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@BennyH391512 @timfarron I think its short sighted not to support farming. It can't be turned on and off. A decision now may have implications in 18 months time

@scale_william @timfarron Actually uk has shifted to supporting the environment I’d have thought the LibDems would welcome that And France has become a net food importer Including for sheep which it gets fron 🇬🇧

England is now the only country in Europe that doesn't financially support its farmers to produce food. Surely Trump's conflict in the Middle East and Putin's invasion of Ukraine show how utterly vital our food security is? The Government needs to wake up and back our farmers.

@TheSolarShed Its only 20% efficient

Covering 3% of the UK with solar would generate as much electricity as the UK uses in a year. We have the solutions.

@WillHayCardiff Man made cliamate change is not an established fact. It can't be. Climate has always changed. There was a warming up before we started using fossil fuels anyway, there have been frequent warmings and coolings. And besides all this climate change is not a big deal

Self confessed Welsh conspiracy theorist says she is going to "hold her nose" and vote Reform. We were out speaking to people in Wales and it really is scary how far down the rabbit hole some people have gone. Man-made climate change is well established scientific fact but a sustained campaign of misinformation by oil companies and irresponsible politicians has deliberately hamstrung our ability to tackle this enormous threat. What's interesting is that she identifies real issues with Wales (health, transport and economy). These are real problems causing real pain. But unless we are debating them from the point of view of facts and evidence it will be really hard to meaningfully tackle them. For more coverage like this about Wales check out the link in the pinned tweet. Big hat tip to the excellent @edcmpbl for asking the questions.

@NationCymru @ShiptonMartin There isn't any "mounting evidence"

A coalition of groups has called on the Welsh Government to phase out the use of glyphosate-based weed-killers in public spaces following mounting evidence that they are damaging to public health and the environment ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1hxJ

@simon_schama @shanaka86 Not that interesting. Most farmers will have contracted their prices for fert. If not they may swivel to soybeans. The grain price has been so low for over 4 years we need something to retain profitability

This is so interesting from @shanaka86 - absolutely the best informed, most analytically perceptive, detailed commentator on the war.

@MikeFoley781 @agronomistag When you urinate in a swimming pool can you turn the water yellower?

@agronomistag My favorite trick, to go along with this, is mathing out the quantity of native soil microbes vs. applied soil microbes. I'm no expert but once you see how minute of an amount is being applied, you can't logically support the practice.

There are more soil inoculant products than ever, but research has found most don’t survive long enough to matter. Here’s why: ➡️Tiny cultivable fraction ➡️Fermentation-soil mismatch ➡️Native competition ➡️Soil‑to‑soil variability My latest, csanr.wsu.edu/why-soil-inocu…

@USAP09 @Joe___Allen @JacotheNorth There are plenty of cheaper houses for sale in Pembrokeshire.

@Joe___Allen @JacotheNorth Because Powys Pembrokeshire among others and Ceredigion are target locations for English immigrants with large retirement capital and incomes?

Incredible table. 6 of the bottom 10 local authority areas in the UK for first time buyer affordability are in Wales. Why? Because our wages are crap. Bizarre lack of political interest in private sector housing, too.

@harry_bcafc @livedarts You have no idea of the work they put in to get to the top!

@livedarts It’s tough mentally getting up at half 6 every morning and grafting your arse off all day every day but we all do it. They have it piss easy we’d all love to be in their position getting paid thousands just to throw darts

Gerwyn Price reacts to his defeat in the European Trophy final on Instagram 📲

@Pylon54 @DianaHarding7 Oil fired heating is generally quite cost effective. There is a current price spike but 1000 litres @ 50p goes a long way for heating a home for the year

@DianaHarding7 Despite all the negativity against heat pumps versus gas, an air source heat pump (or a ground source heat pump if you have the area) is likely to be more cost effective than oil fired heating.

Just heard some idiot on the radio saying shouldn't we be trying to get people off oil fired heating. Duh - most have oil boilers because there is no gas supply! 🤦‍♀️

@364690 I doubt it. I expect it will be an 8 page form with a record of your income to get £100 rebate

@heroinforkids @LN_Jessica7 @zilzal89 Some of the punters are like that. I think there is a range of types there - its predominantly a rural event with a bit of rural cosplaying.

@scale_william @LN_Jessica7 @zilzal89 oh I don’t think the tradition itself has to be imaginative, I enjoy cheltenham as it is but (some) of the punters themselves are typically an archetype of british man that loves peaky blinders, stag dos and coke. love the footy but you could say very similar things about that

Perfect example of Orwells quote about the left and "Sniggering"

@LN_Jessica7 @heroinforkids @zilzal89 Why does a tradition need to be imaginative? Dig a bit deeper and the drama surrounding Cheltenham has huge depth. Little battles everywhere - jockeys, syndicates, owners, celebs, trainers, bookies, starts, finishes, failure, death....

@heroinforkids @zilzal89 It simply describes honestly how a certain modern British identity associated with Cheltenham tends to be quieter, more conservative, and less imaginative.

@terrychristian You could say this is the same for grain and food markets. Regardless of how the price is set, supply matters! With imported gas we are exporting our money more

This is a known reality. Yet the lie about if we fracked or drilled in our backyard this would lower household bills is constantly pumped out by fossil fuel owned parties and lobbies to the 'Dave down the pub' types .

@RupertLowe10 The UK produces no fertiliser anymore .The supposed National Farmers Union runway business on behalf of the supermarkets and merchants to prevent farmers accessing their home markets unless they pay (Red Tractor). Pips are squeezing

Talking to more and more friends in British farming who are simply packing it all in. The situation is so much worse than anyone in Westminster realises.

@LizWebsterSBF @JeremyClarkson The @NFUtweets own a private company (Red Tractor) that has been set up specifically to do this. It's almost certainly illegal. Don't kid yourself that they work for farmers!

🚜 @JeremyClarkson sums up the absurdity perfectly: Britain 🇬🇧 forces its farmers to meet extremely strict and expensive standards and then allows wholesalers to import food produced to completely different rules. Making British farmers compete with lower-standard imports is like sending your Olympic team into the race in straightjackets.

@DrTimothyKelly Greens are basically desk based environmentalists. Talk a load of stuff but don't really do much conservation work, observe or manage the environment etc

The tragedy of modern Green politics: genuine environmental concerns — soil degradation, river pollution, habitat loss — have been abandoned in favour of a net zero agenda that serves technocrats and lobbyists. I care deeply about the environment. That's precisely why I don't trust the Greens with it.

@itvracing Totally hyped up in the first place by Matt Chapman. No wonder the jockeys say hardly anything in their interviews to him. That could have been sorted behind closed doors outwith of any publicity

"All is forgiven" 🤝 Declan Queally & Nico de Boinville patch things up after yesterday's disagreement 💪

@bbctms What an absolute load of bollocks

An action-packed day at the men's Hundred auction 🍿 The tournament gets underway on July 21 🏏💥

@KitChri75116757 @simonmaechling I can see how RR works well. 3 /4 years alfalfa and then plenty of RDP to kill the alfalfa

@scale_william @simonmaechling Maize and alfalfa (lucerne)

How long until the EU admits that banning GMOs was a choice and in hindsight, it was a strategic mistake.