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Guy Shrubsole
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Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, Sept 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain, & Who Owns England? Agent: @JMLockhart2
lostrainforestsofbritain.org
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Aug 16, 2024
    It's real!! Very excited to hold in my hands a hardback copy of my new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND - an expose of what the 'custodians of the countryside' have done to nature in Britain. Published 12th September - pre-order yours here: lnkfi.re/dsHR7n
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Jul 5, 2024
    So @TheGreenParty now have 4 seats - as many as the revolting Reform party are forecast to get. So why in god’s name is @BBCNews rabbiting on about Reform still and not talking about extraordinary Green performance??
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Oct 8, 2022
    HUGE: The National Trust is threatening to mobilise its 5.7MILLION members to oppose the government’s #AttackOnNature. @ranil @trussliz @SimonClarkeMP change course now or face a rebellion on all fronts - and electoral oblivion
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Nov 18, 2024
    Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own. Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest?... 1/
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    May 17, 2020
    The owner of the Daily Mail & MoS, Viscount Rothermere, owns 4,700 acres in Dorset & Wiltshire, some of it via offshore firms based in tax havens: whoownsengland.org/2020/01/04/the… But they’d rather talk about Keir Starmer’s donkey field.
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Aug 2, 2022
    In deepest darkest Devon, I’ve found what I think is a fragment of Atlantic hazelwood: a type of temperate rainforest & a very rare habitat, more usually found in western Scotland or Ireland. Let me tell you a bit about it… 🧵1/n
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Jan 13, 2023
    BREAKING: Wealthy landowner wins court case to extinguish the right to wild camp on Dartmoor - the only place where it’s been legal in England This is an outrage & @Right_2Roam & @EveryonesStars are mobilising - follow them to join the rebellion
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Feb 18, 2022
    Britain is a rainforest nation - but we cut down most of our rainforests over the centuries. Overgrazed and under-recognised, only fragments remain. Please sign my petition calling on the UK Govt to protect and restore Britain's lost rainforests: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6084…
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Feb 12, 2023
    To me, a lichen-covered stick is as beautiful as a coral reef. Xanthoria parietina, south Devon coast.
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    May 8, 2022
    On our Mass Trespass of the Duke of Somerset’s pheasant shoot woods, we’ve discovered a mass grave of scores of discarded pheasants, wire mesh fencing, & fly-tipped rubbish. We’re here to draw back the veil of secrecy that hides how landowners - not ramblers - trash nature.
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Jun 13, 2022
    BREAKING: Right to wild camp on Dartmoor in jeopardy as huge landowner brings legal case against Dartmoor National Park Authority claiming no such right exists Dartmoor is the only place in England where you can legally wild camp - we must all defend this theguardian.com/environment/20…
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Apr 23, 2022
    Happy #StGeorgesDay. Your reminder that 1% of the population own half the land in England. whoownsengland.org And we only have a Right to Roam over 8% of the country. righttoroam.org.uk 'Rise like Lions after slumber... Ye are many - they are few.' - Shelley
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Nov 2, 2024
    ‘King Charles & Prince William do talk a good talk on the environment… but are they good stewards of the land they possess?’ Pleased to be interviewed by ⁦@C4Dispatches⁩ for their searing investigation into the Duchies of Cornwall & Lancaster, out tonight:
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    Guy Shrubsole
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    Nov 19, 2024
    Quick reminder that 355 huge aristocratic estates benefit from a *different* inheritance tax break for 'heritage assets', separate to APR This rewards them for owning ecologically damaging grouse moors & pheasant shoots Let's close this loophole:
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    Loophole exempts 355 landowners in England from inheritance tax, data shows
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