Vanessa Rowlands
@vanessarowlands.bsky.social
Focus local with actions that positively impact on nature, climate & communities
Be kind to yourself💚
🌱Chair of South Downs National Park Authority 🌱Chair National Parks England🌱Cuckmere Valley
all views my own, obvs
#BeCurious
#Connection
Be kind to yourself💚
🌱Chair of South Downs National Park Authority 🌱Chair National Parks England🌱Cuckmere Valley
all views my own, obvs
#BeCurious
#Connection
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On Wednesday, Parliament will vote on the UK's 7th Carbon Budget, aligned with the scientific advice from the Climate Change Committee.
Kemi Badenoch will lead her party in voting against it.
The temperature in London on Wednesday:
Kemi Badenoch will lead her party in voting against it.
The temperature in London on Wednesday:
June 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
On Wednesday, Parliament will vote on the UK's 7th Carbon Budget, aligned with the scientific advice from the Climate Change Committee.
Kemi Badenoch will lead her party in voting against it.
The temperature in London on Wednesday:
Kemi Badenoch will lead her party in voting against it.
The temperature in London on Wednesday:
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Awful night for Reform. Smashed in Makerfield and Tories took Aberdeen South. Two party politics reasserting itself and they might not even be one of them. Time for the press to stop accepting inevitability of PM Farage. After Makerfield that will be tough.
June 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Awful night for Reform. Smashed in Makerfield and Tories took Aberdeen South. Two party politics reasserting itself and they might not even be one of them. Time for the press to stop accepting inevitability of PM Farage. After Makerfield that will be tough.
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Fund. Local. Government.
Everything will get a bit better.
More good local jobs. Better high streets. Cleaner neighbourhoods. Less pressure on the NHS.
Visible signs of renewal. For buttons.
Everything will get a bit better.
More good local jobs. Better high streets. Cleaner neighbourhoods. Less pressure on the NHS.
Visible signs of renewal. For buttons.
Can we start compiling a list of every policy you'd like to see a new Labour leader make? Big or small, what would actually start to make the country feel better for people?
May 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Fund. Local. Government.
Everything will get a bit better.
More good local jobs. Better high streets. Cleaner neighbourhoods. Less pressure on the NHS.
Visible signs of renewal. For buttons.
Everything will get a bit better.
More good local jobs. Better high streets. Cleaner neighbourhoods. Less pressure on the NHS.
Visible signs of renewal. For buttons.
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Anyway Starmer can’t resign as we’ve got too many podcasters already
May 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Anyway Starmer can’t resign as we’ve got too many podcasters already
May 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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April 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
April 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Was it only four days ago The Telegraph comment pages were gazing into their tea leaves ?
April 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Was it only four days ago The Telegraph comment pages were gazing into their tea leaves ?
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Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan
Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan
The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan
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As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
March 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
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The migration doom loop at work: does anyone in government seriously think that a strategy designed to keep out skilled workers and students makes either economic or political sense?
://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1
://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1
Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances
Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement
www.ft.com
February 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The migration doom loop at work: does anyone in government seriously think that a strategy designed to keep out skilled workers and students makes either economic or political sense?
://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1
://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1
noooooooooo #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
noooooooooo #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
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Great event in parliament to celebrate success of @campaign4parks.bsky.social New Perspectives, & now we have a cohort of young leaders & campaigners @tarynnixon.bsky.social @roseoneill.bsky.social @andrewmccloy.bsky.social @vanessarowlands.bsky.social campaignerkate.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/t...
There’s hope for the future
On 16 December, the 76th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, the Campaign for National Parks (CNP) culminated its brilliant New Perspectives project with a cel…
campaignerkate.wordpress.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Great event in parliament to celebrate success of @campaign4parks.bsky.social New Perspectives, & now we have a cohort of young leaders & campaigners @tarynnixon.bsky.social @roseoneill.bsky.social @andrewmccloy.bsky.social @vanessarowlands.bsky.social campaignerkate.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/t...
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🐟🌲💧- Our environment is under attack!
The government is getting rid of the biodiversity net gain promises they previously made. That means precious habitats like our chalk streams in Hampshire are all under threat.
This is not acceptable. We have to protect our environment.
The government is getting rid of the biodiversity net gain promises they previously made. That means precious habitats like our chalk streams in Hampshire are all under threat.
This is not acceptable. We have to protect our environment.
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🐟🌲💧- Our environment is under attack!
The government is getting rid of the biodiversity net gain promises they previously made. That means precious habitats like our chalk streams in Hampshire are all under threat.
This is not acceptable. We have to protect our environment.
The government is getting rid of the biodiversity net gain promises they previously made. That means precious habitats like our chalk streams in Hampshire are all under threat.
This is not acceptable. We have to protect our environment.
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And this is begorw longer-term threat from sea level rise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And this is begorw longer-term threat from sea level rise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Latest from me: on Floods, Storm Claudia & the ones that are ignored, and why. We really have no idea what's about to hit us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Latest from me: on Floods, Storm Claudia & the ones that are ignored, and why. We really have no idea what's about to hit us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
David has been so bad the whole way through this - Alan to win! #celebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
David has been so bad the whole way through this - Alan to win! #celebrityTraitors
Nick you were Joe’s hundy !!!
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nick you were Joe’s hundy !!!
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I’ve found my new Doctor #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I’ve found my new Doctor #celebritytraitors
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🌿A full house for the launch of the new APPG for National Parks & National Landscapes yesterday! 🌿
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌿A full house for the launch of the new APPG for National Parks & National Landscapes yesterday! 🌿
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start
The new APPG will provide a powerful voice in Parliament 💪
A huge thank you to all the MPs, Peers & partners who joined us to make this such an energising start