Steve Webster
@croft1a.bsky.social
Living in the outer Hebrides ~ here for the blue sky
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.
Reposted by Steve Webster
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
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.
Not if Europe stands up
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Not if Europe stands up
Reposted by Steve Webster
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.