Kevin Brennan

Former Labour MP for Cardiff West 2001-24 - Labour Peer 2025 - also @kevinbrennanexmp.bsky.social

[Kevin Brennan @KevinBrennanMP]

@mattforde @thernohcharity Great stuff Matt! X

[UK Music @UK_Music]

Data from @PRSforMusic shows that 140,076 unique works were played across BBC radio stations in 2025, of which 77% were not played on commercial radio. And with BBC funding under review, our CEO @Tomkiehl outlines the need to protect music at the Beeb: https://t.co/sNkMyZyiX8

[Official Charts @officialcharts]

Blondie (@OfficialBlondie) announce the release of their 12th studio album, High Noon 🤩
https://t.co/XLU8dv55sI

[Kevin Brennan @KevinBrennanMP]

Great to take part in the @MaMAevent Conference in Paris on the role of music and culture in an uncertain World - more important than ever

[Michael Dugher @MichaelDugher]

“Rocksteady is on a mission to amplify children’s self-belief through inclusive, performance-based music lessons, removing barriers so that no child is left behind”.

Great for me to be able to support this in Parliament this week. Check out their work https://t.co/6lu9yPNpSk

[Niall Lyons @Betgolfworld]

This is the reason why barely anybody got an Oasis code

[BPI @bpi_music]

British music 🤝 The BBC

BPI CEO Dr Jo Twist OBE speaking at @gobeyondmcr 2026:

"As you may know, the BBC is currently undergoing a once-in-a-decade Charter Review by the UK Government. On behalf of the UK’s recorded music sector, I’d like to acknowledge and thank the BBC for their tireless commitment to supporting and platforming British music and artists – whether through their long-standing support of the Mercury Prize, their decades-long partnership with the Official Charts Company, the incredible impact of BBC Introducing, their international programming at the British Music Embassy, and so much more.

You might have seen the advert, “what has the BBC ever done for me?” on your TV screens or your social media in recent months. In the case of the UK’s music ecosystem, the BBC has done, and continues to do, an extraordinary amount. British music would not be the cultural or economic powerhouse that it is today without its support.

The BBC gave me my first career job as a journalist. I spent 9 years in total there, and know how importantly it takes British culture in all its forms, alongside British life and risk-taking. That experience taught me that public service broadcasting does more than just mirror culture. At its best, it gives new voices the confidence, platform and reach to shape it.

The BBC needs to be funded adequately and sustainably so that it can continue to invest in British music, and support and champion future generations of music talent.”

At her keynote speech at Beyond the Music 2026, BPI CEO Dr Jo Twist OBE highlighted the BBC’s vital role in supporting British artists, championing new talent and helping UK music reach audiences at home and around the world.

As the BBC undergoes its Charter Review, she stressed the importance of adequate and sustainable funding to ensure this support continues for future generations of music talent.

Read the full speech here: https://t.co/N0eEWe0jOR

[Albert 💙🇸🇻🇸🇻1980 🇸🇻😎💙🇸🇻 @Mejia121980]

Beautiful Song ✅❤️✅🎼🎼❤️🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼✅✅✅🎼🎼

[Michael Dugher @MichaelDugher]

Now available on Amazon… 🐦‍⬛

[Ellie Reeves @elliereeves]

Great to visit @KirkdaleBooks today to celebrate their 60th Birthday. I have been coming here since I was a child and now I bring my own children. Thank you to Geraldine, Freddie & the team for being at the heart of our local community. 10% off all day today so do pop down!

[Michael Dugher @MichaelDugher]

As the Govt’s Music Champion, it was great to be at Media City for Beyond The Music. Good panel yesterday talking about the Govt’s Music Plan. Excellent speech this morning from minister @IanMurrayMP too. Find out about the event here: https://t.co/TKHOSPTHU4
#BeyondTheMusic26

[Mark Wallace @wallaceme]

Absolutely damning comments on @BBCNewsnight about Polanski, leadership and the Green Party’s “Zionism is racism” motion from @CarolineLucas #newsnight #byelection

[Kevin Schofield @KevinASchofield]

"The greatest irony of all is that the party has chosen the anniversary of 7 October to suspend me for calling out the rise of antisemitism in the party. You really couldn't make it up."

[UK Music @UK_Music]

Acclaimed artist @The_Anchoress has highlighted the crucial role the BBC has played in her career. And with the future funding of the Beeb under review, our Chief Executive @Tomkiehl discusses the unique relationship between music and the corporation: https://t.co/sNkMyZyiX8

[Kevin Brennan @KevinBrennanMP]

In ‘On the Waterfront’ with Marlon Brando she set the screen alight - RIP

[Film Noir UK @FilmNoirUK]

Eva Marie Saint (1924-2026) #RIP

[Kevin Brennan @KevinBrennanMP]

@robphillipshere @JohnMcGinlay10 @OfficialBWFC Glad to hear it!

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

In 1967 Britain had more electric vehicles on its roads than every other country on earth put together, and they were all delivering milk.

There were tens of thousands of them. The milk float: open sided, battery under the floor, top speed of about 15 miles an hour, and a whine you could pick out in your sleep. It was charged overnight at the depot and was back there by lunchtime.

It carried glass bottles. Each one was collected from your step the next morning, washed and refilled. A bottle went round like that 20 or 30 times before it broke. The foil cap went for scrap. There was no other packaging.

The milk had come from farms within a few miles, through a local dairy, and was on the step before 7.

So here is what the country had. A zero-emission delivery fleet. Reusable containers with a return rate any modern scheme would kill for. No plastic. A supply chain you could cycle the length of. A man who noticed if an old lady's bottles were piling up, and knocked.

It was dismantled in about 15 years, because a supermarket could sell milk a few pence cheaper in a plastic jug as a way of getting you through the door.

Every piece of that system is now the subject of a government target for 2040.

It was running in 1967, silently, in the dark, and nobody thought it was worth a mention.

[Daniel Austin @_Dan_Austin]

This has to be the most spectacular and pristinely-timed commentator's curse in the history of sport.

Add in the mother's aghast response in the picture-in-picture in the corner and you have an incredible sequence of broadcasting.

[Kevin Brennan @KevinBrennanMP]

Llongyfarchiadau Elfyn Evans - what a finish! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Tomos Williams @TomosWilliams1]

Not the faintest idea about rallying, but that’s some scenes!!!

Class to have a Welshman as World Champ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿