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This is 'Last Chance Saloon' peeps - history, and recent events, plus a bit of informed extrapolation all suggest that "time" is about to be called at the Bar, so please let us not accept any more kick-the-can-down-the-road bullshit - too much at stake 😳
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· Oct 14
This Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) stump was 'inoculated' with Enoki (Flammulina velutipes / Velvet Shank) plugs 5 years ago. Waited 2 years - not unreasonable I thought - but nothing. 3 years - nothing - then kinda gave up on it 🙄 But 2 days ago - this 👍🙏 #fungi
The history of fox-hunting in Britain simply drips with the sickening odour of wealth, privelege and assumed-entitlement 👹 Not surprisingly, the failure of the 2004 Act of Parliament to robustly consign it to the shit-locker of history owes it's scuppering to the same ghouls 👇 38d.gs/trailhuntingdf
Sign the petition: ban trail hunting for good
🚨The Gov could FINALLY be about to end fox hunting for good, by banning trail hunting. But the likes of Farage are criticising the ban. We need to drown them out: sign the petition now to back the ban...
38d.gs
December 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The history of fox-hunting in Britain simply drips with the sickening odour of wealth, privelege and assumed-entitlement 👹 Not surprisingly, the failure of the 2004 Act of Parliament to robustly consign it to the shit-locker of history owes it's scuppering to the same ghouls 👇 38d.gs/trailhuntingdf
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BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
This 🎉WIN after intense pressure from the movement. #BoycottBloodyInsurance continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
The legal challenge to the Government's 'Jet Zero Strategy' reaches the end of the road 😢 👇https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-airport-expansion-rewrite-the-government-s-disastrous-new-aviation-strategy?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky
STOP AIRPORT EXPANSION: REWRITE THE GOVERNMENT’S DISASTROUS NEW AVIATION STRATEGY
I just signed the petition calling on the Government to rethink its jet zero plans to properly tackle the aviation industries impact on the climate crisis. Will you add your name?
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The legal challenge to the Government's 'Jet Zero Strategy' reaches the end of the road 😢 👇https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-airport-expansion-rewrite-the-government-s-disastrous-new-aviation-strategy?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever. Join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever. Join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW !! goodlaw.social/8f6640
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
goodlaw.social
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW !! goodlaw.social/8f6640
Please call on the UK Government to stop the Berwick Bank windfarm project. The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money !! action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
Stop Berwick Bank!
The UK Government could soon award public money to the world's deadliest windfarm for birds. Speak up now.
action.rspb.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please call on the UK Government to stop the Berwick Bank windfarm project. The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money !! action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
🚨 The EU wants to weaken toxic pesticide laws. Add your voice before Dec 15 → www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
One week left before pesticides stay indefinitely
On 16 December, the EU Commission will propose to water down laws that control pesticide.
www.birdlife.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🚨 The EU wants to weaken toxic pesticide laws. Add your voice before Dec 15 → www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...
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🚨 Keir Starmer attacks Reform UK during PMQs:
"Chaos and division is a member of Clapton's life work."
"Chaos and division is a member of Clapton's life work."
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🚨 Keir Starmer attacks Reform UK during PMQs:
"Chaos and division is a member of Clapton's life work."
"Chaos and division is a member of Clapton's life work."
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Via @seashepherd - Africa's first shark sanctuary is being set up in Gabon – @Ecohustler https://ift.tt/2Pnxr0R
Africa’s first shark sanctuary is being set up in Gabon |...
Shark populations are down 90%. Marine Protected Areas ar...
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February 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Via @seashepherd - Africa's first shark sanctuary is being set up in Gabon – @Ecohustler https://ift.tt/2Pnxr0R
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Via @capecffa @EcoHustler - One in five Scottish fish farms 'not meeting standards' - @BBCNews https://ift.tt/2QuHFd6
One in five Scottish fish farms 'not meeting standards'
More than 50 of Scotland's fish farms were rated "poor", ...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Via @capecffa @EcoHustler - One in five Scottish fish farms 'not meeting standards' - @BBCNews https://ift.tt/2QuHFd6
Take action with @stopburningtrees.bsky.social : Alumni Open Letter to the University of York : Cut Ties with Drax 👇https://actionnetwork.org/forms/alumni-open-letter-to-the-university-of-york-cut-ties-with-drax?source=bsky&
Alumni Open Letter to the University of York: Cut Ties with Drax
The University of York is currently making a joint bid to build an AI Data Centre with Drax, the UK's single biggest emitter responsible for forest destruction and community pollution around the world...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Take action with @stopburningtrees.bsky.social : Alumni Open Letter to the University of York : Cut Ties with Drax 👇https://actionnetwork.org/forms/alumni-open-letter-to-the-university-of-york-cut-ties-with-drax?source=bsky&
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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The great @markavery.bsky.social has a new book out co-written with Colin Rees . It focusses on 2024 from two birders either side of the pond – birds , wildlife , politics , the changing seasons – it's all in there + half the profits go to @wildjustice.bsky.social ! Get yours at chrispackh.am/93ade7
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The great @markavery.bsky.social has a new book out co-written with Colin Rees . It focusses on 2024 from two birders either side of the pond – birds , wildlife , politics , the changing seasons – it's all in there + half the profits go to @wildjustice.bsky.social ! Get yours at chrispackh.am/93ade7
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections - shady billionaires like Musk can still donate democracy-distorting amounts of money with no cap - you can see how that plays out in the US, not pretty 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections - shady billionaires like Musk can still donate democracy-distorting amounts of money with no cap - you can see how that plays out in the US, not pretty 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Insurer QBE is ensuring climate deniers Reform UK - show your disdain 👇 #BoycottBloodyInsurance Sign here : actionnetwork.org/petitions/qb...
QBE: STOP INSURING REFORM UK
Without insurance, Reform UK cannot function, cannot hold events, and cannot spread its toxic agenda. QBE has a choice: stand with the people and the planet, or stand with the polluters and the purvey...
actionnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Insurer QBE is ensuring climate deniers Reform UK - show your disdain 👇 #BoycottBloodyInsurance Sign here : actionnetwork.org/petitions/qb...
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I wonder why...
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/voters-say-reform-uk-is-more-pro-russia-than-anti-russia-in-fresh-blow-to-nigel-farage/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/voters-say-reform-uk-is-more-pro-russia-than-anti-russia-in-fresh-blow-to-nigel-farage/
Voters say Reform UK is more ‘pro Russia’ than anti-Russia in fresh blow to Nigel Farage
Why doesn’t Farage launch an investigation into his party on Russian links?
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December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Fun fact: Farage has made £140,000 (2000 videos) from the Cameo messaging platform over the past 12 months - but has spoken in Parliament only 22 times, and mentioned his Clacton constituents on just three occasions.
Source: The Mirror
Source: The Mirror
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fun fact: Farage has made £140,000 (2000 videos) from the Cameo messaging platform over the past 12 months - but has spoken in Parliament only 22 times, and mentioned his Clacton constituents on just three occasions.
Source: The Mirror
Source: The Mirror
Check out this from We Own It 👇 and tell Defra to take action !!
weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...
Email DEFRA - regulation won't fix our broken water system
weownit.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Check out this from We Own It 👇 and tell Defra to take action !!
weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...
🌳 Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever. Join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌳 Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever. Join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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🚨BREAKING: all but four of England’s designated river bathing sites have received a 'poor' rating in latest government data.
Enough is ENOUGH. The upcoming Water Bill must make polluters pay. Public health, the environment, and our economy are at stake. 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2138...
Enough is ENOUGH. The upcoming Water Bill must make polluters pay. Public health, the environment, and our economy are at stake. 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2138...
Britons face 'significant' health risks from bathing in 'polluted' waters
Famous beaches, including Bognor Regis, Scarborough's South Bay and Littlehaven Beach in South Shields, were all rated 'poor'
www.express.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨BREAKING: all but four of England’s designated river bathing sites have received a 'poor' rating in latest government data.
Enough is ENOUGH. The upcoming Water Bill must make polluters pay. Public health, the environment, and our economy are at stake. 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2138...
Enough is ENOUGH. The upcoming Water Bill must make polluters pay. Public health, the environment, and our economy are at stake. 🔽
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2138...
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Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
6000+ responses to the government's railways consultation declared "lost", immediately prior to the close of the consultation 🙄 Check out this from We Own It 👇https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/railways-bill
The government lost YOUR rail consultation responses - take action
It is crucial for passengers that our voices are heard and that the bill delivers on the hopes and expectations of passengers. But this has not happened.
weownit.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
6000+ responses to the government's railways consultation declared "lost", immediately prior to the close of the consultation 🙄 Check out this from We Own It 👇https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/railways-bill