We are delighted to announce that @ariane-burgess.bsky.social will join #DavidMcKay @soilassocscot.bsky.social and organic farmer, #RachelIves to discuss how to expand #organic farming in Scotland
Please join us on May 13th! 🍓🫐🍊🍇🍷🥕🥦🍞🥔🥩😋
@scottishgreens.org
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BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance will not lead the US delegation for new talks with Iran in Pakistan because of “security” concerns, says President Trump.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/69wxfd
Across the world, public opinion of the U.S. has plummeted since President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to launch a war against Iran.
Meanwhile, love for Pope Leo XIV seems to be overflowing. https://wapo.st/3QjDTHN
In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the
- £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends
- the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance
Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund
Anyone flying to Spain or elsewhere in Europe in the coming weeks may have seen worrying headlines about possible flight cancellations linked to fuel shortages. Brussels has now moved to calm those fears saying there is no immediate risk of widespread cancellations caused by a lack of aviation fuel
This makes the scale of Rayner's alleged error - for which Reform hauled her over the coals - look like monopoly money
An interesting week ahead.
The way journalists who phone up Trump spout the nonsense he utters without question is pitiful.
They're not journalists but useful idiots.
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Full membership of the EU will only be achieved when we vote for Scottish independence!
On arrival in the country on Wednesday, the pope appealed to Cameroon's leaders to examine their "conscience" and tackle corruption and rights abuses. #EuropeNews
Aligning with the EU: what are we waiting for?
What have Starmer & Labour got to lose?
@bremaininspain.com
@pimlicat.bsky.social
@nickreeves.bsky.social
@edwinhayward.com
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/con...
Don't miss this exciting webinar tomorrow at 12 with a fantastic speaker line‑up and some fascinating trial results to share!
🌱 Andrew Barbour, organic hill farmer at Mains of Fincastle
🐄 Andrew Taylor, regenerative Ayrshire dairy farmer
👉 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-us...
🌱 Join us for an online hustings on the Future of Scotland’s Land & Policy!
Hear from MSPs on building a fairer, greener, more resilient food & farming system.
📅 15 April
🕰️7–8pm
💻 Online
Your voice matters – book your place 👇
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@nffn.bsky.social
Can we rebuild the UK’s linen supply chain from the ground up? 🌿
Join us for a fascinating look at fibre flax for regenerative textiles, in this final webinar of the #InnovativeFarmers' fibre #Flax #FieldLab.
📅Thurs 30 April
⏰12:30–14:30
Book your spot now 👇
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ICYMI the recording of the #NatFoodDebate from Wed 8th April is now available to view on YouTube. This hustings event focused on food policy in Scotland in the run up to the May election.
Watch now:
youtu.be/viMrhMflFfA?...
#scottishelections #goodfoodnation
Hi @foodcoalition.scot please join us at this event!
@soilassocscot.bsky.social
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“Polling shows that just over half of those surveyed – 51 per cent – believe another EU referendum should be held within five years, with the figures suggesting if such a vote were to be held today, the rejoin vote would win with 65 per cent of the vote” 🇪🇺 👍
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/435...
🔴 MAPPED: The Reform-Orbán Network
Ahead of elections in both countries, DeSmog has catalogued the connections between Hungary’s autocratic government and Farage’s operation.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
Germany and Ukraine now have a strategic partnership.
That means "hundreds" of Patriot missiles for Ukraine, 36 more IRIS-T launchers, 300 million euros invested in Kyiv's deep strikes, joint production of mid-range strike drones, and battlefield data sharing.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/14/g...
#Cornwall Council has announced that it's resuming widespread use of glyphosate, putting many town & parish councils that have stopped using it in an impossible position.
If you live in Cornwall, please sign and share my petition to reconsider this decision:
c.org/WrM8ckyWQq
I've written before about how USAID was the first government agency killed by conspiracy theory. This confirms it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
US President Donald Trump slammed Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, his one-time political ally, deepening a rift over her opposition to the war in Iran and his attack on Pope Leo XIV
Around 100 immigration judges have been fired since President Donald Trump returned to office and began pressuring courts to carry out his mass deportation policy.
A new Ukraine thread at the start of a new week, and the week starts full of optimism - after all, whenever Putin is angry, the world's a slightly better place.
It's Day 1510 of Russia's attempt to annihilate Ukraine.
Let's see what's happening today...
A male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on wild Honeysuckle for #ButterflyWeek 💛🖤
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
Happy #ButterflyWeek! 🦋🌿
A black and white zebra striped butterfly with a bright red patch on its rump and two long white tipped black tails perches on a group of small green raspberry leaves with its wings wide open.
It's so nice to see butterflies flitting around again. And even better when they land and give you a good look.
Zebra Swallowtail
#ButterflyWeek #butterflies #ECK #BugSky #invertebrates #insects #nature #photography
