Jane Davies
@millmountgirl.bsky.social
Yorkie. Love birding, nature, festivals, my allotment! Hate animal cruelty and right wing nut jobs
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose
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An absolutely shocking story in two parts and outstanding journalism to boot.
Part one
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Part one
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
An absolutely shocking story in two parts and outstanding journalism to boot.
Part one
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Part one
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In June 2024, 80,000 of us marched peacefully to #RestoreNatureNow with hardly a mention in the media. Were we supposed to have thrown stones and fought the police to be noticed?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Bottles thrown at police as 100 officers clash with ‘unite the kingdom’ marchers – UK politics live
Met police estimate 110,000 people attended rally, with smaller number of counter-protesters ‘penned in’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In June 2024, 80,000 of us marched peacefully to #RestoreNatureNow with hardly a mention in the media. Were we supposed to have thrown stones and fought the police to be noticed?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You know you’re living in strange times when Last Night of the Proms feels like the least jingoistic thing happening in Britain at the moment.
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Fantastic result in court today! Case now moves to trial.
NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are still live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/j...
NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are still live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/j...
Judge rules RSPB covert video surveillance is admissible evidence in prosecution of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall
BREAKING NEWS….AND IT’S EXCELLENT NEWS! The District Judge presiding at York Magistrates Court has today ruled that the RSPB’s covert video and audio surveillance is to be conside…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fantastic result in court today! Case now moves to trial.
NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are still live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/j...
NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are still live ⚖️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/j...
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it's real support from actual racists
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it's real support from actual racists
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Bravo Banksy. 👏
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
September 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Bravo Banksy. 👏
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice co-owns a second home purchased for £4 million in 2013, Byline Times can reveal – despite attacking Angela Rayner for supposedly owning a “property mountain”
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/05/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/05/r...
September 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice co-owns a second home purchased for £4 million in 2013, Byline Times can reveal – despite attacking Angela Rayner for supposedly owning a “property mountain”
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/05/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/05/r...
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
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This is why I stay on social media.
July 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is why I stay on social media.
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
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The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message | George Monbiot
The documentary shows the damage that fishing does to our planet. So why does the industry still hold governments to ransom? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If any country that actually cared about nature had only 1% natural woodland left, it would be paying farmers to keep their sheep OUT.
But in Ireland, they're paid to do the exact opposite, ensuring last remnants are eaten to death.
This is how much we care.
But in Ireland, they're paid to do the exact opposite, ensuring last remnants are eaten to death.
This is how much we care.
June 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If any country that actually cared about nature had only 1% natural woodland left, it would be paying farmers to keep their sheep OUT.
But in Ireland, they're paid to do the exact opposite, ensuring last remnants are eaten to death.
This is how much we care.
But in Ireland, they're paid to do the exact opposite, ensuring last remnants are eaten to death.
This is how much we care.
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Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare
After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare
After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare
After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsby’s planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Why on earth is this being allowed to happen?
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe
Intensive livestock farms such as those found across the US are spreading across the continent, according to new data
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Why on earth is this being allowed to happen?
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is welcome and long overdue. MPs are now calling on the UK government to ban trawling and dredging in "Marine Protected Areas". It's outrageous that this wholescale destruction is permitted anywhere, let alone in these "reserves". It has to stop. committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is welcome and long overdue. MPs are now calling on the UK government to ban trawling and dredging in "Marine Protected Areas". It's outrageous that this wholescale destruction is permitted anywhere, let alone in these "reserves". It has to stop. committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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39 Wild Horses Died At Brutal Nevada Helicopter Roundup ladyfreethinker.org/39-wild-hors...
Stop Cruel Helicopter Roundups That Are Killing Wild Horses ladyfreethinker.org/sign-stop-cr...
Stop Cruel Helicopter Roundups That Are Killing Wild Horses ladyfreethinker.org/sign-stop-cr...
May 31, 2025 at 6:37 AM
39 Wild Horses Died At Brutal Nevada Helicopter Roundup ladyfreethinker.org/39-wild-hors...
Stop Cruel Helicopter Roundups That Are Killing Wild Horses ladyfreethinker.org/sign-stop-cr...
Stop Cruel Helicopter Roundups That Are Killing Wild Horses ladyfreethinker.org/sign-stop-cr...