@dodger1917.bsky.social
Interests Art, Nature, Astronomy a Member of the Wildlife Trust, RSPB and National Trust, Gardening, Carpenter and Joiner retired, Pro EU, Pro Democracy, Celiac.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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With huge sadness I’m resigning as Vice President of RSPCA, a role I’ve held with pride for over 15 years. But their Assured Schemes risk misleading the public & legitimising cruelty. I tried with @ChrisGPackham to persuade the leadership to act but sadly failed
www.thetimes.com/article/100c...
www.thetimes.com/article/100c...
RSPCA accused of ‘failure of leadership’ as Chris Packham resigns
Packham and Caroline Lucas stood down as president and vice-president after workers at the charity’s approved abattoirs were filmed mistreating animals
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:58 AM
With huge sadness I’m resigning as Vice President of RSPCA, a role I’ve held with pride for over 15 years. But their Assured Schemes risk misleading the public & legitimising cruelty. I tried with @ChrisGPackham to persuade the leadership to act but sadly failed
www.thetimes.com/article/100c...
www.thetimes.com/article/100c...
Coot on Trentham Gardens lake.
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coot on Trentham Gardens lake.
Carrion Crow and Gray Squirrel keeping a eye on one another.
January 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Carrion Crow and Gray Squirrel keeping a eye on one another.
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About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, have been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint trackways unearthed
About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, have been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Swan taking off from Trentham Gardens lake.
January 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Swan taking off from Trentham Gardens lake.
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Now, this is too accurate 👍
December 31, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Now, this is too accurate 👍
Flower and spiders Web.
December 31, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Flower and spiders Web.
Black backed Gull over the North Sea.
December 30, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Black backed Gull over the North Sea.
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How extreme was the weather this year? Is a question we, @wwattribution.bsky.social , get asked every year. Looking back at the events we studied in detail & some new stats, we try to give an answer www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b... - in short: it was pretty bad, but things can change!
December 27, 2024 at 12:41 PM
How extreme was the weather this year? Is a question we, @wwattribution.bsky.social , get asked every year. Looking back at the events we studied in detail & some new stats, we try to give an answer www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b... - in short: it was pretty bad, but things can change!
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People who support him know he is establishment. They support him because he hates the same people, they do.
December 27, 2024 at 5:29 AM
People who support him know he is establishment. They support him because he hates the same people, they do.
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Like I said, those who support Farage don’t care he is part of the establishment. They like him, because he hates the same people they do.
December 27, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Like I said, those who support Farage don’t care he is part of the establishment. They like him, because he hates the same people they do.
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"British politics is increasingly funded by a handful of rich men. Last year, 2/3 of donations came from just 19 donors. ... it is far more efficient for political parties to concentrate their fundraising efforts on a few super-rich donors, who then feel that they can exert influence over the party"
"It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics". A really important intervention from David Howarth: a former Electoral Commissioner, writing for @petergeoghegan.bsky.social's Democracy for Sale substack. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics
Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late, writes former Electoral Commission David Howarth.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:17 AM
"British politics is increasingly funded by a handful of rich men. Last year, 2/3 of donations came from just 19 donors. ... it is far more efficient for political parties to concentrate their fundraising efforts on a few super-rich donors, who then feel that they can exert influence over the party"
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People increasing regret the decision to leave the EU
December 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM
People increasing regret the decision to leave the EU
Great Tit at Trentham Garden.
December 25, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Great Tit at Trentham Garden.
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It’s power hour for President Musk
December 22, 2024 at 7:11 PM
It’s power hour for President Musk