More sensationalist gullibility from the BBC. The caption of the photo of the child next to a foal is particularly ridiculous. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More sensationalist gullibility from the BBC. The caption of the photo of the child next to a foal is particularly ridiculous. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who says I havenāt achieved anything positive during my first year in office?
Wait until the halfwit finds out where white Americans all come from..
Sheās a fraud - same as Johnson.
This is the best explanation I have seen yet for the Protect Our Kids phenomenon.
Itās insane to me that anyone with even quarter of a brain is still on the Hellsite.
Peebles is definitely the place to live if you want to see wildlife. Over the past 10 days I have seen an otter and a red squirrel on the river walk by The Gytes when out for my early morning run. Maybe Iām hallucinating? #Peebles #otter #redsquirrel
Itās a small world. Philip is 90 now but still a force of nature.
It wonāt be much different today but over the road is a different matter - the great Carrifran Wildwood is now 25 years old and looking good.
Just realised I had a brain freeze - this plants common name is lesser knotweed not lesser balsam!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Never seen this non-native plant before - lesser balsam (Koenigia campanulata). Growing next to a burn in the middle of a conifer plantation in South Ayrshire. #wildflowerhour
Wait until the little racist prick finds out about aborigines
Can you remember where in the Borders that was George?
Give the Daily Heil 5 minutes and they will be the next Lucy Connollysā¦
I just wish the real Keir were as bold and honest as the parodyā¦
This is like something out of a @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social book!
3. They are the kind of people we should contain and shun, in other words. Yet, astonishingly, the Labour Party is competing with Reform and the Conservatives to appease and attract such men, while dissing and burning its own base. We could reasonably ask what in the name of God is going on.
The response from supporters of the Party of Law and Order are as equally revealing as those of Deform supporters. Two cheeks of the same arse.
Yep - good example of real 2 tier policing. Similarly it is ok to block roads with tractors if your inheritance tax loophole is threatened but not if you lie in a road trying to save the planet.
14 years for red paint if you're an activist. Zero arrests for red paint when it's used to intimidate immigrants in our communities. Prof Richard Murphy re-examines the idea of two-tier policing. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
BBC and Sky are fixated on Farage in the same way as they were fixated on Johnson. Both utter clowns with no redeeming features.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... What a contrast to Reform MPs that were boasting that the suffering of others abroad werenāt their concern. Standing up for the underdog was once a British way of thinking. Thankfully it still exists in the LibDems.
God I hate Molinia but even I donāt believe it eats poniesā¦
Meanwhile, Reform-controlled Scarborough Town Council has committed to "full and unwavering" opposition to fracking plans in Burniston. Beyond an inchoate notion that renewables are "woke", Reform's grasp of energy policy is similar to my dog's grasp of cross-stitch. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Latin name of pebble prominent is Notodonta ziczac. From the caterpillar which likes to sit in a zigzag.
Lovely walk up Gameshope this afternoon. Highlights were a peregrine and multiple caterpillars - pebble prominent and poplar hawk the choicest ones! Peggy loved the acres of devilās-bit scabious!
Utter garbage. She was a prisoner, nothing political about it. Reasonable people can disagree on any given sentence but the facts are clear: - she incited serious violence - PM did exactly nothing - she went to jail because of what SHE did: committing a crime + pleading guilty
The Lucy Connolly splash on the front page of the Telegraph is the biggest pile of bil(g)e I have ever read. A once respected national newspaper reduced to a right-wing racist comic.
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āIf I said I was wearing a Palestine Action T-shirt would you get here quicker?ā From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Absolute tripe. It is exactly this sort of boneheaded mindset which means that people like me who are ambivalent about the benefits of independence are put right off it.
That Russian wimp Elon Musk just banned Newsom from Twitter hahaha Newsom is kicking Nazi ass daily!!! š¤£ #EpsteinFiles
This is a fantastic threadā¦.
You got in firstā¦ššš
He was the CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association so no surprises there. Incidentally he was about as much use as a chocolate teapot at that job too according to people who worked with him.
Case is a wrong un. He would have known all about Johnsonās misdemeanours and did precisely zip about it.
Non-dom exodus anecdotage overdone, reports FT www.ft.com/content/1442...
Not sure that is true. I have heard on several occasions that the traditional way of dealing with miscreants was to tie them to a post naked and leave them overnight to reflect. Could be shaggy dog stories of course.
My first thought was there is no way that kid in the photo is 11
Surely āThere are pervertsā?š
These halfwits probably are the āconcerned parentsāā¦
So the little weasel was followed from Tenerife to Portugal before getting arrested in Luton. Bet he thought he was being clever.
Absolutely brilliant piece by Ian Dunt. āYou can have the life you want. And by pursuing it, you can make the world a better place. That seems a better story than the one of terror, insecurity and jealousy that we see play out online.ā
Is a prick
I was there in March - fantastic place. Did you see the resident peregrine falcon which must live somewhere nearby?
They just get left on the side of the road in the UK and nature deals with it starting with the legendary carrion beetlesā¦. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphidae seems to work just fine
The more that members of the Trump administration talk, the more it sounds as if Plan A to stop the war was to coerce Ukraine into capitulation and Plan B was to keep repeating Plan A until it worked. When it became apparent that wasn't going to happen, they were out of ideas.
Jesus Christ indeed - what a time to be alive
We should have cat licences as well.
NFU sucking up to the orange felon. Who would have thought it?
I support Palestine Action in its judicial review of the government's ban.
āWhen people who oppose all forms of violence, who are trying to stop war and terrorism, are arrested on terrorism charges, nothing makes sense any moreā - spot on from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Are you saying that Trump is not a notorious sex offender?
The far right terrorising asylum seekers in hotels love to spread the lie theyāre worried about the risk of sexual assault. But hereās the truth: Two in five men arrested for last summerās riots had been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Angela Rayner decided that NE Security Ltd, a private security company run by a known cocaine drug trafficker who is currently in prison, doesn't need to be audited. The company is part of corporate corruption scandal at Teesside Freeport/SEZ.
Thank god they arenāt bad people like the old ladies being dragged off to cells at the Palestine marches.
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Never mind that - where are all these āProtect Our Kidsā halfwits?
This same cavalier approach to the need for environmental assessment of forestry schemes is being demonstrated by Scottish Forestry at Todrig in the Scottish Borders. Please consider supporting this Crowdfunder for another Judicial Review www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-todri...
As ever Henry Morris nails the moral vacuum at the heart of this Government (and the last one)
This lot needs to get to Scotland pronto. The ginger kiddie-fiddler's on his way.
Vile little worm. Unfortunately the people of Durham are so thick they voted for the vile little worm. Reap what you sow.
Beautiful artwork
Centrist who was a Brexit cheerleader. Purleaseā¦.
Yes - I think that was one of the early findings of the Tweed trial
The rust was released on the River Tweed in 2020. Judging by the silence since I suspect it has been unsuccessful. tweedforum.org/our-work/pro... I would be delighted to hear if it is successful as balsam pulling year after year is tedious!
We welcome the UK Governmentās move to amend Part 3 of the Planning Bill in response to widespread concern. These changes show encouraging intent, and we'll be scrutinising the detail carefully. If protections for nature fall short, we'll keep holding government to account.
This is all true. I am an ecologist who spends a lot of time in rivers amongst the shit, the wet wipes and other unspeakables. SEPA are seemingly muzzled by Scottish Government to prosecute Scottish Water (one fine of Ā£6000 over the past five years) www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/...
š³ Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Not many politicians in the UK tell the truth about farming or are brave enough to criticise the cakeism of the main farming unions. But Lee Waters MS does in this refreshingly honest speech. Almost every word of it applies to England as much as Wales. amanwy.blogspot.com/2025/07/we-n...
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Water companies say they're putting billions in" Feargal Sharkey, "They took Ā£84 billion in dividends and created Ā£74 billion of debt.. We've been cheated" "There is no pollution control in this country anyone, the companies are out of control"
Only missing the gold lame top hat. As you say - a berk.
This looks like really positive news. Very happy to be proven posthumously correct and see many of my concerns addressed. Well done to @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social and everyone who fought for proper nature protections in planning.
No more Beewashing please! Why beekeeping doesn't help conserve bees. Pls RT if you agree. youtu.be/fiBYBmlKSYU
@tonyjuniper.bsky.social and @craigbennett3.bsky.social I hope @naturalengland.bsky.social and @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social are not allowing honey bee hives on nature reserves. @davegoulson.bsky.social ās account is something of an understatement
With that logic pensioners shouldnāt have the vote either. BOT
The over 18s have made such excellent choices voting for Brexit, Johnson and Farageā¦
It is safe and easy to pull up as it is an annual. I am sure I read somewhere that it is the tallest annual plant found in the British Isles. Probably the most important thing is to start at the headwaters of the stream/river and work downstream otherwise you just get a fresh dose of seeds each year
A friend of mine sent me a photo this week of a dead water shrew he had found in Innerleithen. This is the first one I have heard of on the River Tweed so good to know they are there. #tweed @destinationtweeduk.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social
A morning spent pulling Himalayan balsam on the River Tweed near Peebles. These islands are difficult to get to without waders and even then low water is required. Still making some headway after a few yearsā¦
Glyphosate ālow doses of the controversial weed killer cause multiple types of cancer in ratsā and this is sprayed around gardens and streets by councils across the UK glyphosatestudy.org/uncategorize...
To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government: Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.
Not true - any custodial sentence or suspended from the House of Commons for 10 sitting days or 14 calendar days
Ancient woodlands are at risk of being bulldozed for profit, where otters, owls, and badgers could lose their homes overnight. Labourās new planning bill could decimate nature in favour of corporate developers. Share if you think what Labour is doing is wrong.
I thought Scotch Argus were
It sounds like you have already left Mark if you are not rejoining. I am so disappointed by this Government and will do the same. I have unfortunately concluded that āthey are all as bad as each otherā. This is what drives people to Reform who of course are just another bunch of lying grifters.
They should just call them all Trump, Farage or Badenoch or after any other climate deniers out there.
Extinct moth rediscovered by @savebutterflies.bsky.social ecologist after 73 years by accident... butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
A man shouted Britain First as he shot an MP dead and Britain First are not proscribed.
So the only party that is morally suspect and did not vote with conscience is the Conservative Party. Awful people.
That is a very good point. I pay my corporation tax, VAT etc. but many of my competitors still get paid in cash and are effectively out of the tax system. I am consequently put at a competitive disadvantage for doing the right thing.
Also true in the UK.
Which MPs voted to decriminalise abortion last night? Astonished to see the āfreedom of choiceā Reform and Conservative Party voted against it. One, Danny Kruger, even cast a vote against for Patrick Spencer MP who is currently in court for a sex assault case. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments. It's all about increments of excrement. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tom Jones should stick to singing
Here you go. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...