Andrew Abbott 🏁 🇪🇺

Touring Car journalist / data aficionado @TouringCarsNet, covering #TCR and #BTCC. Occasional weather tweets. Email me: [email protected].

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#BTCC : Ash Sutton wins by biggest margin in 27 years in race two at Oulton Park - https://t.co/4oIdSwio0w

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@Petagna @ClarksonsFarm1 That account is unaffiliated with Clarkson.

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@AllForProgress_ "Britain could have the cheapest energy within the developed world within a decade". Agreed. So let's ramp up renewables and electrify all our motoring. It's already benefiting me, now it needs to benefit everyone.

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@1990sBTCC At 0:26 - should have just floored it...

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@SuellaBraverman What an embarrassingly stupid thing to say.

Know the difference between Weather and Climate.

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@KateFantom Perhaps you've not encountered that freak situation which requires you to take a tyre to it's limits - when that driver pulls out in front of you and you have to do an emergency stop, you go through an unseen puddle in a storm on the motorway & risk aquaplaning etc... just saying

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@James_Bailey @BBCNews BBC has in recent years used MeteoGroup as their data supplier. Let's hope their switch back to MET Office data improves things.

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@Dwarfio @samsmithwolves Depending on your lifestyle, you should rarely need to press max charge if you set the target % and ready by times correctly. Will take some getting used to but don't fall into the trap of pressing that pricey button too often when it's new.

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@MartinSLewis I live in a rural country in a Grade II listed property. Think I'll just have to suck it up...

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@DaveThroup Yes, they're chronically underfunded, and rural counties like Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire have additional challenges due to their larger sizes and lower population densities.

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@danmason91 I see a '95 Laguna, just without the blue wheels

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@annabel543876 @BBCNews Could also be the fact that it has rained every day of 2026 so far...

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@slcroucher @dani_juncadella A bit like a Brexit voter is used to seeing the world through rose tinted glasses I guess...

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Somewhat depressed to view the profiles of so many of the touring car personalities (in the UK (!)), in a sport I love, spouting and reposting xenophobic right-wing narratives. The BTCC and TCR UK paddock is a place I enjoy with some great people. But then there's the others...

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@James_Bailey @Artemisfornow Indeed. If unchecked, wealth inequality would just get worse.

Worth pointing out the human geography aspect - if people in their 20s and 30s struggle financially too much, the birth rate declines etc. Then, you have effects on migration, retirement age etc.

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@andyblackmore @_____ebag @AlletropirPete @IMSA By (almost) the same approach, the BTCC is international because it's got an Irishman racing a Japanese car and the series goes to Scotland... 🤷‍♂️