Here's some tips to identify Allium triquetrum, an edible onion relative, if you're out foraging this Leek-end!

The prime minister needs to call the General Election now before it becomes even more embarrassing for him - the whole of the country can see the corruption of acts like this. The future is renewable for the sake of all life on this planet.

We'll find out next week whether 54 new homes will be built by Curo in #MidsomerNorton - or whether Somerset Council will have to fight a Planning Inspectorate inquiry over the same site: somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-… #LDReporter #Somerset

George Monbiot Here’s our article on the anonymous dining clubs and special interest groups that have funnelled millions into political parties 👀
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An interesting read from George Monbiot, who’s picked up on our reporting around unincorporated associations to look at the whole murky world of political donations in the UK:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🔴‘Turned Away Because of My Beard’: Voters Report Being Denied a Say in Local Elections Due to Strict Voter ID Law

Voters say they struggled to prove their identities as polling stations enforced England’s draconian photo ID rules reports Josiah Mortimer
bylinetimes.com/2024/05/03/tur…

'Where do all these people go to the toilet?' 🚽
The public loos at Cheddar Gorge have been reopened for the summer, but two other blocks in the village remain closed ➡️ bbc.in/4bnLdrc

We are recruiting for a Legal Director: a fascinating, challenging role for a senior lawyer who has decided it is time to give something back. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/legal-…

The Voter ID debacle keeps getting worse, as one voter reports being turned away from a polling station because his newly-grown beard didn't match with his ID

bylinetimes.com/2024/05/03/tur…

𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 😁😁😁

Congratulations to Rob Isaacs, our newest councillor on Taunton Town Council, representing Wellsprings & Rowbarton.

This by-election came after the retirement of long-standing councillor Marcia Hill.

Result:

Lib Dem 564
Con 340
Lab 301

I agree I have mixed feelings. Laugh or cry? The Tory friends of Gibraltar led by Andrew Rosindell MP were all hardline Brexiteers and they must be pulling their hair out in anger! Sheer schadenfreude for me!

Brits will now need EU permission to enter a British Overseas Territory. EU citizens won't. 😆
'Gammon Curtain still descending' ...

No one is talking about Brexit. Our political leaders have lost their voices.

Well done that lady! 👏

Don’t let them continue being silent on Brexit, help us hold them to account: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lets-make-su…

Maybe 1st time, in history, The Mail has a headline which is 100% true 🤡

The Daily Mail discovers the consequences of the Brexit they wanted.

So the biggest clown in UK history wasn’t allowed to vote as he didn’t have appropriate ID. What an absolute plonker.

This is the same person who delivered the hardest of hard Brexits while he remained completely clueless about its ramifications.

A narcissistic jerk a low life.

🚨🚨 Excellent analysis by The Neglectful Gardener: @RebootGB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦 critically addressing Starmer’s red lines which has put him in an impossible position on Brexit. But there is optimism here too: Simon argues that with courage KS could break through his own red lines. 🧵eastangliabylines.co.uk/starmers-brexi…

Rejoining Repairs the NHS!

A bigger economy, means more money for the NHS.

Joining means more EU medical staff.

Follow to grow the channel and start the change!

The Conservatives have pulled the trick of making the Council's responsible for everything while stealing all their funding, the same trick they pull in Scotland and Wales.

“The absurd publicity stunt of a volunteer offering to have himself returned to Rwanda in exchange for £3k in cash and five years’ paid accommodation. Just to be able to say the flights have begun when they obviously haven’t. To boast “THE PLAN IS WORKING” theguardian.com/politics/2024/…