StuartSW
@stuartsw.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns at Angling Trust, environment activist, politics, ideas, democracy. Dad & slave to Aubrey the dog. Views are my own.
Political leaders have turned away. Not only via this COP. I attended a regional fisheries meeting this year with the US refusing to approve any mention of climate. This week a council in the Midlands supported a school's climate conference but would not allow mention of CC.
Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon
President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Political leaders have turned away. Not only via this COP. I attended a regional fisheries meeting this year with the US refusing to approve any mention of climate. This week a council in the Midlands supported a school's climate conference but would not allow mention of CC.
The government promised a water White Paper this autumn. Where is it? Are they having second thoughts?
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Has the government got cold feet over fixing our broken water system?
In July, the Independent Water Commission, more commonly known as the Cunliffe Review, published a series of recommendations – 88 in all – on what was needed to fix Britain’s broken water sector. Whil...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The government promised a water White Paper this autumn. Where is it? Are they having second thoughts?
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"The Prescott memo [...] has not been transparent or robust in design or approach. The analysis itself falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands."
BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
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BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
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BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
The Prescott memo contained no research questions or objectives, method, sample, time frame or, crucially, analytical framework for examining output.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"The Prescott memo [...] has not been transparent or robust in design or approach. The analysis itself falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands."
BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
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BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
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November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I agree, but how? If we all shout individually, our voice will be but a whisper. If we raise our voices together, then it will be a chorus of support. How do we organise against this right-wing, self-serving mob? @theguardian.com @restispolitics.bsky.social
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If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I agree, but how? If we all shout individually, our voice will be but a whisper. If we raise our voices together, then it will be a chorus of support. How do we organise against this right-wing, self-serving mob? @theguardian.com @restispolitics.bsky.social
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Yep, he really should do it.
How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
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November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yep, he really should do it.
How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
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Interesting to note that Paid won the Caerphilly bye election and Reform lost. So who is the @bbc Today Programme interviewing? Oh it's Reform. I see their love affair is not diminished.
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Interesting to note that Paid won the Caerphilly bye election and Reform lost. So who is the @bbc Today Programme interviewing? Oh it's Reform. I see their love affair is not diminished.
The government constantly talk of a win-win for growth and nature yet once again portray protecting a SSSI as a "blocker" to development. The more the government say the less we can trust.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans
According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes
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October 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The government constantly talk of a win-win for growth and nature yet once again portray protecting a SSSI as a "blocker" to development. The more the government say the less we can trust.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Watching the Tories this week, it seems they have learnt nothing in defeat. Their slogan "stronger economy" they trashed the economy, "stronger boarders" they opened them post Brexit. Abolish stamp duty, they destroyed many people's chance to buy a house. Shamless!
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Conservative Party would abolish stamp duty, Kemi Badenoch tells conference - follow live
She says
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October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Watching the Tories this week, it seems they have learnt nothing in defeat. Their slogan "stronger economy" they trashed the economy, "stronger boarders" they opened them post Brexit. Abolish stamp duty, they destroyed many people's chance to buy a house. Shamless!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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Sad to see this government, just like the last, has been bought. Clearly the developers said jump and Reeves said how high.
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Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sad to see this government, just like the last, has been bought. Clearly the developers said jump and Reeves said how high.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Total political failure to protect one of the most important fish in the marine food web.
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Mackerel Meltdown: Industrial Greed Pushes Stock to 20-Year Low
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has delivered today shocking advice: commercial catches of Northeast Atlantic mackerel must be cut by 77% in 2026 if the stock is to sta...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Total political failure to protect one of the most important fish in the marine food web.
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Brilliant. Let's have many more of these. Would be a good addition to Labour's planning reform. For once showing they improve rather than trash the environment.
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‘You could drink from that pond’: the city digging for a solution to toxic runoff
A project in Brighton to stop harmful chemicals from seeping into a chalk aquifer could set an example for managing such pollution
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September 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Brilliant. Let's have many more of these. Would be a good addition to Labour's planning reform. For once showing they improve rather than trash the environment.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For too long, we have known this is coming, and yet we do nothing to prepare and ensure our environment is resilient. Instead, we penny-pinch and fail to invest in nature.
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Hedgehogs, salmon and birds at risk after dry summer, says Natural England
Loss of spawning pools, insects and marshy habitats has had ‘catastrophic effect on our flora and fauna’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For too long, we have known this is coming, and yet we do nothing to prepare and ensure our environment is resilient. Instead, we penny-pinch and fail to invest in nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I utterly condemn the killing of Charlie Kirk. But the way the hard right in the US & around the world have been quick to weaponise it, use it to double down on authoritarianism, culture wars & intolerance is scary. This marks another moment when democracy & enlightenment values slip from our grasp.
September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I utterly condemn the killing of Charlie Kirk. But the way the hard right in the US & around the world have been quick to weaponise it, use it to double down on authoritarianism, culture wars & intolerance is scary. This marks another moment when democracy & enlightenment values slip from our grasp.
Support the governments plans to ban bottom trawling in many of our "so-called" marine protected areas.
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June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Support the governments plans to ban bottom trawling in many of our "so-called" marine protected areas.
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New - No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm
Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm
Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion, sources say
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who with charities say bill risks causing environmental harm
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New - No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm
Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm
Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🎉 MAJOR OCEAN WIN! 📢 UK Government commits to ratifying the High Seas Treaty (aka the BBNJ) by the end of the year, as confirmed by Ocean Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at the UN Ocean Conference just now 🎉
#OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin
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#OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin
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June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎉 MAJOR OCEAN WIN! 📢 UK Government commits to ratifying the High Seas Treaty (aka the BBNJ) by the end of the year, as confirmed by Ocean Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at the UN Ocean Conference just now 🎉
#OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin
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#OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin
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Turning the military against your own citizens is the act of a dictator.
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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth says military will stay in Los Angeles for 60 days – live
Troop deployment, which has been heavily criticized, will cost $134m, Pentagon says; Trump doubles down on decision to deploy thousands more troops
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Turning the military against your own citizens is the act of a dictator.
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Feel today's interim report from the Independant Water Commission is too timid. Sir Jon Cunliffe needs to go a lot further in his final recommendations. And the government need to act on his recommendations. @anglingtrust.bsky.social
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Angling Trust Presses Water Commission to Go Faster and Further
In April, the Angling Trust submitted a detailed response to the Independent Water Commission, outlining the reforms needed to make the failing water industry fit for purpose. Now, as the Commission p...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Feel today's interim report from the Independant Water Commission is too timid. Sir Jon Cunliffe needs to go a lot further in his final recommendations. And the government need to act on his recommendations. @anglingtrust.bsky.social
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Listening to Ed Milliband on @restispolitics.bsky.social Leading restores my faith in politics and that there are politicians with passion, knowledge and vision.
May 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Listening to Ed Milliband on @restispolitics.bsky.social Leading restores my faith in politics and that there are politicians with passion, knowledge and vision.