Ian Butler

@iangbutler.bsky.social

Environment, biodiversity, paddling, climbing and SuDS. Kayaking Sussex to Scotland by sea for RNLI https://t.co/yIDFq1FOHM Husband to the author of Starling.

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Political science 23%

Psychology 22%

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 19h

Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.

They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.

That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.

Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.

Leicestershire you’ve been had.

leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...

#ReformLies

Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m

The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending

leicestermercury.co.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 2d

Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say

Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites

www.theguardian.com

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🚨 Tracking Israeli Settlers @settlertrack.bsky.social · 3d

#REPORT | Israeli settler terrorists invade village of Hraibat al-Nabi in occupied West Bank

(7/11/25)

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

Zack for PM, anyone?

join.greenparty.org.uk

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David Bentley @sussextangerine.bsky.social · 7d

Part of a large patch of Devil's Fingers fungus (aka Octopus Stinkhorn) in Rye, East Sussex. I smelt them before I saw them. An intense bouquet of rotting flesh to attract insects that then help spread spores. Brilliant!
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#fungi
#mycology
#UKwildlife

A patch of bright red fungi that look like clawed-hands reaching out of the ground.

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 7d

When public service matters more than party politics, and how the Home Office is letting us down... this is a clip from my Ashdown Radio interview this morning.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

www.theguardian.com

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 8d

YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.

Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people

...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"

It's £10ph FFS!

Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger

DO YOU SEE IT NOW?

Spread far & wide.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

bylinetimes.com

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 8d

New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
->Electrek | #solar power | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms

Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports. But, unlike similar laws that have been proposed in the US, this new law doesn’t just apply to...

electrek.co

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

A wake up call.

To join the Green Party:

Join.greenparty.org.uk

A poll puts the greens under ecosocialist Zack Polanski ahead of cautious Keir Starmer is a wake up call.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 8d

Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.

🧵 1/4

freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...

Surveying wildlife in a pond with water reeds, amidst farmland, trees, hills, woods in distance.

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 9d

Vote for Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social for Mayor of #Sussex and #Brighton on Thursday 7th May 2026

#VoteGreen

rachelforsussex.co.uk

Rachel Millward

rachelforsussex.co.uk

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently @zackpolanski.bsky.social is appearing at a later date than I previously said - it's now 5th December

Let's hope I've got the date right this time

#HIGNFY

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Día de los Muertos

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....

Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.

It's time for Proportional Representation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll

ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.

www.thenational.scot

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d

So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns

Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth

www.theguardian.com

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 13d

Starmer has called it "deeply concerning". Meanwhile another 46 children are dead.

Throughout the ceasefire Israeli forces have continued to bomb, shoot at and terrorise Palestinian civilians.

The UK must end military support and sanction Israel’s military and political leaders.

The National. Labour urged to sanction Israel after Gaza strikes kill 100. Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer told The National the UK Government must ban all trade with the "criminal state" of Israel, as he said the UK had "supported" Israel in its brutal assault on Gaza.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13d

FACTCHECK: The frontpage of today's Daily Telegraph has a very confused story about offshore wind, which is all sorts of wrong

It says a technical change means higher subsidies & fewer new windfarms from the upcoming AR7 auction

Oopsie!

This is the opposite of the truth 🧵

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14d

Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'

We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.

Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.

Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15d

AR7 analysis: How much offshore wind will the govt be able to contract at the upcoming CfD auction?

It depends on the "strike price", but roughly…

6GW at £70/MWh
5GW at £80/MWh
4GW at £90/MWh

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 15d

Those ideologically opposed to Zack Polanski have yet to work out that 'journalistic slop' is only playing into his hands...

Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 15d

Farage: epic grifter

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 19d

The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing

yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 19d

Israel parliament advances controversial bill to annex occupied West Bank, defying Netanyahu. The bill, condemned internationally as a violation of law, now moves to Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. It requires 3 more votes to pass, threatening ceasefire, peace and a 2-state solution.

Israel’s parliament advances bill to annex occupied West Bank

The bill passed 25-24, despite opposition from PM Netanyahu, in the first of four votes it will face to become law.

www.aljazeera.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20d

People aren't leaving the Labour Party.

The Labour Party have left them.

I spoke today with Sky News - live from Swindon.

youtu.be/hJ0EJTakhxU?...

Green Party leader reveals defection of three Labour councillors

YouTube video by Sky News

youtu.be

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 20d

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20d

Honestly, the mainstream media reaction to Zack Polanski entering the elites’ own conversation space…

…with widely-held public opinions…

…tells you everything you need to know about why our mainstream media is a closed shop, broken, and no longer fit for purpose.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21d

#BREAKING | Even after the ceasefire, Israel keeps demolishing Palestinian homes across Gaza’s “red zone” an area that makes up almost half of the Strip.

New footage from Rafah yesterday shows Israeli forces detonating and flattening entire neighborhoods, undermining every claim of reconstruction.

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