Guy Shrubsole
Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
- The Labour Party has one mission: to stop the calamity of Reform UK, which in normal times would never get near power, entering govt. We've seen how that goes in the US, and the working class voters Labour seeks to represent would be hurt the most. If they can't even manage that they're a disgrace.
- Agree. But to be the beneficiaries of tactical voting in 2029 within a divided progressive bloc, Labour will need a more popular leader than they do currently, one capable of communicating an actual vision for govt
- Communities need the power to own environmental assets like rivers, moors & woods. Very grateful to Baroness Freeman and Baroness @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social for tabling these amendments to the Devolution Bill to strengthen community right to buy: bills.parliament.uk/publications...
- 'South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to repeated floods caused by climate crisis' As the climate crisis accelerates, more people are going to be forced to move; more settlements abandoned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- In Wales, support for Reform is plateauing and Labour has collapsed - with enthusiasm for Plaid Cymru and the Greens surging: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Currently in the Forbidden City in Beijing (on holiday) and bumped into the Westminster lobby who are here covering Keir Starmer’s visit, and appear to be using one of the cafes in the labyrinthine palace as their makeshift office
- Time to stop long haul flights for the planet Guy. Yes there will be places you don't see but compared with islands in the Pacific disappearing under the waves a small loss
- Thanks for your unsolicited advice, it’s my first flight in over a decade
