But hey, headphones on trains, and preventing people too stupid to read parking signs from being punished for failing to RTFM.

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Steve Reed posted this promise, then changed the definition of grey belt to include everything other than premium green belt land. This has led to a developers gold rush of applications on productive farmland, while we don’t generate enough food for the UK.💚

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Whether we have such a thing, now that the living, breathing wasted opportunity called Keir Starmer has gone, remains to be seen. But at least Burnham has so far not dissed wildlife and declared war on the living world, as Starmer and Reeves did, over and again.

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Every time I criticised Starmer and Reeves about this, people on social media piled in, saying "what do you want, Reform to get in?" No, I just wanted what most people want: a govt we can trust, that responds to voters not corporate lobbyists, that improves our lives and protects the living world.

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Among Keir Starmer's worst deeds were his legislative and rhetorical attacks on nature protection. In those two wasted years, we spiralled backwards, even from the Tory legacy. At this week's biodiversity summit, the Burnham govt should pledge to turn that round. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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