When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hed…

Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID. That’s not the kind of country we want to be. Liberal Democrats have always stood up to defend civil liberties against government overreach. We will fight tooth and nail to oppose these plans too.

Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition 38d.gs/zcpv

Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter" petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Because there’s a lot of nastiness, but then there’s this

Our #Divorce & Financial Remedy team are excited to invite you to an innovative series of debates focusing on some of the hot topics in the world of #financial remedies. Held in Chambers, each debate will see two of our specialist financial remedy barristers pitted against each other, chaired by another experienced member of our team. Topics include: 📰 Debate 1 - Is the threshold for conduct arguments set too high? Is it time for domestic abuse to be accepted as ‘relevant conduct?’ @gjswinglehurst v Bethany Scarsbrook. Chaired by @CSharp520917 📰 Debate 2 - Is the current discretionary system in England & Wales fit for purpose? Has the time come for a move to greater certainty? Jody Atkinson TEP v Vivien Croly. Chaired by Jenny Wilson. 📰 Debate 3 - Are financial remedy proceedings misogynistic? Who really comes off worse? Nick Miller v Zoe Saundersë Saunders. Chaired by Richard Norman. 📰 Debate 4 - Taking a Stand(ish): has matrimonialisation gone too far? Chelsea Bartlett v @SSmithHolland. Chaired by Jack Harris. Drinks and canapés will follow, with an opportunity to meet the team and discuss the issues raised in each debate. 25% OFF if you book all 4 debates. See this page for a list of dates and how to book your place: lnkd.in/dVWgi2fU

One teaspoon of the neonicotinoids pesticide could kill 1.25 billion bees. And yet the Government could be about to let it back on English fields. Sign the petition: tell Ministers to keep this ban on bee-killing pesticides in place. 38d.gs/-ufv

Labour has no choice but to break its promises on tax app.independent.co.uk/editio…

This 500-year-old portrait may seem ordinary, but it's one of the most mysterious in history. There's so much detail that you can read every musical note on this small page. But look closer — an unsettling secret is hiding in plain sight... 🧵

I regret to say I think it’s pretty poor and while no doubt well intentioned just needs to be lost in a warehouse somewhere

The article states that the menu is already 40% plant based so 50% is hardly revolutionary It is not being ‘imposed’ - (a) you don’t have to buy anything (b) half the menu is not vegan Rees-Mogg is an ex-MP for a reason (and he is irrelevant anyway)

What is the answer? ‘ Give me a child till he is seven years old,’ said St Ignatius Loyola, ‘ and I will show you the man.’ OR was it Aristotle? The internet seems not to know?

Once upon a time Twitter was full of interesting people posting fascinating stuff (about history, archeology, science, art) or balanced political commentary or humour. Now it’s just hate. Where did the good stuff go?

Shortlisted in three categories at the Family Law Awards 2024 - St John's Chambers stjohnschambers.co.uk/news/s…

Do - don’t just say The gig Massive Attack hope will change the music industry - BBC News apple.news/AqjWLNl0TRpKQinWg…

@ChambersGuides has announced the nominees for this year’s #ChambersUKBarAwards 2024 and we are delighted that St John’s Chambers has been shortlisted for ‘Regional Set of the Year’. Chambers have also been shortlisted for ‘Set of the Year’ (outside of London) for The Legal 500 UK Awards 2024. To be shortlisted 'Regional Set of the Year' at both Chambers UK and The Legal 500 Awards demonstrates the expert service we provide, the high-level instructions we are receiving from law firms in England and Wales and the support we give our clients. We wish all of the nominees the best of luck and thank our clients for the amazing feedback they provide about our barristers and client service. Read more here: lnkd.in/e3_A-VyK #topranked #law #barristers #legalnews

⁦@SaveRedlandLibr⁩ Waterfall Wednesday Taughannock Falls State Park NY

If to use Twitter was to “tweet”, what is using X?

This struck a chord as I realised that when I heard of the Trump shooting I sensed no surprise - just another shooting. (Of course it has more significance but that was not my first reaction) Presidents and gun violence are as American as apple pie app.independent.co.uk/editio…