Wheatear9
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Wheatear9
@wheatear9.bsky.social
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I go birding and been all over but not away much these days except Europe and UK. Suffolk is always a focus but will be out and about more 2025. Love sea-watching, when conditions are right. I have local Mid Suffolk inland patch.
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Or @uklabour.bsky.social need to wake up and offer the electorate a viable alternative to #Reform, or is it too late? Has #Starmer opened the door for them by endorsing their divisive policies and offering nothing viable themselves?
#suffolkbirds really nice morning spent with the Brown Shrike on Upper Hollesley Common. Showed really well another very easy one and a Suffolk first. Last I had was on Staines Moor years ago!
See him in court? Doubt it?
Quelle surprise...

Never ending Tory corruption
Michael Gove personally intervened to ensure that a Conservative donor's firm was awarded a multimillion pound covid contract.

Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process.

The contract was awarded just days later
#suffolkbirds was supposed to be taking a group round Trimley Marshes today cancelled of course! Doesn't look like the Brown Shrike is there today so far! Not a great day !
Problem is the electorate are pushing the Fuck you button! They did it with Brexit now with Labour and the rest leaving it to Reform. They don't seem to care about the abyss they are going to fall into?
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Really important case - a free & democratic society where people can freely choose their leaders & representatives are core rights protected by the Convention - but unless governments are required to act on them, they remain theoretical. Given increasing insecurity, this couldn’t be more urgent👇
Breaking: EX-MPs TAKE CASE AGAINST UK GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE TO EUROPEAN “SUPREME COURT”

THREE FORMER MPs; Caroline Lucas, Alyn Smith and Ben Bradshaw - claim the UK government is failing in its duty 2 protect elections from foreign interference
Glad to finally hear it but is it too late?
100% this!

“It is the right way to go: leaving the EU has been a disaster. But refusing to admit it has cost Labour precious time and credibility”

But worse, it’s cost the UK more billions with their refusal to admit the bleedin obvious. And it’s the only way to attack Reform. United!
Bye, Bye!
Will they take their flags off the lampposts before going?
A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration
Yet again, no leadership from #KeirStarmer over the Royal Family let's not go there folks too contentious. It will end in tears for all!
#suffolkbirds short sea watch at Thorpeness very quiet little passage but picked a distant Skua which I took for a Bonxie then closer in in same field of view a clear LT Skua! Never got to grips with the other Skua clearly bigger!
MAN U took a few years off my life today!
#suffolkbirds #patch #nocmig 1st recording sess. of 2nd winter period only 1 Redwing until 04.00 then a run of 65 between then and 06.30 + a solitary Dunlin
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And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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Making the case for wealth taxes on @SkyNewsPolitics just now. Rumours that Chancellor might seek yet more spending cuts are horrifying - public services are already on their knees & top 50 richest families in UK now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population - over 34 million people.
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More pandering to the far-right and more nonsense from an increasingly nonsensical government which is always reacting and never leading. I struggled with O level English and doubt I’d pass A level now. And I imagine like many reading this, I am descendant of immigrants (Irish and Italian).
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Spot on “Many of Labour’s younger voters are already tempted by the Green Party, which combines environmentalism with left wing economics. Now by mocking Green protections & cosying up to developers, chancellor is giving them more reasons to jump ship”. So here it is join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/
The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial
Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost
www.theguardian.com
Said I would ask around for potential Suffolk counters for 4 wader surveys on the Stour Nov Dec Jan & Feb. £90 each survey + Travel expenses. If interested DM me. Unfortunately, dates are all weekdays.
At the John Peel Centre tonight to see American Jerry Joseph not seen the like in Stowmarket before myself, remarkable performance still reeling!
#patch 4 Whooper Swans flew over going east south east quite low too!
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Some rare good climate news: wind is vying to be the cheapest form of electricity generation there is, and solar adoption figures have surpassed all expectations, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
The great 2025 solar boom
One massive thing is going really well, according to veteran climate campaigner Bill McKibben
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
If my memory serves me well he said this would never happen?
Rishi Sunak cleared for Microsoft and AI roles

The former prime minister is embracing Silicon Valley ⬇️
Rishi Sunak cleared for Microsoft and AI roles
Rishi Sunak cleared for Microsoft and AI roles
www.thetimes.com
Not to that other fella then?
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