Steve Webster
@croft1a.bsky.social
Living in the outer Hebrides ~ here for the blue sky
Interesting to see the country which supplied the most asylum seekers into the UK in 2024.
Pakistan.
Why ?
Pakistan.
Why ?
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Interesting to see the country which supplied the most asylum seekers into the UK in 2024.
Pakistan.
Why ?
Pakistan.
Why ?
Any European who believes in a US security guarantee is fooling themselves.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
'Europe—which includes the E.U. and the U.K.—cannot just react when their house is on fire. It is becoming increasingly clear it cannot trust the Trump Administration to bring the war in Ukraine to an outcome which is favorable'
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Fortunately, there is a new 19-point plan. But Europe must stop outsourcing its diplomacy to Washington, writes Olga Tokariuk.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Any European who believes in a US security guarantee is fooling themselves.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
Just being playful, you understand
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just being playful, you understand
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
This dismal UK government can only judge its decisions by how tough they make them look.
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
Soon, my partner and I will be getting British citizenship, to try to secure our rights. It'll be close to 10 grand & they can still make us 2nd class citizens later, without so much as an Act of Parliament. Getting citizenship should be a celebration but now it's just a bitter taste in my mouth.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This dismal UK government can only judge its decisions by how tough they make them look.
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
That’s not the point.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
This is particularly stunning because the sheer number of times we demonstrated Bjorn Lomborg was just flat-out lying grew so large that it almost became literally pointless to keep doing it, because he just ignores it and keeps on going
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That’s not the point.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
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1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Another idea I doubt that Andy Burnham would have proposed.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Another idea I doubt that Andy Burnham would have proposed.
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2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Agreed.
Do you see appeasement or weakness in what I propose ?
Do you see appeasement or weakness in what I propose ?
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Agreed.
Do you see appeasement or weakness in what I propose ?
Do you see appeasement or weakness in what I propose ?
Time for Europe to decide what that means.
I think most Europeans understand even if our leaders are afraid to that a US safety guarantee is no guarantee.
I think most Europeans understand even if our leaders are afraid to that a US safety guarantee is no guarantee.
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Time for Europe to decide what that means.
I think most Europeans understand even if our leaders are afraid to that a US safety guarantee is no guarantee.
I think most Europeans understand even if our leaders are afraid to that a US safety guarantee is no guarantee.
Late Roman is a strange way to categorise that era in these isles
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Late Roman is a strange way to categorise that era in these isles
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![A shirtless Elon Musk with light skin, short dark hair, and black swim trunks steps up a metal ladder from the water onto a boat. On the right side of the screen are four on-screen social-media posts from account “Grok,” each praising Elon Musk’s intellect and physical fitness. The messages read: “Ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivaling Da Vinci or Newton,” “Lean and wiry,” “While not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons,” and “Edges out [Lebron] in holistic fitness.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z4btti5mopfxgfbxe2ewgms7/bafkreib5ni5wlpukotskympmiscstr6fko3az22uuogkp4ogdeirn6rbse@jpeg)
A 30 year old woman on the front line told me the same thing last night.
I support whatever Ukraine decides.
I support whatever Ukraine decides.
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A 30 year old woman on the front line told me the same thing last night.
I support whatever Ukraine decides.
I support whatever Ukraine decides.
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I can’t speak for others,
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can’t speak for others,
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.
Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
Not if Europe stands up
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Not if Europe stands up
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
where the electricity situation is even worse after yesterday’s attack –
the one that took twenty-six lives in Ternopil.
I’m back.
Warcoffee time.
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The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
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Up to €2.7m worth of energy ‘wasted’ every day by State, committee told
Wind farms wound down or shut down at night while households are in fuel poverty, says energy charity chief
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November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'.
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism.
share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...
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The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River close to engulfing Oxfordshire waste mountain, MP warns
Waste from a 150m (490ft) long fly-tip is beginning to float towards the River Cherwell, an MP says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It’s worse than that. This piece of performative cruelty goes nowhere near the real problem in the minds of almost everyone intending to vote Reform, their conviction we cannot handle another half million population or so every year.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s worse than that. This piece of performative cruelty goes nowhere near the real problem in the minds of almost everyone intending to vote Reform, their conviction we cannot handle another half million population or so every year.
Many areas of Europe covered in peat since deforestation are found to exhale CO2, and probably have been drying out for centuries.
The reality of our climate future is that vast areas of these isles classified as peatland will dry out & exhale CO2 even before they go on fire.
The reality of our climate future is that vast areas of these isles classified as peatland will dry out & exhale CO2 even before they go on fire.
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Many areas of Europe covered in peat since deforestation are found to exhale CO2, and probably have been drying out for centuries.
The reality of our climate future is that vast areas of these isles classified as peatland will dry out & exhale CO2 even before they go on fire.
The reality of our climate future is that vast areas of these isles classified as peatland will dry out & exhale CO2 even before they go on fire.
No argument about deep peat.
On a large area of Lewis, Barabhas moor, peat reaches 9 metres deep.
Other smaller areas were surely peat bog long ago.
But all Lewis is designated peatland since peat was seen as a climate change silver bullet.
Forest uplands can help keep low lying peat bogs wet.
On a large area of Lewis, Barabhas moor, peat reaches 9 metres deep.
Other smaller areas were surely peat bog long ago.
But all Lewis is designated peatland since peat was seen as a climate change silver bullet.
Forest uplands can help keep low lying peat bogs wet.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
No argument about deep peat.
On a large area of Lewis, Barabhas moor, peat reaches 9 metres deep.
Other smaller areas were surely peat bog long ago.
But all Lewis is designated peatland since peat was seen as a climate change silver bullet.
Forest uplands can help keep low lying peat bogs wet.
On a large area of Lewis, Barabhas moor, peat reaches 9 metres deep.
Other smaller areas were surely peat bog long ago.
But all Lewis is designated peatland since peat was seen as a climate change silver bullet.
Forest uplands can help keep low lying peat bogs wet.
Sure. There were peat bogs, although alder, pine & birch could grow on them ; bare rock mountain summits ; marshes ; tidal flats.
But with trees growing on Shetland, Orkney and the outer Hebrides it’s safe to say trees weren’t far away anywhere.
But with trees growing on Shetland, Orkney and the outer Hebrides it’s safe to say trees weren’t far away anywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Sure. There were peat bogs, although alder, pine & birch could grow on them ; bare rock mountain summits ; marshes ; tidal flats.
But with trees growing on Shetland, Orkney and the outer Hebrides it’s safe to say trees weren’t far away anywhere.
But with trees growing on Shetland, Orkney and the outer Hebrides it’s safe to say trees weren’t far away anywhere.
Really ? So what’s the truth, you think ?
Palynological surveys show forest grew in the Peak District, Cumbria, Orkney, the outer Hebrides etc. before the Neolithic farmers arrived.
Extreme examples- Aspen, Shetland, out of reach of sheep, and pollen analysis of cores from a loch bed in Uist
Palynological surveys show forest grew in the Peak District, Cumbria, Orkney, the outer Hebrides etc. before the Neolithic farmers arrived.
Extreme examples- Aspen, Shetland, out of reach of sheep, and pollen analysis of cores from a loch bed in Uist
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Really ? So what’s the truth, you think ?
Palynological surveys show forest grew in the Peak District, Cumbria, Orkney, the outer Hebrides etc. before the Neolithic farmers arrived.
Extreme examples- Aspen, Shetland, out of reach of sheep, and pollen analysis of cores from a loch bed in Uist
Palynological surveys show forest grew in the Peak District, Cumbria, Orkney, the outer Hebrides etc. before the Neolithic farmers arrived.
Extreme examples- Aspen, Shetland, out of reach of sheep, and pollen analysis of cores from a loch bed in Uist
You find deep peat in natural peat bogs on fairly level ground flanked by higher ground. On hillsides you find a thin carpet of peat where former forest soil has washed away when the forest was removed.
This bit of Wester Ross shows what happened naturally on a bit of land freed from grazing.
This bit of Wester Ross shows what happened naturally on a bit of land freed from grazing.
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
You find deep peat in natural peat bogs on fairly level ground flanked by higher ground. On hillsides you find a thin carpet of peat where former forest soil has washed away when the forest was removed.
This bit of Wester Ross shows what happened naturally on a bit of land freed from grazing.
This bit of Wester Ross shows what happened naturally on a bit of land freed from grazing.