Sara R
@sjrafloat.bsky.social
Boat-dwelling horticulturist. #Biosecurity lead at the RHS. 💙Our NHS, 💚Nature,♥️the Arts. Value honesty, treasure kindness. #Devonian. Passionate about #Dartmoor #plants #gardens #spaniels #sustainability #history #genealogy #community #co-ops.Views my own.
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The analysis is starting to come through this morning but if you want a rapid look at what the Budget changed for your finances, here’s the Money Box Live programme we made just an hour and a half after the chancellor sat back down:
Money Box - Money Box Live: Autumn Budget 2025 - BBC Sounds
The chancellor has delivered the Autumn Budget - what does it mean for your money?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The analysis is starting to come through this morning but if you want a rapid look at what the Budget changed for your finances, here’s the Money Box Live programme we made just an hour and a half after the chancellor sat back down:
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Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Some myths, long debunked, refuse to go away. No, there's no 'trickle down effect', Conservatives aren't better with money, & rich people do not run from #WealthTax. Politicians still quoting these myths know better & journalists should. Stop perpetuating the myth. It's fear mongering w/o substance.
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Some myths, long debunked, refuse to go away. No, there's no 'trickle down effect', Conservatives aren't better with money, & rich people do not run from #WealthTax. Politicians still quoting these myths know better & journalists should. Stop perpetuating the myth. It's fear mongering w/o substance.
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"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
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#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
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Gardener with a Wheelbarrow - 1884
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Gardener with a Wheelbarrow - 1884
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
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The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos
Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...
nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
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Some EU decision-makers are on a mission to roll back vital nature laws.
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Some EU decision-makers are on a mission to roll back vital nature laws.
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
Our response to that? #HandsOffNature!
Environmental laws need no fixing; they need enforcing. Leave them intact.
Read more in our 'EU simplification explained' FAQ 👉 www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...
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Living Landscapes 'LIDAR' Project Launches on Exmoor - a groundbreaking heritage initiative using cutting-edge lidar (light detection and ranging) technology allow us all to explore the past and help preserve what remains....
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Living Landscapes 'LIDAR' Project Launches on Exmoor - a groundbreaking heritage initiative using cutting-edge lidar (light detection and ranging) technology allow us all to explore the past and help preserve what remains....
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Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places..
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places | The Wildlife Trusts
• ‘Build baby build’ agenda could speed up nature decline to the point of no return • Four years on from Environment Act, nature policy is in a much darker place • Charities representing more than two...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places..
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/conserv...
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Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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Plastic nurdles have been found in 84% of important nature sites surveyed in the UK.
They were found in 168 of 195 sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), so named because of the rare wildlife they harbour.
#plasticpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles have been found in 84% of important nature sites surveyed in the UK.
They were found in 168 of 195 sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), so named because of the rare wildlife they harbour.
#plasticpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs it surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Plastic nurdles have been found in 84% of important nature sites surveyed in the UK.
They were found in 168 of 195 sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), so named because of the rare wildlife they harbour.
#plasticpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles have been found in 84% of important nature sites surveyed in the UK.
They were found in 168 of 195 sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs), so named because of the rare wildlife they harbour.
#plasticpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Budget 2025.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Budget 2025.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
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£17,304 raised so far to build Osprey nesting platforms in #Cornwall - can you help @kernowconservation.bsky.social reach our £20k target?
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
PLEASE SHARE!
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
Just a few days left and we're nearly at our target!
Please DONATE if you can, every £ counts & is matched up to £250 by The Aviva Community Fund!
Huge thanks to our fantastic ambassadors
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social and Andy Wilson.
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
£17,304 raised so far to build Osprey nesting platforms in #Cornwall - can you help @kernowconservation.bsky.social reach our £20k target?
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
More details about this exciting project, here 👇
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...
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Budget 2025
From April 2027, 2 percentage point increase to the basic, higher, additional rates of saving income tax, increasing them to 22, 42 and 47 per cent respectively.
Savers to pay more income tax. Tax free personal allowance and income tax thresholds remain frozen. Young savers penalised.
From April 2027, 2 percentage point increase to the basic, higher, additional rates of saving income tax, increasing them to 22, 42 and 47 per cent respectively.
Savers to pay more income tax. Tax free personal allowance and income tax thresholds remain frozen. Young savers penalised.
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Budget 2025
From April 2027, 2 percentage point increase to the basic, higher, additional rates of saving income tax, increasing them to 22, 42 and 47 per cent respectively.
Savers to pay more income tax. Tax free personal allowance and income tax thresholds remain frozen. Young savers penalised.
From April 2027, 2 percentage point increase to the basic, higher, additional rates of saving income tax, increasing them to 22, 42 and 47 per cent respectively.
Savers to pay more income tax. Tax free personal allowance and income tax thresholds remain frozen. Young savers penalised.
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A quiet EV upside the FT highlights: less noise.
Cities like Beijing and Shanghai are already seeing calmer, quieter streets—and better sleep—as EV adoption rises.
EVs are notably quieter at low speeds, though tyre noise dominates above ~50 km/h.
Cities like Beijing and Shanghai are already seeing calmer, quieter streets—and better sleep—as EV adoption rises.
EVs are notably quieter at low speeds, though tyre noise dominates above ~50 km/h.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A quiet EV upside the FT highlights: less noise.
Cities like Beijing and Shanghai are already seeing calmer, quieter streets—and better sleep—as EV adoption rises.
EVs are notably quieter at low speeds, though tyre noise dominates above ~50 km/h.
Cities like Beijing and Shanghai are already seeing calmer, quieter streets—and better sleep—as EV adoption rises.
EVs are notably quieter at low speeds, though tyre noise dominates above ~50 km/h.
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🧵🇺🇦Our new polling finds Brits consider concessions expected of Ukraine in the 28 point peace plan unacceptable. Majorities of Brits thinking cutting Ukraine’s army, allowing Russia to annex the Donbas, and ruling out NATO membership are unacceptable.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🧵🇺🇦Our new polling finds Brits consider concessions expected of Ukraine in the 28 point peace plan unacceptable. Majorities of Brits thinking cutting Ukraine’s army, allowing Russia to annex the Donbas, and ruling out NATO membership are unacceptable.
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UK waters are reeling from #nurdle & #biobead spills 🌊
Both are #microplastics and both are too often spilled into the environment. But they come from different industries.
Our new blog explores the key differences 👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/news/uk-reel...
📸 C Buckingham & Clacton litter pickers
Both are #microplastics and both are too often spilled into the environment. But they come from different industries.
Our new blog explores the key differences 👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/news/uk-reel...
📸 C Buckingham & Clacton litter pickers
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
UK waters are reeling from #nurdle & #biobead spills 🌊
Both are #microplastics and both are too often spilled into the environment. But they come from different industries.
Our new blog explores the key differences 👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/news/uk-reel...
📸 C Buckingham & Clacton litter pickers
Both are #microplastics and both are too often spilled into the environment. But they come from different industries.
Our new blog explores the key differences 👉 www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/news/uk-reel...
📸 C Buckingham & Clacton litter pickers
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Fab talk from @megcevans.bsky.social about government trying to use capitalism (for profit model) to attempt to solve problems created by capitalism (environmental damage and biodiversity loss).
But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things.
#esa2025
But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things.
#esa2025
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Fab talk from @megcevans.bsky.social about government trying to use capitalism (for profit model) to attempt to solve problems created by capitalism (environmental damage and biodiversity loss).
But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things.
#esa2025
But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things.
#esa2025
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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I try and be a 'normally a more complex explanation' sort of guy but everything about the Palestine Action ban has stunk of horseshit from the start.
Hope you're drafting that resignation letter, Yvette.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Hope you're drafting that resignation letter, Yvette.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I try and be a 'normally a more complex explanation' sort of guy but everything about the Palestine Action ban has stunk of horseshit from the start.
Hope you're drafting that resignation letter, Yvette.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Hope you're drafting that resignation letter, Yvette.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Nevada regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of nearly 800 environmental violations in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.”
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Nevada regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of nearly 800 environmental violations in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.”
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler
By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler
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The UK Government must change course, listen to the public, and protect nature. Ensure nature is protected in the planning system ...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The UK Government must change course, listen to the public, and protect nature. Ensure nature is protected in the planning system ...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...