Dave in Essex 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
@hennystdave.bsky.social
Organic gardener, bird watcher including surveying for BTO, butterfly surveying for Butterfly Conservation. Professionally in resilience where I still sit on British and International committees (Organisational, Energy and Infrastructure Resilience)
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While Chris's role with @dutchcycling.nl often involves travelling across the globe to talk glowingly about our cycling paradise, occasionally he gets to stay and show it directly to decision-makers.
This week, it was a high-level delegation from the Beijing Municipal Commission for Transportation.
This week, it was a high-level delegation from the Beijing Municipal Commission for Transportation.
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
While Chris's role with @dutchcycling.nl often involves travelling across the globe to talk glowingly about our cycling paradise, occasionally he gets to stay and show it directly to decision-makers.
This week, it was a high-level delegation from the Beijing Municipal Commission for Transportation.
This week, it was a high-level delegation from the Beijing Municipal Commission for Transportation.
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Ukraine should accept no limits on its sovereignty that have not been accepted by other European countries. If it’s forced to do that, it will be accepting second class citizenship in Europe and the principle that Russia can treat it as a state with inferior rights
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ukraine should accept no limits on its sovereignty that have not been accepted by other European countries. If it’s forced to do that, it will be accepting second class citizenship in Europe and the principle that Russia can treat it as a state with inferior rights
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The Soft Drinks Industry Levy is being expanded
The Labour government has announced that exemptions for milk-based drinks with added sugar & milk substitute drinks with added sugar will be removed.
There will also be a 10% reduction in the threshold to drink which the levy applies to.
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The Labour government has announced that exemptions for milk-based drinks with added sugar & milk substitute drinks with added sugar will be removed.
There will also be a 10% reduction in the threshold to drink which the levy applies to.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Soft Drinks Industry Levy is being expanded
The Labour government has announced that exemptions for milk-based drinks with added sugar & milk substitute drinks with added sugar will be removed.
There will also be a 10% reduction in the threshold to drink which the levy applies to.
1/2
The Labour government has announced that exemptions for milk-based drinks with added sugar & milk substitute drinks with added sugar will be removed.
There will also be a 10% reduction in the threshold to drink which the levy applies to.
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The PM has given a statement on Ukraine today.
He was asked several times about Reform's links to Russia...
Here is one question and answer.
"What other links are there between Reform and Russia?"
"No wonder they are Putin-friendly."
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He was asked several times about Reform's links to Russia...
Here is one question and answer.
"What other links are there between Reform and Russia?"
"No wonder they are Putin-friendly."
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November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The PM has given a statement on Ukraine today.
He was asked several times about Reform's links to Russia...
Here is one question and answer.
"What other links are there between Reform and Russia?"
"No wonder they are Putin-friendly."
1/2
He was asked several times about Reform's links to Russia...
Here is one question and answer.
"What other links are there between Reform and Russia?"
"No wonder they are Putin-friendly."
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Operation Mincemeat is a comedy musical based on the British war time deception operation. It’s witty, musically brilliant and surprisingly emotional. Saw this afternoon and recommend it to anyone. Will be in Cambridge next year, currently in London’s Fortune Theatre. Written by the cast too.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Operation Mincemeat is a comedy musical based on the British war time deception operation. It’s witty, musically brilliant and surprisingly emotional. Saw this afternoon and recommend it to anyone. Will be in Cambridge next year, currently in London’s Fortune Theatre. Written by the cast too.
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How do we bring trees into even the busiest city spaces?🌳 Our tree planters help trees thrive where traditional pits cannot. Perfect for high streets and dynamic areas, with built-in seating that boosts canopy, biodiversity, and creates welcoming spaces. 🌱 🌆 #TreeWeek
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How do we bring trees into even the busiest city spaces?🌳 Our tree planters help trees thrive where traditional pits cannot. Perfect for high streets and dynamic areas, with built-in seating that boosts canopy, biodiversity, and creates welcoming spaces. 🌱 🌆 #TreeWeek
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I'm joining an FT Budget webinar this Friday lunchtime
Budget happiness 100% guaranteed, or your money back.
(Okay, it's free, whether or not you're an FT subscriber. Registration: buff.ly/JqTpKLx )
Budget happiness 100% guaranteed, or your money back.
(Okay, it's free, whether or not you're an FT subscriber. Registration: buff.ly/JqTpKLx )
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm joining an FT Budget webinar this Friday lunchtime
Budget happiness 100% guaranteed, or your money back.
(Okay, it's free, whether or not you're an FT subscriber. Registration: buff.ly/JqTpKLx )
Budget happiness 100% guaranteed, or your money back.
(Okay, it's free, whether or not you're an FT subscriber. Registration: buff.ly/JqTpKLx )
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I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
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Earlier this year the UK launched the Global Talent Fund to attract 60-80 of the worlds top researchers (& their teams) in areas relating to the UK's Industrial Strategy.
The first 4 have been named & are in the process of relocating to the UK: 3 are coming from positions in the US.
Just saying...
The first 4 have been named & are in the process of relocating to the UK: 3 are coming from positions in the US.
Just saying...
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Earlier this year the UK launched the Global Talent Fund to attract 60-80 of the worlds top researchers (& their teams) in areas relating to the UK's Industrial Strategy.
The first 4 have been named & are in the process of relocating to the UK: 3 are coming from positions in the US.
Just saying...
The first 4 have been named & are in the process of relocating to the UK: 3 are coming from positions in the US.
Just saying...
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The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Stour at Henny Bridge has risen after recent rain and is also wider as a result. Detritus washed down has started to form a barrier to the flow where a fallen Willow lies in the stream. You can also see how the nearby bank is eroding as the flow is modified. The Little Egret had company today too.
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Stour at Henny Bridge has risen after recent rain and is also wider as a result. Detritus washed down has started to form a barrier to the flow where a fallen Willow lies in the stream. You can also see how the nearby bank is eroding as the flow is modified. The Little Egret had company today too.
Managed a short walk around the village before the rain returned, plenty of LT Tits and a nice couple of Goldcrests exploring arboreal Ivy. Grey Wag by Henny Bridge. Coal Tit in garden as I came back. No sign of the Redwings & Fieldfares so prevalent last week. #essexbirding
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Managed a short walk around the village before the rain returned, plenty of LT Tits and a nice couple of Goldcrests exploring arboreal Ivy. Grey Wag by Henny Bridge. Coal Tit in garden as I came back. No sign of the Redwings & Fieldfares so prevalent last week. #essexbirding
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BBC News - Ronald Blythe exhibition begins at Hanningfield Reservoir centre - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ronald Blythe exhibition begins at Hanningfield Reservoir centre
The author's work
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
BBC News - Ronald Blythe exhibition begins at Hanningfield Reservoir centre - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another rose still blooming despite frosts, torrential rain and a hailstorm. Precious Amber - a really striking colour which we first saw at RHS Hyde Hall. 🌱🇬🇧
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Another rose still blooming despite frosts, torrential rain and a hailstorm. Precious Amber - a really striking colour which we first saw at RHS Hyde Hall. 🌱🇬🇧
Last night was bonfire night for us, in a tradition stretching back 32 years started when our kids were small. Now the kids are grown and their kids are coming. We got very wet in the rain, dried by the fire, and wet again on return journey. A fine meal warmed us again. Pretty mad really 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Last night was bonfire night for us, in a tradition stretching back 32 years started when our kids were small. Now the kids are grown and their kids are coming. We got very wet in the rain, dried by the fire, and wet again on return journey. A fine meal warmed us again. Pretty mad really 🤔
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'The religious city of Mashhad has entered full rationing, Nasrollah Pejmanfar, a lawmaker, said on Friday.
The city’s Dousti dam, he added, “has no water left to transfer, and the reservoirs supplying Mashhad have reached zero” '
#Iran 🇮🇷
The city’s Dousti dam, he added, “has no water left to transfer, and the reservoirs supplying Mashhad have reached zero” '
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran’s deepening water crisis nears critical levels in major cities
Iran’s worsening drought has pushed water supplies in several provinces to critical levels, with officials in Tehran, Mashhad and Kerman warning that some reservoirs are close to the point where routi...
www.iranintl.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
'The religious city of Mashhad has entered full rationing, Nasrollah Pejmanfar, a lawmaker, said on Friday.
The city’s Dousti dam, he added, “has no water left to transfer, and the reservoirs supplying Mashhad have reached zero” '
#Iran 🇮🇷
The city’s Dousti dam, he added, “has no water left to transfer, and the reservoirs supplying Mashhad have reached zero” '
#Iran 🇮🇷
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NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225
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Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
Dear Europe, especially Germany,
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
Little Egret at Henny Bridge but more interesting are the large flock of sheep that have been introduced to Shalford Meadow. They are grazing to improve the suitability for Lapwing which were once common. #essexbirding #suffolkbirds
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Little Egret at Henny Bridge but more interesting are the large flock of sheep that have been introduced to Shalford Meadow. They are grazing to improve the suitability for Lapwing which were once common. #essexbirding #suffolkbirds
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Fully agree with my paper's editorial on Trump. Ukraine needs Europe to stop flattering Trump the conman and take a clear stand for its own survival and values. www.ft.com/content/8ccf...
Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing
Latest Ukraine peace plan presented by the US would be a capitulation to Moscow
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fully agree with my paper's editorial on Trump. Ukraine needs Europe to stop flattering Trump the conman and take a clear stand for its own survival and values. www.ft.com/content/8ccf...
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The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10 and a half years after he accepted money to make pro-Russian statements in the European parliament.
www.ft.com/content/9959...
www.ft.com/content/9959...
Former leader of Reform UK in Wales jailed over pro-Russian bribes
Nathan Gill sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting money to make statements in European parliament
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10 and a half years after he accepted money to make pro-Russian statements in the European parliament.
www.ft.com/content/9959...
www.ft.com/content/9959...
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'A late delivery on Shaftesbury Avenue' by Tushar Sabale
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'A late delivery on Shaftesbury Avenue' by Tushar Sabale
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
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🎵 'London is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener
youtu.be/dGt21q1AjuI?...
Had considered a final trip to @rspbminsmere.bsky.social today but fog descended so returned to SWT Lackford Lakes to not see the Crossbills again 🤔 Enjoyed close Goldcrests, big flock of Siskin & GW Teal instead. Very cold but sun cleared the fog & I was better dressed for cold today
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Had considered a final trip to @rspbminsmere.bsky.social today but fog descended so returned to SWT Lackford Lakes to not see the Crossbills again 🤔 Enjoyed close Goldcrests, big flock of Siskin & GW Teal instead. Very cold but sun cleared the fog & I was better dressed for cold today
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.