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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 4d

Shot, chaser.

I'm so tired.

Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 6d

An act of naked political vandalism.

Surely the end of any dwindling claim the Conservatives have to being a serious party.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 6d

Brilliant review in the TLS of the latest Kingsnorthian moon-howl. Gently puts to bed the MAGAfication of everything from religion to vaccines to solar farms to wind turbines to... (on and on and on and on...) [£]

www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...

A reactionary radical’s case against progress

It would be easy enough, I think, to caricature this new book by Paul Kingsnorth. I know little enough about him – he is, to judge from the photos and

www.the-tls.com

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 8d

I don't know what's more insane: this story that the ex leader of the Welsh Reform Party has plead guilty to being bribed by the Russians to regurgitate their talking points in the European parliament, or that the UK Labour party have... barely mentioned it? And instead are churning out utter dross?

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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 9d

A new generation is carrying forward the spirit of the original Kinder Scout Mass Trespass.
Watch the full film here -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKsK...

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 14d

Guess he didn't get the memo that good things are bad things, actually.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14d

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage: net zero is “lunacy” that destroys jobs and drives up energy bills

Reform UK Mayor Luke Campbell: I am "all for creating jobs in any sector ... Who doesn't like cleaner air and green energy?"

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

'I'm all for green energy', says Reform UK's Hull mayor Luke Campbell

The mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire says he is

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 14d

what fresh hell is this

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 14d

We've now had ten DEFRA secretaries in a space of ten years.

The brief is huge. The problems are manifold and complex. The politics are difficult.

Really not surprising that so many environmental and agricultural issues are stuck in the muck.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 15d

Great to hear that @timfarron.bsky.social expressed support for a default right of responsible access at the recent Lib Dem conference fringe event 'Roam, Rewild, Restore' - speaking alongside @jon-moses.bsky.social and others:

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 16d

One of the best tl;dr explainers I've seen re: how accelerating wealth inequality is reshaping the spatial politics of Britain. Relevant for everything from the far-right resurgence to the hollowing out of small towns & the 'gerontrification' of the countryside.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMRS...

The Changing Shape of Great Britain

YouTube video by Garys Economics

www.youtube.com

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 17d

A hostile foreign power captures your primary communications platform and explicitly manipulates it to promote extremism and incite "civil war".

The government: oh, okay then.

😶😶‍🌫️🫥

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 19d

I feel like not enough attention has been given to the fact the journalist claimed it worked

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 20d

As a friendly chap called Mohammed, with the broadest Welsh valleys accent going, comes out to fix my car today, I am moved to tell @reform-uk-official.bsky.social that they can absolutely get to fuck.

You're the coloniser. Get your shit race-baiting politics out of my country.

Yours, a Welshman.

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 20d

See also: national sovereignty

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 20d

I'll be speaking at the @libdems.org.uk conference this weekend on behalf of @righttoroam.bsky.social.

'Roam, Rewilding, Restore'

Saturday, 1pm.

It's outside the secure zone so don't need a conference ticket to attend.

See some of you there?

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 22d

A farmer finds two wild campers on his land, and....

"...whips a £20 note from his pocket for the cause [picking up litter], asking, “Is that enough?”
This is the first time either of us have been paid for camping.
“Have you got everything you need?..."

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 23d

Love this Country Diary from @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social, in which another countryside is gleaned from the most unexpected of moments.

It also echoes what I've experienced in other countries where access to land is assumed and normal. Reciprocity follows.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Finding common ground when you least expect it | Eben Muse

Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire: The scourge of rural litter is enough to bring anyone together, even a farmer and us, trying to camp for the night in his field

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 22d

This should be the bare minimum response. How about forcing X to take its responsibilities as a publisher seriously?

Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 22d

Excellent to see Labour MPs call on the government to leave Elon Musk's hate-filled X. Doing so would spark an exodus of journalists & public bodies.

Thank you @bengoldsborough.bsky.social @sarahowen.org.uk @alexballingermp.bsky.social

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Senior Labour MPs Demand Crackdown on X After Elon Musk’s ‘Dangerous’ Rally Comments

Senior Labour MPs are urging the government to take urgent action against hate speech, misinformation and violent rhetoric on Elon Musk’s X platfor...

www.politicshome.com

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 23d

Love this Country Diary from @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social, in which another countryside is gleaned from the most unexpected of moments.

It also echoes what I've experienced in other countries where access to land is assumed and normal. Reciprocity follows.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Finding common ground when you least expect it | Eben Muse

Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire: The scourge of rural litter is enough to bring anyone together, even a farmer and us, trying to camp for the night in his field

www.theguardian.com

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23d

Every great Labour Government has expanded access; whether that be CROW in 2000, the Countryside Act in 1968 or the National Parks and Countryside Act in 1949.

This Government should follow suit; bringing in Scottish style right to roam, a right to wild camp and a right to swim. A lasting legacy

Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 23d

Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law

@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say

Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature

www.theguardian.com

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26d

American billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone & owner of the 2,500-acre Conholt Park shooting estate in Wiltshire, has been tankering in huge quantities of water from drought-struck Hampshire to fill up his lake (legally, but outrageously):

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

Southern Water bans tankers doing runs to US billionaire's lake

Tankers taking water for US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman have been told to stop by Southern Water.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 28d

X is basically a hate factory for racist delusion now. And.. there just doesn't seem to be much / any conversation about what we do about that?

The 'For you' feed is wall-to-wall far-right delirium. The algorithm has obviously been engineered to drive it. If it was Russia would we be so complacent?

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 29d

Russell Brand now conducting supportive interviews with Tommy Robinson.

Truly, one of history's most breathtaking charlatans.

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · Aug 29

When I was a student some stuffy old writers were petitioning to make the British Library an even more exclusive place.

I love that @britishlibrary.bsky.social not only said 'stuff that' but went completely the other way. Kids play areas. College students doing their homework. A truly public space.

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · Aug 27

This was your attack line btw @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Instead of chasing Farage down the drain as per.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Aug 27

With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable?

Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%

% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · Aug 26

As to the substance, it seems he understands the aims of rewilding about as well as he understands the concept of access reform.

Perhaps one day the Telegraph will cease painting with crayons.

Alas, it is not this day.

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