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Claudia Watts

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Ecologist, entomologist, natural historian and wildlife data handler. Former language teacher in many countries, including Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Views my own.

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Influencer's fleeing Dubai right now.

28.02.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1777    πŸ” 521    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 8

So I started looking into this to outline the conspiracy theory. But what I found was a genuinely beautiful piece of practical idealism. A small, attainable progressive change that would hugely improve people's lives. I was inspired by it.

25.02.2026 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 7
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a year is a long time in politics

23.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2961    πŸ” 716    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 36
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#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

20.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1544    πŸ” 412    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 41

Political people love to debate who the worst modern PM in modern times was but it's unquestionably Cameron.

10 years ago this week he gambled the prosperity and fragile unity of the UK on a referendum on an issue that most people didn't even understand to placate back benchers and fucked us all.

22.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3006    πŸ” 635    πŸ’¬ 210    πŸ“Œ 37
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This is exactly how the world sees the us administration!

22.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1017    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 21

Hoverfly rather than bee πŸ™‚

23.02.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

19.02.2026 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11937    πŸ” 3082    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 243

Asked why he has appointed two ex-Tory minister when he criticises the Conservatives' record so much, Farage says Jenrick and Braverman left the Tory government as they resigned or were "eased out", which is a delightful way of saying Braverman was sacked twice.

17.02.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Question for journalists, when a politician does not answer a question like this, why does the NEXT journalist not just say β€˜actually I want you to answer HER question?’ And keep doing it until they do.

Don’t stand for this bollox

17.02.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The FT was literally told by Peter Mandelson to "F**k Off"
and he called his relationship with Epstein "an FT obsession".

17.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 35761    πŸ” 16578    πŸ’¬ 1290    πŸ“Œ 2460
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President Zelensky said allowing the aggressor to take territory would repeat past mistakes and urged leaders not to seek compromises with Putin. He said Russia is losing 30,000 to 35,000 troops a month and called for full sanctions, including on Rosatom and the entire energy sector. #Ukraine

16.02.2026 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 341    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
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Today a chap from NFU spouted guff on R4 about complex rivers being dire for wildlife.

Yet here a willow is creating a natural, oxygenated riffle.

1) Scouring rivers only benefits those who farm flood plains.

2) How do they think wildlife coped before we dredged rivers?

Answer: marvellously.

16.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

The UK was declared measles free in 2017.

Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.

Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.

15.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2024    πŸ” 747    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 35

One in five children infected in the recent London measles outbreak were reportedly hospitalised.
Don’t believe the anti-vaxxers when they say β€œit’s a mild disease” or β€œit’s better to get immunity naturally”.
It isn’t.

16.02.2026 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 495    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6

Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.

14.02.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 25516    πŸ” 8381    πŸ’¬ 649    πŸ“Œ 339

Nothing says 'traditional values' like making it so legally difficult for married women to vote that they collectively decide to stop taking their spouses' names.
Cons will be left wondering how their own voting bills accidentally became the most effective campaign for maiden names in history.

15.02.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 394    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 0

Correct. She is, in fact, female. πŸ˜†πŸ•·οΈ

16.02.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Far-right thug Tommy
Robinson flees UK after police
warning over terror threat
Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social
media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority
target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after
receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police

Far-right thug Tommy Robinson flees UK after police warning over terror threat Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police

Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.

14.02.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2980    πŸ” 877    πŸ’¬ 318    πŸ“Œ 82
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Please be careful in London. I have spent 25 years there, but I have never heard a story as frightening as this one from today in which nothing at all happened.

14.02.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3725    πŸ” 711    πŸ’¬ 529    πŸ“Œ 118
Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?

Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

14.02.2026 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7775    πŸ” 2436    πŸ’¬ 379    πŸ“Œ 167
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PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are

Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland

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

12.02.2026 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1406    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 14
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'Remembrance is not a violation' β€” third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat." It was banned from the Olympics on the grounds o...

⚑️'Remembrance is not a violation' β€” third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics.

Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."

11.02.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 612    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 21

Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for Β£100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.

06.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
BBC News headline: Wetherspoon dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says

BBC News headline: Wetherspoon dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says

Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he

06.02.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 704    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
Brexit & Brexitism <a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

Latest post from @chrisgrey.bsky.social, in which Prof Grey exhorts us to count to 100 before reacting. Wise counsel in a world where everything is now weaponised to make white middle-aged men angrier.

Brexit & Brexitism: Count to one hundred chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...

07.02.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.

07.02.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 906    πŸ” 239    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 9

He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.

03.02.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6871    πŸ” 1546    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 62

Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.

04.02.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 392    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 12