Dave Simpson 🇪🇺
@nemumdave.bsky.social
Botanist, retired, still active. The last designated Keeper of a very large Herbarium. Taxonomy. Conservation. Sedges. Birder. Quite a lot of politics too. Utterances purely personal.
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Fixed that headline for you:
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Bid to buy Rothbury Estate as divisive as Brexit'
Funds are being raised to buy the Northumberland estate - but the plans have split opinion.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Fixed that headline for you:
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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An attack on people's health and the environment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-epa-rollback-pollution-regulation-endangerment-finding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-epa-rollback-pollution-regulation-endangerment-finding
Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’
Rollback of government’s ability to limit climate-heating pollution will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environme
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
An attack on people's health and the environment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-epa-rollback-pollution-regulation-endangerment-finding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-epa-rollback-pollution-regulation-endangerment-finding
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Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters
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Just an idea - Mark Carney for the Nobel Peace prize?
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Just an idea - Mark Carney for the Nobel Peace prize?
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Father Jack’s let himself go.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Father Jack’s let himself go.
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Reform UK have rejected ‘policies involving the rewilding of productive farmland or the destocking of upland farms’, stating they “are not aligned with its principles or objectives”.’
Lest we be in any doubt about how disastrous Farage would be for nature…
www.fwi.co.uk/news/reform-...
Lest we be in any doubt about how disastrous Farage would be for nature…
www.fwi.co.uk/news/reform-...
Reform UK plays down Goldsmith role on green policy - Farmers Weekly
Reform UK has sought to distance itself from suggestions that Conservative environmentalist Ben Goldsmith is shaping its agricultural and nature policy,
www.fwi.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Reform UK have rejected ‘policies involving the rewilding of productive farmland or the destocking of upland farms’, stating they “are not aligned with its principles or objectives”.’
Lest we be in any doubt about how disastrous Farage would be for nature…
www.fwi.co.uk/news/reform-...
Lest we be in any doubt about how disastrous Farage would be for nature…
www.fwi.co.uk/news/reform-...
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
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NBC continues it’s crawling to Trump by editing out the booing.
Pathetic
Pathetic
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
NBC continues it’s crawling to Trump by editing out the booing.
Pathetic
Pathetic
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NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Disclosures show figures cited by authority’s leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
NEW: Reform UK’s flagship council, Kent, has been accused of telling a “blatant lie” after its claim of nearly £40m in savings on net zero were found to be based on hypothetical projects for which there was no documentation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trump is a vile racist bully
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Trump is a vile racist bully
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.
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meanwhile ...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for multimillion-pound pay hike for boss Sawan
The oil giant is to hand CEO Wael Sawan a long-term incentive award worth £13.8m, taking his total maximum pay package to over £19m, Sky News can reveal.
news.sky.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
meanwhile ...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell paves way for CEO Wael Sawan to get a multimillion-pound pay hike
- max pay package would soar to over £19m (excluding pension contributions)
what #climatecrisis?
news.sky.com/story/shell-...
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Maybe sit this one out, Nige
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Maybe sit this one out, Nige
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Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
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This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.
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Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
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The corruption went into overdrive even before the inauguration. People saying that the American system of checks and balances is holding are detached from reality. When it comes to checking corruption, they don’t seem to exist.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
The corruption went into overdrive even before the inauguration. People saying that the American system of checks and balances is holding are detached from reality. When it comes to checking corruption, they don’t seem to exist.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
The world has put too many financial eggs in a country run by a basket case
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
David McWilliams: The world has put too many financial eggs in a country run by a basket case
Concentration of global risk in one country – the US – is a source of enormous jeopardy
www.irishtimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The world has put too many financial eggs in a country run by a basket case
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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🔴 NEW - Claire Coutinho Touts Anti-Net Zero Reports by Oil-Linked Authors
Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.
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Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.
@adambarnett.bsky.social
Claire Coutinho Touts Anti-Net Zero Reports by Oil-Linked Authors
In the first few weeks of 2026, UK newspapers have been ablaze with sensational claims about climate policy: cutting emissions to net zero would cost up to “£9 trillion”. An electricity grid run on re...
www.desmog.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
🔴 NEW - Claire Coutinho Touts Anti-Net Zero Reports by Oil-Linked Authors
Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.
@adambarnett.bsky.social
Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.
@adambarnett.bsky.social
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more:
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Your donation helps fund the local organising needed to stop Reform UK from making gains this year.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more:
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Ed Miliband’s Dept is quietly delivering real progress in the field that plays a key role in economic stability as well as the preservation of our country & planet.
The economic vandals (staring hard at the S*n) are those who undermine it
The economic vandals (staring hard at the S*n) are those who undermine it
In today's papers, The Sun continues to publish anti-climate content like this.
💰 Funded by ads for #Aldi, #Lidl, #O2 & #Sainsburys
💰 Funded by ads for #Aldi, #Lidl, #O2 & #Sainsburys
January 28, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Ed Miliband’s Dept is quietly delivering real progress in the field that plays a key role in economic stability as well as the preservation of our country & planet.
The economic vandals (staring hard at the S*n) are those who undermine it
The economic vandals (staring hard at the S*n) are those who undermine it
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