Wes Streeting supports welfare cuts to fund defence. He lets private equity make billions from outsourcing NHS, social care. Silence on corporate welfare spending. Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect £500bn in taxes. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.

Who would consider turning a restored flood meadow into a sports pitch? Find out in Mary Montague's @theguardian.com country diary... #naturewriting #countrydiary

Plenty of ramsons hoverflies (Portevinia maculata) along a Devon lane near Totnes in the sunshine 12 04 26

Thanks @elliechowns.bsky.social , @greenparty.org.uk MP for this reflection and the understanding that the harms are ongoing. #Covid-19DayOfReflection #CovidIsNotOver

Campaigners who thought they'd won the battle to prevent fracking in Lincolnshire dismayed to learn mayor Andrea Jenkyns is courting fracking firm, Egdon - - vow to keep fighting to protect their homes from pollution: share.google/KdkhSjHxQ2AG... 🧵 1/4

Whoever is behind Watershed Investigations is brilliant. Excellent investigative journalism that is sorely needed. Highly recommend following them.

He's not posting any angry social media videos about how Trump turned him away?

British Geological Survey map showing parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration. Reform has pledged to open up the country for fracking if elected. They say fracking will lower people's bills. This is disputed by London School of Economics: www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst... 🧵 1

Lady in white, "Andrew Windsor was followed around by protection officers at all times" #BBCQT "The royal family would have known what he was up to many years ago" "The royal family aren't blameless in what Andrew has been doing over the Epstein scandal"

Baffling that RSPB & BirdIlife still promote tourism to Antarctica. A single tour uses 4 YEARS of a person’s annual carbon emissions alone & the area is increasingly suffering from associated issues. Sending all the wrong messages. What must young people think about us? iucn.org/resources/is...

Signs of seasonal change here in Totnes, south Devon (seen over the last few days).

By the time Starmer is replaced this summer, we'll have had two wasted years, in which a country crying out for transformation instead got more of the same, or even worse where environmental legislation is concerned, and a high possibility of Farage running the next government. Thanks Keir.

Nose to the ground, the buck follows the scent of the doe. March madness may be at the end of the trail...

#GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen

A "loveliness" of over 30 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) overwintering in a pyramidal formation on a rather wobbly old Purple Toadflax stem in the garden.🐞 @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social

'Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse... #Fascism is not a territory with clearly marked boundaries but a constellation of characteristics...'

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.

Starlings preening after bathing in the flooded fields & what a strong cold wind was blowing - I could barely hold the camera still. These birds have spent the night roosting up on the S'set Levels 28 miles away - they come to feed in the pastures during the day. Lots of Fieldfares now joining them.

Happy Anniversary to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site! The inception of the WHS was 25 years ago today! We will be celebrating over the course of 2026, so stay tuned for lots of events and activities! #UNESCO #worldheritagesite #jurassiccoast

New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations. He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)

Well well www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...

Snowdrops today by the river Dart in Devon.

Nice to see the Red Bartsia Bee (Melitta tricincta) in the news #ukwildlife www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thank you, Minnesota open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Please - take me there.

A number of people on this platform have been claiming that it's not up to government to shorten people's time on remand, however far beyond the statutory limit that time extends. Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

‘Fear of the next deluge’: flood-scarred Britons join forces to demand help

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInFlight I give you Starlings, coming in to roost at Shapwick Heath on the Somerset Levels. Just a few moments here, from 15 minutes of awe - who could count their number? #naturephotography

In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?

Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Reform UK Ltd cancels net zero in Nottinghamshire The Reform UK led council in Nottinghamshire is turning its back on climate action and is threatening to funnel funding away from net zero | Cliff Mitchell @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

How can the govt be doing this, it's inhumane?

The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?

In today's @theguardian.com country diary by @katebradbury.bsky.social, we meet Houdini, the great escapologist hedgehog. #countrydiary #naturewriting

Yesterday, Totnes, about 6 degrees, no sun, B.terrestris workers busily foraging. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUmZ...

‘Cities need nature to be happy’: David Attenborough seeks out London’s hidden wildlife

Zuhrah is in a critical condition, now on day 50 of her hunger strike she could die aged only 20. In 1981, Irish republican Martin Hurson died on day 46. The government has refused to engage & reverse the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

'If we avert our eyes from the bird flu threat because our systems have grown inattentive, underfunded and unprepared, we risk repeating that same pattern. And the next alarm will arrive too late for anyone to claim they didn't see it coming.' www.sciencealert.com/the-world-is...

I absolutely adore this Pied Wagtail roost in #Bath. It’s mesmerising watching them. And seeing people’s reaction when they realise that they aren’t Christmas decorations 🎄🐦‍⬛

H A P P Y P A C I N G C H R I S T M A S to all whose lives have been changed by #LongCovid I'm making our Christmas Dinner - Slowly but surely! Hoping for some kind of treatment or cure for us all in 2026 🤞🙏

Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

Shortest day of the year, also damp, grey and cool, but it didnt stop the bumblebees feeding in a public garden in Totnes. @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social