Allow me to introduce you to... Paradise Regained: The conservative case for restoring English nature 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌳 This new paper is the first step towards a distinctly conservative approach to restoring our green and pleasant land, rooted in our philosophical tradition. 🧵👇

☀️ Weekend pedestrianisation is back on Northcote Road! From 11 July, enjoy more space to stroll, shop & socialise ☕ ✨ Expect outdoor dining, independent shops & a buzzing community vibe. See you there ➡️ orlo.uk/G86bt

Last year, this Labour Government closed the SFI scheme overnight. After a year of dither and delay, rising food prices, and record farm closures, the drastic cuts in this budget will force many farms to stop their environmental work as they will not be able to afford it. And only last week, the Government all but stopped BPS as well. There are tens of thousands of farmers waiting for SFI. The modest amounts of money now allocated to this scheme mean the vast majority will be left with nothing and nature will suffer as a consequence. Meanwhile, this Government continues to raise taxes on farms to pay for Labour's ballooning benefits bill.

We see the tower of Jesus Christ illuminated for the first time! The light show, starting from the base up to the illumination of the cross, culminated with a composition of lights guided by drones that traced the figure of Gaudí and the phrase “first love, then technique”.

Superb in principle. BUT (a very very big but) it is crucial that any competition of this nature corrects for the “design disconnect “which bedevils architectural competitions leading to prize-winning submissions which the public predictably and consistently hate. For more on this see this research …

Job interviewer: "Would you still want to work at this company if we were a worm?"

🐢 WORLD OCEANS DAY 🐢 Bedfordshire might be one of the most inland counties in England, but protecting our oceans for the stunning and endangered marine life remains important work, both nationally and internationally. Through the Environmental Audit Committee and work scrutinising the Government’s Chagos deal, I have learned just how important it is that we protect the marine environment in the Indian Ocean Territories. The coral reefs in the untouched Marine Protected Area are some of the healthiest in the world. They are a sanctuary for marine life, including endangered species such as hawksbill turtles, green turtles and reef sharks, and they are located along hugely significant migratory routes for species of tuna, whales and seabirds. The remarkable resilience of the reefs to coral bleaching events also makes them highly significant for scientific research to better understand resilience to changing climates. On multiple occasions I have asked Ministers about the environmental protections in the proposed Chagos deal, and very limited assurance has been provided. Sitting alongside concerns about national security and sovereignty, the deal was misguided and wrong, and I’m pleased it has failed. @CEN_HQ

Happy birthday to the blue belt - may it protect our British penguins for many more years to come! 🥳🎉 🐧

pond is life

I have no view on whether brown or white eggs are better, but the outrage over this story, especially from some professed free marketeers, is bizarre. If Sainsbury's wants to change the type of own-brand eggs they sell, because they believe consumers favour greener, more animal welfare-friendly products, then that's their decision. They are under no obligation as a supermarket to stock every kind of egg. Consumers who dislike white eggs can either buy brown eggs from a different shop (thanks to the free market), or indeed buy the branded brown eggs that Sainsbury's will continue to sell. Maybe Sainsbury's decision will be unpopular with their customers, and they will be forced to switch back to selling brown eggs to maintain market share. Maybe customers will be fine with white eggs, if they taste and cost the same. Let's leave it to the free market to determine, not anti-woke cultural warriors.

With our summers hotting up because of climate change, @kittyraethomp sets out for @ConHome how the Conservatives can build on their great aircon announcement last week: By cutting more red tape to green up our towns, get more reservoirs built, and unleash gene editing

From @kittyraethomp Finally, a 'Cool Britannia' we can get behind conservativehome.com/2026/06…

"Best and brightest?! "Bringing incredible skills" -A quick visual tour of firms allowed to sponsor "skilled worker" visas shows the reality: 1/10 Sai's Bargains Ltd

The failure to get on the property ladder used to be the modern-day bogeyman for young adults. It was used as a constant reminder for young adults to be good. Save money, stop eating avocados and drinking takeaway coffees so that they could someday climb the highly aspirational property ladder. God forbid you’re stuck renting for the rest of your life…. In the Spectator today 👇

"Politics shouldn’t be a last refuge for those who have done nothing else. It should be a duty taken up by people with busy schedules and something to offer," writes @KemiBadenoch. Read more from the leader of the Conservative Party here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…

Why does every picture of Sturgeon in her kitchen just reek with ‘Come Dine With Me’ energy?

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