@domdyer70 @davidyelland If only he was still the editor of the @Telegraph. The paper has lost its moral compass under @chrisevans1
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Ben Welsh
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Ben Welsh
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Specialist communications and reputation management consultancy.
United Kingdom Katılım Mart 2010
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On a ship of fools Max Hastings stands out as a tower of intellectual thought & wisdom we need more like him
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@CeliaRichards0n @BenGoldsmith Why did you make hundreds of NT rangers redundant last year, Celia? There’s a fundamental paradox between the Trust’s ‘campaign to reverse nature freefall’ and the actualite, where your rangers are culled meaning far fewer NT employees to steward the NT’s land for nature.
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New campaign launched today. Voters want determined action to reverse the accelerating decline in UK nature. Please visit the National Trust website to join in.
National Trust urges public to lobby politicians to reverse nature ‘freefall’ | ITV News itv.com/news/2026-03-2…
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'Funny' cartoon for the day - from nearly thirty years ago showing a happy Scotsman catching wild fish before the arrival of lousy salmon farms and then unhappy with no catches after. Salmon farming kills @scotgov @ScotlandSalmon @AST_Salmon @MowiScotlandLtd @FFFTmag
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@Feargal_Sharkey Of course he did, and that is why he and Howard Boyd didn’t resign on principle after the EA budget was slashed, which they (and the Board) should have done. Too much moulah at stake. Now he’s topping it up with a sinecure at Welsh Water. Nice work if you can get it 😡
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Through all of his 8 years running the Environment Agency Sir James Bevan was never actually employed by the EA, he was always on 'secondment' from the Foreign Office so that he could remain a member of the civil service pension scheme.
Does that mean he got to keep his final salary pension bearing in mind that when he stepped down from the EA he was making £200,000 a year? Hell of a pension.
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"Well I think it should be seriously considered". Secretary of State for the Environment Emma Reynolds speaking to Nick about the removal of Sir James Bevan's gong.
So we agree, personally I would add the EA's chair to that, Emma Howard-Boyd CBE to that list in fact the whole board of both the EA and Ofwat should be under investigation for misconduct in public office.
Their gross incompetence is now costing water bill payers hundreds of millions if not billions of pounds.
LBC@LBC
‘I think it should be considered…’ @NickFerrariLBC asks Labour's Emma Reynolds whether she thinks ex-Southern Water head Sir James Bevan should be stripped of his knighthood.
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@CABS_REPORTS I love Italy but their obsession with killing and trapping songbirds is a stain on their national character. Just stop please
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CABS officers in Northern Italy just helped authorities bust three poachers.
>90 birds - including goldfinches and siskins - seized from illegal traffickers.
With spring migration around the corner, protection camps are heading south in the next few weeks.
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@ThatTimWalker Maybe under German ownership it will find its moral compass. Wouldn’t that be ironic
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The Telegraph is the paper that hates Britain, hates our values and hates what we hold dear.
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@CamillaTominey It’s only the sad and obsessive SW1 set who take any interest whatsoever in PMQs. So your point is confected.
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There is nothing the public likes less than politicians who refuse to answer the question. #PMQs is supposed to be a Q and A session. Instead it has become a Q and A with a Q session.
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@DavidGHFrost He’s right though. And that’s what you lot can’t stomach.
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Alexander Stubb exemplifies the know-all sneering disdain for democracy of the professional Eurocrat.
British politicians, whether Remainers or Leavers, do not generally go around European countries mocking decisions taken by their electorates. I am sorry we never seem to be able to expect the same from our European friends.
Chatham House@ChathamHouse
"I do think it's not only shooting yourself in the foot, but it's like amputating your leg without a medical reason for doing it." President of Finland Alexander Stubb (@alexstubb) gives his view on Brexit.
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A massively consequential investigation by Alan Rusbridger into GB News: how "one political party in Britain has effectively ended up with its own television station". Raises deep questions about hi-jacking of British media/political culture:
thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridge…
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@AnnabelDenham1 Why? What if the agreement improves trading with the EU by removing bureaucracy? Isn’t that a good thing? I k ow many business owners who’ve given up trading in Europe because of the hassle. Removing that hassle is sensible.
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Reform and the Tories should state unequivocally that they will not accept any agreement Labour make with EU and will unpick it.
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@julianHjessop @NLondonHousewif So how much has Brexit impacted growth, in your view Julian?
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Disappointing to see Reeves rehashing claims that Brexit has reduced GDP by "as much as 8%".
This figure is made up by comparing UK growth since 2016 with various mismatched groups of other countries and assuming that any shortfall can only be due to Brexit. Obviously flawed.
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford
Rachel Reeves says that Brexit did 'deep damage' to the UK's economy, equivalent to an 8 per cent hit to GDP She says it has led to higher costs for businesses, higher prices in shops and shrinking markets for exporters 'Brexit did deep damage. Recent independent studies indicate its GDP impact could be as much as 8 per cent. It has meant higher costs for businesses, and therefore higher costs in our shops. It has meant shrinking markets for UK exporters and our strategic industries exposed as protectionist barriers rise worldwide. 'Deals with India, the US and other allies are extremely welcome and beneficial but no trade deal with any individual nation can outweigh the importance of our relationship with a bloc with which we share a land border, with which our supply chains are closely intertwined and that accounts for almost half our trade. There is also a strategic imperative for deeper integration between the UK and the EU. Where it is in our national interest to align with further EU regulation we should be prepared to do so'
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@andrew_lilico @DavidGHFrost Brexit did damage us, UK economy has suffered since 2016, our cultural integration with Europe has gone backwards and the trade agreements signed since did not compensate.
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@_RobbieMoore Yes, the Tories really looked after farmers during their time in power (Brexit, crap deal with Oz, administrative nightmare of the payments system, and general taking the industry for granted. Why should they believe anything you say? And you screwed up our rivers too btw.
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Farmers are taking the government to court today over the family farm tax.
They have my full support.
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@Feargal_Sharkey Owned by @Macquarie, so you can be sure that the environmental damage is bottom of @SouthernWater priority list. Making tons of money is right at the top however #vampirekangaroo
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"The burst [sewage] pipe near the Southern Water pumping station on Bishopstoke Lane, Bishopstoke, led to raw sewage flowing into Bow Lake Stream, which runs into the River Itchen."
Not even the River Itchen can escape the ravages of Southern Water.
dailyecho.co.uk/news/25940949.…
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@Channel4News @alextomo Britain’s premier lake, poisoned by @unitedutilities over decades. Ex CEO Steve Mogford made £millions and retired to the Lakes….. he should be in jail for presiding over ecocide.
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Exclusive: Swimmers say Lake Windermere sewage caused life-threatening illnesses
📩Read our latest InDepth newsletter by @alextomo and watch the full report tonight at 7pm.
channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-sw…
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The Bank of England is a disgrace for wanting to replace Churchill with ‘wildlife’.
As Churchill himself said, “A country that forgets its past has no future.”
He has earned his place on our £5 note.
Join our campaign to stop this mad idea.
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"In all my years reviewing footage from inside fish farms, this ranks among the most distressing I have encountered”
theferret.scot/videos-damaged…
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@vicky_allan Scottish Government is in the pocket of the salmafia. Nevermind the corruption and pollution, feel the profit.
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Scottish salmon farms not problem and need no further regulation in spite of 12 million deaths last year.
Really? 🤔 heraldscotland.com/news/25927530.…
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