When people get intoxicated by lies, boasts and wild ideas it can only end badly – the earlier their dealer gets dumped the less the pain | Andy Brown yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/kicki…

Britain can afford to supply massively more drone technology to help Ukraine if it stops wasting billions on outdated weapons like battleships and nuclear submarines that have proved useless in this conflict. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Yorkshire town seeks funding to screen locals over concerns around PFAS building up in the environment | Brian McHugh Cleaner Bentham Brian McHugh 🌏🏳️‍🌈 yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/bentham…

Do voters really want the NHS to become a low quality backup service for those without insurance? Because that's what Reform have to offer yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Appeal Court *slightly* reduces sentences on some of 16 peaceful climate protesters, jailed for total 41 years. This isn’t justice. People desperate for climate action to save lives treated like organised criminals while big oil & gas get away with ecocide bbc.com/news/articles/…

Truth matters: it is not just whatever powerful people want it to be | When oligarchs try to alter reality, holding onto the truth becomes an essential acts of resistance | Andy Brown Andy Brown yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/tru…

Sir Keir Starmer has humiliated our country in his dealings with Donald Trump - Andy Brown yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Trump’s second term begins with tariff threats, but despite his enthusiasm, they pose a real threat to the US economy | Andy Brown Andy Brown yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/trump…

The government's pesticide reduction plan is out. Reduction target of 10% by 2030. BUT - Only focuses on arable farming, not use of pesticide in urban areas - EU target is 50% by 2030 so is another divergence from enviro standards theguardian.com/environment/20…

““It’s a PR disaster for Labour….People love wildlife much more than they like these numpties banging on about bats and newts.” Well said ⁦Chris Packham⁩👏😀 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Does the NHS need another top-down reorganisation or does the answer to its problems lie within? - Andy Brown yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

If you tolerate this – then your country will be next | A UK-US trade deal may offer temporary relief from tariffs, but at what cost to Britain’s economy, food standards, and long-term EU relationships? | Andy Brown Andy Brown yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/trade…

Lurching from free markets to tariff walls brings fresh pain | After decades of free-market dogma, economic policy has pivoted to tariffs and nationalism – there is a better alternative | Andy Brown Andy Brown yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/lur…

What water companies have done to our waterways will be dwarfed by what the oil and gas industries are doing to our planet - Andy Brown yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Nigel Farage is a performer, a con artist. He will say or do anything. He will happily dance to a populist tune regardless of its impact. Let’s not forget he’s bankrolled by fossil fuel interests, climate deniers, and major polluters—taking in £2.3 million since the 2019 election

Insect Apocalypse is upon us and humans are responsible insect populations had declined by 75% in less than three decades The web of life on Earth is dying and humans doing nothing to stop it but everything to make it worse phys.org/news/2025-04-i…

Excoriating from ⁦George Monbiot on Government’s new Planning Bill which “betrays an undemocratic impatience with the people, motivated by the blatant appeasement of corporate power…the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory”👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Space exploitation? There can’t be many more self-indulgent ways to damage our planet than to burn off huge quantities of rocket fuel - Andy Brown yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Nigel Farage as Prime Minister? Be careful what you wish for - Andy Brown yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Why North Yorkshire Council’s home-to-school transport policy reeks of hypocrisy yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…