David Jobbins
@davidj2024.bsky.social
Birder, journalist, democratic socialist, life member, NUJ, WeBS counter, Hanningfield Res, Essex. Resigned from Labour Party February 2025. Politically homeless.
But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Climate change isn't a choice It's happening, accelerating, destroying property, killing people So policy decisions to drill more oil, gas or coal rescind climate emergency targets go back on net zero withdraw renewable subsidies in effect aids & abets mass murder the death of human civilisation
Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
Hunts all over the country will be gearing up to head out and kill foxes for the cub hunting season. Please be vigilant and if you have any information regarding a hunt near you, please contact your local hunt saboteur group www.huntsabs.org.uk/local-groups/
Suffolk WT: "Heatwaves & droughts are becoming more extreme & more frequent because of changes to the planet’s climate. In the UK, these longer periods of hotter, drier weather are increasing both the likelihood of wildfires starting & their severity." www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/five-my...
Five myths about wildfires | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
As wildfires become more frequent across the UK, misconceptions and misinformation about what causes them - and their impact on wildlife - continue to circulate. From climate change to rewilding, it’s...
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𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗗‼️ Puckeridge and Essex Huntsman charged with illegal hunting. This follows on from news yesterday from East Herts Sabs that this hunt has just been given its second Community Protection Warning. Image Credit: East Herts Sabs Read more 👉 www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/n...
The 215-acre Havering park which has won an award every year for almost two decades #Essex #Romford
The 215-acre Havering park which has won an award every year for almost two decades
Bedfords Park has achieved Green Flag status for almost two decades - here is its history.
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No human lives were lost. But for the wildlife of Dunwich Heath, the consequences have been catastrophic. Read this very personal reflection by birder, David Jobbins, on the cost of one of Suffolk's worst wildfires ⤵️ #birds #wildfire @davidj2024.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
What we’ve lost at Dunwich Heath
Dunwich Heath has burned. The wildlife may take decades to recover
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The flames have gone, but the loss will last for decades. Dunwich Heath's wildlife, rare habitats and unforgettable landscapes have suffered a devastating blow, writes David Jobbins.
What we’ve lost at Dunwich Heath
Dunwich Heath has burned. The wildlife may take decades to recover
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"This is @olgawojtas.bsky.social’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet" Thank you David Robinson and @scotsman.com #BookSky 📚💙 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by Olga Wojtas review: 'gloriously improbable'
This is Olga Wojtas’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet, writes David Robinson
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This is how the Far Right controls the narrative. Threats and intimidation.
Michael Savage@michaelsavage.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised in newsrooms. The abuse now means some journalists are changing what they write about… Grim findings: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Oaken Wood update: where we are & where we're headed 👇 As many of you will be aware, Kent County Council (KCC) is progressing with their draft Kent Mineral Sites Plan which continues to allocate Oaken Wood, near Maidstone, for the extraction of hard rock...
🙌 A new cross-party group of MPs and peers fighting for chalk streams has launched! We are excited to be working with Sarah Green, MP for Chesham and Amersham, who has been elected as Chair, and all the members of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group.
🚨 Major Investigation: George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster and long-time Farage ally, has influenced Reform UK’s finances through an apparent act of identity fraud. Thread on the key findings below 👇 bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
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@rspb.bsky.social and @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Please stop supporting tourism to the Antarctic through the Birdfair or magazine adverts. It’s madness.
Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 2w ago"Antarctic tourism is growing fast, with over 120,000 visits in 2025-26 and up to 450,000 expected each summer within a decade. ... bringing more and more people to an ecologically vulnerable area, and helping cause some of the greatest CO₂ emissions of any form of tourism." JUST DON'T
My oh my, what a week dear Readers. Chatter down at the Muckrakers has tackled Burnham, Farage, Coogan, & Westminster - all with the usual wit & insight, glass in hand. We see Reform suffer another local setback. Is politics finally moving beyond the No.10 "hard man" culture?
Pecksniff: Power to the people, says Burnham: can it be done?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Another worthy piece from @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social and @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
Pecksniff: Power to the people, says Burnham: can it be done?
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Blatant foreign interference, and these "patriotic" groups appear to be lapping it up
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
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The NUJ has criticised the intimidation of journalists by Reform Wales after the party's X account posted a photo, taken without permission, of columnist and author Will Hayward working in the Senedd. nation.cymru/news/journal...
Journalists' union condemns Reform Wales over post mocking journalist at work
Emily Price The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Wales has accused Reform’s Senedd group of attempting to intimidate journalists after it shared a covertly taken image on social media mocking a ...
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Suffolk is currently under a hosepipe ban and drought, with farmers reporting no effective rainfall for 11 weeks, poor crop yields, reservoirs nearly empty, and they're terrified of their combines bursting into flames. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2626620...
Caroline Goldsmith@goldcaro.bsky.social · 3w agoGreat news everyone. Our Reform-led county council has solved the problem.
“For more than 20 years, PA staff have chosen to build careers and homes in Howden [...] Many have expressed deep sorrow at the prospect of leaving the area and are concerned at the potential impact that shutting the office might have on the local community." www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ responds to PA proposal to close Howden hub
NUJ members at the Press Association have responded to the company’s proposal to close its northern hub at Howden in Yorkshire and transfer operations to Leeds.
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Happy Bastille Day! Today French people celebrate their ancestors who became fed up with an aloof regime they were unable to hold to account. Today I am introducing a Bill to close the British Royal Family’s outrageous carve-outs in the FOI Act. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Green MP seeks to end royal secrecy with Freedom of Information Act expansion
Sian Berry says the release of royal-related documents and data would be a ‘huge step for transparency’
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Sian Berry MP@sianberry.bsky.social · last mo.Ever tried to FOI the Royals? Not easy. An outrageous carve-out in the Freedom of Information Act is letting this institution operate in secrecy, and shield itself from accountability. I am moving to have this archaic loophole closed, as a step to a more modern constitution.
It's strange that Nigel Farage didn't want a POLICE bodyguard, car and trained driver following him around... 🤔 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Farage refused taxpayer-funded security because it was ‘inadequate’
Reform UK decided to continue providing its own protection for Nigel Farage, rather than ‘gamble with his life’, a spokesperson said
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Nature’s recovery isn’t beyond us. We know what's needed: stronger protected sites, support for landowners, long-term investment and the political will to match promises with action. Instead, our leaders have chosen to fall short. And nature is paying the price. The UK Government must do better.
Imagine waiting six years for a plan to protect nature… …to find it barely mentions protected nature. 👇
"Pathetic": I told the Guardian what I think about the Starmer government's plan for nature It's more of the failed politics of the past 40yrs: failing to take public control of the nature crisis & contracting it out to private landowners. Burnham must do better www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’
Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarily
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
