Dave Simpson 🇪🇺
@nemumdave.bsky.social
Botanist, retired, still active. The last designated Keeper of a very large Herbarium. Taxonomy. Conservation. Sedges. Birder. Quite a lot of politics too. Utterances purely personal.
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Important reminder 🚨 Nigel Farage (a millionaire) thinks the minimum wage is too high.
December 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Important reminder 🚨 Nigel Farage (a millionaire) thinks the minimum wage is too high.
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Cases from Nepal show degraded land can regenerate when locals enforce grazing bans, curb logging, and patrol forests—no costly tree-planting needed.
Native species rebound within years, suggesting community-led protection and natural regeneration are more effective and sustainable.
Native species rebound within years, suggesting community-led protection and natural regeneration are more effective and sustainable.
Grassroots forest protection succeeds where planting drives fail in Nepal
NAWALPUR, Nepal — At 75, Hasta Bahadur Sathighare Magar says he still remembers the time when the slopes above his village in the rural municipality of Rupsekot, in central Nepal, looked dead. Dust…
news.mongabay.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Cases from Nepal show degraded land can regenerate when locals enforce grazing bans, curb logging, and patrol forests—no costly tree-planting needed.
Native species rebound within years, suggesting community-led protection and natural regeneration are more effective and sustainable.
Native species rebound within years, suggesting community-led protection and natural regeneration are more effective and sustainable.
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The Countryside Alliance are once again talking out of their (top) hat.
80% of the public, rural & urban, think fox hunting should remain illegal.
The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth, as @jon-moses.bsky.social shows here: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
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80% of the public, rural & urban, think fox hunting should remain illegal.
The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth, as @jon-moses.bsky.social shows here: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Poll released by group as people gather for traditional Boxing Day hunts finds 76% of voters believe Labour prioritises urban issues over rural ones
Keir Starmer’s government has been told it has “alienated rural people” as traditional Boxing Day hunts gathered across the UK ahead of plans to ban trail hunting.
The warning came from the Countryside Alliance pressure group, which released a poll suggesting 65% of voters think the Labour administration unfairly neglects country communities. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Countryside Alliance are once again talking out of their (top) hat.
80% of the public, rural & urban, think fox hunting should remain illegal.
The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth, as @jon-moses.bsky.social shows here: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
80% of the public, rural & urban, think fox hunting should remain illegal.
The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth, as @jon-moses.bsky.social shows here: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
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We have been bringing the festive cheer to our friends at Natural England and the NFU in London recently – highlighting the continued badger cull.
240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end.
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240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We have been bringing the festive cheer to our friends at Natural England and the NFU in London recently – highlighting the continued badger cull.
240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end.
Sign up to our newsletter for updates → wildjustice.org/newsletter
240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end.
Sign up to our newsletter for updates → wildjustice.org/newsletter
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North Sumatra plans could remove protections from Batang Toru — the last habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan.
Conservationists warn it could push the species toward collapse, especially after recent cyclone damage.
Conservationists warn it could push the species toward collapse, especially after recent cyclone damage.
Tapanuli orangutan, devastated by cyclone, now faces habitat loss under zoning plans
JAKARTA — Reeling from a cyclone that may have erased a chunk of its population, the Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape population, now faces the prospect of losing more of its already…
news.mongabay.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
North Sumatra plans could remove protections from Batang Toru — the last habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan.
Conservationists warn it could push the species toward collapse, especially after recent cyclone damage.
Conservationists warn it could push the species toward collapse, especially after recent cyclone damage.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social how about interviewing a wildlife NGO about the hare issue for some sconce-based facts. Countryside Alliance are hardly wildlife-friendly.
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
@matthew-wright.bsky.social how about interviewing a wildlife NGO about the hare issue for some sconce-based facts. Countryside Alliance are hardly wildlife-friendly.
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“If Labour pits its housing targets against nature, it will find itself in a battle with the very thing that gives people a deep sense of pride and personal joy - when both feel in short supply.”
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
Pitting Nimbys against Yimbys is a bad idea
Popular political assumptions misread the public by attacking nature as the block to building more housing
www.ft.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“If Labour pits its housing targets against nature, it will find itself in a battle with the very thing that gives people a deep sense of pride and personal joy - when both feel in short supply.”
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
Wise words from @luketryl.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/f456...
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FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
Fourth White-tailed Eagle ‘disappears’ & RSPB offers £10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction
Following the appalling news over the last couple of days about the highly suspicious, and almost certainly criminal, disappearance of three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles here, here and here…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
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A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a meaningful way
Ireland needs to break link with fossil fuels, says SEAI
A new report from the SEAI says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a me...
www.rte.ie
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a meaningful way
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Even the D Telegraph thinks Pres Trump will lose his case against the BBC. Interestingly, more Americans watch/hear/read the BBC than Brits. Its US audience averages 60 million, rising to 77m in Sept. By comparison, its UK audience is approx 50m (around 85% of UK population).
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Even the D Telegraph thinks Pres Trump will lose his case against the BBC. Interestingly, more Americans watch/hear/read the BBC than Brits. Its US audience averages 60 million, rising to 77m in Sept. By comparison, its UK audience is approx 50m (around 85% of UK population).
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🗑️💢 @europarl.europa.eu just cleared away the few remaining environmental safeguards in EU farming policy
Two rushed rounds of so-called “simplifications” have gutted years of progress and handed #BigAgri exactly what it wanted: money to pollute with no strings attached ✂️
Here’s what we’ve lost ⬇️
Two rushed rounds of so-called “simplifications” have gutted years of progress and handed #BigAgri exactly what it wanted: money to pollute with no strings attached ✂️
Here’s what we’ve lost ⬇️
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🗑️💢 @europarl.europa.eu just cleared away the few remaining environmental safeguards in EU farming policy
Two rushed rounds of so-called “simplifications” have gutted years of progress and handed #BigAgri exactly what it wanted: money to pollute with no strings attached ✂️
Here’s what we’ve lost ⬇️
Two rushed rounds of so-called “simplifications” have gutted years of progress and handed #BigAgri exactly what it wanted: money to pollute with no strings attached ✂️
Here’s what we’ve lost ⬇️
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Keir Starmer needs to stand up for the BBC against Trump's outrageous $5bn lawsuit and protect licence fee payers from being hit in the pocket.
Trump wants to interfere in our democracy and undermine our national broadcaster. We cannot let him.
Trump wants to interfere in our democracy and undermine our national broadcaster. We cannot let him.
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Keir Starmer needs to stand up for the BBC against Trump's outrageous $5bn lawsuit and protect licence fee payers from being hit in the pocket.
Trump wants to interfere in our democracy and undermine our national broadcaster. We cannot let him.
Trump wants to interfere in our democracy and undermine our national broadcaster. We cannot let him.
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There is nothing surprising about what Trump said about Rob Reiner TWICE - he has the mind of a two year old - a cruel baby
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There is nothing surprising about what Trump said about Rob Reiner TWICE - he has the mind of a two year old - a cruel baby
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Labour's ceaseless yet baseless attacks on Nature and the Environment are not going unopposed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Labour's ceaseless yet baseless attacks on Nature and the Environment are not going unopposed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I challenge you to think of one thing you would less like to do
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I challenge you to think of one thing you would less like to do
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Country diary: Twenty years ago this thriving woodland didn’t even exist | Phil Gates
Country diary: Twenty years ago this thriving woodland didn’t even exist | Phil Gates
Low Burnhall wood, Durham: The smell of decay, the screech of jays – nearly 100,000 trees planted in 2008 have really come of age
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Country diary: Twenty years ago this thriving woodland didn’t even exist | Phil Gates
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🔴 NEW 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
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The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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Imagine the right-wing reaction if Starmer or Biden had proposed something like this
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Imagine the right-wing reaction if Starmer or Biden had proposed something like this
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Spoiler alert…
It wasn’t.
It isn’t.
They don’t.
It wasn’t.
It isn’t.
They don’t.
Trump: "It was a rigged election. It's gonna come out over the next couple months too, loud and clear. Because we have all the information."
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Spoiler alert…
It wasn’t.
It isn’t.
They don’t.
It wasn’t.
It isn’t.
They don’t.
