It is utterly bizarre how many parties are competing for the same (anti-woke, reactionary) 30% of the electorate and totally ignoring the other 70%. I really hope Labour, the LDs and the Greens can see this. It's an open goal.
Jenny Cooper
@jennycooper.bsky.social
Former BBC journo now in 🏴. Hurray for 🏴 🇪🇺 🐕 & nature
Another day, another report on the damage that Brexit has caused... A new report from the Fraser of Allander Institute and Prosper finds that Brexit has made it harder for Scotland to be viewed as part of the European business ecosystem.
Brexit barriers hinder international growth for Scotland’s service firms
Businesses said that Brexit has made it harder for Scotland to be viewed as part of the European business ecosystem
scotsman.com
The Wildlife Trusts are calling for a complete ban on 5 dangerous chemicals “Two sugar cubes of the concentrated active ingredient imidacloprid would be enough to exceed the predicted no-effect concentration in about 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
theguardian.com
Tomorrow evening 👇🏼 ✒️🌿🪶🧠
Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 2d agoOn Weds eve I'll be relaunching my botanical & bird illustration & mental health workshops & my small museums/collecting for mental health classes on zoom The first dates will be next month & will have limited spaces. If you'd like to buy workshop recordings my site's here: workshops.emmamitchell.uk
Over the last week there has been positive progress as firefighting efforts continue in the Cairngorms National Park. However, there are still hotspots. It may be some time before the fire is fully extinguished and, as we have already seen with this fire, the situation can change quickly.
England is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths this summer. The climate alarm is blaring. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/30/excess-deaths-caused-by-heatwaves-in-england-almost-double-so-far-this-year
England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows
UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
theguardian.com
The feather markings on the Common Loon are incredible TT: @harrycollinsphotography
Love this puts Count Binface 2nd from top and Farage about halfway down.
Sweary Spider@swearyspider.bsky.social · 3d ago“BINFACE, Count” 🤣🤣🤣
If you want to know why sadistic gamekeeper David Campbell thought he could get away with murder, and why a local community had lived in fear of him for decades, this compelling account provides some answers. The warning signs were all there, in plain sight. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/02/b...
Book review – Prelude to Murder: Revenge Killing on a Highland Sporting Estate
Earlier this year, retired Scottish gamekeeper David Campbell was found guilty of murdering his former colleague from the Edradynate Estate in Perthshire, Brian Low, in February…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
Reform-led Suffolk County Council's scrapping of the climate change emergency doesn't appear to have worked. The @nationaltrust.org.uk launches an appeal for the restoration of Dunwich Heath, totally destroyed by wildfire.
Devastating fire sweeps Dunwich Heath
Support the Dunwich Heath Fire Appeal. Your donation will help restore damaged habitats, protect vulnerable wildlife, and aid long-term recovery efforts.
nationaltrust.org.uk
"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou
I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.
Workers at Ghirardelli’s shop in San Francisco began a three-day strike yesterday. The company has been charging customers a 6% “healthcare fee” while simultaneously cutting workers’ care. This is why we need unions. substack.com/@usdemocrati...
US Democratic Socialists (@usdemocraticsocialists)
HUGE: Workers at Ghirardelli’s shop in San Francisco began a three-day strike yesterday. The company has been charging customers a 6% “healthcare fee” while simultaneously cutting workers’ care. This ...
substack.com
It's hard to find an exact analogy in the left to this, but it's not Labour finishing behind the Greens. It would be Labour finishing behind the SWP, or the Workers Party. But even that doesn't really capture it, given Restore's ethno-nationalist agenda.
James Ball@jamesrball.com · 5d agoDespite the endless talk in Westminster about how well Kemi Badenoch is doing, the Conservatives were beaten into *fifth* place here, and were over 5,000 votes behind Restore UK. At some point delusions around Badenoch need to make contact with reality.
I realise this is Restore Britain etc etc, but it's nonetheless pretty shocking.
💙 The incredible story of two friends who won a ban on bottom trawling in the marine haven near their home in Scotland. Without the threat of trawling, there has been a threefold increase in marine life in the area 🪸🎉 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
As of yesterday evening, the Luftwaffe's CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters have made a total of 92 flights since the start of the operation on 28 July, depositing 460,000 litres over the fire areas. The operation continues.
German Embassy London@uk.diplo.de · last wk.The Bundeswehr is assisting French forces in fighting the wildfires in the Bordeaux area. Two of the Luftwaffe's CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters are flying in shifts to drop water over fire areas, with each helicopter able to drop 5,000L per flight.
NEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
Highly complex work to reinforce the building's façade is expected to continue on Princes Street for at least three weeks. We're doing everything we can to keep the city moving but please plan ahead and allow plenty of time for your journeys.
The Bundeswehr is assisting French forces in fighting the wildfires in the Bordeaux area. Two of the Luftwaffe's CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters are flying in shifts to drop water over fire areas, with each helicopter able to drop 5,000L per flight.
In one video, Dowson urged supporters to “keep it coming” so local patrol groups could continue what he described as protecting women and children
The ex-BNP ‘Christian patriot’ raising international funding for Scottish ‘vigilante’ night patrols
Far right organisation Knights Templar International, whose frontman Jim Dowson has a long history of involvement with extremist groups, is now supporting Scotland’s new wave of night patrols.
theferret.scot
On this day in 1767 Edinburgh Town Council authorised James Craig's plan of Edinburgh's New Town - 259 years ago
