Peter Belk
@peterbelk.bsky.social
Book hoarder, Wood whittler, amateur archivist
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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
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New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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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…
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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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Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m
In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
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I will just point out the Doctors have asked for a maximum of £800m, that's for 71,000 doctors who run all the hospitals.
That's 'too expensive'.
But when the Water Companies asked for £5bn, they were given it.
Broken Britain, money for thieves, no money for you.
That's 'too expensive'.
But when the Water Companies asked for £5bn, they were given it.
Broken Britain, money for thieves, no money for you.
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I will just point out the Doctors have asked for a maximum of £800m, that's for 71,000 doctors who run all the hospitals.
That's 'too expensive'.
But when the Water Companies asked for £5bn, they were given it.
Broken Britain, money for thieves, no money for you.
That's 'too expensive'.
But when the Water Companies asked for £5bn, they were given it.
Broken Britain, money for thieves, no money for you.
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When stubbornness becomes wilful stupidity.
Starmer rules out joining customs union with EU, saying it would not be sensible to ‘unravel’ US trade deal. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer rules out joining customs union with EU, saying it would not be sensible to ‘unravel’ US trade deal – UK politics live
Starmer was responding to a question from Lib Dem leader Ed Davey at PMQs
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When stubbornness becomes wilful stupidity.
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We know we're hurting your elderly relatives but we consider that necessary to (fail to) appease the racists
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We know we're hurting your elderly relatives but we consider that necessary to (fail to) appease the racists
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Minimum wage should not go higher, suggests UK multi-millionaire Tory leader Badenoch on a salary of £93,904+expenses.
Silence on equitable distribution of wealth, progressive taxation or universal basic income/services.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Silence on equitable distribution of wealth, progressive taxation or universal basic income/services.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Minimum wage should not go any higher, suggests Badenoch
Badenoch claimed Labour had tipped the balance too far against workers and in favour of welfare.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Minimum wage should not go higher, suggests UK multi-millionaire Tory leader Badenoch on a salary of £93,904+expenses.
Silence on equitable distribution of wealth, progressive taxation or universal basic income/services.
Can't build economy on poverty.
Silence on equitable distribution of wealth, progressive taxation or universal basic income/services.
Can't build economy on poverty.
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
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Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
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December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
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Thames Water is a test for the British economy.
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
Thames Water is a test for the British economy
It is a particularly British paradox that one of the country’s biggest companies can both generate hundreds of millions in profit and be at imminent risk of bankruptcy. This is the story of Thames Wat...
unherd.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Thames Water is a test for the British economy.
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
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I will remind you the Government promised this would all be invested in rebuilding infrastructure.
What a lie.
What a lie.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I will remind you the Government promised this would all be invested in rebuilding infrastructure.
What a lie.
What a lie.
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Most probably don’t realise that before Thatcher 42% of people lived in council housing - now it’s only 6%. There is a housing crisis and over 300,000 are homeless as a result of her policies. The damage she did to this country is immense and irreversible yet she is viewed by so many as an icon.
I’ve never understood the adulation people have for Thatcher. She was a heartless monster who asset-stripped an entire country and squandered the money to buy votes. The idea that she was some sort of economic genius is farcical and the terrible state of the country today is her legacy.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Most probably don’t realise that before Thatcher 42% of people lived in council housing - now it’s only 6%. There is a housing crisis and over 300,000 are homeless as a result of her policies. The damage she did to this country is immense and irreversible yet she is viewed by so many as an icon.
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People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act
Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
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More detail on Natural England's decision to close Hen Harrier Southern Reintroduction Project raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/02/m...
More detail on Natural England’s decision to close Hen Harrier Southern Reintroduction Project
Back in September, Natural England announced its decision to end its controversial plan to ‘reintroduce’ Hen Harriers to southern England (see here). The decision was widely welcomed by…
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December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
More detail on Natural England's decision to close Hen Harrier Southern Reintroduction Project raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/02/m...
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They fear your divine spark
That’s why they push Al, to atrophy what makes you human
That’s why they push Al, to atrophy what makes you human
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
They fear your divine spark
That’s why they push Al, to atrophy what makes you human
That’s why they push Al, to atrophy what makes you human
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Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/g...
Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland (1 December 2025): APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER BIRD OF PREY SHOT IN ABERDEENSHIRE Officers are appealing for information after a bird of prey was shot in Aberdee…
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December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/g...
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Protect yourself.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Protect yourself.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
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UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
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Tory-linked brokers on various PPE VIP lane deals alone received nearly £100m for their involvement in contracts awarded to a number of companies, with much of the equipment provided by some deemed unfit for NHS use:
goodlawproject.org/fixers-vip-l...
goodlawproject.org/fixers-vip-l...
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tory-linked brokers on various PPE VIP lane deals alone received nearly £100m for their involvement in contracts awarded to a number of companies, with much of the equipment provided by some deemed unfit for NHS use:
goodlawproject.org/fixers-vip-l...
goodlawproject.org/fixers-vip-l...
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Budget 2025.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Budget 2025.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
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🔴‘Scrapping Jury Trials Is an Attempt to Fix a Broken Justice System by Smashing It to Pieces’
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer’s Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/s...
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer’s Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/s...
'Scrapping Jury Trials Is an Attempt to Fix a Broken Justice System by Smashing It to Pieces'
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer's Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🔴‘Scrapping Jury Trials Is an Attempt to Fix a Broken Justice System by Smashing It to Pieces’
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer’s Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/s...
Taking away the fundamental right to be tried by a jury of your peers would be a disastrous move by Keir Starmer’s Government, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/s...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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The actions of the Environment Agency in this case will (rightly) fill most ordinary people with incredulity.
A visit to "monitor" what is obviously colossal illegal activity. No attempt to block the site. To action to prevent further dumping. And so on it went.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A visit to "monitor" what is obviously colossal illegal activity. No attempt to block the site. To action to prevent further dumping. And so on it went.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field contains rubbish from councils
Evidence of waste from primary schools and local authorities in south-east England points to possible large-scale corruption, expert says
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The actions of the Environment Agency in this case will (rightly) fill most ordinary people with incredulity.
A visit to "monitor" what is obviously colossal illegal activity. No attempt to block the site. To action to prevent further dumping. And so on it went.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A visit to "monitor" what is obviously colossal illegal activity. No attempt to block the site. To action to prevent further dumping. And so on it went.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A really interesting read. Here’s a couple of screenshots of the paper by E J Blane showing locations of poisoning incidents,
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A really interesting read. Here’s a couple of screenshots of the paper by E J Blane showing locations of poisoning incidents,