UK Labour Govt considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims. Hope not. People voted for change, not for Starmer to impose Tory policies. Govt can't claim to be enhancing worker rights and then make it difficult to get redress from bad bosses. Must be opposed.

Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse- may write off a third of the £20bn debt. It can't solve the crisis: It is a monopoly No competition No substitute service Owners want profit Customers will be fleeced Public ownership is the only viable option.

Elon Musk Just Became The First Person Ever Worth $500bn. He has used his wealth to buy govts/legislators, unleash Trumpism, promising to hand $100m to Farage, create social strife and divisions. Like the rest of us, he will leave the world empty-handed.

Big pharma war on the UK Cancer drug lenalidomide had profit mark-up of 23,000%. Hydrocortisone tablets prices up by 10,000% Price of phenytoin sodium up by 2,300% - 2,600%. They are holding govt to ransom, want the NHS to pay more, fueling higher taxes, inflation. Must curb corporate power.

Now is the time to step up to the joint challenges of the climate and nature crises, not back pedal on progress. The safety, security and prosperity of our wildlife and future generations is dependent on it.

They also say the Act is threatening economic growth. Again. Nonsensical. How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures help the economy? Clearly they don’t, they disrupt it.

While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act. This makes no sense. How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature? That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.

Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of misogyny and racism inside Met Police. Police officers called for immigrants to be shot, revelled in the use of force and were dismissive of rape claims. These revelations have been made before. Nothing changed. Any wonder trust in police is low.

UK workers take bad bosses to employment tribunals for unfair treatment and dismissal, and win cases. But bosses don't pay. Some liquidate companies and start another one to dodge payments. Workers can't afford legal action. Successive govts have done nothing, embolden abusive practices.

Two Scottish Golden Eagles 'Disappear' in Suspicious Circumstances www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...

Thames Water's bidders ask to be excused from fully complying with rules on pollution until 2035-40. Rule of law? Anything given to TW can't be denied to others. Sewage will be dumped. Customers will be fleeced. Returns will be extracted. One law for corporations, another for lesser mortals.

Wading birds are a symbol of #Florida. Here’s why they’re also so important to the state www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @miamiherald.com

The other day, I posted about the bumper crop of acorns this year. Whatever's going on, it's the very same under the wild crab apple trees, with the woodland floor just covered in fallen fruit. Happy days for all the animal inhabitants of the rainforest!

Lovely day guiding at TWO TREE ISLAND & GUNNER'S PARK. Highlights inc 2 RR PARAKEETS, REDPOLL, MARSH HARRIER, 3 KINGFISHER, MED GULLS, SANDWICH TERNS, GOLDCRESTS, flocks of BLACK-TAILED GODWITS & BRENT GEESE and lots more. #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Average annual household energy bill hits £1,755. £4.43bn energy debt, people can't afford it. Since 2020 big energy companies made £514bn operating profit. 128000 a year die in fuel poverty Profiteering fuels inflation, poverty. Can't rebuild economy without ending profiteering.

Britons ripped off by the energy industry. No govt curbs profiteering. Nationalise energy, reduce inflation, poverty, business costs, rebuild economy.

High Court orders firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone to pay £122m to UK public purse. It provided 25m unusable surgical gowns to NHS which could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’. Tories created VIP lanes. When will the money be paid? Court judgement: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

UK subsidises energy prices in other countries. Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector. £514bn operating profit since 2020. Profits/Dividends go abroad. Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.

Great work from the Sussex Barn Owl team who monitored over 200 boxes. Although numbers were down on last year by about 10%. Some great findings in the report here; www.sos.org.uk/archives/6562 📸 Alan Harris #ukbirds #Sussexbirds

Guy Pe’er, conservation biologist: “If we allow these small-scale losses to continuously happen, we risk driving the system to a complete collapse. We are literally risking our health and security.” The research shows the grave impacts of cumulative small-scale losses. euobserver.com/green-econom...

Political questions about the peerage of Michelle Mone. PM David Cameron didn't follow proper protocols for her peerage, made her govt adviser. The same David Cameron appointed Philip Green (BHS fame) as the Govt's efficiency Tsar, bugled the Brexit referendum. Mone benefitted from Tory VIP lane.

Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare. Govt levies VAT on private school fees. Why not on healthcare? Billions can be raised. Private sector freeloads on NHS trained staff, doesn't pay for training. Makes excessive profits from NHS contracts.

Lowestoft Life 15th-30th September 2025 A birding relict, Norfolk shrikes and some late September mothage. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/lowe... @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds #NorfolkBirding @suffolkmoths.bsky.social

European way of life jeopardised by eco-collapse, EU report finds. If the threat were from any other quarter, our whole economy, political system, society, *everything* would be mobilised to head it off, like during COVID. But it's only nature dying, so nothing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader Starmer made poor policy choices Two child benefit cap. Winter fuel payment fiasco. Disability benefit cuts. Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds. No curbs on energy/water profiteering. Return of PFI. No end to political corruption

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends. 90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts. 90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends. Public ownership would make a difference.

Scotland provides much of this electricity Yet, as we sit in the shade of wind turbines and along the route of mega-pylons, We pay the highest fuel prices, We pay the cost of Westminster decisions. Scotland has the energy Now, we need the power.

Good news! People who don't use indoor wood burners have better lung function than those who do. Glad to see investigations into potential links between living in an area with a high concentration of wood stoves & increased rates of respiratory issues, eg inhaler prescriptions. #AirPollution

Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them? No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/29/t...

2 Clouded Yellows at Gt Wigborough church this morning also 2 Wall Browns, Small Heath and Common Blues still on the wing. 6 + Goldcrests there also. Water levels still dropping at Abberton #essexbirding

EU industry fears ever-expanding list of ‘derivative’ goods subject to US steel tariffs. Trump governed by whims, not policies. China stood up to him & he backed-off. EU/UK need to do the same. The emerging multipolar world must be based on respect and dignity, not bullying and new imperialism

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Unsurprising but a difficult read. We’ve really mucked things up for the next generation, but most of them won’t even know what they are missing because of the shifting baseline.

Lyme disease is a *massive* and largely unseen problem, especially in areas where deer or feral goats are prevalent. Please, nature lovers: be tick-aware at all times.

Disabled Post Office Horizon scandal victim offered 15% of compensation claim Due to the illegal conviction for fraud she lost her home, served time in prison. No end to the misery. Why penny pinching? No culprit charged, forced to pay any compensation to victims.

UK Govt to guarantee £1.5bn JLR loan after cyber shutdown. Would companies spend less on insurance, cyber security as the state becomes a guarantor? Govt could take equity stake - loan won't be repayable. This would reduce stress on corporate cash flow and taxpayers can get a return in future.

There is still time to sign up to take part in the Winter Bird Survey on a Breeding Bird Survey square near you! There are squares available across the UK. Find out more about the survey and sign up here: bto.org/winbs @btobirds.bsky.social #UKbirding #Ornithology #CitizenScience

Stop blaming migrants and tackle real problems, 100 charities tell UK Govt. Govt follows Reform agenda, failed to develop effective counter narrative. Migrants are vital part of economy, public services. Economic problems caused by inequality, austerity, privatisation, political corruption.

Since privatization, shareholders of water, rail, bus, energy and mail have received £200bn in dividends. Plus £bns more through intrgragroup transactions. In public ownership this would have gone into infrastructure and lower bills, alleviated poverty. Govts still don't curb profiteering.

Our joint Autumn Birding Day with @essexbirdnews.bsky.social was a great success. So many people joined our guided walks and saw some great birds inc GUILLEMOT, MARSH HARRIER, GREENSHANK, SPOTTED REDSHANK + lots of common waders. Thanks to everyone that came along or helped out! #essexbirding #birds

We've landed at the 2025 Labour Party Conference 👊 It’s shaping up to be a packed few days of championing the power of rewilding and co-hosting our fringe event with The Missing Lynx Project. If you're attending, come find us at Stall G6 in Hall B — we’d love to chat! #LabourConference

"Conventional methods used by municipal wastewater treatment facilities are unable to remove many common drugs". Combine ageing societies and #ClimateEmergency, this is going to become more and more of an issue phys.org/news/2025-09...

The amount of acorns right now is just unreal: it's definitely a mast year. A terrible tragedy that so few will ever get the chance to grow into trees themselves here in the southwest, due to overgrazing by masses of invasive sika deer, goats, and sheep. Nature *needs* rewilding 🌍