Claudia Watts

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

It was a pleasure to be part of this Jeeps for Peace convoy last week alongside so many wonderful volunteer drivers.

Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"

In addition to having vastly more MPs and being the realistic threat to the Tory Party’s position as official opposition in Westminster, the Lib Dems lead 37 councils to Reform‘s 12, and have 3,200 local councillors to 889. The BBC position is not defendable at all. Shocking bias really.

Lib Dems: We have 12x Reform's MPs, can we have the same coverage?

BBC: But Reform has 2x your poll rating. If there were an election tomorrow, they'd be running the country.

Lib Dems: So you're putting their people and policies under scrutiny, right?

BBC:

Lib Dems: Right?

Ukrainian sanctions working. Even pro-Russian channels are stunned by the fuel crisis in Sevastopol. Some stations briefly have A-95, but A-92 is marked as zero across the board. Fuel coupons for Crimea are now being sold on Russian marketplaces.

Sir James Dyson says Brexit was worth it – even if it’s made people poorer Britain’s fourth-wealthiest man has argued it is better to be ‘independent’ than tied to the EU

Brexit: the unforgivably selfish arseholery of those who lied about what it really meant for the country while dodging the cost, hassle and restrictions they inflicted on everyone else.

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Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Poland has begun closing all railway border crossings with Belarus.

“.. would not have happened if I were President.”

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We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds

In April 2023 100,000 people from all walks of life gathered in London to march for nature - a carnival of creativity and a heartfelt plea to restore our depleted biosphere. The media response? One Guardian article.

Trajectory of Russian missiles and drones during the overnight attack. Monitoring channels clearly show Russian drones violating Polish airspace. Main targets of the attack included Lutsk, Lviv, Zhytomyr and Ivanov-Frankivsk.

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”

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Farage is lying to Congress. He has banned journalists from his events.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social, @desmog.com, @thenewworldmag.bsky.social and others were banned from Reform UK’s conference in Sept 2024 - even after buying tickets.

@femi-oluwole.bsky.social was also removed from a Reform UK event.

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His answer was hugely impressive and it’s what Labour could have said years ago .

I feel truly heartbroken today. My Chinese takeaway, which has been serving this community for more than 10 years, was vandalized with hateful graffiti telling us to "go home." This is not just paint on the wall - it is blatant discrimination, and it hurts deeply The police are already following up on this incident. If anyone has seen anything or knows who did this, please contact us We work hard every day to serve our customers with love and dedication. I believe our community is stronger than hate, and 1 hope everyone will stand together against this kind of behaviour.

This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.

Race hate.

This is how Russian drone crashing into your apartment looks like. + we live in truly bizarre times. this person stands there calmly in their Kyiv apartment that was just attacked by a Russian Shahed drone, and just calmly says why you should indeed hide in bathroom or hallway during the attack ,

The snake oil salesman got his way once - the result was a disaster. Don’t let him do it again

It's been a bad weekend for broadcasters' digital teams. BBC, Sky, and ITV have all had issues with this story and/or the Connolly story. A case of buying the hype in planning meetings and then struggling to overturn the story's topline as it became clear how small the protests were?

Well, they seem to have moved from describing it as a special military operation and now admit it's a war, so I suppose Ukraine has grown in status in their subconscious, at least!

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV is openly mocking Trump by describing their bombing of a U.S.-owned Flex electronics factory as "destroying Western investments." Remember when Scott Bessent said that U.S. investments in Ukraine would serve as an "implicit" security guarantee?

This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3

Asylum-seeking is a global phenomenon, with 8.4M AS in 2024 of whom 110K sought AS in the UK & 32K are currently housed in over 200 hotels dispersed around the country. There are issues about that, including for ASs themselves, but the attempt to turn it into a national crisis is a disgrace. 2/3

we really do need to figure out how this guy managed to create an environment where he can say "i wasted an amount of taxpayer dollars so large I can't even tell you how much it was" & it doesn't cause immediate national outrage

The story of the weekend looks like about 3000+ people protesting asylum, 2000+ counterprotestors while 210k people do parkrun

Well done! I'll be driving in a convoy delivering more vehicles to western Ukraine next month 🇺🇦

Trump is proving devastating for scientific research and progress.

If we get enough funds to buy an old fire engine or ambulance, that would be fantastic. The Russian army is increasingly targeting frontline emergency services, with over 400 fire stations in Ukraine having been bombed already, and individual ambulances, fire engines & staff hit in drone attacks.