Dennis Patton
@dennispatton.bsky.social
Inactive conservationist and campaigner. General nuisance. Despise both Labour and Tory.
Five secretarybird chicks hatch at Chester Zoo in first share.google/t6IxLMJpfrPx...
Five secretarybird chicks hatch at Chester Zoo in first
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Blow For Badenoch As Former Neo-Nazi Quits As Tory Candidate After Backlash www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...
Blow For Badenoch As Former Neo-Nazi Quits As Tory Candidate After Backlash
But Joshua Bonehill-Paine will work with the Tory leader on tackling radicalisation.
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🚨Oil disaster: new satellite imagery indicates oil leakage from Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded in Oman’s Al Hallaniyat archipelago, has accelerated, threatening coral reefs and coastal habitats that support endangered sea turtles, migratory seabirds and marine mammals.
Oil disaster unfolds in protected marine area as Russian shadow fleet tanker leak accelerates off Oman - Greenpeace International
New satellite imagery indicates that oil leakage from Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded in Oman’s Al Hallaniyat archipelago, has accelerated.
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NEW: Andy Burnham has been blasted for 'rewarding polluters' after axing net zero criteria as part of its procurement requirements when agreeing public contracts
Andy Burnham blasted for 'rewarding polluters' with net zero rules rollback
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#OtD 5 Aug 1964 the US began bombing North Vietnam in Operation Pierce Arrow, after "intelligence" reported a North Vietnamese attack on US ships. These reports were false. In our podcast episode, Noam Chomsky explains the geopolitics of the Vietnam war: workingclasshistory.com/2018/10/31/e...
And until the 1980s, this was a car park. Today it's a pedestrianised square, with the bikes tucked away underground.
Badenoch's two biggest flaws are that she's nowhere near as smart as she thinks she is and is incapable of admitting error. Both well illustrated by this fiasco.
Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 9h agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash
Another Brexit bonus. "the significant additional costs and logistical hurdles caused by Brexit." www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/briti...
'The line-up showcases what makes Britain such a special place to race' – Tour of Britain Men’s 2026 teams announced, including five WorldTour squads
Five UCI WorldTour teams among the 18 squads set to contest Britain's biggest race
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Another Brexit bonus. "the significant additional costs and logistical hurdles caused by Brexit." www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/briti...
'The line-up showcases what makes Britain such a special place to race' – Tour of Britain Men’s 2026 teams announced, including five WorldTour squads
Five UCI WorldTour teams among the 18 squads set to contest Britain's biggest race
cyclingweekly.com
Scottish Government and Parliament need to make this a permanent ban. www.nature.scot/guga-hunt-st...
Latest guga hunt statement
NatureScot's latest guga hunt statement, updated on 3 August 2026.
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This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’
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“It’s perverse that people who want to walk and cycle are penalised because the motor traffic is too polluting". National Highways closes cycling and walking routes beside heavily polluted roads lauralaker.substack.com/p/national-h...
National Highways closes walking and cycling routes beside heavily polluted roads
Roads body accused of 'perversely penalising' walkers and cyclists for motor traffic pollution
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This is stupid. Golf courses and sports pitches exempt. More important than wildlife and habitats? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thames Water hosepipe ban: Why can golf courses stay green during droughts?
School playing fields and golf greens are unaffected by the hosepipe ban imposed by Thames Water.
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Bankers' bonuses to rise most on Wall Street reut.rs/4c3Mbvf
Bankers' bonuses to rise most on Wall Street
Bank executives' compensation will rise the most among all financial sectors on Wall Street, as record revenues on trading and deals boost bonuses, according to Johnson Associates, a financial compensation consultancy.
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Seven* of our satellite tagged Cuckoos are south of the Sahara, having made epic migrations from Europe! *Actually, make that eight - Irish bird Brock has 'reappeared' & his signal shows that he is in Chad. Find out more, & follow the Cuckoos' progress: ➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos #birds #ukbirding
Zack Polanski has challenged Andy Burnham to stick to Labour’s manifesto promise to ban new oil and gas projects 🚨 He spoke alongside a former solider who called climate change the 'greatest threat to human security we face'
Zack Polanski in oil and gas challenge to Andy Burnham amid drought and wildfires
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Anderson in France to sort out them invaders in boats🤣
Remind me again why I said Labour is dead to me! open.substack.com/pub/jodymcin...
New Labour Party chair was funded by pro-Israeli lobbyists
On July 28th, unelected Prime Minister Andy Burnham appointed Bridget Phillipson as the new Labour Party chair. What many in the mainstream media did not report, however, is Phillipson’s connection to...
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This August, every donation to The Rothbury Estate appeal will be matched up to £100,000. Help secure 3,800 hectares of river, land and sky for wildlife before it's too late. One special place. One final chance to secure it. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/donate/rothbury-gift-0?donation=50
If you do the math* you discover that: One acre of macauba fruit = one hour of 737 flight Yeah, super sustainable, that. YOU CAN'T FLY JETS ON FRUIT *math below www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing
A Brazilian company owned by Mubadala Capital plans to make sustainable aviation fuel out of macauba fruit, which grows on palm trees.
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'Later in the speech, Polanski accused the government of a response which is “to pretend none of this is happening”, and argued this was an “astonishing dereliction of duty” to keep the public safe.' leftfootforward.org/2026/08/zack...
Zack Polanski brands climate crisis ‘biggest threat since Second World War’ and demands ‘full-scale emergency response’ from Andy Burnham
The Green Party accused the government of an 'astonishing dereliction of duty'
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This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
MRP Poll | Labour 81 Seats Short: LAB: 245 (+138) | 26% RFM: 174 (-112) | 23% CON: 99 (+19) | 21% LDM: 67 (-17) | 11% SNP: 25 (-8) | 2% PLC: 8 (-2) | 1% GRN: 7 (-13) | 10% Via @convergent-opinion.bsky.social, 25-30 Jul. Changes w/ 15 Jun MRP.
Not hard to see why Burnham is less enthusiastic about a snap election than some others on here.
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 14h agoMRP Poll | Labour 81 Seats Short: LAB: 245 (+138) | 26% RFM: 174 (-112) | 23% CON: 99 (+19) | 21% LDM: 67 (-17) | 11% SNP: 25 (-8) | 2% PLC: 8 (-2) | 1% GRN: 7 (-13) | 10% Via @convergent-opinion.bsky.social, 25-30 Jul. Changes w/ 15 Jun MRP.
The High Court also heard RTC leader Ben Cullen had threatened physical violence to a resident removing flags, boasting that he was a “violent criminal” who had served 15 years in prison. Full report in today’s Clarion: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
The Clarion, 4 August 2026
We're doing a rain dance. You? While we wait for some sorely needed water, here is some news, not all of it cheerful. Including less than savoury details about Raise the Colours; celebrating Oxford Ci...
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