John Crowther

Mike Johnson has the House adjourned for 42 days, Trump just came back from a week in Asia, remodeled a WH bathroom and flew to Palm Beach for a golf weekend, they refuse to negotiate with Dems, Dems had to sue to get Trump to release SNAP funds, but Republicans are blaming Dems.

something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste

Salty on losing her No. 1 spot to Hannah Hampton though

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

Lawrence: Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files With Andrew losing his royal title because of his Epstein friendship, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how “Trump travels the world avoiding any possible negotiation to the end of the shutdown beca...

Lawrence: Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

They’re just taking the piss now.

I happened upon this to Sam Wild, last commander of British Batallion, on a council house in 1987 on a rainy evening in Longsight, Manchester when I hardly, hardly knew of International Brigades or the war in Spain.
Image via Mike Wild

You have to read the small print in Hull road signs. Smartarse codheads.

🚨Wow - this will be huge if it bears out. Exit polls show the pro-EU D66 party has WON the Dutch election.

The far-right PVV party of Geeet Wildsrs has lost 12 seats, according to exit polls.

Huge if true.

Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.

With #Halloween & bonfire night fast approaching, it's vital that we remember the effect #SpookySeason has on our wildlife and natural landscapes. 🎃🦔

Here are our 3 tips for staying nature friendly over the next week or so.

Please share to spread the word. 🙏

#Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Firing an entire federal arts commission to clear the path for your own triumphal arch? It’s a textbook indicator of authoritarian executive overreach — the exact trend we warned about in our assessment.

#authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment

It's the annual festival of English people telling Scottish, Irish and Cornish people that Hallowe'en is American.

Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.

Country diary: The working day begins and ends in darkness once more | Sarah Laughton Long Dean, Cotswolds: On the farm, we’re firmly on the path towards winter – though the fields have a spring-like greenness

Seasonal changes on the farm in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Sarah Laughton.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Protecting Waxcaps: All the Losses We Cannot See… - Plantlife Britain’s waxcap grasslands are considered to be the best in Europe. Discover the pressures these colourful fungi and their habitats face...

Protecting Waxcaps: All the Losses We Cannot See. Britain’s waxcap grasslands are considered to be some of the best in Europe....

www.plantlife.org.uk/protecting-w...

Farage: epic grifter

A photo of Jane Goodall, alongside a quote

Most scientists are not great at communicating their science, says Dean Pentcheff #LivingData2025. #ScienceCommunication is effective when we use narratives. Tell your story. Then you’ll get into people’s hearts. #JaneGoodall

I guess people had short memories.

Updating my LEGO White House

Usual classy move by #Trump

High Court rejects Natural England bid to hike legal costs for campaigners challenging badger culling - Wild Justice An attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ legal costs to challenge badger culling licences has been blocked by the […]

Natural England tried to price us out of taking legal action against Badger culling but it backfired when the High Court threw out NE's claim ⚖️

We continue. Substantive legal challenge against NE Badger cull licences takes place in December 🦡

Press release 🔽

wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...

Is #Trump a Russian asset? Do bears poop in the woods?

Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

Please sign and share the petition

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British.

The character Feathers McGraw from the film "The Wrong Trousers".

Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.

Tacky as well as #TACO Trump

This Friday! My first visit to #CheltLitFest, where I'll be talking new approaches to the #history of England and Britain with Alice Loxton, chaired by Clare Clark. Come and join us at 10am in the Attivo Garden Theatre. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems #book #history #poetry #event