John Thomas

Farming sheep and sucklers in South Wales, Rotational grazing. Ex Councillor for St Athan and ex -leader of Vale of Glamorgan Council. No longer a councillor.

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@RachelReevesMP And the planet is melting, but its all the fault of the cows!

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@CPJElmore @YvetteCooperMP @FCDOGovUK Congratulations Chris

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@duncanmor Are you bale grazing or are they just having defered grass?

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

Simple solution, buy Silver Spoon or other sugars made with British sugar beet.

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

Labour’s ‘New Deal for Farmers’ (@SteveReedMP Aug 2024)

A promise ‘to protect farmers from being undercut by low welfare and low standards in trade deals.’

Plus ca change.

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

Wouldn't agree with everything he said or did but he hit the nail on the head here.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Throwback to 2005

Nigel Farage, "Your only real achievement is that Britain is now isolated, alienated, we are completely alone within the European Union"

Tony Blair, "You sit with our countries flag, you do not represent our countries interest"

"This is the year 2005.. Not 1945.. We're not fighting each other any more.. These are our partners.. They're our colleagues and our future is in Europe"

"When you and your colleagues say what do we get with what we contribute.. We get a Europe that is unified after years of dictatorship in the east.. We get economic development in countries who we have championed.. We get a future reform that allows us once and for all to put an end to discussions about rebates, common agricultural policy, and get a proper reform budget for Europe"

"That's what we get if we have the vision to sieze that opportunity"

It's now 2024 and Nigel Farage and Brexit have alienated the UK in Europe. Brexit has caused enormous damage across almost every industry, ruining lives, hopes and dreams

Each year we remain outside the EU Single Market the UK loses £40 billion in tax revenue that could fund our services and pay for things our country needs

If we want services and for things to work, the UK can't afford to be isolated and alienated outside of Europe

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@fungi_flowers @PeterFox61 Agree it's not a problem to livestock on roads and verges but what about the millions of air bourne seeds that spread all over neighbouring fields.

[Nick Cotter @NickCotterJr]

Requesting help from #NewZealand farmers of Twitter!

Commencing my @NuffieldIreland travels with a week in NZ from 26 July - 3rd August, looking for innovative folk working on drench resistance in sheep!

RTs appreciated 🙏 @NZBeefLamb @Fergenetics

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@lisburnett @WelshLGA @HuwJDavidCC Congratulations Lis

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@SDoughtyMP @FCDOGovUK Congratulations On your appointment Stephen

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@cotwoldshepherd Just use them, they're not a medicine so not even against the rules.

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@JaneOleary21 Congratulations Jane

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@AndrewMorganRCT Congratulations Andrew

[Lis Burnett🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @lisburnett]

The anxiety at the thought of standing on top of a plane is now approaching paralysis 😱. Just the price of a cuppa would help the wonderful people at Bigmoose with their amazing work. If you could RT that would be brilliant. More info at 👇👇https://t.co/Gy2abfINEo

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@lisburnett @CoedCadw That's a good point, but averages deceive, also WG don't seem to get that well managed, rotationally grazed grass sequesters more carbon than trees and also produces high quality food which with the growing world population will soon be needed.

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

But it's the cows that are causing the problem

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

24 hours of flight traffic in Europe

📹 Plane Finder
https://t.co/sMEUHafnUp

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@FearnFarm Doesn't look as if Friday was so dry and breezy😂

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

Dont they realise that subsidies for farmers allow us to supply food for less than the cost of production, actually subsidising the price of food to the householder.
Most farmers would prefer to farm without subsidies and get a realistic and profitable price for their produce.

[Aled Jones NFU Cymru @AledNfu]

Such ignorance is deeply distressing. The 1947 Agriculture Act became law during Clement Atlee's Labour Gov to safeguard affordable food for all in society . Mike Hedges might be advised to brush up on a bit of history. Wales 2023 Ag Act still has food embedded .

[Phil Latham @PhilLatham]

Who knew that natural cows milk was better for you than nut juices and veg emulsifications fortified by additives & preservatives to ensure the analysis on nutrient declarations looked similar to cows milk?

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

Really pleased to see that the plans put in place when I was leader have come to fruition.

[Vale Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 @VOGCouncil]

It's day 14 of #VoGAdvent and we're looking back at the opening of @ysgolsantbaruc's new state-of-the-art school 🏫

The brand-new site allowed the school to double its school places to increase access to Welsh Language Education in Barry 🗣️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

https://t.co/wrcF5qCpjN

[John Thomas @johnflimston]

@Chepstow_Racing @BenJone04644251 Congratulations Ben