Dr John Peters
@john-twohoots.bsky.social
One time Professor of Higher Education; student partnership and social justice. Early NTF. Dad and historian. Now usually found in the woods or the woodshed; nature watching and wood turning.
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August 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
July 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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On my way, Clacton.
July 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
On my way, Clacton.
This is awful - and yet so easily fixed by a few simple changes to tax rules, to tax conifer monoculture properly while rewarding re planting of native woodland. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tax-break trees: how woodland became a store of wealth for the rich
Attempt to turn a stretch of the English-Scottish border into a commercial forest exposes threat to habitats from wealthy investors
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This is awful - and yet so easily fixed by a few simple changes to tax rules, to tax conifer monoculture properly while rewarding re planting of native woodland. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
First specked wood of the year for me!#blackhousewood @worcswt.bsky.social
April 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
First specked wood of the year for me!#blackhousewood @worcswt.bsky.social
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Migration is part of what makes this country great.
We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.
The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.
The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
March 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Migration is part of what makes this country great.
We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.
The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.
The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
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Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.
February 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.
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Does anyone recall who said, "If you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open and you can leave"? Could it be posible that this sentiment is somehow linked with Labour's catastrophic loss? If only there were some adults in the room who could explain this baffling mystery.
February 27, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Does anyone recall who said, "If you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open and you can leave"? Could it be posible that this sentiment is somehow linked with Labour's catastrophic loss? If only there were some adults in the room who could explain this baffling mystery.
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If Labour wants to win back Green voters after Gorton & Denton, maybe it should have… greener policies?
Polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds nature ranks highly as a priority for Labour defectors
Stop bashing newts & bats; increase access to nature 🐸🦇🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds nature ranks highly as a priority for Labour defectors
Stop bashing newts & bats; increase access to nature 🐸🦇🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 27, 2026 at 9:17 AM
If Labour wants to win back Green voters after Gorton & Denton, maybe it should have… greener policies?
Polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds nature ranks highly as a priority for Labour defectors
Stop bashing newts & bats; increase access to nature 🐸🦇🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds nature ranks highly as a priority for Labour defectors
Stop bashing newts & bats; increase access to nature 🐸🦇🌳
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ancient by Luke Barley review – the secret history of Britain’s woodlands
Ancient by Luke Barley review – the secret history of Britain’s woodlands
A former ranger tells the story of how the UK’s forests intimately shaped – and were shaped by – its people
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Ancient by Luke Barley review – the secret history of Britain’s woodlands
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The Green Party didn't just win in Gorton & Denton, they beat Reform and Labour into a distant second and third - congratulations Greens!
Greens DOMINATED the Gorton & Denton by-election
The Green Party didn't just win in Gorton & Denton, they beat Reform and Labour into a distant second and third - congratulations!
www.thecanary.co
February 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Green Party didn't just win in Gorton & Denton, they beat Reform and Labour into a distant second and third - congratulations Greens!
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Congratulations to The Green Party and Hannah Spencer for such a strong victory in Gorton and Denton - Matt Goodwin seems to be blaming a dirty tricks campaign of the Greens persuading people to vote for them by having policies people wanted to vote for
February 27, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Congratulations to The Green Party and Hannah Spencer for such a strong victory in Gorton and Denton - Matt Goodwin seems to be blaming a dirty tricks campaign of the Greens persuading people to vote for them by having policies people wanted to vote for
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So glad a debate is finally happening. This goes to the heart of the security of our democratic system. I’ve taken part in court cases against successive governments for their failure to investigate hostile state interference in UK elections - ministers’ lack of curiosity is truly shocking 👇
Today MPs will debate Russian interference in our politics and democracy.
This is why a full inquiry is still necessary 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
This is why a full inquiry is still necessary 👉 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/britain-st...
Britain still hasn't looked
A democracy that won’t investigate its own weaknesses - is a weak democracy. Let’s make sure Parliament doesn’t look away again.
citizensreunited.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
So glad a debate is finally happening. This goes to the heart of the security of our democratic system. I’ve taken part in court cases against successive governments for their failure to investigate hostile state interference in UK elections - ministers’ lack of curiosity is truly shocking 👇
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Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney resigns.
GOOD! 🙌
GOOD! 🙌
February 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney resigns.
GOOD! 🙌
GOOD! 🙌
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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SHOCKING FACT: If you earned £18,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you STILL would not make as much as Shell did in profits last year
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 AM
SHOCKING FACT: If you earned £18,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you STILL would not make as much as Shell did in profits last year
Happy New Year to all starting back to school or work today! A crisp -7 Celsius in the Shire this morning made for a chilly but beautiful start.
January 5, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Happy New Year to all starting back to school or work today! A crisp -7 Celsius in the Shire this morning made for a chilly but beautiful start.
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Under its current chair, Ofcom has repeatedly refused to apply its rules to GB News, enabling the channel to pump out increasingly toxic & dangerous messages.
Ofcom is accountable to Parliament. It's time for MPs to investigate what’s gone wrong, and how things have been allowed to get this bad.
Ofcom is accountable to Parliament. It's time for MPs to investigate what’s gone wrong, and how things have been allowed to get this bad.
Ofcom receives complaints over GB News’ use of ‘racist’ statistics on migrant crime
"GB News peddled unverified and frankly racist statistics to thousands grounded in dodgy methods."
leftfootforward.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Under its current chair, Ofcom has repeatedly refused to apply its rules to GB News, enabling the channel to pump out increasingly toxic & dangerous messages.
Ofcom is accountable to Parliament. It's time for MPs to investigate what’s gone wrong, and how things have been allowed to get this bad.
Ofcom is accountable to Parliament. It's time for MPs to investigate what’s gone wrong, and how things have been allowed to get this bad.
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I am moving to Dubai because England is so dangerous. www.ft.com/content/9bf6...
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I am moving to Dubai because England is so dangerous. www.ft.com/content/9bf6...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
The Shire looking particularly beautiful this morning. ‘The foxes are making coffee’ as my girls now describe low lying mist.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Shire looking particularly beautiful this morning. ‘The foxes are making coffee’ as my girls now describe low lying mist.
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History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺
The Shire, shrouded in mist this morning.
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Shire, shrouded in mist this morning.
Nice to see this buzzing about #Blackhousewood last week. Sorry not to get a photo in flight but nice to get one for identification! @WorcsWT
August 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Nice to see this buzzing about #Blackhousewood last week. Sorry not to get a photo in flight but nice to get one for identification! @WorcsWT