Ant Pickles

Board Member @Heathrow Passenger | Trustee of @IWA_Wales | Former @VisitBritain & @Nissan

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

We asked @RoryStewartUK what the case is for the Union and who is best placed to lead the campaign. Watch this and much more at https://t.co/eQ0QTa0EAd @State_of_the_UK

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

He was just a brilliant, brilliant man in so many ways. I feel so lucky to have called him a friend.

[BBC Cymru Fyw @BBCCymruFyw]

Un o ffigyrau gwleidyddol mwyaf blaenllaw a lliwgar Cymru, yr Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas, wedi marw
https://t.co/4oAZod5gar

[BBC Wales Politics @WalesPolitics]

Missed this week's #PoliticsWales?
🚜Huw Irranca Davies denied the new Sustainable Farming Scheme was "giving way" to farmers.
🌳@antpickles on Andrew RT Davies' future as leader
🏥@Cemlyn on concerns about Velindre project
⚖️@KanishkaNarayan @IloraFinlay on assisted dying bill

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

Using the Welsh Government's own stats, this tax will be paid by only 20% of visitors - a group already falling year-on-year - and spending less and less. The strategy needs a complete overhaul and it doesn't start with making yourself less competitive...

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

Wales tourism tax plans to be published https://t.co/Rp9bitWfgC

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

What’s amusing about this - it’s actually the property of the Irish Government and “on loan” to Sydney. (Hard to imagine it’ll be heading back to Dublin any time soon though…😂)

[The Daily Telegraph @dailytelegraph]

Hours after Senator Lidia Thorpe was removed from the Great Hall after she screamed at the King, the iconic statue of Queen Victoria outside the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney's CBD was vandalised with red paint. MORE: https://t.co/8Alq2Pp1ng

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

The anniversary isn’t for the Wales Office, only the role of Secretary of State. The Welsh Office wasn’t set up until April 1965.

[Wales Office @WalesOffice]

🎂 The Wales Office celebrates its 60th anniversary today.

🎉 Mae Swyddfa Cymru yn dathlu 60 mlynedd.

Secretary of State for Wales @jostevenslabour reflects on her first three months in the post 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

Interesting to join @jamswilliams85 and Ron Davies to talk about the 60 years of Welsh Secretaries. I think the job will continue (and needs to) but there’s always debate about its future. Take a listen👇

[BBC Wales Politics @WalesPolitics]

⚡️NEW WALESCAST OUT NOW⚡️

🏥@jamswilliams85 + @GarethLewis77 on the confusion over Labour's plans for more cross-border NHS co-operation

🟢@llinos_medi on Plaid Cymru's conference

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🎂60 years of Welsh Secretaries

Enjoy 👇

https://t.co/hrrEE7VwR3

[Institute of Welsh Affairs @IWA_Wales]

"As a sweep of history, each occupant tells a story of a changed political role, and yet, one that continues, now into its seventh decade."

Ahead of its 60th anniversary, @AntPickles reflects on the role of the #SecretaryofStateforWales 👉https://t.co/ob2ubOxogZ

#thewelshagenda

[Rebecca Leach @beccy066]

On @BBCRadioWales 'Sunday Supplement' 8-9am with @VaughanRoderick

Guests
@huw4ogmore
@DelythJewellAM
@antpickles
@soniasodha
@ScottLucas_EA
@CSolar

Papers
@LibDemDavid
@Katie_Dalton

https://t.co/PBgYUpmHor

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

Great to be out helping Will today in Bury St Edmunds. Lots of interesting conversations! #GE2024

[Will Tanner @Will_Tanner]

Crack team out in Moreton Hall this morning speaking to as many voters as we can before polling day. Great reception on the doorstep!

[ITV Wales News @ITVWales]

First minister, Vaughan Gething, has lost the Senedd's vote of no confidence
https://t.co/BGHyqrBHUF

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

Welsh Labour’s secret weapon was always its iron rod discipline and ability to circle-round when it needed to. Vaughan Gething losing a confidence motion is a big deal, regardless of his insistence to ignore it.

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

@markaizatt It looks like Just Stop Oil have already got to it.

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

@RonnieMushiso @TwickTories @CBIConservative @felthamhestonco @RBKConservative @RPNKTories What a brilliant video, Ron.

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

@ahawksbee @ukonward Great appointment. Congratulations!

[Margaret Keenan @MargaretKeenan]

Future of steel & steel communities, Rwanda bill, & Senedd reform on @WalesPolitics 'Sunday Supplement' with @VaughanRoderick 8-9am @BBCRadioWales
@RobertBuckland
@JoStevensLabour
@LOS_Fisher @antpickles
@DavidReesMS
@PeredurPlaidAS & @WelshWomensAid
https://t.co/48syGcNP3S

[David Torrance @davidtorrance]

My documentary for @BBCRadio4 on Ramsay MacDonald and the first Labour government (formed a century ago this month) airs tonight at 8pm. Includes contributions from @RichardToye @writerperkins & @GordonBrown - please tune in!
https://t.co/ndy5aoffCV #thewildmen

[Sam Richards @sjarichards]

Delighted to be asked by @michaelgove to lead an independent review into our statutory consultees to speed up planning.

We can both better protect our natural world and dramatically speed up getting things built in Britain.

Let’s get building!

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

Big news and big boost to supply chain too - 40% of Nissan Sunderland’s steel comes from Port Talbot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Nissan is set to manufacture electric vehicles at its Sunderland plant, creating a "significant boost" for the UK automotive sector, Sky News understands.

🔗 https://t.co/H0feLCZyRl

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Simon Jack @BBCSimonJack]

Jeremy Hunt tomorrow to pledge hundreds of millions more to boost UK car battery production. https://t.co/NDPvtEUxBO

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

@markaizatt Indeed. His stories of early life in Malta were extraordinary.

[Ant Pickles @antpickles]

Deeply saddened to hear of Lord Judge’s passing. I was very fortunate to be mentored by him in recent years, and his sheer depth of knowledge and experience was awe inspiring, but his kindness is what will always stand out in my mind.

[Judicial Office @JudiciaryUK]

Lady Carr, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, expresses her profound sadness that Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales between 2008 and 2013, passed away yesterday.
https://t.co/HzgUjsnOOC