It's come to my attention that the Country Land & Business Association (CLA) has sent a briefing to journalists trying to counter "overinflated" claims made in my new book, The Lie of the Land 😂 If they're rattled now, wait until they read what one ex-CLA whistleblower told me:

We have about 300 new MPs since July. How about each of those with a ‘new-to-politics’ MP sends this on and see if we can’t break these habits. My MP is Ellie Chowns Also pretty sure this will resonate with Pippa Heylings 🔶️ MP for South Cambridgeshire Max Wilkinson MP Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay MP Sarah Dyke MP 🔶

We need a new legal duty for companies to reach net zero as quickly as reasonably possible. Voluntary corporate climate pledges are insufficient and companies are abandoning these commitments too readily. A new legal obligation could be added to existing legislation, such as the

The way the ECHR is applied may at times irritate and as in all human affairs no court will always be perfect in its reasoning and decisions. But the ECHR has done immense good throughout Europe. Precisely because it is a " living instrument", it has been able to promote human

Dim future for solar power in UK as Labour looks set to reject proposals to make solar panels compulsory on newly built homes - despite this being overwhelmingly popular. Housebuilders pleased by the loophole. theguardian.com/environment/20…

In an attempt to throw some light on things…some thoughts on yesterday’s Budget announcement on Inheritance Tax Reliefs (APR/BPR) and farm businesses… (1/) 🧵

The problem with farming, as with so many things, is that we seem incapable of nuance in Britain. The issue isn't the value of real farms doing real farming, no matter how high their notional paper asset value. None of them are coining it. Not at the ridiculously low rates of

Burberry burned $36,500,000 of clothes in one year. Not because they couldn't sell them. Because they didn't want YOU to have them. The disturbing truth about luxury's dirtiest secret🧵

💡NEW REPORT: We summarise our recent research on how the public currently feel about climate change – what action they want and what they find frustrating – and offer three priorities for policy makers that will help achieve better climate action. 1/5 climatecitizens.org.uk/new-report-pri…

📢Today the Global Carbon Project releases its 2024 edition of the Global Carbon Budget, a comprehensive assessment of our perturbation of the carbon cycle and the balance of sources and sinks of CO₂. 1/🧵

Of all the weird and creepy things about this weird and creepy scene, the weird and creepy stroking of the weird and creepy talon finger is the weirdest and creepiest thing of all.

I hear this keeps getting taken down so I am putting this here entirely for research purposes and starting the timer….now.