Excellent news. CumbriaWildlifeTrust buys Skiddaw. " ‘A 100-year vision’: Skiddaw’s barren peak to spring to life in ambitious rewilding". theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

The satirical genius that is HENRY MORRIS is running (yes, running) from Wales to his book launch in London to raise money for @refugeeaction. Inspired to do this by the comic actor William Kempe, who did a similar mad thing in 1598, he will be signing copies of his hilarious

Well done Jonny, you backed another winner here.

Hen harrier brood meddling sham - confirmation that grouse moor owners have disengaged this year. Why might that be & what happens next? Commentary in new blog 👇👇 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/09/05/hen…

So true

And that’s how it works folks- corrupt cronyism in real time. You saw Musk give Trump $$ and support. You saw Musk ask for a task force and suggest himself for it. You now see Trump giving Musk what he wants -incl the position. Right before your eyes.

The National Trust is not for sale to anyone - offshore or on. If you’re a member please vote in this year’s AGM nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/ann…

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I’ve done a lot of stupid things in my life. But, I never sold my country out to a shady Russian dictator.

Bore da pawb. This raised £1000 for Refugee Action yesterday. Which is amazing considering I haven't run a mile yet. Thank you all. Please feel free to share the project far and wide. The more people know, the more pressure I have on myself to run the 240 miles!

'Interesting if true', as Elon might say. Great thread.

Hugely important interview with Christiane Amanpour by Mishal Husain on BBC Radio 4 Today. There is only one feasible explanation for Israel’s ‘unprecedented’ refusal to let international journalists report the reality of their actions in Gaza. (Two of the very best journalists around.)

By offering people safe routes to get here presumably? Because, somehow, in this increasingly destabilised world, I can't see the demand drying up.

Fred Dibnah and Animals In Distress try to rescue a cat trapped at top of 150 ft chimney in Bolton (1983)

The puffins have stood up and been counted. A National Trust⁩ ranger says here they’re really good at housework and she’s attached to every one of them. There are 50,000 pairs this year so she’s got a lot on. I’d be very happy to work for free today. bbc.com/news/articles/…

COMEDY NERDS. This is one of my all-time favourite moments from The Day Today, but can anyone tell me who in the TDT team wrote it? Also, whether they'd be willing to speak with me for five minutes, but we'll get to that...

Bit worried Reform members are idiots.

This "ordinary, decent" person is Jack Aaron, who previously praised brutal Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad as "gentle by nature" and described President Putin’s use of force in Ukraine as "legitimate".

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 MINI EPISODE ON WALES Naomi Smith is joined by Will Hayward to chat: 🔷 lack of effective Conservative opposition 🌹Baroness Eluned’s elevation to FM & Lab leader 📈mid term polling 🔮predictions for Plaid SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/2fAw27… APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/qui…

Focus on Welsh politics beyond the Westminster bubble, you love to see it.