Prof-IanP
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A retired medical microbiology professor at University of Edinburgh. Main interests are birding, nature photography, reading and my electric Subaru Solterra.
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Ocado handed out 221 million plastic bags last year! 😱 Sign the petition and tell them to ditch single-use bags for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/oc...
Ocado: Ditch the plastic bag
In 2024, single-use plastic bag sales in England rose for the first time since the carrier bag levy was introduced in 2015 - a 7% increase, reaching 437 million bags. Shockingly, Ocado alone was respo...
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September 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ocado handed out 221 million plastic bags last year! 😱 Sign the petition and tell them to ditch single-use bags for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/oc...
Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!
Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Don’t let Trump in - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Don’t let Trump in - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment:
April 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment:
Ban driven grouse shooting petition passes 100,000 signatures & now eligible for Westminster debate raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/04/20/b...
Ban driven grouse shooting petition passes 100,000 signatures & now eligible for Westminster debate
This morning, Wild Justice’s petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting passed 100,000 signatures, which means the Westminster Government will now consider it for a debate in Westmi…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
April 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ban driven grouse shooting petition passes 100,000 signatures & now eligible for Westminster debate raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/04/20/b...
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Well done Chris, Ruth and Mark
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Well done Chris, Ruth and Mark
April 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Well done Chris, Ruth and Mark
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Well done Chris, Ruth and Mark
🚨 Trump’s tariffs are an attack on British businesses & jobs. But we can fight back! Pledge to #BuyBritish & support UK industries today💪https://38d.gs/3o0t
April 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🚨 Trump’s tariffs are an attack on British businesses & jobs. But we can fight back! Pledge to #BuyBritish & support UK industries today💪https://38d.gs/3o0t
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
BBC rejects Scottish Gamekeepers Association's complaint about programme that linked raptor persecution to land managed for gamebird shooting raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
BBC rejects Scottish Gamekeepers Association’s complaint about programme that linked raptor persecution to land managed for gamebird shooting
Last November the BBC aired an episode of Highland Cops (Series 2, Episode 4) that featured a Police Scotland Wildlife Crime Officer, PC Dan Sutherland, investigating the suspicious disappearance o…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BBC rejects Scottish Gamekeepers Association's complaint about programme that linked raptor persecution to land managed for gamebird shooting raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
How low will they go? A double whammy — wildjustice.org.uk/general/how-...
How low will they go? A double whammy - Wild Justice
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
wildjustice.org.uk
February 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How low will they go? A double whammy — wildjustice.org.uk/general/how-...
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You can only put so much down to incompetence; after that it starts to look decidedly dodgy.
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NatureScot is stalling on releasing overdue FoI documents relating to its grouse moor licensing shambles
There appears to be something very dodgy going on at NatureScot (NS), the Scottish Government’s statutory advisor on nature conservation. There’s been some shocking behaviour in recent …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 18, 2024 at 2:57 PM
You can only put so much down to incompetence; after that it starts to look decidedly dodgy.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/12/18/n...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/12/18/n...
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Meet Jeremy Clarkson. He’s used his show Clarkson’s Farm to blame badgers for spreading bTB and has reportedly shot all the badgers on his land.
He’d absolutely hate it if you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull 👇https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
He’d absolutely hate it if you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull 👇https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
December 14, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Meet Jeremy Clarkson. He’s used his show Clarkson’s Farm to blame badgers for spreading bTB and has reportedly shot all the badgers on his land.
He’d absolutely hate it if you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull 👇https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
He’d absolutely hate it if you shared this and signed the petition to end the badger cull 👇https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700317
I’ve left Twitter/X and look forward to catching up with @scottishbirding.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social and many others here
November 20, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I’ve left Twitter/X and look forward to catching up with @scottishbirding.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social and many others here