Neil Manthorpe
@neildm63.bsky.social
Trying to be a better ally - Methodist local preacher - birder - railway geek
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The only way you could believe implementing cruel racist policies will "unite the country" is if a) you don't count non-white people as part of the country and b) you think every white person in the country is cruel and racist
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The only way you could believe implementing cruel racist policies will "unite the country" is if a) you don't count non-white people as part of the country and b) you think every white person in the country is cruel and racist
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
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Share if you agree!
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Share if you agree!
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11/ Lastly it's good to see that the Holkham Estate have now joined the National Estate for Nature group - where the brilliant @jakefiennes.bsky.social works his magic over 25,000 acres of Norfolk.
That means 3 large private estates are now members - and hopefully more will join in future.
That means 3 large private estates are now members - and hopefully more will join in future.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
11/ Lastly it's good to see that the Holkham Estate have now joined the National Estate for Nature group - where the brilliant @jakefiennes.bsky.social works his magic over 25,000 acres of Norfolk.
That means 3 large private estates are now members - and hopefully more will join in future.
That means 3 large private estates are now members - and hopefully more will join in future.
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
New blog post.
This week, @marycolwell1 gave the eulogy to the Slender-billed Curlew at the AEWA meeting of parties in Bonn.
You can now read the eulogy on our new blog post.
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
This week, @marycolwell1 gave the eulogy to the Slender-billed Curlew at the AEWA meeting of parties in Bonn.
You can now read the eulogy on our new blog post.
www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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The biggest traitor to our country in modern times is Farage.
Supporter of our deadliest enemies - Putin and Trump.
How in the world can the ”patriots” in the UK support Farage and Reform?
Makes no sense.
Supporter of our deadliest enemies - Putin and Trump.
How in the world can the ”patriots” in the UK support Farage and Reform?
Makes no sense.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The biggest traitor to our country in modern times is Farage.
Supporter of our deadliest enemies - Putin and Trump.
How in the world can the ”patriots” in the UK support Farage and Reform?
Makes no sense.
Supporter of our deadliest enemies - Putin and Trump.
How in the world can the ”patriots” in the UK support Farage and Reform?
Makes no sense.
This is the scandal in one of the seven richest countries in the world - child poverty
Reluctant to give Question Time any time - save for this:
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is the scandal in one of the seven richest countries in the world - child poverty
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'Eyes on the Skies' - video now available from launch of new project to raise awareness of illegal raptor persecution in Yorkshire Dales National Park raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/e...
‘Eyes on the Skies’ – video now available from launch of new project to raise awareness of illegal raptor persecution in Yorkshire Dales National Park
Last month a local campaign group called Friends of the Dales launched a new campaign to raise awareness of illegal raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (see here). This new camp…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
'Eyes on the Skies' - video now available from launch of new project to raise awareness of illegal raptor persecution in Yorkshire Dales National Park raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/e...
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Works for me!
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Works for me!
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Here’s some shots of the SNOW BUNTING at @nationaltrust.org.uk @waddesdonmanor.bsky.social 2day - was lucky with some lovely autumnal sunshine… Great find Marie, & thanks so much Owain for help with access. Entry to the grounds £14, open 10.00 - 17.00
#bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #wildlife #nature
#bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #wildlife #nature
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here’s some shots of the SNOW BUNTING at @nationaltrust.org.uk @waddesdonmanor.bsky.social 2day - was lucky with some lovely autumnal sunshine… Great find Marie, & thanks so much Owain for help with access. Entry to the grounds £14, open 10.00 - 17.00
#bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #wildlife #nature
#bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #wildlife #nature
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The right to protest in Britain is under threat, driven by "the depredations of home secretaries wanting to look tough". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pro...
Protest is under greater attack in Britain than America
Successive governments have attacked our civil liberties, leaving us vulnerable to an authoritarian crackdown
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The right to protest in Britain is under threat, driven by "the depredations of home secretaries wanting to look tough". www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pro...
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I see Radio4 is still headlining with this story today, being careful to call the man either an asylum seeker or a migrant sex offender, as if the reason he has been sent to prison had anything to do with his migratiom status. This can have no other purpose than stirring xenophobia. Words matter!
There's been over 250 erroneous releases of prisoners in the past year, yet the only instance of this making the top story is the one that allows the media to give another good stir to anti-immigration feelings. Typical!
#r4today
#r4today
October 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I see Radio4 is still headlining with this story today, being careful to call the man either an asylum seeker or a migrant sex offender, as if the reason he has been sent to prison had anything to do with his migratiom status. This can have no other purpose than stirring xenophobia. Words matter!
Not sure anyone should remain member of @uklabour.bsky.social if this is now Govt policy
Worth noting that the Labour party appears to fully accept the salary threshold definition of "contribution to society", remarkable given its history and voter base (do nurses not contribute to society?)
“We welcome those who come to this country, legally, and give more than they take. We believe the right to stay here must not be automatic, but that those who play their part should be able to earn that right."
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Not sure anyone should remain member of @uklabour.bsky.social if this is now Govt policy
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Starmer on Sunday, Home Secretary on Monday, no 10 on Tuesday saying different things about what happens to people here legally. "It would tear our country apart" (Sunday) + prove your right to stay (Monday) + maybe apply some new rules but not others (Tuesday)
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Starmer on Sunday, Home Secretary on Monday, no 10 on Tuesday saying different things about what happens to people here legally. "It would tear our country apart" (Sunday) + prove your right to stay (Monday) + maybe apply some new rules but not others (Tuesday)
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Wow! Love this. Some 29 years after the publication of our book, Rare Birds Day by Day, here is the social media equivalent!
#ukrarebirds #BirdingScotland #BirdingWales 🪶
bsky.app/profile/ukra...
#ukrarebirds #BirdingScotland #BirdingWales 🪶
bsky.app/profile/ukra...
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Wow! Love this. Some 29 years after the publication of our book, Rare Birds Day by Day, here is the social media equivalent!
#ukrarebirds #BirdingScotland #BirdingWales 🪶
bsky.app/profile/ukra...
#ukrarebirds #BirdingScotland #BirdingWales 🪶
bsky.app/profile/ukra...
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Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
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Yesterday, I joined a human rights group in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, to help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees. Then settlers arrived with guns, backed by the IDF, threatened us, and forced us out of the orchard. Violence is surging in the West Bank.
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yesterday, I joined a human rights group in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, to help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees. Then settlers arrived with guns, backed by the IDF, threatened us, and forced us out of the orchard. Violence is surging in the West Bank.
This is a prime example of the Trumpite school of say something stupid
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is a prime example of the Trumpite school of say something stupid
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*Reminder* Our next Open day is this coming Saturday 18th October. We look forward to seeing you there.
Our next clubroom open is Saturday 18th October 10 till 3.
Come and see our current projects, join in with operating our layouts and test track.
We are in the centre of High Wycombe next to the station and Duke Street car park.
See www.hwdmrs.org.uk for more details.
Come and see our current projects, join in with operating our layouts and test track.
We are in the centre of High Wycombe next to the station and Duke Street car park.
See www.hwdmrs.org.uk for more details.
October 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
*Reminder* Our next Open day is this coming Saturday 18th October. We look forward to seeing you there.
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And it's still not illegal in the UK - despite governments saying they'll introduce a ban for the last DECADE!
Also, NHS trans youth care is now nothing BUT conversion therapy.
Also, NHS trans youth care is now nothing BUT conversion therapy.
"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.
October 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
And it's still not illegal in the UK - despite governments saying they'll introduce a ban for the last DECADE!
Also, NHS trans youth care is now nothing BUT conversion therapy.
Also, NHS trans youth care is now nothing BUT conversion therapy.
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“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
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Written for an Australian audience but much of it applies to birders everywhere, although as a tribe we don’t all reach the lofty heights described 🙂
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love
At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Written for an Australian audience but much of it applies to birders everywhere, although as a tribe we don’t all reach the lofty heights described 🙂
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The first time I’ve been looking forward to watch Question Time in quite a while!
Go on @zackpolanski.bsky.social!
#bbcqt
Go on @zackpolanski.bsky.social!
#bbcqt
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
