When the state fears its people, speech becomes a crime. Whitehall’s latest wheeze? A “National Internet Intelligence Investigations Team” policing sentiment. Not crime. Not terror. Not disorder. Feelings. They don’t fear radicals. They fear recognition. Ordinary citizens are

Drought latest: Southern Water has applied to Steve Reed to suck water from a rare chalk stream, which is home to salmon and otters, below its ecologically safe level ie to a level which could extinguish life within theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Steve Reed Defra UK all gone ,you’ve got it wrong don’t blame the farmers please 🙏 National Farmers' Union Nature Friendly Farming Network James Rebanks Jeremy Squirrell Gareth Wyn Jones Ben Aveling- Radmore Farm No Farmers, No Food East Anglia Bylines FWAG East ITV News Anglia Jimmy Doherty Bumblebee Conservation Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Jake Freestone

Just one month until our Food & Drink Festival 🎉 Join us for a fantastic day packed with: ✨ Delicious food from local producers 🚚 Tasty treats from outdoor food vans 🍷 Locally crafted drinks 🎶 Live entertainment 🧒 Fun for all ages with activities and things to do!

This is Tom Opre’s (director of The Last Keeper) latest film about wildlife issues and land conflicts - this time in Yellowstone. Definitely worth a watch if you’re near Fort William on 3rd September .

Guardian editorial column calls for Rachel Reeves to reconsider the family farm tax: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🌿Scotland’s rural champions are in the spotlight!🌿 We’re proud to announce the finalists for the Helping It Happen Awards 2025 sponsored by NatureScot 💚 🏆 Winners revealed 1 October 2025 at the Sheraton Grand, Edinburgh. 👉 Full release + tickets: scottishlandandestates.co.uk/news/inspiring…

Jim Smith A disgrace isn’t it 😩 But, we can and will change this - please share Lauren’s petition far and wide 👍 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE21…

I'll be signing copies of Words From The Hedge at Suffolk Food Hall this Saturday, 23rd August, from 11.00 - 13.00. Come on down, buy some locally grown goodies and a locally grown book. #Suffolk

Interesting how the swallows and martins learn to follow the cattle. Organic, grass fed and no wormers means lots of insects.

watershed_investigations Incredibly, although water firms were allowed to set their own targets for reducing water leakage, they're still not achieving them - imagine being left to mark your own homework + still getting an F share.google/xCSWEGYbEDKDxJ…

Do come along to this, our first attempt at a food & drink festival which will be show casing the best of Angus & Perthshire food and drink. Lots of great food, drink, foraging, cooking, and live music from Lonely Mountain

Yield on 30-year UK gilts – a benchmark for the cost of servicing the national debt – at one stage jumped nine basis points today to 5.63%, close to a 27-year high. The biggest daily increase of any major global economy, with economists warning that Britain was now paying a

Is it ok to put up taxes on other people and then arrange to avoid them yourself? See also Rayner

This situation is all a tad confusing, but it appears to be legal. However, legality and hypocrisy are not mutually exclusive - especially when coming from the Secretary of State for Housing. Labour has been one of the biggest disappointments since the Hobbit trilogy.

What the fuck has the UK become? This is totalitarianism. Utterly deplorable.

Who the sodding hell is Britain to lecture Russia and others on human rights abuses when we arrest a fella with five armed officers over some tweets on the sodding trans debate?