Alexia R Fishwick

Nature means everything. Love travel,books,art. BA Humanities, MA Comms

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

Factory farming of Salmon (which no longer requires labelling as such btw) has another, mostly unseen impact and another area of deceit.

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

I just don’t think there should be a leadership challenge. Keir Starmer has a massive mandate given to him by the British people at the general election. I don’t think anybody in the Cabinet has a right to try to overturn that.

I still hope there won’t be a leadership contest. If there is, it’s probable that Keir will stand himself and in which case, I’d be in his camp. What we need now is continuity. We need Labour to deliver on their manifesto.

We haven’t even been two years into this government.

https://t.co/TeKcVkRX02

[Anne @annethompson7]

@wesstreeting Wes! Seriously!!! are you reading any of the replies on your X account?

[Cherry @Cherryopenmind]

I have read both letters, carefully and several times. As someone who loves this country and who is fighting to build something of my own here, I cannot help but notice the massive difference in character between these two men who, until yesterday, were leading our nation.

I am not writing this as a political analyst, but as a voter and a citizen who values people with character.

Wes's letter is full of 'I'.
I cut the waiting lists, I recruited the staff, I was successful.
Then, in the same breath, he attacks the team he was part of. If the situation was truly that bad, why did he not stay to fix it? Why did he not have the courage to stand for election and say: 'I have a better vision, elect me'?
Instead, he chose to walk away at the very moment we need stability most, feeding the media the drama they love so much. That is not protecting the party. It is protecting his own career.

On the other hand, Starmer’s response reminded me why I trusted him. He did not stoop to insults. He did not defend himself. He simply reminded Wes that those successes in the NHS were a collective effort.

Starmer showed what I admire most in the British, decency. Dignity. He remained the adult in the room, focused on us, the citizens, while Wes remained focused on his next job title.

Politics should be about us, about the people who pay their taxes and hope for a better future, not about who can best 'twist the knife' in a resignation letter.

Wes has shown his true face, and Starmer has shown that the stability of the country matters more than his personal ego.

That is what gives me hope that we will not allow chaos and populists to take the helm.

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

To anyone considering a leadership challenge I say - put the country first, not your own interests or those you might claim are the interests of the party.

Keir Starmer has a massive democratic mandate from the public, nobody has the right to seek to depose him, nobody.

Not Wes, not Ed, not Andy, not Angie.

Yes Keir is unpopular in the polls, that’s current public sentiment - it’s not a mandate for getting rid of him. Opinion polls are snapshots of opinions. Local election results are always an opportunity to register a protest. Labour has a job to do, we’re not even two years in yet, things are tough - a leadership challenge would be self indulgent and illogical - in my view.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Totally and right now I want to see our PM focused on the job in hand… not the revival of the old “ infighting” ways…

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

Anyone who’d do that would do so many other terrible things. I hope they are caught and locked up

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

Am thrilled and honoured our Holocaust documentary Simon Schama: the Road to Auschwitz won the BAFTA for Specialist Factual Docs - named for the great Huw Wheldon who was a giant of arts programming in the 50s and 60s. Our film was made to put on record the horrifying cruelty humans are capable of inflicting on other humans; and in an age of increasing Holocaust denial how this abyss opened for millions of Jews. May it help in the work of understanding how this came about; how it felt to those caught inside it; and, unfortunately, what our species is yet capable of. Dedicated to those who perished and those who somehow survived; dedicated too, to the tragic truth.

[UKSwifts @swifts_uk]

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[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Quite… I will put it another way… to change leaders now is utter madness…

[David Williams @dr72w_david]

The Labour Party would be bonkers to replace this man. A decent, caring PM who has had a lot of bad luck. Get through the midterm bloody nose, like every other PM, and then we fight for Election 2029 agains the racists, Deform UK and the openly hostile MSM #Labour #10YearKeir

[Luke Massey @LMasseyImages]

Out of all the many conservation issues in the world right now, what is occurring in Asturias, on my doorstep is one that baffles. 3 days into the salmon fishing season, with hundreds (poss. 000’s) or fishermen trying to catch a salmon. Not one, despite optimal conditions.

[Luke Massey @LMasseyImages]

But there is no talk of stopping fishing, or even solely catch & release. Instead the blame is put on cormorants & nature. Not humans. Can you imagine going out, knowing your quarry is rare, verging on extinct, but still going out to hunt it? And then still blaming nature?

[Karim A Nesr @karimanesr]

Usted vive en un planeta donde los árboles se avisan del peligro
a través de raíces que se tocan bajo la tierra.

Donde los pulpos sueñan en colores.

Donde los elefantes vuelven a los huesos de sus muertos y se quedan allí en silencio, como recordando.

Donde las abejas bailan para decirse adónde volar.

Donde las flores florecen después del fuego, como si el renacer fuera su manera de hablar.

Donde los cuervos recuerdan los rostros crueles y enseñan a sus hijos a reconocerlos.

Donde las hormigas hacen ciudades con túneles y puentes invisibles al ojo apurado.

Donde los gatos ronronean con una frecuencia que puede ayudar a sanar huesos.

Donde las ballenas cantan canciones que cruzan los océanos y cambian un poco en cada encuentro.

Donde las ardillas adoptan crías huérfanas y las cuidan como propias.

Donde los delfines se llaman entre sí por su nombre, y los caballos reconocen el sonido de una voz amiga.

Donde las mariposas recuerdan rutas de migración que sus antepasados siguieron muchos veranos atrás.

Donde los hongos crean redes infinitas bajo la tierra, ayudando a los bosques a respirar unidos.

Donde los lobos cuidan a sus mayores y cantan juntos a la luna.

Donde las luciérnagas vuelven a encender la noche para que los grillos tengan algo que cantar.

Donde los peces se agrupan para protegerse, moviéndose como si fueran un solo cuerpo.

Donde las tortugas regresan año tras año al mismo lugar donde nacieron.

Donde los árboles viejos guardan en sus anillos la historia del clima, del tiempo y del hombre.

Donde la vida, incluso en silencio, se acuerda del beso de la luz.

Usted vive ahí.
En un mundo que siente,
que cuida,
que recuerda.

Feliz día :)

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

A new Golden Age of exploration is here and we’re building the team to lead it.

NASA Force applications open today at 1pm ET.

Join NASA through a 1–2 year appointment and work on the missions pushing America higher, farther, and faster than ever before.

[Imogen @Imogenlemon02]

To those claiming that the Prime Minister has suddenly decided to have a photo shoot in the Middle East, you should (and probably do) know that this visit is part of international efforts to find long term solutions.

Efforts led by the UK and for which we should be proud. 🇬🇧

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

The Vice President is abroad campaigning for a dictator.

The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization.

Congress is on recess.

This is a total collapse of American moral leadership — at a historic scale.

[Alexia R Fishwick @AlexiaRFishwick]

@NASA @NASAArtemis Astrosister. Slay! Love.

[NASA @NASA]

We're going farther than ever before 🚀

Today, the Artemis II crew will break the record for how far humans have traveled from Earth as they fly around the far side of the Moon.

Coverage begins at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC). Watch Artemis II make history: https://t.co/G7LpghURjg