Having two accounts on twitter (separating work & personal content) used to make sense to me but as new year resolution I will only be posting @DavidDjward and also @davidjward.bsky.social. Wishing all my followers a prosperous & peaceful new year.
Today we’re launching London’s new Vision Zero road safety plan.
I’m proud that the bold steps we’ve already taken have saved lives - helping make London’s roads safer faster than the rest of the UK and now safer than major cities like New York, Paris and Rome.
Huge respect for @DavyZyw who’s aiming to be the first person with MND to compete in the Winter Olympics (snowboarding!) raising awareness and funds for MND research. Now THAT’s a New Year’s resolution! 😍❤️🎉
The Rotary Christmas Carol Concert at St Mildred’s Church was magical this year! Our Vice President, Oksana Romanukha, gave a moving reading to a crowd of over 400 people! Many mince pies and cups of mulled wine were consumed, and we raised close to £1,300 for local charities. 🎄
Lovely film shown @AshfordCouncil today on initiative of Mayor Cllr Lyn Suddards about motor neurone disease & remembering Cllr Alex Ward. He served on the council but was lost to MND in July 2020. The film highlights research effort to find a cure for this devastating disease.
Great festive fundraiser @AshfordLabour this evening with Sojan Joseph MP. Sojan is a hard working champion for his constituency delivering positive change to people’s lives. Good to hear @annaturley chair @UKLabour speak in support of Sojan & recall her school years in the town.
“I’ve never seen in my lifetime the United States… being this willing to use coercion globally,” says historian @peterfrankopan. “In a world of predators and of carnivores, being vegetarian – which is how the European Union is set up – probably is not helpful.”
“People care about the #MND community, they truly do”
Yesterday, MND Association patron Kevin Sinfield CBE and his team, completed their epic #7in7.
This was his reaction on the pitch of @leedsrhinos’ Headingley Stadium, speaking with @BBCBreakfast!
Manic week - apologies for multiple posts, but its all in plain sight now
The Double Headed Eagle - Russia and America and Authoritarian Big Tech Alliance
The EU is the enemy of both
https://t.co/7ePV3yyuZt
All above has been aided by charlatans like Boris Johnson & Nigel Farage. British voters of any party & none that care about our democracy & the security of our children & grandchildren need to wake up. Our future lies in Europe, reformed, renewed & capable of defending itself.
Earlier this week I was @OECD where post WW2 Marshall Plan was administered…a powerful reminder of vital role of US aid to post war reconstruction in Europe. On Friday Trump admin released its National Security Strategy that repudiates 80 years of US diplomacy & leadership.
We need to confront this betrayal of values of democracy & multilateral cooperation. Europe’s dangerous trajectory is caused by divisive populism, folly of Brexit, oligarchs seeking to avoid public interest regulation & threats posed by Putin’s aim to restore a Russian empire.