George Monbiot is right. When it comes to the environment Kier Starmer & Rachel Reeves - ignorant, sneering, joyless- are worse than the Tories. Utterly depressing. Steve Reed MP George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I’m overwhelmed by the lovely comments I’ve seen after my appearance on Antisocial on BBC Radio 4 🥰 Thank you so much for the kind words! I wanted to provide the sources for all the points I made on the show since I’m a big fan of showing your evidence 🧵

Panorama tonight -BBC News (UK) -is about the rush for renewables. Justin Rowlatt challenges the government’s scorn for’NIMBY’protestors. Instead we see the truth-ignored communities, distress at lost landscapes, and better solutions ignored. CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 Justin Rowlatt #pylons

In #Dartford we've a severe pollution problem & we've met yearly housing demands. We can't keep building our way out of existence, tearing up vital green spaces such as wetlands that are natural carbon stores! Rachel Reeves I am a proud member of Team Bat & Team Newt! 🦇🦎✊️

100 new town sites submitted! I doubt any will start before election unless already in the planning process Unlikely they will deliver 40% affordable Nor will developers stick to the ‘code’ & I bet the Taskforce ignored our submission/concerns theguardian.com/society/2025/f…

Angela Rayner Fine build on brown field sites and there are thousands of empty homes just sitting there. But the idea in a Climate Bio diversity crisis and one of the most nature depleted countries in the world you are just going to plough into green belt and countryside then you will find

Nature matters to people Keir Starmer take note From IPPR report #TeamBat #TeamNewt

Urgent! We CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 #TeamBat #TeamNewt are asking you to email your MP today, in advance of the 2nd reading of the P&I Bill on 24 March. Nature is at enormous risk from the 'cash to trash' scheme and has no voice. Here's suggested text mailchi.mp/471f11cf1274/c…

We are calling on MPs to back amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to stop the scapegoating of nature for planning system failures. With 71% of the public supporting these changes, it’s time to act. 🦋🌳 Read more theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Well said Craig Bennett! Starmer and Reeves - strutting their stuff & sneering at people who defend nature - are pathetic. theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Good article by Helena Horton shows how new housing & nature can go together. With conscientious developers that is. Unfortunately Reeves and Starmer are pandering to developers who are set on destroying every last bit of nature we have Helena Horton theguardian.com/environment/20…

So, 89,000 empty council houses, 1.4million approved but unbuilt properties, more than a million more empty or unused and 2nd homes coming onto the market everywhere...and still this Govt wants to trash the Greenbelt & further reduce our agricultural land supplies

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Birthday tribute to David Attenborough reminds us what a wonderful person he is & also how much people care about nature. If only we had political leaders who respected this … instead of sneering at us as ‘blockers’ to growth. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

I feel such anger &despair about this govt.Starmer & Reeve are ignorant soulless politicians glued to outdated growth mantra. What a bleak legacy they will leave. Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review | Farming | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

The government continues to insist the Planning bill will deliver a win-win for the environment in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Are they fools or liars? theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Bill does nothing for people in temporary accommodation Labour needs to fund social housing to sort that out. Stop blaming nature and leave Chris Hinchliff MP alone. He understands that Labour’s policy of letting the private sector be in the driving seat won’t solve the crisis

Shared Voice, using ‘shadowy and dirty tactics’, Griff Rhys-Jones says. Shared Voice is behind Just Build Homes. Been watching their antics for a while. If they are active in your area, can you let me know? CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 inews.co.uk/news/griff-rhy…

facebook.com/share/v/1LcKZb… Congrats to residents of Nelson Rd, Whitstable. Or Swift Street as it’s now known. They’ve put up 10 swift boxes joining a long established roost. Now they’re rewarded with a street full of swifts performing aerial acrobatics. Wonderful Hannah Bourne-Taylor