If only every Judge were so compassionate. So full of understanding. This judge is remarkable. But not as remarkable as the hero he is talking about. Moved to tears by his words.
“I don’t give a shit what your system is, what does it mean for the river?”
I genuinely never thought I would have to challenge the British state in order to protect the river I love, but here we are. Massive thanks to Channel 4 for spending so much time & care in detailing the incredible work done by volunteer river guardians on the River Roding: I am going to use the description of us descending on litter like a “squadron of community-minded locusts” again!
Whilst I no longer shocked at the indifference of public bodies like the EA & local councils to the desperate plight of our rivers, it has genuinely surprised me that @EnvAgency thinks it is a good use of their powers to prosecute volunteers for doing their job for them by restoring rivers, especially when there are serious illegal sewage discharges nearby that they have done nothing about. Please withdraw your prosecution threats EA & work with us instead. The Roding could genuinely be a test case in how government & river guardians can work together to protect & restore our rivers.
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Economist Mariana Mazzucato says Brexit led to businesses leaving the UK, shrank market opportunities and damaged investment.
She tells The Fourcast that Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have still not been held accountable for what she calls one of the country's biggest economic mistakes.
Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have both denied lying to the public.
@Gwynoro@Sue35497795 I voted Tory for over 40 years right up until 2010. I then became politically homeless. I would vote Lib/Dem just to vote. Never have I voted Labour, however @Keir_Starmer has done such a terrific job in starting to turn things around in just 22 months, I joined the party.
I promised we would fix our broken railways.
Today Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express return to public ownership. Run for the public good, not private profit.
This Labour government is putting passengers first.
13 years ago, Rotherham, England turned 8 miles of mowed roadside grass into a "river of flowers." In 2021, they added even more miles.
The original scheme was commissioned by Rotherham Council in 2013, designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett at the University of Sheffield, and seeded with a 180-species wildflower mix along the central reservations of the town's main ring road. It replaced mowing that had been costing the council around £80,000 a year.
Since then: the wildflower verges have saved roughly £23,000 to £25,000 per two-year mowing cycle, increased pollinator abundance, and inspired similar programs in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Birmingham, Newcastle, and Sheffield.
In 2021, Rotherham added 3.5 more miles across 12 new sites including Herringthorpe, Swinton, Harthill, and Maltby. They just keep expanding it.
The UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows in the last 100 years. Most of what was lost was paved, plowed, or mowed. The verges nobody was using anyway turned out to be one of the largest untapped habitats in the country.
The challenges we face in Europe demand strong partnerships.
Today I’ve signed a defence treaty with @DonaldTusk to strengthen our shared security and capabilities.
This is the biggest step forward in our defence and security relationship with Poland in a generation.
WooHoo, got this at my newsagent and there was only two of them left, I checked around at nearby newsagents and they told me they were all sold out within hours.
This means there are lots of Socialists out there fed up with far right rags and looking for something different.
More than 80% of the cut flowers we buy in Britain are flown or shipped in.
Eighty percent. 🙁
We can grow them right here, and demand for British blooms is climbing fast.
Stock British flowers. Label them clearly. Let people choose.
@Tesco@sainsburys@asda@marksandspencer
#BackBritishFarming #BritishFarming #UKFarming
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Wonderful to officially open the refurbished workspaces at St Peter's Hospice in my constituency.
The hospice received a £1m share of a £125m capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices from this government – the biggest investment in a generation for hospices.