New environment secretary urged to act on access to countryside
Britain’s oldest national conservation charity is calling on Emma Reynolds to prioritise legislation for wider and fairer access to nature.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Forget the populist EU doom-mongering, Europeans are overwhelmingly satisfied with EU membership
The findings stand in contrast to the apocalyptic tone taken by figures like Trump and Farage, who, following the Brexit vote in 2016, triumphantly predicted the EU’s imminent collapse and labelled it a “dead” project.
How Labour best fights off Reform – stick with McSweeney or cut him loose?
‘Shaking up the adviser team’ is a well-known political tactic, although how much good it actually does is contested. An excess of advisers is yet another Thatcher legacy we could probably do without but will doubtless have to continue to live with.
Zack Polanski’s call to nationalise utilities to lower bills draws support
“And so say all of us!”
Woke bashing of the week: the perennial panic returns as Restore Trust takes another swing at the National Trust
Right on cue, is the right-wing media’s annual witch-hunt over the Trust’s alleged ‘wokeness.’
Right-wing media watch – Reform’s young TikTok adviser peddles dangerous misinformation in the Mail
That Reform finds value in this kind of narrative tells us everything we need to know about where the party, and its chosen influencers, want to take the country.
“Nailed it!”: Mirror praised for ‘Trump deranged’ front page
Only the Mirror gave the speech the front-page treatment it deserved.
Tens of thousands sign ‘One Earth. One Team’ petition
The UK now faces dirtier rivers, more polluted air, and higher levels of pesticides in soil compared to many EU member states.
Left or right – who could unite first?
While speculation about a right-wing pact to ensure that the Tories or Reform can win power is rampant, there’s little mention of any sort of progressive pact to save us from such a fate.
Huge crowd gathers for Make Them Pay rally in London
“Our story is more powerful than the hatred we saw here last week. Our story places the blame with the billionaires, and we need to tell it loud and clear.”