive policies that will trash the environment? @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Morgan M may have brought Labour back from the disaster of #Corbyn and may be an effective campaign organiser, I'll give him that. But governing is entirely different and he is proving to be useless at it. Doing Starmer huge damage in the process. If he stays this is a 1 term gov't.

Thanks @chrishinchliff.bsky.social good to see some Labour MPs standing up for what's right. We did not vote Labour for this vandalism. Protecting nature is not a "blocker" to growth, it is a fundamental foundation of growth for the economy & society www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Was there no senior serving Royal Naval officer capable of doing the job? And why appoint someone who, when head of special forces, oversaw people under his command who are now the subject of serious allegations of illegal killings? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The latest report from the Environmental Audit Committee points out that the "environment and nature are not expressly included in the remits of any of the mission boards of the current administration.” This government is failing nature big time!

I like the new @theguardian.com layout on their web and app pages. Clean, clear, and easy to read. www.theguardian.com/uk

Drop Part 3 of the Planning Bill. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social promised to protect nature not destroy it. Built with nature & build better. You'll create commutes & economic growth, not buildings & white elephants. Nature is your friend, not a block to progress. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Prepare for all the excuses at the National Drought Group today. Fact is, there is no resilience built in the system. Not enough storage, too many leaks. A failure to invest & the previous govt only using the lowest climate predictions to keep bills low. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This has to be the best Leading from @therestpolitics.bsky.social. Sir Alex Younger. Such intelligence and such humility from a men of great experience and wisdom. If you want to begin to get a balanced perspective on today's world then this is a must listen. open.spotify.com/episode/1HEY...

Looks as if we're going to be ripped off again, as another private equity firm moves in on Thames Water without too many questions being asked, and I suspect a severe lack of due diligence. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Anglers and the @anglingtrust.bsky.social been fighting to save these precious places and will continue to do so against the latest threat from government. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Water companies should be stable, low-risk companies focused on customer service, environmental protection, & long-term investment & resilience to meet demand and climate change impact. Not short-term profit maximisation cash cows for cowboys like these guys. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"This report is disappointing given Tony Blair’s strong track record on climate action, seeming to throw in the towel on avoiding the worst climate impacts and promoting defeatism instead of real solutions." Holly Brazier Tope, deputy director of politics, in @theguardian.com:

Anglers across the country are continuing the fight for better water quality. Now, we need water companies to stop breaking the law, regulators to do their jobs, and the government to show real leadership, not just warm words. @anglingtrust.bsky.social www.fishsens.com/anglers-take...