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@UKinUSA Trod on my wife’s foot in a lift at Heathrow. No apology. Treated his chauffeur with disdain. Hope he treats his staff in Washington better.

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@sizewellc @yimbyalliance Odd post. What has a £40bn nuclear power station that will wipe out local tourism for a decade and split communities in half got to do with building more houses?

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@ShashiTharoor Very sad but thank you for many fond memories @ShashiTharoor

I am sorry to hear that the India Club, London, is to close permanently in September. As the son of one of its founders, I lament the passing of an institution that served so many Indians (and not only Indians) for nearly three-quarters of a century. For many students, journalists and travellers, it was a home away from home, offering simple and good quality Indian food at affordable prices as well as a convivial atmosphere to meet and maintain friendships. As the picture shows, I was there this summer with my sister (we are standing in front of photos of my father attending club events in the early 1950s) and am sad to realise that that was my last visit, since I will not be returning to London this year. Om Shanti!

@AlexHartley93 Was sitting nearby. While everyone else was faffing about the drop, he calmly picked up the ball at his feet and threw it back 🕶️

@henrywinter "Air analysis" is an apt description of what the BBC's pundits serve up. MOTD (and Football Focus) are painful to watch live. BBC had an open goal to reset and missed.

BBC bosses need to appreciate better how important Match of the Day is and what Gary Lineker brings to it. In an era of teams being more tactically sophisticated, the insight that Lineker & pundits bring is even more important. They spend hours watching games, then air analysis.

@BBCNews At last, growns ups in the room. The cost would be at least £40bn. £25bn is a years old valuation. Excludes higher inflation, debts costs.

Sizewell new nuclear plant under review bbc.in/3E08MIF

@sizewellc @beisgovuk @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @Policy_Exchange Expect another U-turn when the taxpayer gets wind they will be on the hook for the 40bn build cost of Sizewell C via increased electricity bills. theguardian.com/environment/20…

💬 “Nuclear power is just fundamental. There’s no way we can get to net zero, or even have an intelligent electricity strategy, without nuclear.” Secretary of State for @beisgovuk @Jacob_Rees_Mogg noting the crucial role of #nuclear in today’s @Policy_Exchange panel #CPC22

@BorisJohnson It would also cost £30-40bn with taxpayers liable, take 15+ years to build, be based on EPR technology that doesn’t work and is out of date today, backed by bankrupt EDF, built on an eroding site, and ruin @RSPBMinsmere. But don‘t let details get in the way of your legacy.

Sizewell C will create tens of thousands of jobs and power 6 million homes – roughly a fifth of all the homes in the UK.
 
It will help to fix the energy needs not just of this generation, but of the next.

@KwasiKwarteng New large nuclear is unsustainable and cripplingly expensive. The two proposed EPR reactors at #SizewellC are based on flawed, outdated technology pushed by bankrupt EDF and China. Focus instead on development of new small modular reactors developed by Rolls Royce @ZacGoldsmith

Richard Rogers changed the face of urban Britain more than any other architect of the late 20th century – but not with his buildings theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Paris is reducing on-street car parking and planting the outer lanes of the Champs-Élysées with trees to create a 1.9 kilometre new “urban garden” in the centre of the city - bit.ly/2Z6ewLt #construction #architecture #paris #cities

@theroyalparks Please close Richmond park to through traffic. Without ANPR, that means only allowing access to the nearest car park. The park being peaceful and safe was genuinely the best thing about Lockdown 1. twitter.com/mpbbeau/status…

As we enter Lockdown 3, the parks will remain open for everyone and we strongly urge adherence to the government's guidelines while doing so. You can see more here: bit.ly/3pVjSEZ

@munirawilson Why? That is a mistake, surely, when you compare with multiple other boroughs staying open with much higher infection rates per capita.

Important info for constituents 📢 Primary schools will not be opening in Richmond upon Thames until the 18th Jan for now. Primary schools will only be open to key workers' children or vulnerable children Children not attending school will get remote learning (1/2)

If you love East Suffolk, or if you think spending 10 years creating the biggest construction site in Europe to build a massive seaside nuclear plant is NOT the most efficient way to create renewable energy and help climate change, please sign this. stopsizewellcpetition.com

@BBCSimonJack @markbabbage Will you also apply the same investigative rigour to the serious environmental concerns that @RSPBMinsmere , @StopSizewellC, @SayNo2SizewellC and others have raised?

@markbabbage Each blade is 105 meters long.

New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

@BBCSimonJack A desperately under researched and one sided piece. Does the BBC care about the environment?Sizewell will be Europe’s largest construction site right on top of an SSSI - it will be an ecological, economic and mental health disaster @RSPBMinsmere @StopSizewellC @ZacGoldsmith

@richmondsociety @LBRUT How about permanently raising and widening pavements instead? Our local retailers need shoppers to feel safe to encourage footfall @AlexanderEhmann

Richmond Society urges @LBRuT to remove #socialdistancing barriers at critical pinch points in George Street. Extra footpath width is seldom used, difference in levels between pavement and road create a trip hazard, and cyclists are forced to move into the traffic stream.

@philip_ciwf Yet all their UK pigs are gassed to death in CO2 pits for cost efficiency reasons. About 1/3rd down here: waitrose.com/home/inspirati…

“It would be wrong to maintain high standards here yet import food from overseas produced to lower standards We would be closing our eyes to a problem that exists in another part of the world and to animals who are out of our sight and our minds” #WellSaid independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

@twickerman @RichmondCycling @StevoLaughton @russell1871 @Bigdai100 @SocialSunman @SolOnWheels To be fair it was packed this morning, hundreds of cyclists out (incl. me). Tough balance for @theroyalparks - I could live with the old 7-10, 4-7 if it was extended to weekends as long as cars do not return. Park is an oasis without traffic and fumes.

It's so busy in Richmond Park that pedestrians don't stand a chance of crossing.🤔