Proud son of Lancashire, currently living in Wales. My preferred pronouns are pie/chips.
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DavidHCardiff retweeted
There is something very sinister going on in Wales that may need direct Westminster intervention. The Presiding Officer has now banned an MS from speaking and voting because he expressed a political opinion; this comes after he banned the use of the common phrase ‘blanket ban’.
Reform MS Joe Martin banned from speaking in the Senedd bbc.in/4BVDkaf
DavidHCardiff retweeted
This video bears watching in its entirety. It is chilling. A Reform member of the Welsh parliament has been banned from speaking in the chamber until he apologises for a previous contribution in which he raised concerns about the pace and scale of demographic change taking place in the country.
DavidHCardiff retweeted
🚨 A Reform Member of the Senedd has been barred from speaking in the Welsh Parliament after asking the Welsh Government for a statement on what he called the “demographic replacement of white British people”.
Joe Martin said mass immigration and differing birth rates meant white British people would become “a minority in our own country” by 2063.
The Senedd’s presiding officer said Mr Martin’s contribution was “unnecessarily provocative and deliberately offensive”, and that its focus on race and ethnicity was discriminatory and undermined the dignity of the Senedd. The officer said @joemartin1066 had previously been warned about his conduct and would not be called to speak until he showed he understood the rules and apologised.
This is a disgrace — and part of a wider problem in our politics. Democratically elected politicians are being silenced for raising legitimate concerns about mainstream issues such as migration.
People elected to represent us should be able to voice concerns on behalf of their constituents, however uncomfortable the subject.
This is an attack on free speech and democracy.
Read more below 👇
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Reform’s Durham Council PRAISED
Independent review says impressive progress
Will the political activist @cathynewman report this on @SkyNews
Oh no, she only wants to dig dirt, she’s not a real journalist
thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2…
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Energy price crisis continues
Wind not blowing
Renewables useless
Back up demands high price for last minute supply
Net zero means higher energy costs
Means we get poorer
DavidHCardiff retweeted
@joemartin1066 MS is banned from speaking in the Senedd.
Meanwhile, the First Minister has declined to condemn an article invoking Romania’s WWII history to cast aspersions on me because of my Romanian origins!
The contrast is striking: parliamentary speech attracts sanctions, while an attempt to associate a political opponent with the actions of her country of birth during WWII passes without condemnation from the First Minister.
Apparently, tolerance is selective, principles are negotiable, and double standards are difficult to ignore.
Welcome to the Senedd, where diversity is celebrated, until it includes diversity of thought.
White British people are set to be a minority in our own country by 2063.
This is morally wrong. We made the country the way it is, and if too many people from other countries move here, instead of assimilating to our way of life, they will bring with them theirs.
Numbers therefore matter. We can assimilate a small number of people from other cultures and countries over a long period of time. We cannot assimilate millions over the course of a generation.
Great Britain is not a collection of people who share the same passport, it is not a hotel, and we are not a charity. It is the ancestral home of the British people, who form an extended family, whom I love.
DavidHCardiff retweeted
This is insane. The government is funding far-left media that attacks its opponents. How is this any different from what Putin does, except for the Pride flags?
A group linked to hard-left conspiracy theorists Byline Times has been given £266k of taxpayers’ money to promote “trusted news.”
spectator.com/article/why-is…
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Palestinian asylum seeker Mohammed Abbas, 29, who arrived in the UK in March has been sentenced to six years in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after breaking into a home in the city and exposing himself to three sisters, two of whom were underage.
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Imagine the stink Labour would be making if it was any other party.
I first met @andyburnhammp 10 years ago & I was so impressed by him, I told him then that he would be #Labour Leader one day. #andy4leader
DavidHCardiff retweeted
It shouldn’t have had to take a public shaming for Gordon Brothers to pay suppliers and restock the shelves of a decent business.
Their conduct is disgraceful.
Poundland owner releases £10m to retailer hours before MP grilling.
Our City editor @MarkKleinmanSky reports ⬇️ trib.al/24qhxBT
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Removal of the Lenin monument in Berlin following the reunification of Germany, 1991.
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Nothing to see, just Jeremy Corbyn sharing an AI fake. This is how viral disinformation is fueling the Genocide Hoax. It was a psyops campaign to begin with.
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Not one of Wales's 32 constituencies collects more in income tax and National Insurance than it spends on welfare. Across Wales, welfare spending is nearly double what workers pay in, a gap of £3,062 per adult. That is worse than every English region except the North East.
Explore more in the ASI's Welfare Sustainability Tracker. 👇
DavidHCardiff retweeted
This is a shocking representation of why Plaid Cymru's Independence obsession is destined to consign Wales to fiscal armageddon should they get their way.
We have to resist them at every turn, position Wales to be less reliant on the state, and set the environment that will allow businesses to thrive.
75% of constituencies in England and Wales spend more on welfare than their workers pay in income tax and National Insurance. London and the South East are the only regions that are net contributors; the North East is the most welfare-dependent region in England.
Explore the ASI's new Welfare Sustainability Tracker at buff.ly/ltyWwQH
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Gas at 70% this morning it's almost as if weather based renewables are useless in foggy, still winter air.
The total generating capacity of wind and solar in the United Kingdom is approximately 48.5 to 50.8 GW yet they're only pushing out a measly 2.2GW.
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Read this !!! And please share Smash and grab outfit Bute were handed Welsh pensions by Labour and they promptly put it in their own pockets!!!!
DavidHCardiff retweeted
£68 million of pensioners’ money gambled on a wind farm project.
Not a single wind farm built. But the bosses have trousered £58 million in dividends.
This stinks. Welsh taxpayers deserve answers.
thetimes.com/article/e068b29…
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Electricity shortage:
NESO again begging for gas generators to ramp up 6-11 am tomorrow as wind not blowing enough
UK once again on the edge of energy meltdown
@neso_energy has issued an Electricity Margin Notice for tomorrow for 06:00 hrs to 11:00 - this is unusual...EMNs normally cover the evening peak not the morning
The shortfall is 1388 MW and the current contingency requirement is 808 MW. 0 MW of generation is excluded from the available system margin due to system constraints
Here is the demand forecast for tomorrow from Amira Technologies showing how much lower the morning peak is than the evening. Wind will continue to be low throughout the day but higher than today when it reached a low of 250 MW
(for context I once asked Grok how much electricity could be generated if everyone in the UK went and blew very hard into wind turbines and the answer was c200 MW!)
Interconnectors are nominated to export until 11:30am so we can expect NESO to buy back the volumes it needs - the trading limit is 1500 MW per SP so expect NESO to be at or above that level to clear the shortfall (no doubt it will want a cushion)
The question is, what happens if the modest wind recovery forecast for tomorrow evening is delayed, or if demand is higher than forecast - given the size of NESO's forecast errors, when margins are this thin there could be trouble
DavidHCardiff retweeted
Energy firm that built no wind farms paid some £60 million on dividends using Welsh pension funds investment
Serious allegations must be investigated that directors took millions for building nothing
thetimes.com/article/e068b29…