SJP 🇦🇺🇬🇧
@maylandswa.bsky.social
One who loves the Highlands of Scotland. Cares for the environment & wildlife therein. Sometimes political. Detest racism & the xenophobia fuelling gutter press.
#Mull #Hebrides
#Mull #Hebrides
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With strong winds from #StormBram around, here is some good advice about driving in severe weather from our partners @TheRAC_UK and @NationalHways
#WeatherReady
bit.ly/3WlxFF3
#WeatherReady
bit.ly/3WlxFF3
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
With strong winds from #StormBram around, here is some good advice about driving in severe weather from our partners @TheRAC_UK and @NationalHways
#WeatherReady
bit.ly/3WlxFF3
#WeatherReady
bit.ly/3WlxFF3
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The UK Trade and Business Commission’s new report sets out how the UK and the EU could implement a Youth Experience Scheme.
“The report is likely to give weight to the arguments of Britain’s negotiators in talks over the deal,” writes Arj Singh.
Read: https://bit.ly/48tqyTY
“The report is likely to give weight to the arguments of Britain’s negotiators in talks over the deal,” writes Arj Singh.
Read: https://bit.ly/48tqyTY
December 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The UK Trade and Business Commission’s new report sets out how the UK and the EU could implement a Youth Experience Scheme.
“The report is likely to give weight to the arguments of Britain’s negotiators in talks over the deal,” writes Arj Singh.
Read: https://bit.ly/48tqyTY
“The report is likely to give weight to the arguments of Britain’s negotiators in talks over the deal,” writes Arj Singh.
Read: https://bit.ly/48tqyTY
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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@sangitamyska.bsky.social
I am really very sorry that this happened. The man and his party are toxic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I am really very sorry that this happened. The man and his party are toxic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Broadcaster targeted with racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online
Farage is responsible for ‘dangerous’ culture shift, says broadcaster subject to alleged posts from Reform councillor
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@sangitamyska.bsky.social
I am really very sorry that this happened. The man and his party are toxic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I am really very sorry that this happened. The man and his party are toxic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Anyone remember how insufferable "Lord" Offord was on Debate Night etc and that's when he was a Tory? Now he's defected to Reform he'll be insufferable on steroids, but with added racism.
Means he'll be running for a seat in Holyrood. Scotland doesn't need this. Vote #SNP1#Green2
Keep Unionist out
Means he'll be running for a seat in Holyrood. Scotland doesn't need this. Vote #SNP1#Green2
Keep Unionist out
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Anyone remember how insufferable "Lord" Offord was on Debate Night etc and that's when he was a Tory? Now he's defected to Reform he'll be insufferable on steroids, but with added racism.
Means he'll be running for a seat in Holyrood. Scotland doesn't need this. Vote #SNP1#Green2
Keep Unionist out
Means he'll be running for a seat in Holyrood. Scotland doesn't need this. Vote #SNP1#Green2
Keep Unionist out
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I haven’t watched the programme yet as I knew it would make me cross and I needed to be able to sleep last night. I will watch it on iPlayer tomorrow. I have so much admiration for @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the eloquence and raw honesty with which he speaks.
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
This is a superb speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
It’s why the #BBC make Question Time, in order to hear different voices, and Zack’s is undoubtedly the strongest in the room here.
“You’re a Government of cowards.” Spot on. Labour *never* speaks positively about immigration #bbcqt
It’s why the #BBC make Question Time, in order to hear different voices, and Zack’s is undoubtedly the strongest in the room here.
“You’re a Government of cowards.” Spot on. Labour *never* speaks positively about immigration #bbcqt
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I haven’t watched the programme yet as I knew it would make me cross and I needed to be able to sleep last night. I will watch it on iPlayer tomorrow. I have so much admiration for @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the eloquence and raw honesty with which he speaks.
#VoteGreen
#VoteGreen
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No one knows better than Holocaust survivors where anti-Semitism leads.
No-one who is not wilfully ignorant - or is themselves as openly fascist as Reform are - can be in any doubt that Reform in general and Farage in particular are deeply racist and antisemitic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No-one who is not wilfully ignorant - or is themselves as openly fascist as Reform are - can be in any doubt that Reform in general and Farage in particular are deeply racist and antisemitic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
No one knows better than Holocaust survivors where anti-Semitism leads.
No-one who is not wilfully ignorant - or is themselves as openly fascist as Reform are - can be in any doubt that Reform in general and Farage in particular are deeply racist and antisemitic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No-one who is not wilfully ignorant - or is themselves as openly fascist as Reform are - can be in any doubt that Reform in general and Farage in particular are deeply racist and antisemitic.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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#JoinMeOnMyWalk A beautiful blue sky sunny #winter day today, with a lunch walk with colours picked out by the sunshine. Delightful! Back to rain tomorrow I fear. But today... Bliss! @photohour.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN #joy
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#JoinMeOnMyWalk A beautiful blue sky sunny #winter day today, with a lunch walk with colours picked out by the sunshine. Delightful! Back to rain tomorrow I fear. But today... Bliss! @photohour.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN #joy
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Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
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Goldfinches (the European species) in the winter’s morning sunshine. Ink and watercolour.
#artAdventCalendar
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#artAdventCalendar
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December 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Goldfinches (the European species) in the winter’s morning sunshine. Ink and watercolour.
#artAdventCalendar
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#artAdventCalendar
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If your doctor decided you needed an MRI (indicating concern about something serious) and you claim that you didn't ask why or what part of your body he wanted to look at, you are:
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If your doctor decided you needed an MRI (indicating concern about something serious) and you claim that you didn't ask why or what part of your body he wanted to look at, you are:
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
1. Really stupid; or
2. Dangerously detached from reality; or
4. Lying; or
4. All three. 🎯
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The Institute for Government gives Reeves a positive response:
Amongst other aspects they say “her budget has given mayors more autonomy to boost growth”
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www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...?
Amongst other aspects they say “her budget has given mayors more autonomy to boost growth”
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www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...?
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announces tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Institute for Government gives Reeves a positive response:
Amongst other aspects they say “her budget has given mayors more autonomy to boost growth”
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www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...?
Amongst other aspects they say “her budget has given mayors more autonomy to boost growth”
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www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...?
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Greedy #Oligarchs and billionaires are a menace to our common humanity and to the planet. They are in charge of social media (BlueSky the exception) and are manipulators in the manner of Mephistopheles.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Greedy #Oligarchs and billionaires are a menace to our common humanity and to the planet. They are in charge of social media (BlueSky the exception) and are manipulators in the manner of Mephistopheles.
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Watch my most recent talk at your leisure here:
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Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides with Dave Goulson
wsrt.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Watch my most recent talk at your leisure here:
wsrt.org.uk/news/insect-...
wsrt.org.uk/news/insect-...
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Mediterranean Gull at Traigh Mhor today. Still a scarce visitor to the Outer Hebrides, this was the 5th to be seen on Barra this year: the most there has been in one year. #BirdingScotland
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Mediterranean Gull at Traigh Mhor today. Still a scarce visitor to the Outer Hebrides, this was the 5th to be seen on Barra this year: the most there has been in one year. #BirdingScotland
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There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Yay! Mottled Umber NFY in the garden moth-trap last night. It’s a species I don’t see every year so great to get one to add to my Big Moth Year total (currently at 1,034) #teammoth
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yay! Mottled Umber NFY in the garden moth-trap last night. It’s a species I don’t see every year so great to get one to add to my Big Moth Year total (currently at 1,034) #teammoth
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Good to hear the Chancellor identify the legacy of Brexit as one of the reasons our economy needs investment - the damage it has done is stark.
To offer any chance of salvaging British businesses and jobs affected, this budget shows we need to go further in the EU reset
To offer any chance of salvaging British businesses and jobs affected, this budget shows we need to go further in the EU reset
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Good to hear the Chancellor identify the legacy of Brexit as one of the reasons our economy needs investment - the damage it has done is stark.
To offer any chance of salvaging British businesses and jobs affected, this budget shows we need to go further in the EU reset
To offer any chance of salvaging British businesses and jobs affected, this budget shows we need to go further in the EU reset
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In 2021 Good Law Project went for an Orwell Prize for uncovering the Covid PPE VIP lane - an issue which helped bring down the last Government. We didn't even get shortlisted - one of the judges was a Director General under the last Government working on... the Covid response. 😂
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In 2021 Good Law Project went for an Orwell Prize for uncovering the Covid PPE VIP lane - an issue which helped bring down the last Government. We didn't even get shortlisted - one of the judges was a Director General under the last Government working on... the Covid response. 😂
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"The government’s “blinkered” drive for development could speed up nature loss to the point of no return, top conservation campaigners are warning at the 11th hour before a new law is passed."
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour’s ‘blinkered drive to build could push nature to point of no return’
Planning and Infrastructure Bill and weakening biodiversity gain rules will be disastrous, say RSPB and Wildlife Trusts
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"The government’s “blinkered” drive for development could speed up nature loss to the point of no return, top conservation campaigners are warning at the 11th hour before a new law is passed."
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#SayNo2SizewellC
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
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Like Labour on steroids.
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Like Labour on steroids.
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Just when we thought autumn was done, birding would be quieter and that was that, this vision of larid loveliness landed in the road in front of us! A cracking adult Franklin's Gull, the first record for Vatersay. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just when we thought autumn was done, birding would be quieter and that was that, this vision of larid loveliness landed in the road in front of us! A cracking adult Franklin's Gull, the first record for Vatersay. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK
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“What is particularly exceptional about the Convention is how, by safeguarding individual rights, it helps nurture the well-being of our democracies in the face of contemporary challenges,” said the Court President during a speech in Germany to mark the Convention's anniversary.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“What is particularly exceptional about the Convention is how, by safeguarding individual rights, it helps nurture the well-being of our democracies in the face of contemporary challenges,” said the Court President during a speech in Germany to mark the Convention's anniversary.
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