Gareth Huw Davies

Travel/environment writer. Travel. Dw i hefyd yn ysgrifennu erthyglau yn Gymraeg

[The Purple Pimpernel @Eyeswideopen69]

The net worth of the British royal family is estimated at £22billion, according to Forbes.

King Charles’ own wealth of over £2billion is independent of this.

The Crown Estate is valued at about £16billion.

Why don’t we give this cash to the NHS instead?

Put that on a bus!

[Daughters of Persia @fightforpersia]

She stripped away their control. Now, they want her silenced.

Say her name. Share her story. Show the world her courage! ✊

#AhooDaryaei #آهودریایی

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@secretspartacus @Keir_Starmer @Feargal_Sharkey Chesham has one of our rare chalk streams running through it, entirely accessible, with public footpaths running alongside. Local people, politicians, businesses realise what a wonder they have, but their voice, and other people's near chalk streams is too quiet to shift Starmer

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@jonathanwatts How many more impossibly piled up cars in a narrow street do we need to see before there's real commitment to act?

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@WindleshamRich Richard, I doubt if more than a few media political commentators know a thing about the election day process - Michael Crick being one of the chief exceptions.

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@mikephillips009 Can you imagine Dan Biggar, at the top of his game, being taken off in similar circumstances?

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@rugbyontnt Lesson 1.
Dion't take off a fly half at the top of his game.

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@hexter101 @ChartistOur Thanks for this, Matthew. Newport - it's history, culture (Museum and Art Gallery), and rugby tradition (Newport 3, the All Blacks 0, 1963, anyone?) - all too easily overlooked by so many, on the train to Cardiff. Well worth stopping off.

[Elizabeth Kolbert @ElizKolbert]

If you want to know why scientists are so worried about the threat of #AMOC collapse, I try to explain it here: https://t.co/9k9shPJCxy

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@CarolineVoaden Hypothetical example. Say a couple in my village want to do right thing and take the bus to the local station. So it's £2+£2 there; £2+£2 back. That's £8, just under the £9 car park fee. Now it's going to be £12. Sod it. We'll take the car.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Scrapping the £2 bus fare cap is a disgraceful decision that will harm the poorest in society, and discourage public transport at a time when it is needed more than ever.

Why is the government punishing people for trying to get to work?

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@christianwolmar Just seen it's going to be £3. So that's £6 to the station and back and you're already close to the price of the car park. (I'm talking about people who don't normally take a bus, here.) Forget it. Take the car.

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@christianwolmar Bus service near me recently diverted to call at Tring station. So, no matter where you start from on this bus, it's £2 to the station, and much cheaper than the car park. And £2 home. Now - £3? £4? £6? Dunno. Let's take the car.

[Climate Change Committee @theCCCuk]

We recommend the UK’s NDC commits to reduce territorial greenhouse gas emissions by 81% from 1990 to 2035. It is informed by the latest science, technological developments, and the UK’s national circumstances. It is ambitious and deliverable.
https://t.co/wH9nJVztYj

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@fionaharvey We were already warned. I remember a Channel 4 news 'possible collapse of Gulf Stream' item 10 years, possibly more, years ago. Taken very seriously by John Snow.

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@GideonJAmos I keep reading good sense from the Lib Dems.

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@glynhudson Delighted to hear, Glyn. Same EV as you and troubled by Chademo phase out - recently found petrol-station sized charging station on French m'way, but all CCS. Should be OK in UK for a bit, but good to know there's an answer a year or so out.

[Transport Action Network @TransportActio2]

This is a real testament to the vision of Lee Waters in getting this implemented. Nearly everyone benefits

Counties in England that are resisting calls for 20mph speed limits in villages, such as @EastSussexCC, should think again

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@PaulCliftonBBC We still seem to be looking at new railway stations, as "nice to have" rather than "essential" if we are to meet net zero targets, a target successive governments have pledged to meet. Potentially served by trains using electricity increasingly generated from renewables.

[Dick Newby @RichardNewby3]

News that @UKLabour is considering making solar panels optional rather than compulsory on new homes, after pressure from housebuilders, is depressing. This should be a no-brainer on the path to @NetZero @LibDems