Paul Brannen
@paulbrannenne.bsky.social
Author: 'Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown'. Published 27 June 2024. Available https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/timber/?k=9781788217354
Public Affairs Director CEI-Bois
Former UK MEP
Public Affairs Director CEI-Bois
Former UK MEP
Good. The UK has more deer than at any point since 1500. They have no predators. Huge damage caused to trees, especially newly planted ones, & to farm production. So either we bring back the wolf &/or the lynx or we need to cull many more of them = venison, a high quality meat. Lucky you.
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good. The UK has more deer than at any point since 1500. They have no predators. Huge damage caused to trees, especially newly planted ones, & to farm production. So either we bring back the wolf &/or the lynx or we need to cull many more of them = venison, a high quality meat. Lucky you.
There are inevitable consequences for people whose secret hobby is hat making.
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There are inevitable consequences for people whose secret hobby is hat making.
I do hope BBC Radio 4 realise this means they will - for consistency of approach - now have to describe Starmer as "leftist" and Farage as "fascist" presumably on the basis that at least one person somewhere in the world has used these descriptions and hence it's ok for the BBC to use them.
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I do hope BBC Radio 4 realise this means they will - for consistency of approach - now have to describe Starmer as "leftist" and Farage as "fascist" presumably on the basis that at least one person somewhere in the world has used these descriptions and hence it's ok for the BBC to use them.
He clearly hasn’t read my book which was written with people like him in mind! He should talk to FoE’s head of policy Mike Childs, he gets it. Or read www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
He clearly hasn’t read my book which was written with people like him in mind! He should talk to FoE’s head of policy Mike Childs, he gets it. Or read www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yet another Etonian educated politician. I think there is a strong case for declining to vote for anyone educated at Eton.
Although I’m aware both George Orwell & Rory Stewart attended Eton so there could be exceptions.
Although I’m aware both George Orwell & Rory Stewart attended Eton so there could be exceptions.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yet another Etonian educated politician. I think there is a strong case for declining to vote for anyone educated at Eton.
Although I’m aware both George Orwell & Rory Stewart attended Eton so there could be exceptions.
Although I’m aware both George Orwell & Rory Stewart attended Eton so there could be exceptions.
Indeed it’s a win-win strategy for the increasingly authoritarian Trump regime.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Indeed it’s a win-win strategy for the increasingly authoritarian Trump regime.
It would be advisable for journalists to collect pictures and film footage of Orr with Farage so when Orr behaves inappropriately, says something outrageous, or acts illegally (they usually all do at some point) then Farage will have difficulty saying “I never met the guy”.
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It would be advisable for journalists to collect pictures and film footage of Orr with Farage so when Orr behaves inappropriately, says something outrageous, or acts illegally (they usually all do at some point) then Farage will have difficulty saying “I never met the guy”.