John Stobart

*30%* ffs. I wonder what that figure would be by now if our media weren’t still almost exclusively populated by intellectually indolent wankers too pompous to admit that they never had the first idea what they were encouraging everyone else to vote for. (With a side of plums who deployed ‘balance’.)

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

'She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”'
#ICE
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Dear Lucy Three weeks ago you wrote me a bizarre letter in an attempt to hold on to voters who Labour have for too long taken for granted in Gorton and Denton. First, I’d like to give my apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I've been busy on the ground with Hannah Spencer talking to voters about the issues that matter to them – lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services. You'll appreciate most of your letter is out of date now, but I'm sure you'll have seen the poll that came out today, that puts us in first place and Reform in second. Labour are a distant third and it’s now clearer than ever that your party cannot win in Gorton and Denton. If you are as concerned about stopping Reform as you proposed in your letter, the course is now clear: in the spirit in which you wrote to me, you should now urge your members and former voters to back Hannah Spencer on the 26th February to stop Reform and make hope normal again. Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales P.S – Hannah looks forward to saying hi in Parliament!

Dear Lucy Powell,

A response to your letter:

Donald Trump is placing a 10% Global Tariff on all goods to the USA, which will be paid by American citizens.

I remind them, you literally had a Revolution because you didn't want to pay a tax on tea.

'Bid to buy Rothbury Estate as divisive as Brexit' Funds are being raised to buy the Northumberland estate - but the plans have split opinion.

Fixed that headline for you:

‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.

PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.

The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.

More habitats. More biodiversity. Greater climate resilience.

Nature is thriving, and even the cows agree London’s recovery is utterly brilliant.

Londoners to get first official bathing area on Thames at this idyllic spot The filming location for TV drama Broadchurch is also among 13 new designated swimming sites proposed by the Government

All Londoners should be able to swim safely in the capital’s waterways.

A proposed bathing water site on the Thames is a big step forward and could help make that possible if approved. My upcoming Clean and Healthy Waterways Plan will take this further.

This ruling shows that proscribing Palestine Action was a grave misuse of terrorism laws.

Labour must accept its mistake, drop its appeal and stop wasting taxpayers' money on suppressing civil liberties.

His earlier comments to Sky News, external had drawn criticism from Manchester United fan groups. He said: "You can't have an economy with nine million people on benefits and huge levels of immigrants coming in. "I mean, the UK has been colonised. It's costing too much money. The UK has been colonised by immigrants, really, hasn't it?" He incorrectly claimed the population of the UK had risen by 12 million to 70 million people in the last five years. The Office for National Statistics estimates it has actually risen from 66.7 million to 69.4 million, an increase of less than three million.

Ratcliffe made an "incorrect claim" according to the BBC which is, as always, absolutely feeble when it comes speaking truth to power. No, he made it up you bunch of craven weasels.

There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.

It’s off to Reform

UK plans to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods

The latest of many Starmer rowbacks on climate policies

Despicable, short-sighted, stupid and dangerous

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From Dorset to the world: wave of donations helps to secure Cerne giant’s home Support from more than 20 countries propels National Trust to its target to protect chalk figure and local wildlife

Hip, hip, hooray. The starting bell has sounded to save the Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Giant Hill is its last decent sized site left in the county www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Mandelson’s Fifth Column The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

Saltmarsh on Wallasea Island at high tide

New UKCEH research shows UK saltmarshes are significant carbon sinks, storing ~6.5 t CO₂e ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, comparable to mangroves and seagrasses.

Saltmarshes aren't yet included in the UK GHG Inventory, but the evidence base is strengthening.

Read more:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

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Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.

Please share. 💔

"Board of Peace" at Davos

It's wild how much Orwell got right

The Big Garden Birdwatch started today, and already you can see the Top Birds spotted in each county so far.

Starlings doing well in Cambs!

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

👏😂 People want to join the EU. Nobody wants to join China or US.

Well played Belgian PM Bart De Wever.

Four-panel image-led graphic. Left panels show David Attenborough wearing a beige jacket, seated outdoors beside reeds and water, smiling and gesturing behind him. Right panels show close-up photos of a beaver swimming and standing upright among tall reeds. Bold yellow caption text across the panels reads: “If someone had told me when I first moved here that one day I would be watching wild beavers in London, I would have thought they were mad. But there they are, right behind me. Happily going about their own business.”

Beavers are back in London 🦫

Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️

Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.

An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery.
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament

Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox

🇩🇰❗️🇺🇸 A grassroots boycott of U.S. products is spreading in Denmark after Donald Trump renewed claims over Greenland, - Odnako

95,000+ people have joined a “Boycott American products” group.

Brownsea may be closed for winter, but our team is busy restoring the Wildlife & Wetland Centre, including a new holiday let in the Victorian Villa - and it’s looking great! 😍

Want to book a stay? Keep an eye on our social media channels for updates. 🌿✨~ Nicki T

A lot of what is said about Nature holding up development is simply not true. It’s wrong. False. At best misleading. If you’ve heard that newts are a cause of our national housing shortage, read this from @naturalengland.bsky.social

naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/14/b...

Donate to the Cerne Abbas Nature Appeal Donate to the Cerne Abbas Appeal so together, we can help restore the land, habitats and species that live there.

The National Trust is halfway to their appeal to buy Giant Hill, one of the UKs top butterfly sites, also rich in insects and flowers. The last good habitat for Duke of Burgundy in Dorset. Please donate if you can @nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...