ed pittson

lost surfer

[SK Tedeschi @skedeschi]

Here's a little look at German cost of living vs British cost of living, which goes a long way to explain why British people are suffering- despite the UK being ome of the richest countries in the world

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[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@WendellPierce Oh ffs. In the Wire he was the black Clint Eastwood. He bristled with integrity and power. RIP.

[Not_AI.exe 🇺🇸 @VKMYR]

Kids for me, but not for thee!

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

I remember seeing news footage of Nigel Farage’s Brexit march consisting of about 30 bellends and a whippet…

But no British news coverage of this incredible strike action from yesterday:

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@MarieAnnUK @theJeremyVine Cyclist going too fast to be able to stop in time. Creep through stationary traffic by all means but you’ve got to be ready for pedestrians.

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@jeffreyjohnbell Adnams Broadside.

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

It’s time to talk about sheep. The unavoidable truth is that sheep are the principal obstacle standing in the way of meaningful nature recovery in Britain’s national parks and other agriculturally marginal landscapes. There is no getting around it. The sheep have got to go.

It is because of forensic grazing by tens of millions of sheep that great swathes of Britain are largely of trees and scrub, and impoverished of wildflowers, birdsong, wildlife. Go and visit any of our national parks and you’ll see for yourself.

If it wasn’t for sheep, there would be little meaningful objection to the reintroduction of lynx, wolves, and other iconic but temporarily missing British species - the absence of which has triggered a parallel explosion in the number of deer, which only exacerbates overgrazing in what should be our most precious landscapes.

Sheep have a brutal impact on the hydrology of our landscapes, compacting the soil and expunging vegetation, thereby making soil erosion, flooding and seasonal drought ever more frequent and ever more severe and costing the country billions each year.

Sheep are not native to Britain. They come from the arid hills of Asia Minor. They must suffer terribly soaked through and exposed on our windy, wet hillsides year-round. The fact that even English acorns are toxic to sheep says it all.

Britons don’t eat much lamb or mutton. So why are our landscapes stuffed with sheep? Sheep farming is in economic terms hopelessly non-viable, propped up solely with taxpayer subsidies. The average age of sheep farmers creeps ever higher, while their net income (including subsidies) creeps ever lower. There are no winners, only losers.

Yes there is something of a tradition of keeping hefted sheep in some landscapes, but the numbers were dramatically lower than they are today. Perhaps half a million across all of Britain in early Victorian times. There are now more than thirty million! A few sheep as a hobby in some places, fine.

But what’s really needed is a fair and just transition across our sheep-wrecked landscapes back to extensive farming with native cattle, of the kind that once grazed and browsed in vibrant wood pastures across vast swathes of Britain.

Traditional silvopasture (cattle amid scrub and trees) really is a silver bullet if ever there was one.

I don’t buy lamb or mutton any longer. It’s not right. If people want to keep sheep, of course that’s their absolute right, but they should not be subsidised with public money for doing so.

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@SBakerMD Watch Steak Revolution on Netflix for your answer. It’s Britain if you can’t be bothered.

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@MichaelWarbur17 No wonder she won an Oscar.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Hey @NyTimes @BBC @CBC @CBS this is what news looks like. Remember? News?

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@troonytoons Either women is an idea or a biological reality. Well put.

[Britain People @Britain_People]

MICHELLE MONE and her partner have just landed at their £7m villa on the Algarve on their £6m private jet.

This villa was bought three months AFTER £200m PPE probe raid.

Michelle Mone has still not repaid OUR money.

RETWEET to remind her.

#PPEScandal

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

I am gutted that Indigenous leader Eduardo Mendúa of the Cofán – an Amazon nation leading the fight against @Chevron – was just murdered in his village. He was leading a campaign to block new oil wells on his ancestral lands.

I fear this was a political assassination. RIP.💔👊

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

So, I find myself 30ft in the air up a tree in Wellingborough- surrounded by police, security & tree surgeons- trying to prevent an illegal tree felling. How did I end up here? Here’s an outrageous story of nature destruction & collusion between authorities & private developer 🧵

[Douglas Murray @DouglasKMurray]

‘We’. ⁦@guardian⁩

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@ScottSeiss @cocainebear How about you pitch a sequel: IKEA BEAR.

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@FrogAlaPeche Alexei is still the best.

[Britain People @Britain_People]

Your reminder that Michelle Mone has still not repaid OUR money.

RETWEET to remind her.

#PPEScandal

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@cal_gif Yeah I had that. So weird.

[ed pittson @moosetwit52]

@3bucksleft1 Which one’s Travolta?