Kevin Hewitt
@hewittkvnvc35.bsky.social
Very enthusiastic amateur naturalist specialising in all things lepidoptera (moths & butterflies) and Birds. Volunteer with the RSPB and Butterfly Conservation.
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"£500m over 20 years is sod all," said @jakefiennes.bsky.social, responding to this week's announcement of govt funding for Landscape Recovery
As Jake rightly points out, this is a fraction of the overall farming budget & not what was originally promised
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Jake rightly points out, this is a fraction of the overall farming budget & not what was originally promised
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice
Conservationists say changes, coupled with underfunding, will curb take-up and leave less land protected for nature
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"£500m over 20 years is sod all," said @jakefiennes.bsky.social, responding to this week's announcement of govt funding for Landscape Recovery
As Jake rightly points out, this is a fraction of the overall farming budget & not what was originally promised
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Jake rightly points out, this is a fraction of the overall farming budget & not what was originally promised
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Butterflies are nature’s canary in the coalmine, and the release of this year’s biodiversity indicators in England signals a crisis in the wider environment. 🧵
📉 New UK Biodiversity Indicators released today paint a stark picture: long- and short-term declines across most species
Only 2 species indicators are improving long-term. None are improving short-term.
Specialist species like turtle doves, corn buntings & marsh tits are struggling most.
Only 2 species indicators are improving long-term. None are improving short-term.
Specialist species like turtle doves, corn buntings & marsh tits are struggling most.
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Butterflies are nature’s canary in the coalmine, and the release of this year’s biodiversity indicators in England signals a crisis in the wider environment. 🧵
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Trump frees New York private equity executive who defrauded victims of $1.6B.
Also ready to pardon a convicted drugs tsars.
Whatever happened to the rule of law?
Is the UK better? How many bankers prosecuted for frauds, water execs for dumping sewage, energy execs for profiteering?
Also ready to pardon a convicted drugs tsars.
Whatever happened to the rule of law?
Is the UK better? How many bankers prosecuted for frauds, water execs for dumping sewage, energy execs for profiteering?
Trump frees New York private equity executive who defrauded victims of $1.6B
The news was announced on Thanksgiving by Trump’s “pardon czar”
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Trump frees New York private equity executive who defrauded victims of $1.6B.
Also ready to pardon a convicted drugs tsars.
Whatever happened to the rule of law?
Is the UK better? How many bankers prosecuted for frauds, water execs for dumping sewage, energy execs for profiteering?
Also ready to pardon a convicted drugs tsars.
Whatever happened to the rule of law?
Is the UK better? How many bankers prosecuted for frauds, water execs for dumping sewage, energy execs for profiteering?
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Virgin Media fined £23.8m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'.
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
Virgin Media fined £24m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'
Ofcom has fined Virgin Media after an investigation found it had left thousands of vulnerable telecare customers at risk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Virgin Media fined £23.8m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'.
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
Disconnected telecare customers during migration to digital landlines.
Directors must have known but put profits before people.
Execs not fined. Fines will be passed to customers. Where is the deterrent?
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Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Starmer says.
Made difficult by poor policies.
Could have
Aligned taxation of dividends and capital gains with wages, lift personal allowance.
Nationalised energy/water, end profiteering, cut inflation, reduce business and household costs.
Made difficult by poor policies.
Could have
Aligned taxation of dividends and capital gains with wages, lift personal allowance.
Nationalised energy/water, end profiteering, cut inflation, reduce business and household costs.
Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says
Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises at budget
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Starmer says.
Made difficult by poor policies.
Could have
Aligned taxation of dividends and capital gains with wages, lift personal allowance.
Nationalised energy/water, end profiteering, cut inflation, reduce business and household costs.
Made difficult by poor policies.
Could have
Aligned taxation of dividends and capital gains with wages, lift personal allowance.
Nationalised energy/water, end profiteering, cut inflation, reduce business and household costs.
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The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for | Aditya Chakrabortty
The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for | Aditya Chakrabortty
Labour backbenchers have been cheering it as a win for the most vulnerable in socety. In fact it was aimed at the bond markets, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Corporate manslaughter charges considered by police investigating the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
Post Office scandal: Police consider corporate manslaughter charges
The criminal investigation into the scandal, in which hundreds of postmasters were wrongfully convicted of theft and false accounting via the Horizon software, has been expanded to include more "perso...
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Corporate manslaughter charges considered by police investigating the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
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People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act
Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
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Whilst I'm glad to celebrate it, really could we get a more accurate headline?
See Margery Kempe (15th century), Maria Sibylla Merian (18th) Jeanne Baret (18th), Jane Digby (18th) and many, many more...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
See Margery Kempe (15th century), Maria Sibylla Merian (18th) Jeanne Baret (18th), Jane Digby (18th) and many, many more...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
‘I was hooked’: the rise of the intrepid female solo traveller
Women of all ages, especially older ones, are actively choosing to travel alone. What’s behind the trend?
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Whilst I'm glad to celebrate it, really could we get a more accurate headline?
See Margery Kempe (15th century), Maria Sibylla Merian (18th) Jeanne Baret (18th), Jane Digby (18th) and many, many more...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
See Margery Kempe (15th century), Maria Sibylla Merian (18th) Jeanne Baret (18th), Jane Digby (18th) and many, many more...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Labour has announced a crackdown on benefit fraud. Just like the Tories in 1992. And Labour in 1997. And the coalition in 2013. And the Tories in 2023. And Labour last year. Wash, rinse, repeat.
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Labour has announced a crackdown on benefit fraud. Just like the Tories in 1992. And Labour in 1997. And the coalition in 2013. And the Tories in 2023. And Labour last year. Wash, rinse, repeat.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announces that Canada is realigning Canada's economy away from the United States.
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Why isn't non-dom status reclassified as a benefit? Then we could start cracking down on the real big league benefit scroungers.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Why isn't non-dom status reclassified as a benefit? Then we could start cracking down on the real big league benefit scroungers.
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Britain has a secrecy problem.
In 2024, the govt answered just 29% of Freedom of Information requests - the lowest rate since FOI began.
Secrecy fuels corruption, bad governance, scandals covered-up to protect elites. Ministers don't answer questions in parliament.
Sham democracy.
In 2024, the govt answered just 29% of Freedom of Information requests - the lowest rate since FOI began.
Secrecy fuels corruption, bad governance, scandals covered-up to protect elites. Ministers don't answer questions in parliament.
Sham democracy.
The British state is addicted to secrecy - we need to fight back
Our politicians and officials are using public money to keep citizens in the dark, says Heather Brooke
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Britain has a secrecy problem.
In 2024, the govt answered just 29% of Freedom of Information requests - the lowest rate since FOI began.
Secrecy fuels corruption, bad governance, scandals covered-up to protect elites. Ministers don't answer questions in parliament.
Sham democracy.
In 2024, the govt answered just 29% of Freedom of Information requests - the lowest rate since FOI began.
Secrecy fuels corruption, bad governance, scandals covered-up to protect elites. Ministers don't answer questions in parliament.
Sham democracy.
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Extremely disturbing - judges follow the law, they don't make it.
Anyone blaming "activist judges" has serious responsibility not just for endangerment, but misleading the public
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Anyone blaming "activist judges" has serious responsibility not just for endangerment, but misleading the public
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Extremely disturbing - judges follow the law, they don't make it.
Anyone blaming "activist judges" has serious responsibility not just for endangerment, but misleading the public
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Anyone blaming "activist judges" has serious responsibility not just for endangerment, but misleading the public
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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As #NationalTreeWeek comes to a close, we're highlighting the wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty 🌳🦋
This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland.
📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland.
📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As #NationalTreeWeek comes to a close, we're highlighting the wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty 🌳🦋
This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland.
📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland.
📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain
#MothsMatter #TeamMoth
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Cutting benefits doesn't 'incentivise work'. But it does penalise and humiliate people on benefits, and that's the real point.
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Cutting benefits doesn't 'incentivise work'. But it does penalise and humiliate people on benefits, and that's the real point.
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Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
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The only meaningful definition of 'making working pay' is increasing the minimum wage. Cutting benefits is just cutting benefits.
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The only meaningful definition of 'making working pay' is increasing the minimum wage. Cutting benefits is just cutting benefits.
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Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money?
There are days when I genuinely wonder what parts of the left think the state is for.
The capacity to create money is the most fundamental power any modern government possesses. It is the basis of its...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to:
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to:
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequality
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
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Free seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
Select tickets – The Post Office Scandal – Committee Room 10
The Post Office Scandal – Committee Room 10, Tue 16 Dec 2025 - After 30 years, victims of the Post Office scandal are still seeking justice. No perpetrator has been charged for false prosecutions and ...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Free seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament, London
Get ticket:
www.tickettailor.com/events/prems...
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...