Tim Dixon

The View from The Hill and sometimes further
Often grumpy but usually polite.
Apparently a "lefty green jobsworth cretin" #BadgeofHonour?

[Salmon Scotland @SalmonScotland]

Yesterday we learned of 38.2% mortalities in salmon farming.

Blood pressure alert 🚨 ‼️

Today we find out how much of YOUR cash goes to prop up this toxic, nasty, ludicrous industry…….

Read and weep taxpayers:

https://t.co/2lGD6TYQT2

[Ailsa McLellan @AilsaMcL]

.@AnasSarwar please don't promote this extractive, millionaire driven food system that cant keep a lid on mortalities or chemical use, degrades our environment, + sucks up grants that would be better spent on locally owned coastal businesses. #ScottishSalmon. Not Scottish.

[Froglife @froglifers]

Is your supermarket using the @RedTractorFood logo to reassure their customers?

@RiverActionUK have exposed the muck behind the mark - and it stinks!

Join us & take action. Tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor & enforce environmental standards: https://t.co/XADYTKo3wD

[Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates]

Not good

[Rachel Salvidge @RachSalv]

The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? https://t.co/nX90ntC46Y

[Don Staniford @TheGAAIA]

“This is the lowest survival on record in over 35 years," said animal welfare campaigner Abigail Penny @animal_equality "It’s a deeply unsustainable model” @heraldscotland @ScotlandSalmon @tavishscott https://t.co/Ctyi3F32wj @ScotGovMarine

[Jamie McIntyre @_JamieMcIntyre]

No arable farmer would routinely grow a crop if one third to a half of it died before harvest. And plants are generally accepted to be non-sentient beings so you don't even have the welfare issue as a driver.

[Salmon Scotland @SalmonScotland]

NEWS🚨🤬

Scottish Fish Farm Production
Survey 2024 data just in.

38.2% mortality rate in sea cages.

Staff numbers fell by 8%.

And now, over to you @MairiGougeon @_KateForbes @GillianMSP @JohnSwinney @SP_RuralAffairs

https://t.co/6b9adbz6Hk

[Elusive Moose @elusive_moose]

Musk ox on Dovre 😊 Photo Jarle Storli #Norway #wildlife

[Ailsa McLellan @AilsaMcL]

The #Scottishsalmon sector is not Scottish nor sustainable. There is a constant drive for automation at the expense of jobs, and not in anyone's wildest dreams can they say that they protect the environment that they are literally shitting all over. #Offthetable

[Ailsa McLellan @AilsaMcL]

The #Scottishsalmon sector isn't sustainable or Scottish. It undermines food security at home (their medication are toxic to marine life + fish shit destroys habitats) + abroad (wild caught fish/krill used to feed farmed salmon are a vital part of human + animal diets elsewhere).

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Massive protests against the Russian-backed government of Hungary, with Peter Magyar absolutely destroying Orban in the polls.

If Orban allows a free election, it's over for Putin's puppet.

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

Each scene in Barbara Greg's wood engravings becomes a little world, a contained environment, and so it is with 'The Grass Snake Taking the Last of the Summer's Warmth.' (1950) Whatever the scene shows, there is no elsewhere, no alternative - a complete world.

[Tim Dixon @timthefruit]

@tmn5947 @RAF_Luton Ah Tom, remind me never to hire you as a learning consultant.

[Tim Dixon @timthefruit]

@foxxy4567 @AxelHalBopp @RAF_Luton The bigger boat is on its way.

[helen warlow @HWarlow]

Annie Soudain English artist
Her Lino Prints are always sophisticated and graceful
Retired teacher now dedicated to producing work with no more worry about time devoted to the curriculum
These two are fine examples of her style

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral.

[Tim Dixon @timthefruit]

@LesleyRiddoch @ReviveCoalition Some pennies take a wee while to drop!!!

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Spot on

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

After Trump and Witkoff trumpeted the alleged achievement of Russia agreeing to security guarantees for Ukraine, Lavrov says that Russia only agrees to guarantees in which Russia (and China) have a veto, as per the Russian proposal in Istanbul in 2022. That is, nobody is allowed to defend Ukraine from Russia unless Russia and China agree. Great progress all around.