Bob Sydes
@bobsydes.bsky.social
Retired archaeologist narrow boat owner who is into cycling
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Amazing how out of step Labour are with the public on this.
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Amazing how out of step Labour are with the public on this.
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).
70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+
Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!
YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader"
"Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin"
"And the best response to hatred is solidarity"
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🌊 Catch the Wave!
Our latest newsletter is out and we’re launching Community Waves, a new open-source social space for changemakers to connect, learn, and organise for transition.
Read more and join the wave
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Our latest newsletter is out and we’re launching Community Waves, a new open-source social space for changemakers to connect, learn, and organise for transition.
Read more and join the wave
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November 2025: Community Waves
In this issue: Community Waves; the Living Systems Alliance; Tech, Spirit and Earth panel; Life-Affirming Economics in Brazil; Imagining the Possible in a World Unraveling and more!
news.transitionnetwork.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🌊 Catch the Wave!
Our latest newsletter is out and we’re launching Community Waves, a new open-source social space for changemakers to connect, learn, and organise for transition.
Read more and join the wave
news.transitionnetwork.org/november-202...
Our latest newsletter is out and we’re launching Community Waves, a new open-source social space for changemakers to connect, learn, and organise for transition.
Read more and join the wave
news.transitionnetwork.org/november-202...
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American billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone & owner of the 2,500-acre Conholt Park shooting estate in Wiltshire, has been tankering in huge quantities of water from drought-struck Hampshire to fill up his lake (legally, but outrageously):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Southern Water bans tankers doing runs to US billionaire's lake
Tankers taking water for US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman have been told to stop by Southern Water.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
American billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone & owner of the 2,500-acre Conholt Park shooting estate in Wiltshire, has been tankering in huge quantities of water from drought-struck Hampshire to fill up his lake (legally, but outrageously):
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Couldn't make it up... 🙄
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o
Southern Water bans tankers doing runs to US billionaire's lake
Tankers taking water for US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman have been told to stop by Southern Water.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Couldn't make it up... 🙄
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5jg9vy1n0o
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Big changes planned for Liverpool Street Station 🚉
A proposal would see part of the station replaced with a 90-storey tower. But there’s a better way.
With a sensitive, phased scheme, Liverpool Street could be upgraded while keeping its unique character👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/206882
A proposal would see part of the station replaced with a 90-storey tower. But there’s a better way.
With a sensitive, phased scheme, Liverpool Street could be upgraded while keeping its unique character👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/206882
August 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Big changes planned for Liverpool Street Station 🚉
A proposal would see part of the station replaced with a 90-storey tower. But there’s a better way.
With a sensitive, phased scheme, Liverpool Street could be upgraded while keeping its unique character👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/206882
A proposal would see part of the station replaced with a 90-storey tower. But there’s a better way.
With a sensitive, phased scheme, Liverpool Street could be upgraded while keeping its unique character👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/206882
Nice to see #cityofyorkcouncil doing its bit for #nomowmay. Apparently this campaign is "false". News to @plantlifeuk.bsky.social I am sure.
May 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Nice to see #cityofyorkcouncil doing its bit for #nomowmay. Apparently this campaign is "false". News to @plantlifeuk.bsky.social I am sure.
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REVEALED: only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.
The government needs to change the rules.
My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The government needs to change the rules.
My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
REVEALED: only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.
The government needs to change the rules.
My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The government needs to change the rules.
My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Even under the most liberal of popes, the Catholic Church failed to acknowledge its history of tyranny, torture, misogyny, enslavement and colonialism. It's time for honesty. I wrote this in 2013 about the impending canonisation of the genocidaire Junipero Serra.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For Pope Francis the liberal, this promises to be a very bloody Sunday | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: Francis is the poster pope for progressives. But canonising a genocidal missionary like Junípero Serra epitomises the Catholic history problem
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Even under the most liberal of popes, the Catholic Church failed to acknowledge its history of tyranny, torture, misogyny, enslavement and colonialism. It's time for honesty. I wrote this in 2013 about the impending canonisation of the genocidaire Junipero Serra.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Breaking news! @sportengland.bsky.social's #ActiveLivesSurvey shows that walking for leisure has increased by 6.8%. That's over 3 million adults in England who are walking more! But there’s clearly a need for safer, more pleasant streets, as fewer people are walking for travel. 🚶♂️🚶♀️
April 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Breaking news! @sportengland.bsky.social's #ActiveLivesSurvey shows that walking for leisure has increased by 6.8%. That's over 3 million adults in England who are walking more! But there’s clearly a need for safer, more pleasant streets, as fewer people are walking for travel. 🚶♂️🚶♀️
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The Govt’s #PlanningBill would allow developers to pay cash to trash wildlife & the environment. The nature levy isn’t a tool for ecological recovery - it’s a license to kill nature. Pleased to join ecologists & experts to sign letter to MPs👇
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Planning bill would allow builders to ‘pay cash to trash’ nature, say UK experts
Exclusive: plan to let firms sidestep environmental laws by paying into nature levy would add cost and delay, says letter to MPs
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Govt’s #PlanningBill would allow developers to pay cash to trash wildlife & the environment. The nature levy isn’t a tool for ecological recovery - it’s a license to kill nature. Pleased to join ecologists & experts to sign letter to MPs👇
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
@zero-hour.bsky.social
@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Useful addition to the debate about planning and nature from Mr Monbiot in the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Useful addition to the debate about planning and nature from Mr Monbiot in the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Throughout their time in office the conservatives blocked every single measure to tackle the costs of PFI I put forward. Don’t let them get away with trying to claim otherwise.
April 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Throughout their time in office the conservatives blocked every single measure to tackle the costs of PFI I put forward. Don’t let them get away with trying to claim otherwise.
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Today, water bills are rising on average by £123.
Water companies will flood you with PR, claiming it’s for investment. Don’t be fooled.
We've already paid for it for the last 35 years-they used it to pay out dividends & fuel debt.
We’re paying twice for an abhorrent service.
Water companies will flood you with PR, claiming it’s for investment. Don’t be fooled.
We've already paid for it for the last 35 years-they used it to pay out dividends & fuel debt.
We’re paying twice for an abhorrent service.
April 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Today, water bills are rising on average by £123.
Water companies will flood you with PR, claiming it’s for investment. Don’t be fooled.
We've already paid for it for the last 35 years-they used it to pay out dividends & fuel debt.
We’re paying twice for an abhorrent service.
Water companies will flood you with PR, claiming it’s for investment. Don’t be fooled.
We've already paid for it for the last 35 years-they used it to pay out dividends & fuel debt.
We’re paying twice for an abhorrent service.
Interesting documentary on the BBC about Twitter. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Will @support.bsky.team learn from this? I hope so. I had forgotten about the whale!
Twitter: Breaking the Bird
The inside story of the tech entrepreneurs who created the social media app Twitter. They hope to build a digital utopia but are unable to control the dark side of their creation.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Interesting documentary on the BBC about Twitter. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Will @support.bsky.team learn from this? I hope so. I had forgotten about the whale!
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Compared to 20 years ago, more Europeans (in many, but not all countries) feel immigration makes their country a better place to live.
What Britons and Europeans really think about immigration – new analysis
Compared to 20 years ago, more Europeans (in many, but not all countries) feel immigration makes their country a better place to live.
tcnv.link
April 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Compared to 20 years ago, more Europeans (in many, but not all countries) feel immigration makes their country a better place to live.
Interesting article in the latest copy of the Archaeology magazine from @archaeologyuk.bsky.social on the Chew Valley Hoard, but at slight odds with the Conversation article by Chloe Duckworth theconversation.com/norman-coin-.... Worth reading the comments.
Norman coin hoard becomes England’s most valuable treasure – it could have been worth a lot more
Amateurs are excited about their finds but give little thought about what is lost when they enthusiastically unearth them.
theconversation.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Interesting article in the latest copy of the Archaeology magazine from @archaeologyuk.bsky.social on the Chew Valley Hoard, but at slight odds with the Conversation article by Chloe Duckworth theconversation.com/norman-coin-.... Worth reading the comments.
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Our latest mapping revealed that over five thousand scheduled ancient monuments in England have no right of public access.
YouTuber @paulwhitewick.bsky.social spoke to our own @lewis-winks.bsky.social to find out more.
Video below 👇
youtu.be/zQvLZ7TW1N8?...
YouTuber @paulwhitewick.bsky.social spoke to our own @lewis-winks.bsky.social to find out more.
Video below 👇
youtu.be/zQvLZ7TW1N8?...
The 5000 Uk Monuments Off-limits To The Public
YouTube video by Paul Whitewick
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Our latest mapping revealed that over five thousand scheduled ancient monuments in England have no right of public access.
YouTuber @paulwhitewick.bsky.social spoke to our own @lewis-winks.bsky.social to find out more.
Video below 👇
youtu.be/zQvLZ7TW1N8?...
YouTuber @paulwhitewick.bsky.social spoke to our own @lewis-winks.bsky.social to find out more.
Video below 👇
youtu.be/zQvLZ7TW1N8?...
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Fascinating sounding talk on the lichens and mosses of archaeological and historical monuments coming up on 16th Jan from @scotwildlife.bsky.social!
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-events/a...
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-events/a...
Archaeological and historical monuments as habitat for lichens and mosses
Details Date: January 16 Time: 07:30 pm - 09:00 pm Event Category: Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Group, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeological-and-h...
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Fascinating sounding talk on the lichens and mosses of archaeological and historical monuments coming up on 16th Jan from @scotwildlife.bsky.social!
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-events/a...
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-events/a...
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Of the 60+ small/family farms I’ve been planting with I can’t think of a single one that would get hit with Inheritance Tax.
Most are nowhere near cutoff, and many are wrapped in a Ltd company anyway.
Farming is a business, and you can appoint whoever as a director, including kids.
Most are nowhere near cutoff, and many are wrapped in a Ltd company anyway.
Farming is a business, and you can appoint whoever as a director, including kids.
December 14, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Of the 60+ small/family farms I’ve been planting with I can’t think of a single one that would get hit with Inheritance Tax.
Most are nowhere near cutoff, and many are wrapped in a Ltd company anyway.
Farming is a business, and you can appoint whoever as a director, including kids.
Most are nowhere near cutoff, and many are wrapped in a Ltd company anyway.
Farming is a business, and you can appoint whoever as a director, including kids.
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Protesting farmers are having to fight off the radical right, conspiracy theorists and climate sceptics
Protesting farmers are having to fight off the radical right, conspiracy theorists and climate sceptics
Until farmers get a fair deal, other groups will seek to exploit the situation.
dlvr.it
December 13, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Protesting farmers are having to fight off the radical right, conspiracy theorists and climate sceptics
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Who really cares for the British countryside? Not landowners, says green campaigner’s new book
Who really cares for the British countryside? Not landowners, says green campaigner’s new book
In The Lie of the Land, Guy Shrubsole argues for expanding public ownership of the land.
dlvr.it
December 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Who really cares for the British countryside? Not landowners, says green campaigner’s new book