Dewi Rhys Evans

In the early 1960s a senior Conservative minister, John Profumo, resigned and inflicted perhaps decisive damage to the electoral prospects of his party for a decade ….. for far less than this

Gas, not net zero, has driven up UK power bills Britain has been unhelpfully exposed to international price shocks

Delighted to be quoted in this piece by @pilitaclark.bsky.social emphasising that if we want to stop gas from setting the price, then the easiest option is to simply take gas out of the market entirely.
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Helpu’r BBC gyda sgiliau ysgrifennu cryno

Helping the BBC with concise writing skills

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Wedi darganfod stoc mwy gwerthfawr na Tesla yn y gegin

Just found stock in our kitchen worth more than Tesla 💰

This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians. More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in Ukraine.

Senior Conservative MP says UK must consider possibility ‘Trump is a Russian asset’ - Politics.co.uk A senior Conservative MP has said it is time to consider the “possibility” that the US president is a Kremlin asset.  Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, issued the comment in response to...

Extraordinary comment from Tory MP Graham Stuart this morning:

“We have to consider the possibility that president Trump is a Russian asset.

“If so, Trump’s acquisition is the crowning achievement of Putin’s FSB career — and Europe is on its own.”
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The US cutting Europe adrift risks creating a strategic rival. Throughout much of US history the greatest threat to the Republic came from well armed Europeans. The costliest battles the US Army ever fought were in Argonne & Ardennes

The US security umbrella isn’t philanthropy

Arbennig 😎

Ai cyfrif parodi yw hwn?

Llyn Padarn yn gorlifo yn ystod casgliad bore heddiw!

Llyn Padarn overflowing during this morning’s litter pick!

Illustration of extinct narrow-nosed rhino with a map in the background showing it lived in central and southern Europe, northern Africa and some way into western Asia

Illustration of ”Siberian unicorn” or Elasmotherium sibiricum with a map on the background showing it lived in Eastern Europe and central Asia

Illustration of a woolly rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it had a very wide distribution from southwestern Europe all the way through Europe and Russia to the Pacific coast and northern China.

Illustration of a merck’s rhinoceros with a map in the background showing it lived in a large area from southwestern and central Europe to western Asia, parts of Siberia and northern and eastern China.

Where did our lost rhinos roam?

Distribution charts based on bone finds (individual dots) and habitat suitability for the four fluffy rhinos of late Pleistocene.

These are of course approximate and might not include all obscure finds. #Sciart

Image of Chris Packham with the words ‘Ban Fossil Fuel Ads!’ next to it

Fossil fuel companies are laughing in our faces , and while the planet burns , they continue to ‘drill baby drill’ and further their exploitation of people and nature .

That's why I'm calling on the UK Government to ban fossil fuel ads outright – sign my petition now at lovera.ge/ban-ffa

a cartoon with two panels panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there" The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

I decided to write about 20mph for my Guardian column.

It shows that evidence based policy making does work, but if you get the messaging wrong, you leave the field open for another culture war battle.

@galadrielagain.bsky.social Diolch for my bluesky code 😂