Gill Perkins

@ATRightMovies More fool me - Genesis

This is, hands down, one of the best party political broadcasts I have ever watched.

Best Party Political Broadcast I Have Ever Seen 💥

Who could have expected Mark Carney, a liberal establishment figure if there ever was one, to be the flag-bearer for the end of the US-led order? And from a podium at Davos, of all places? The more you think about it, though, the more it makes sense. Carney is, at heart, a central banker. As such he understands the power of words and beliefs better than anyone: when you strip things down to their core, a world order - like trust in a currency or a financial system - fundamentally relies on the maintenance of belief. Systems of power exist because participants act as if they exist. That's pretty much it: perception is reality. Once participants acknowledge the fiction as Carney just did (he literally started his speech announcing he'd "end the pleasant fiction" of the US-led order), the system itself unravels. This is incidentally a formal concept in game theory: the shift from private knowledge to common knowledge is what triggers cascades. Carney, with his background, ought to have known this was his most potent weapon facing Trump's America: "Trump has the economic and military might. But I have something his power rests upon: I can shatter the collective belief that sustains it." He's even explicit about this being his thinking: his entire speech revolves around Vaclav Havel’s famous shopkeeper analogy and the fact that the power of the Soviet Union rested on "everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true," on "living within a lie." As Carney puts it, "when even one person stops performing, the illusion begins to crack" and the entire "system’s power" starts to crumble. Today, that "one person" was him. Make no mistake, Carney’s speech at Davos may prove to be one of THE most important speeches made by any global leader over the past 30 years. This is genuinely epochal stuff. More than anything, what it means is that, to the extent it even existed at all, the West irremediably lost the Second Cold War: a Cold War requires two competing systems. Carney just announced that one of them simply no longer exists. This is the topic of my latest article: an in-depth analysis of Carney's speech and its immensely consequential implications for what comes next. Enjoy the read here: open.substack.com/pub/arnaudbert…

LIVE: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses World Economic Forum in Davos x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

PMMC Davos address to the WEF. 2026-01-20 Petty comment warning: I am sure there are several leaders (down south, LoO) running for their Thesaurus! Now THAT is the speech of Leadership - congratulations Mr Prime Minister. You did Canada PROUD!

"We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn't mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger," said Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada. #Davos26 The Prime Minister's speech is worth a listen - weforum.org/meetings/world…

My letter in @thetimes today: what is the economy for? #PublicHealth #Wellbeing #Environment #Inequality

Moving towards our stretch target of £200,000! A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform! thecanary.co/trending/2025/…

Using a cognitive bias paradigm, researchers in Science demonstrate positive affective contagion—a core component of empathy—in bumble bees. The discovery shows that even insects can share affective states, tracing the roots of affect and social cognition deep into evolution. scim.ag/3X0HZo6

Yesterday, the UK’s leading insect conservation charities launched the Declaration on the UK Insect Declines Crisis at the @WildSummitUK🚨 This united front calls for change across governments, land managers, businesses, and the public. @Buzz_dont_tweet @savebutterflies 1/5

Freddie is looking down and giving y'all a standing ovation. That's spectacular!😍💗 The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!! With 30 musicians and singers in the STREET of Paris 😍 Cre : Julien Cohen Pianist

CEO Gill Perkins has led the Trust since 2016 and will retire in February 2026 to spend more time with her family. As we reflect on Gill's remarkable contribution to bumblebee conservation, we also begin our search for the Trust's next CEO. Full details: ow.ly/sArz50WT2KI

@LondonBeePerson @BBCNews Thank you maybe they should read the times article by Harry Wallop

@BBCNews please FACTCHECK your #BEES story on 6 o’clock News today 1. Honey bees are NOT in decline 2. Honey bees are NOT responsible for pollinating 70% of the food we eat – POLLINATORS are. Majority are wild. Wildlife IS in decline. Ignorance doesn’t help

We don’t want to stop our vital work that supports bumblebee conservation 🚨 Whether we’ve answered your bumblebee question, identified a bumblebee for you, or simply made you smile with our content, we ask you to please donate today: bumblebeeconservation.org/give

@pmnogue @perkins58 @chickpeaman @LondonBeePerson @LondonBeeKeeper @BumblebeeTrust To be honest it’s nothing that haven’t already been printed. Increasing hive numbers in London, decreasing honey yields, increased instances of EFB, starvation, some beekeepers reducing colony numbers but instantly undone by new boys on the block muscling in from Canada.

Great art work from the kids enjoying the Mullet Peninsula bioblitz today. Many thanks to multi-talented @gemma0connor for leading workshop

The honey trap: how the beekeeping boom backfired City banks & hotels stick hives on their roofs to score eco points. David Beckham & Meghan Markle are getting in on the act.But our obsession with helping honeybees puts UK’s 274 other bee species in peril thetimes.com/life-style/wil…

@apiculturalLdn @chickpeaman @LondonBeePerson @LondonBeeKeeper @BumblebeeTrust Mark I have the article if you need it.

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