Miles King
@milesking.bsky.social
Now at tail end of a long career in UK Nature Conservation - nature reserves, SSSIs, policy work, lots of reports - and 10+ years of blogging. Currently run @poundburynatureproject. Cellist. Living with chronic vestibular migraine. Personal account.
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Oh yes sorry he didn’t claim Ukraine provoked Russia into invading Ukraine.
Farage claimed the EU and NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine.
Soz.
Farage claimed the EU and NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine.
Soz.
That would fit with his boss Farage having a regular slot on Russian propaganda outfit RT. Farage himself said Ukraine had provoked Russia into the invasion.
Reform’s new “head of policy” has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “regional Slavic conflict”.
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
February 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Oh yes sorry he didn’t claim Ukraine provoked Russia into invading Ukraine.
Farage claimed the EU and NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine.
Soz.
Farage claimed the EU and NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine.
Soz.
That would fit with his boss Farage having a regular slot on Russian propaganda outfit RT. Farage himself said Ukraine had provoked Russia into the invasion.
Reform’s new “head of policy” has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a “regional Slavic conflict”.
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
He added: “It is a conflict happening in the world that I don’t care very much about.”
February 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
That would fit with his boss Farage having a regular slot on Russian propaganda outfit RT. Farage himself said Ukraine had provoked Russia into the invasion.
No health secretary, instead Reform will have a smoking, drinking, pubs and bantah department.
Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
No health secretary, instead Reform will have a smoking, drinking, pubs and bantah department.
Reform's plan to present repackaged tired and failed Tory politicians to the electorate, may not be working as well as they'd hoped.
Reform's polling is ~the lowest its been since last year's local elections
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Reform's plan to present repackaged tired and failed Tory politicians to the electorate, may not be working as well as they'd hoped.
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The Environment Agency says it began an investigation in February 2025, but, despite this, the site remains open - and images show a lorry spilling waste at the dump on Friday 6 February.
Just another organised waste crime site, this one in Essex news.sky.com/story/this-s.... Organised crime will have known for years that there is next to no enforcement against industrial scale illegal waste disposal and huge profits to be made. Now it’s just a matter of finding the next site.
This shocking illegal M25 waste site has kept on growing - despite an Environment Agency investigation
The "absolutely heartbreaking" landfill looks unrecognisable from what it once was. It could soon spill into the River Roding, London's third biggest river.
news.sky.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The Environment Agency says it began an investigation in February 2025, but, despite this, the site remains open - and images show a lorry spilling waste at the dump on Friday 6 February.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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Is the Labour Party actively trying to get Reform elected?
What an Unbelievable load of ballots.
What an Unbelievable load of ballots.
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Is the Labour Party actively trying to get Reform elected?
What an Unbelievable load of ballots.
What an Unbelievable load of ballots.
And that Galileo, a far left terrorist. A heretic. The church was right. The sun clearly goes round the earth. Just look at the sky! No more fake views. Make the earth Great Again. Thank you for your attention.
"A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night, we don’t know where it goes.
All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions & tasked with getting to the bottom of this."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... (h/t @billmckibben.bsky.social)
All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions & tasked with getting to the bottom of this."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... (h/t @billmckibben.bsky.social)
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
And that Galileo, a far left terrorist. A heretic. The church was right. The sun clearly goes round the earth. Just look at the sky! No more fake views. Make the earth Great Again. Thank you for your attention.
“Capx” is a front for the Centre for Policy Studies, a dark-funded Tufton Street Thinktank.
"The Green Party has a habit of supporting things in principle and opposing them in practice. It wants environmentally friendly transport, then opposes HS2. It wants clean energy, but opposes wind farms locally. It supports affordable housing, but opposes almost every building project it sees."
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Green councillors are making North London housing even more expensive
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February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“Capx” is a front for the Centre for Policy Studies, a dark-funded Tufton Street Thinktank.
Just another organised waste crime site, this one in Essex news.sky.com/story/this-s.... Organised crime will have known for years that there is next to no enforcement against industrial scale illegal waste disposal and huge profits to be made. Now it’s just a matter of finding the next site.
This shocking illegal M25 waste site has kept on growing - despite an Environment Agency investigation
The "absolutely heartbreaking" landfill looks unrecognisable from what it once was. It could soon spill into the River Roding, London's third biggest river.
news.sky.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Just another organised waste crime site, this one in Essex news.sky.com/story/this-s.... Organised crime will have known for years that there is next to no enforcement against industrial scale illegal waste disposal and huge profits to be made. Now it’s just a matter of finding the next site.
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Every so often you hear calls for ministers to be more robust (or something) in the face of legal advice.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Every so often you hear calls for ministers to be more robust (or something) in the face of legal advice.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
Labour Together dirty tricks scandal broken by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Democracy for Sale, finally picked up by BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer orders investigation into Labour Together claims
The think tank paid a company at least £30,000 to investigate the origins of a story about undeclared donations.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Labour Together dirty tricks scandal broken by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Democracy for Sale, finally picked up by BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Quite possibly THE best theme tune ever!
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February 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Quite possibly THE best theme tune ever!
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youtu.be/RQFuzWSIjjc?...
If you're interested in the ever morphing language of Brexit, I recommend reading @chrisgrey.bsky.social chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com and listening to @aiannucci.bsky.social and guests, on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand.... Between them they cover all the ground you could want covered (and more).
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
If you're interested in the ever morphing language of Brexit, I recommend reading @chrisgrey.bsky.social chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com and listening to @aiannucci.bsky.social and guests, on www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand.... Between them they cover all the ground you could want covered (and more).
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This isn't a purely philosophical or semantic argument about what "British" means.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This isn't a purely philosophical or semantic argument about what "British" means.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
Once you accept different tiers of British citizenship you gain a way to formally discriminate.
USSR documents famously had a "5th line" denoting ethnicity. Stalin's nationalist repressions used this as their basis.
The worst kind of fake-balance from the BBC in this headline, and to a lesser extent the article.
One person has said the purchase is divisive, but it's their words that have been used for the headline.
One person. Along with his photo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One person has said the purchase is divisive, but it's their words that have been used for the headline.
One person. Along with his photo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Bid to buy Rothbury Estate as divisive as Brexit'
Funds are being raised to buy the Northumberland estate - but the plans have split opinion.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The worst kind of fake-balance from the BBC in this headline, and to a lesser extent the article.
One person has said the purchase is divisive, but it's their words that have been used for the headline.
One person. Along with his photo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One person has said the purchase is divisive, but it's their words that have been used for the headline.
One person. Along with his photo.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Utter madness.
February 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Utter madness.
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"In Britain as a whole, you are never more than six feet from a rat. In Westminster, you are either right next to a rat or, as is more likely, you are actually a rat and haven’t realised."
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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February 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"In Britain as a whole, you are never more than six feet from a rat. In Westminster, you are either right next to a rat or, as is more likely, you are actually a rat and haven’t realised."
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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My thought exactly. Historians of all people should understand why this is wrong.
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
My thought exactly. Historians of all people should understand why this is wrong.
Yesterday was the first dry day (midnight to midnight) since the 5th January. So we didn't quite reach the biblical 40 days of rain.
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Yesterday was the first dry day (midnight to midnight) since the 5th January. So we didn't quite reach the biblical 40 days of rain.
More on the growing Labour Together scandal from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
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Starmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalists
Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 AM
More on the growing Labour Together scandal from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Is he crossing the channel in a small boat?
February 14, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Is he crossing the channel in a small boat?
Latest post from Stewart Lee on @thenerve.news sees Lee explore an extended flight of fancy about rats in Parliament (yes metaphorical & real). "A mischief of six rats was deliberately maintained at Westminster in a tradition dating back to the days of Charles II" www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: The rats are taking over Westminster - and there’s a rodent problem too
In Britain and around the world, the vermin seem to be becoming more visible. But then they recognise a sinking ship when they see one
www.thenerve.news
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Latest post from Stewart Lee on @thenerve.news sees Lee explore an extended flight of fancy about rats in Parliament (yes metaphorical & real). "A mischief of six rats was deliberately maintained at Westminster in a tradition dating back to the days of Charles II" www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...