Richard White
@coastalrambler.bsky.social
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Spain’s marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being decimated by bottom trawling.
We took legal action last year but Spain has issued more fishing licenses for bottom trawling inside these MPAs since then.
So we’re going back to court with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social to protect these zones.
We took legal action last year but Spain has issued more fishing licenses for bottom trawling inside these MPAs since then.
So we’re going back to court with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social to protect these zones.
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Spain’s marine protected areas (MPAs) are still being decimated by bottom trawling.
We took legal action last year but Spain has issued more fishing licenses for bottom trawling inside these MPAs since then.
So we’re going back to court with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social to protect these zones.
We took legal action last year but Spain has issued more fishing licenses for bottom trawling inside these MPAs since then.
So we’re going back to court with @oceanaeurope.bsky.social to protect these zones.
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It's obviously a bad thing if any prisoner is released by mistake, but why is it worse if it's an asylum-seeker?
It seems just to be taken for granted now that someone is more dangerous because they're an asylum-seeker than because they're a criminal.
Something very dangerous is building here.
It seems just to be taken for granted now that someone is more dangerous because they're an asylum-seeker than because they're a criminal.
Something very dangerous is building here.
Well, that was a very weird deputy PMQs. James Cartlidge asking the same question five times – could David Lammy guarantee no other jailed asylum seekers have been accidentally released rather than deported – and Lammy each time instead condemning the Tories' record on prisons and justice.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It's obviously a bad thing if any prisoner is released by mistake, but why is it worse if it's an asylum-seeker?
It seems just to be taken for granted now that someone is more dangerous because they're an asylum-seeker than because they're a criminal.
Something very dangerous is building here.
It seems just to be taken for granted now that someone is more dangerous because they're an asylum-seeker than because they're a criminal.
Something very dangerous is building here.
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We need a @monkemma.bsky.social segment at the end of every news bulletin
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We need a @monkemma.bsky.social segment at the end of every news bulletin
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October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Zack Polanski is looking like a very good alternative at the moment 🙂
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Zack Polanski is looking like a very good alternative at the moment 🙂
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Review and strengthen protections. Amend the Forestry Act 1967 to explicitly define and set a higher evidence bar for exempting any ancient tree felling from licences. Publish and maintain a list of heritage trees with protected status...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Review protections for important trees: amend Forestry Act & list heritage trees
Review and strengthen protections. Amend the Forestry Act 1967 to explicitly define and set a higher evidence bar for exempting any ancient tree felling from licences. Publish and maintain a list of h...
petition.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Review and strengthen protections. Amend the Forestry Act 1967 to explicitly define and set a higher evidence bar for exempting any ancient tree felling from licences. Publish and maintain a list of heritage trees with protected status...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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"We can’t say it strongly enough: for planning reform to succeed for both people and nature, this newt-bashing, snail-baiting, spider-hating scapegoating must stop."
@richardbenwell.bsky.social, chief exec @wclnews.bsky.social, outlines what's needed to create balance between nature and planning:
@richardbenwell.bsky.social, chief exec @wclnews.bsky.social, outlines what's needed to create balance between nature and planning:
Cross-government planning proposals threaten nature and must be fixed
This post is by Richard Benwell, chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link The planning system must be improved for nature. When development damages protected wildlife, developers shouldn’t …
buff.ly
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"We can’t say it strongly enough: for planning reform to succeed for both people and nature, this newt-bashing, snail-baiting, spider-hating scapegoating must stop."
@richardbenwell.bsky.social, chief exec @wclnews.bsky.social, outlines what's needed to create balance between nature and planning:
@richardbenwell.bsky.social, chief exec @wclnews.bsky.social, outlines what's needed to create balance between nature and planning:
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fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th
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We are being sold a false story that nature is the enemy. That newts, bats, snails and spiders are somehow responsible for the so-called housing crisis and a blocker to economic growth. This is a deliberate lie - using a cynically chosen group of species that could be found in a witches cauldron.
October 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We are being sold a false story that nature is the enemy. That newts, bats, snails and spiders are somehow responsible for the so-called housing crisis and a blocker to economic growth. This is a deliberate lie - using a cynically chosen group of species that could be found in a witches cauldron.
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Equinor has resubmitted its #Rosebank application, meaning the government will soon decide the oil field's fate.
As @carolinelucas.bsky.social outlined: "the case against Rosebank is overwhelming".
From breaching climate limits to offshoring any benefits, read why approval would be a grave error 👇
As @carolinelucas.bsky.social outlined: "the case against Rosebank is overwhelming".
From breaching climate limits to offshoring any benefits, read why approval would be a grave error 👇
The evidence is clear, the Rosebank oilfield would do nothing for the UK
This post is by Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion 2010-2024, former leader and co-leader of The Green Party, and co-president of European Movement. Last week, it was leaked from the top of g…
greenallianceblog.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Equinor has resubmitted its #Rosebank application, meaning the government will soon decide the oil field's fate.
As @carolinelucas.bsky.social outlined: "the case against Rosebank is overwhelming".
From breaching climate limits to offshoring any benefits, read why approval would be a grave error 👇
As @carolinelucas.bsky.social outlined: "the case against Rosebank is overwhelming".
From breaching climate limits to offshoring any benefits, read why approval would be a grave error 👇
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It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out
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Just walked past my younger neighbours trying to manoeuvre a very large sofa in the stairwell and I shouted “pivot!” and you know I reckon they had absolutely no idea what I was talking about and now think I’m mad.
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just walked past my younger neighbours trying to manoeuvre a very large sofa in the stairwell and I shouted “pivot!” and you know I reckon they had absolutely no idea what I was talking about and now think I’m mad.
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On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Have just finished listening to this episode. Fascinating as ever, with @tetzoo.bsky.social joining @iszi.com and @davehone.bsky.social to talk about ancient marine reptiles. Do have a listen!
Due to some dreadful admin error we accidentally had @tetzoo.bsky.social join us on this episode of #TerribleLizards talking about marine reptiles in all their semi-aquatic and aquatic glory. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e09-anc...
Terrible Lizards: TLS11E09 Ancient Sea Reptiles
Long time listener and second time guest Darren Naish joins us to talk about marine reptiles. While Darren is best known for his work on dinosaurs and pterosaurs, he has fingers in a huge number of ve...
terriblelizards.libsyn.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Have just finished listening to this episode. Fascinating as ever, with @tetzoo.bsky.social joining @iszi.com and @davehone.bsky.social to talk about ancient marine reptiles. Do have a listen!
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Happy #WorldRiversDay !
The beautiful river Arun on a hot day in summer. Flowing through Sussex, it’s one of the fastest flowing rivers in England.
If you’re lucky you might see a white-tailed eagle 🦅 flying overhead.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@riveractionuk.bsky.social
The beautiful river Arun on a hot day in summer. Flowing through Sussex, it’s one of the fastest flowing rivers in England.
If you’re lucky you might see a white-tailed eagle 🦅 flying overhead.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@riveractionuk.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Happy #WorldRiversDay !
The beautiful river Arun on a hot day in summer. Flowing through Sussex, it’s one of the fastest flowing rivers in England.
If you’re lucky you might see a white-tailed eagle 🦅 flying overhead.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@riveractionuk.bsky.social
The beautiful river Arun on a hot day in summer. Flowing through Sussex, it’s one of the fastest flowing rivers in England.
If you’re lucky you might see a white-tailed eagle 🦅 flying overhead.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@riveractionuk.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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Here's Abi, one of our Marines Futures interns, with our ✨5 top tips✨ for avoiding seal disturbance when watching them from out on the water ⛵
Whether you're observing from the land or the sea, our message remains the same – #DoNotDisturb
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Whether you're observing from the land or the sea, our message remains the same – #DoNotDisturb
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict
September 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Here's Abi, one of our Marines Futures interns, with our ✨5 top tips✨ for avoiding seal disturbance when watching them from out on the water ⛵
Whether you're observing from the land or the sea, our message remains the same – #DoNotDisturb
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Whether you're observing from the land or the sea, our message remains the same – #DoNotDisturb
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict
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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
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A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)
September 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)
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This petition is a smidge off 10,000. Please retweet. Let's get it there. 💪
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This petition is a smidge off 10,000. Please retweet. Let's get it there. 💪
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...