Good. It’s easy to forget that climate change denial & shilling for fossil fuel companies provided a template for Tufton Street, Brexit & pretty much every egregious example of persuading populations to vote against their own interests. The story of Don Pearlman should be taught in kindergartens…
You couldn't make it up: Suella Braverman, a former Erasmus student, voted against the UK joining the scheme.
So she can have the opportunity, but others can’t? How ironic...
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Anyway, remember when I told you to shoot me if I ever said I was thinking of writing another book. I’d like to take that back, please…
David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS!
“Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.”
Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry
#SecretGarden
Trump Effect Prompts Warmer EU-UK Relations. Britons increasingly see the UK’s interests aligned with the EU’s. Bloomberg 16 April.
Trump brings uncertainty. Europe offers stability. We cannot build our future on unpredictability, but we can build it with Europe.
A black-and-white photo of the signatories of the Treaty of Paris, from left to right: Paul van Zeeland, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph Meurice, Belgian Minister for Foreign Trade; Carlo Sforza, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Robert Schuman, French Minister of Foreign Affairs; Konrad Adenauer, German Federal Chancellor; Dirk Stikker, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs; And Johannes van den Brink, Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs. The picture is from 1951 but there is a cake sticker with a ‘75’ candle on top, and colourful bunting sticker hanging above.
75 years ago, the Treaty of Paris was signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
Six countries joined forces to build a shared market, choosing cooperation over conflict.
Born from the desire for peace after WWII, this treaty laid the foundation for the Union we know today. 🇪🇺
Continuing our "Keeping an Eye on Timbuktu, Mali" campaign; 0700 UTC. EUMETSAT.
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It’d be rude not to
Communicating changes in the intensity of UK heatwaves
Global warming of ‘just’ 1°C does not necessarily sound like a problem. But in the UK, the hottest summer days are warming much faster than typical summer days, changing our experience of heatwaves
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The UK is giving up on America. Now talk of a Brexit U-turn is growing louder. The I Paper, 16 April.
Nick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations, said at yesterday’s EU-UK Forum that closer ties with Europe are the “patriotic choice”.
This is not a Brexit U-turn, it is a recognition of what is in the UK’s national interest. Our future is European.
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UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027. Over 100,000 people are expected to benefit in the first year alone. Source: Department for Education, 15 April 2026.
Today, the UK and the EU signed the legal text in Brussels today to formally bring the UK into Erasmus+ in 2027.
This marks a monumental milestone for young people across the UK, whom, from 2027 onwards, can experience transformative opportunities with Eramus+.
Keir Starmer says he will not "yield" to Donald Trump after he threatened to rip up the UK-US trade deal over Iran
"I am not going to change my mind. I am not going to yield. It is not in our national interest to join this war"
Peatland landscape in Scotland
A globally rare landscape of blanket bog near Loch Ness is being restored as part of Britain's largest rewilding initiative.
More:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/news/peatlan...
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UK and Ireland at 0700 UTC. EUMETSAT. @simonleewx.com @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social @wgoodf.bsky.social (folks that are already up and about;-)...)
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
(I'm NOT deleting my post below 👇)
Addressing the House of Commons today, Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said we must have "a closer economic relationship with our European allies because Brexit did deep damage to the economy". Now, these words need to be matched with a clear, concrete plan.
The abysmal judgement of the man who worshipped Orban, Trump, Putin, Brexit …
METOP-C, 1124 UTC Overpass:
Nice!
The AI image Trump posted depicting him as the Messiah.
It's the Second Dumbing.
I see he thinks he's supported by the Decepticons! 🤣🤬
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It’s somehow all the more enjoyable that JD Vance contributed to Orban’s defeat
