alan hewson

Writer, guerrilla forester, maker and Director, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 1985-2013

[Cat Hobbs @CatHobbs]

This is incorrect

Welsh Water is not in public ownership, it's a 'not for profit' which loses 41% of bills to finance costs, same as Thames Water

Publicly owned Scottish Water on the other hand has finance costs of only 8% - and 50% more investment

https://t.co/AZMOvmM62F

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

If a nurse gives a Senator $50 to vote for Medicare for All, it's illegal.

But Larry Ellison, worth $202 billion, spent $45 million to get Trump elected. So Trump is helping his family control:

CBS
CNN
TikTok
HBO
TNT
MTV
BET
And more

That’s a corrupt campaign finance system.

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Read it yourself: The UN report on Israel targeting Palestinian children stands up to scrutiny. Irfan Chowdhury and I write for Middle East Eye:

https://t.co/t6RdharBCX

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people!

[Your Party @thisisyourparty]

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Congratulations to Melat Kiros on her extraordinary victory in Colorado over a 30-year incumbent House member.

The tide is turning.

Americans are tired of status quo politics.

They want representatives in Congress who will stand up to oligarchy and fight for working families.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

In the first year of his second term, Donald Trump has pocketed $2.2bn from his business ventures. America seems to be marking its 250th anniversary by a descent into one-man kleptocracy.

[Paolo Mossetti @paolomossetti]

Vatican accuses EU of double standards on Israel:

"If a country is an enemy, it is condemned as undemocratic and sanctioned in various ways; but if it is an ally, the fact that it lacks freedom of expression, human rights or democracy is ignored...

The European Union, in fact, imposes economic sanctions on one country, and sends financial aid and weapons to another; yet fails to do the same in the face of other, even more serious invasions with even more brutal consequences for entire populations...

These contradictions... suggest that, in practice, concerns boil down to the political and economic interests of different regions of the globe... There is no longer a real and stable framework of truth and values."

(Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith)

[Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @LeftieStats]

🗳️ POLL | Should disability benefits be cut in order to fund an increase in defence spending?

✅ Should – 18%
❌ Should not – 66%

(Via YouGov, 23 – 24 April 2026)

[Middle Eastern Affairs @OpsHQs]

🚨Tel Aviv is witnessing rare civil disobedience. A group of Israeli refuseniks are burning their draft papers on the main street. The reason for refusal: 'We will not kill children in Palestine and Lebanon.' The penalty: military prison. But they insist on going to prison rather than enlisting

[alan hewson @alhewson]

@jonburkeUK @DuncanBarkes I think Duncan’s bark is worse than his bite!

[alan hewson @alhewson]

@jonburkeUK @DuncanBarkes spot on!

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

@DuncanBarkes It’s been closed for seven years because it wasn’t designed to carry the enormous polluting vehicles your childlike mind associates with ‘progress’.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

We need to get serious about the crises facing us all: climate change, inequality and war.

In a few years' time, will we look back and be grateful that we spent billions on weapons?

Or will we look back and wish we had the common sense to invest in a greener, fairer world?

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

Today I led a debate in Parliament to ban ALL MPs’ second jobs.

Nigel Farage didn’t show up to defend any of his - including the latest one, raking in £22,500 an hour to promote a gold dealer.

The gravy train must end. Watch the debate below.

[Your Party @thisisyourparty]

They told you there was no money for the NHS, housing or schools.

Yesterday they found almost £80 billion a year for weapons.

The money was always there. They just chose who gets it.

[alan hewson @alhewson]

@mod_in_metro We seem to have lost the ability to build elegant modern buildings like this

[Modernism in Metroland @mod_in_metro]

Canteen, Hoover Factory, Perivale

1938

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

https://t.co/jK1k3r3qh7

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Dear @EnvAgency.

In February this year, after 4 years of asking you to look after the Aldersbrook, I led a team of volunteers to do your job for you & clean out tonnes of silt & leaves, as well as hundreds of bags of rubbish. Through the effort of community volunteers & donations, & at zero cost to the taxpayer, we turned a forgotten silted up ditch back into a river again.

Last nights intense rain storm showed why our actions are the very definition of “strengthening water resilience”. A huge amount of rain fell in a short time, but the restored section of the Aldersbrook has been able to hold 100’s of thousands of litres more water, stopping this water running into the Roding, & thereby *reducing* local flood risk. The first photograph below is of the Aldersbrook after the rains this morning- a big contrast to the area before we did the work.

Perhaps more importantly, this water, instead of running straight off into the Roding & hence the sea is now being held in the Aldersbrook & gradually released so it can be used by nature. It is feeding marshes, trees & wildlife, topping up groundwater & helping to reduce our flood/drought cycle. If you want to strengthen water resilience, we need thousands more projects like the Aldersbrook around the country.

So the question I ask you, Environment Agency, is why you are threatening me with two years imprisonment, rather than offering to meet & discuss how we can work together to restore the Roding & its tributaries, which could become a blueprint for you cooperating with local river guardians nationwide?

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

In the richest country on earth, millions of people can't afford healthcare, housing, childcare or other basic necessities.

We don't need tax breaks for billionaires, more military spending, endless wars and a White House ballroom.

We need to improve life for the working class.