Barry Lewis
@BarryL_Insights
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Former Leader @Derbyshirecc “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.” Environmentalist. Communications.
Derbyshire, England
Joined February 2009
My post election interview this morning on the @BBCBreakfast show… https://t.co/OnjklY5A28
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Europe’s rush into renewables did cut emissions - but it came at a heavy cost: soaring power prices, shuttered industries, and financially stressed households. Whatever Ed Milliband and this govt tell you about renewables isn’t supported by the evidence https://t.co/oHNdjTC8Cq
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Political consensus is cracking, industry is hobbled and high-profile projects are being postponed thanks to some of the highest electricity prices in the developed world
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The Chancellor misled us all. She needs sacking.
This is getting quite serious for the Chancellor. In the run up to the Budget we were told that the OBR’s downgrading of productivity would create a multi-billon black hole. The government started preparing public opinion for a manifesto-breaking rise in income tax. We were not
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Miles Beale, Chief Executive, The Wine and Spirit Trade Association comments on the alcohol duty increases announced at the Autumn Budget. #WSTA #Budget25 #DutyIncrease
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Apparently @10DowningStreet doesn’t want you to see this. Since this isn’t North Korea, here it is again…
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What happens to UK viticulture and fruit growing if the Atlantic current weakens or collapses? A new piece on AMOC, climate risk, and why the future of UK soft fruit and orchards could be jeopardised unless we adapt. Early signs give cause for concern… https://t.co/tMVAMxYEAO
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Not so long ago, the countryside was alive with natural sound. It is now far too quiet. The cacophony of birdsong has been all but silenced, and today @BarryL_Insights draws on W. B. Yeats to note the absence of the once “bee-loud” fields. Make the countryside noisy again. 🐝
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We’ve begun planting our 200-tree agroforestry orchard. The aim: to restore the “sound of summer” and a living, regenerative landscape. Happy to talk with groups or orgs exploring regenerative growing or orchard projects. Article: https://t.co/6dXXJdb6GJ
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Lisa Nandy broke the rules. She hired a Labour Party donor, David Kogan. Keir Starmer approved the hire. They both had received cash from him. He got a £130k part-time job, regulating football. It's favours over fans, cronies over clubs. They can't sweep it under the rug.
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NEW: Latest findings from @NASA’s Cassini mission show that Enceladus – one of Saturn’s moons and a top contender for extra-terrestrial life – is losing heat from both poles, suggesting it could stay stable enough for life to form. Read more ⬇️
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What a sad indictment on this govt that the veterans minister barely knows, let alone cares, about her portfolio and yet felt able to talk about it in such an ill prepared manner on national radio…
'I don't think you know the figure, because I have asked you three times...' 'How many veterans are sleeping rough?' asks @NickFerrariLBC on the eve of Remembrance Day. Veterans minister Louise Sandher-Jones isn't sure.
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As time goes by, we lose more of the heroes that defended Britain in WWII. That makes remembering their names, their bravery and their sacrifice even more important. Today, and every day, we remember them.
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‘New skills like spotting fake news’ Skills come from knowledge.🙄 Marxist Bridget’s plan is just to brainwash kids into rejecting anything remotely leaning to the Right. Jeez this stuff is so predictable.😫
What children learn at school should equip them for the modern world. That's why Labour’s new curriculum will deliver strong foundations in reading, writing and maths — plus new skills like spotting fake news online and understanding money.
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Darn - thought it was surely going to be me this time. Who is he anyway?
🔗: https://t.co/U0rmhynPiH The wait is over. Meet our #SexiestManAlive, #JonathanBailey! ✨ #PeopleMagazine #Wicked #Bridgerton 📷: @jasonhetheringtonstudio 🎥: @philbradshawdop Groomer: @petransellge Stylist: @emmajademorrison
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I don’t know who advised or allowed Rachel Reeves to do that speech but it was a monumental cock up. Her credibility as Chancellor and as a politician is in tatters.
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Apparently Rachel from accounts is doing a speech today that’ll paint the bleakest economic picture possible ahead of the budget, itself planned just in time to ruin everyone’s Christmas.
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Every tent in this godforsaken camp could be incubating another Manchester attack. I don't believe the inmates' claims of innocence. ISIS armies are rising here in the dust, reports DAVID PATRIKARAKOS from Syria
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His voice is gentle, his eyes calm, his smile polite; he looks harmless. But this man is not ordinary. He was once in ISIS, the world's most savage terror group.
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While mapping tree positions for our new agroforestry orchard, I found a tiny white coral fungus rising through the grass — Clavulina, part of the vast mycorrhizal network beneath our feet. An indicator that the soil is awaiting new trees… https://t.co/ZF3wypgwmi
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It’s Labour’s new Bounce Back Scheme…
It’s like a scene from a farce: Home Office sources have confirmed that one person sent to France under the UK-France treaty – which allows people who cross the Channel to Britain in small boats to be sent back in exchange for bringing the same number in France to the UK via a
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If there’s one thing I know from my time as a councillor is that the NHS will always protect itself and its own jobs and structures at the expense of external provision, no matter how good the VFM or how excellent the services. This can’t be allowed to happen…
Hospice announces cuts as reserves 'critically low'
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