@JoannaPartridge His comments unwittingly reveal two things. Offhand rejection of well documented phenomenon but also a prescient comment about the effectiveness of training to correct it (although he's in bad faith). Missed opportunity to examine the actual effectiveness of such training.
Ultimately this. The UK government has chosen so far to prioritise a potential US trade deal over committing to maintain UK food standards. That is the reason for some of the new barriers to trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland or the EU.
Read and learn. @alanbeattie at his finest in pointing out home truths to both UK and EU. Though tempting to upset him with a surprise spoiler from the future...
@rtetwip @podonovan @RTENewsNow @RTEOne That's that then. Whenever by happenstance we manage to achieve a modicum of progress, instead of examining viable alternatives, like shuttle buses, or allowing those alternatives to organically develop (people opting to commute by bike or telework where possible) we say 'nah'
Unbelievable! EU governments and those of ๐ฌ๐ง๐ณ๐ด๐จ๐ญ subsidise fossil fuels with 137 billion - every year!
In ๐ฉ๐ช alone, the figure is 37 billion.
The subsidies must be abolished as soon as possible! Otherwise, the climate targets will fail.
Great research, @investigate_eu!
@doubleDfit @dublincycling@Aidan_Regan If you have a genuine need for an SUV to provide emergency medical assistance that should be relatively easy to prove to the licensing authority