Will Rowlandson

It’s time to voice an ugly truth: I’ve been talking recently {privately} with ecologists, with very senior figures in the environmental NGOs, with activists and lawyers. What they say - privately - is stark: >This Govt is even worse on nature than the Sunak & Johnson Govts<. The best comparator is with the Truss regime, with its #attackonnature. But Truss lasted less long than a lettuce. We are stuck with this lot til 2029. Whether it’s Aarhus, habitats, planning, Starmer’s proposed bonfire of regulations, and on and on and on, both the rhetoric and the reality of Labour on nature are simply dire. Why? Because, just like Truss, they will sacrifice anything for a smidgeon of potential ‘growth’. And because there is no care at all for nature in their dna. They will throw anything under the bus for some possible short-term human material benefit. Never mind that humans NEED nature too! They don’t seem aware of that. … Please repost to express your agreement.

This is one scene from ‘Minster Marshes’, releasing Sunday 23rd November 2025. Minster Marshes won’t be the only place impacted by the Converter Station, so will Pegwell Bay, which is where the National Grid plan to connect the offshore cable to the converter station. Pegwell bay is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a National Nature Reserve opened by David Attenborough in 1999. The habitats and species that live there would be displaced by the cable, impacting many bird species and the largest seal colony in Kent. The seal colony comprises of both grey and common seals, the only two seal species in the UK. I filmed this scene from land and on a River Runner boat trip. Thank you to Paul Cannon and Lauren Fossey for being so incredibly accommodating to me filming on their boat tour, please go book a tour, it’s incredible! Please go and support the Save Minster Marshes campaign: @MinsterMarshes @KentWildlife #saveminstermarshes #rethinksealink #theplanetwecallhome #nature #photography #wildlife #seals #greyseals #commonseals #minstermarshes #pegwellbay #wildlifedocumentary #riverrunner #kentwildlifetrust

Excellent video Nik @mitchellsnik showing the devastating ecological impacts of the solar 'farm' on the marshes. If vital rich habitats are destroyed for 'green' energy then it is not green. youtube.com/watch?v=lhkTGp… for further context and history see savegraveneymarshes.org

BAD NEWS💔if the vote had taken place earlier we would have won-Tories (majority) whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk what you think. GUTTED. Labour: what a betrayal 😡