David Powell
@g3xlw.bsky.social
Wilderness fan, smallholder, music & book lover, radio amateur, birder, deputy beekeeper, retired chartered accountant.
Devon and West Sussex, UK 🇪🇺
Devon and West Sussex, UK 🇪🇺
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Big picture to the defections: parties of government die rarely, bringing big changes when they do. What would actually change if Reform replaced the Tories? www.economist.com/britain/2026...
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Big picture to the defections: parties of government die rarely, bringing big changes when they do. What would actually change if Reform replaced the Tories? www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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Not mad keen on sprouts? Kingfishers hear you. They are keen to get rid of bones or scales from fish they've eaten. Here's one, coughing up a pellet. Great photo by Dominic Ellett, posted on the Nature Table
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Not mad keen on sprouts? Kingfishers hear you. They are keen to get rid of bones or scales from fish they've eaten. Here's one, coughing up a pellet. Great photo by Dominic Ellett, posted on the Nature Table
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It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
BT Executive Complaints are embarrassed by the long wait but say they can ask Openreach to deal with it but can't insist on a timetable. We are approaching 3 months with no service, could it be another 3 before they fix the line they broke? It seems so. Meanwhile we have no mobile coverage indoors.
"Join BT for blazing fast, reliable Full Fibre Broadband", their website says. An Openreach contractor trimming trees cut through our fibre line on 26 September. We've had no service since & they still can't say when they'll fix it. But they are still charging us. Not the great deal they promised.
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
BT Executive Complaints are embarrassed by the long wait but say they can ask Openreach to deal with it but can't insist on a timetable. We are approaching 3 months with no service, could it be another 3 before they fix the line they broke? It seems so. Meanwhile we have no mobile coverage indoors.
"Join BT for blazing fast, reliable Full Fibre Broadband", their website says. An Openreach contractor trimming trees cut through our fibre line on 26 September. We've had no service since & they still can't say when they'll fix it. But they are still charging us. Not the great deal they promised.
December 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"Join BT for blazing fast, reliable Full Fibre Broadband", their website says. An Openreach contractor trimming trees cut through our fibre line on 26 September. We've had no service since & they still can't say when they'll fix it. But they are still charging us. Not the great deal they promised.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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We're taking legal action to stop 100,000 tonnes of sediment being dumped in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone every year for the next 10 years. This should not be allowed in a protected area.
buff.ly/GEfcxEz #StopDumpingOnOurReef
buff.ly/GEfcxEz #StopDumpingOnOurReef
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We're taking legal action to stop 100,000 tonnes of sediment being dumped in Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone every year for the next 10 years. This should not be allowed in a protected area.
buff.ly/GEfcxEz #StopDumpingOnOurReef
buff.ly/GEfcxEz #StopDumpingOnOurReef
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How much does the UK spend on welfare?
🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).
Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.
#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).
Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.
#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How much does the UK spend on welfare?
🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).
Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.
#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.).
Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%.
#ChartOfTheDay #Welfare
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Why? WHY?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Why? WHY?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We didn't dream it! 😡💥
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
May 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We didn't dream it! 😡💥
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
The respectful way Keir Starmer talked about foreign workers when he was running for Labour leader is the exact OPPOSITE of the Farage-cloned way he talks about them now. But to see it here in black & white is still SHOCKING!
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
April 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
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The UK Government promised a planning system that works for people & nature.
But as it stands, this Bill risks fast-tracking nature’s destruction.
We’ve joined others calling for urgent change.
Nature mustn't be written out of our future. 🚨
But as it stands, this Bill risks fast-tracking nature’s destruction.
We’ve joined others calling for urgent change.
Nature mustn't be written out of our future. 🚨
April 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The UK Government promised a planning system that works for people & nature.
But as it stands, this Bill risks fast-tracking nature’s destruction.
We’ve joined others calling for urgent change.
Nature mustn't be written out of our future. 🚨
But as it stands, this Bill risks fast-tracking nature’s destruction.
We’ve joined others calling for urgent change.
Nature mustn't be written out of our future. 🚨
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Oh yes ! Project Stork at @kneppwilding.bsky.social are now livestreaming a nest– this is the pairs 5th breeding attempt together , and they are now on three eggs . . . watch 24/7 to catch all the action at youtube.com/live/s0liN8AzykQ
March 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Oh yes ! Project Stork at @kneppwilding.bsky.social are now livestreaming a nest– this is the pairs 5th breeding attempt together , and they are now on three eggs . . . watch 24/7 to catch all the action at youtube.com/live/s0liN8AzykQ
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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The UK’s Turtle Doves have declined by 98% since 1970. 🔻
We’re restoring vital breeding habitats and working internationally to protect them from unsustainable hunting.
#ReverseTheRedDay
We’re restoring vital breeding habitats and working internationally to protect them from unsustainable hunting.
#ReverseTheRedDay
February 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The UK’s Turtle Doves have declined by 98% since 1970. 🔻
We’re restoring vital breeding habitats and working internationally to protect them from unsustainable hunting.
#ReverseTheRedDay
We’re restoring vital breeding habitats and working internationally to protect them from unsustainable hunting.
#ReverseTheRedDay
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Managing Director of Food at M&S comes out with a PUNCHY statement on how Brexit bureaucracy is impacting their business.
February 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Managing Director of Food at M&S comes out with a PUNCHY statement on how Brexit bureaucracy is impacting their business.
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Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Skilled amateur radio operators in WWII secretly worked from home, decoding enemy transmissions. Under suspicion from neighbours, they intercepted Nazi communications, aiding Bletchley Park. Their courageous silence saved lives | Kate Moore
Learn more about them here ⤵️
Learn more about them here ⤵️
Secret listeners – revealing the life of amateur radio heroes
The Voluntary Interceptors, amateur radio enthusiasts, helped break Axis codes in WW2, secretly listening for crucial intelligence from home
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Skilled amateur radio operators in WWII secretly worked from home, decoding enemy transmissions. Under suspicion from neighbours, they intercepted Nazi communications, aiding Bletchley Park. Their courageous silence saved lives | Kate Moore
Learn more about them here ⤵️
Learn more about them here ⤵️
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Wrong to Brexit without a plan?
Oh, the toxic pushback when some of us said this at the time.
And now the Leader of the Opposition says it.
Oh, the toxic pushback when some of us said this at the time.
And now the Leader of the Opposition says it.
January 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wrong to Brexit without a plan?
Oh, the toxic pushback when some of us said this at the time.
And now the Leader of the Opposition says it.
Oh, the toxic pushback when some of us said this at the time.
And now the Leader of the Opposition says it.
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Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
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Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social