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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Labour minister dodges question on SNP Government and UK nuclear plans. A LABOUR energy minister has refused to say if his Scottish counterparts were consulted before the UK Government published a report on building new nuclear power stations north of the Border. Last week, the nuclear wing of GB Energy – set up by Labour after the 2024 General Election – published a scoping study into building nuclear power plants in Scotland despite the SNP-led Scottish Government’s opposition to new nuclear. In the Commons on Tuesday, SNP MP Graham Leadbitter asked whether the UK Government had held discussions with the Scottish Government or any local authorities prior to announcing the list of potential nuclear energy sites. Michael Shanks, a UK energy minister and Scottish Labour MP, avoided the question, saying only that the Westminster Government was “open to discussions with the Scottish Government on opportunities for new nuclear in Scotland”. Leadbitter then said: “Two years ago, Labour promised to cut bills for every household by £300. “Not only are households now paying hundreds of pounds more instead of less, Labour's nuclear tax on household energy bills will cost Scots a further £300 million over the next decade.
The National 7th July 2026
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Our village had a ‘Narthern Day’ to prepare us for Andy Burnham’s reign.
Jill in the village shop baked barm cakes & sold ‘em covered int lard wit gravy.
We all gave up us jobs & went round int trackies & crocs.
We ad a reet larf suppin ale & smoking spice.
Weer ready Andy luv!
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Well said, totally agree "...Having all of Britain’s energy piling in on a small stretch of Suffolk's coast which is famous for its nature & tourism is actually not nimbyism but it's just thoughtfulness...it's bad for nature & it's bad for coastal Suffolk"
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
More evidence from #Somerset of the shape of things to come here in #Suffolk with #SizewellC: "We've Lost Everything.......Life in Combwich - with no shop, bus and a pub that's a [#HinkleyC worker] HMO" (House of Multiple Occupancy)"
#StopSizewellC
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
"Kopachi, a village, once home to 1,100 people...While the place was evacuated like everywhere else, the radiation levels were so high that the authorities decided that abandonment wasn’t enough, and they needed to bury the village entirely."
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Nuclear power is the most expensive way to make electricity - the slowest, most expensive and dangerous option we have. Always over budget and out of time - can’t say I’m unhappy to see the EA enforce nature protection rather than step aside for this man made disaster. We don’t need nuclear energy to achieve energy independence and 100% green on the grid. A delay to Hinkley matters very little in my view - the chances of it ever landing in 2030 were always slim.
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
So how does the government feel about the billions it ploughed into #SizewellC now?
#StopSizewellC
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
So what happens when Reform take over your local council?
This.
#KentCountyCouncil
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Today contractors from National Grid turned up at this farm ready to clear all of this vegetation, including the four oaks, without the required dawn bird survey.
It is only because the land owner was on his toes and challenged them that they left.
Plus National Grid has not explained why it is ‘not practicable’ to uphold their DCO obligation to avoid nesting season.
They were not even able to explain why the oaks need to be felled for a bell mouth when they do not cause visibility issues.
This is a horrific disregard for nature.
(This is Bramford to Twinstead, ‘only’ 30km long. Imagine the destruction if Norwich to Tilbury at 180km goes ahead as proposed. We seek underground HVDC laid by cable ploughs for N2T)
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Rubio says that US-led peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine "were not fruitful." Not fruitful?
Let’s look at the facts: your negotiators visited Russia seven times, and Ukraine zero times. You demanded concessions from Ukraine before negotiations even began, and throughout the entire process.
You pressured Ukraine by cutting off weapons support entirely, constantly badmouthing us, and showing up at our doorstep waving Russian "peace plan" you demanded we sign immediately.
And now, after Ukraine stands more firmly on its feet without your support, you realize you can't pressure us anymore. So your excuse is that you are tired and leaving?
How about, for once, you actually support the victim, which is Ukraine instead of terrorist Russian regime? Send your team to Kyiv, support our fight, and apply real pressure on aggressor.
Sanction Russia and seize their shadow fleet instead of handing out sanction waivers. Do that, and maybe negotiations will magically become "fruitful."
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Why on earth did we ever allow giant oil and gas companies to avoid paying tax here because they made losses in other parts of the world?
Do they pay tax here on profits made in other parts of the world - no. A bizarre loophole/allowance that our tax system is chock full of.
This is not a tax raid - it’s a degree of tax fairness restored.
We need more.
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
RSPB say: “My message to @Keir_Starmer and his team is this: ‘Get on with the things the UK public overwhelmingly want to see – nature’s decline isn’t inevitable; it’s a political choice. But the time to make the right choice is running out fast’." rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/…
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Cost, risks of Sizewell C nuclear plant are “immediate, substantial and borne by the public”, says National Audit Office (in least surprising conclusion of the week)
theguardian.com/business/202…
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Aerial view of Framlingham Castle, one of England’s best-preserved late 12th-century fortress castles. Built shortly after 1189 by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, the vast curtain-walled stronghold became a major symbol of Norman power in East Anglia.
The castle later played a significant role in Tudor history. In July 1553, Princess Mary gathered supporters here after the death of Edward VI before successfully claiming the English throne as Queen Mary I. Thousands reportedly rallied to her cause at Framlingham during the succession crisis.
#FramlinghamCastle #Suffolk #medieval #history #MaryTudor #aerialphotography
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Say it louder for the people in the back: The sun doesn't send a bill and the wind doesn't charge for delivery. Forever.
Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
"Stop Sizewell C said the risks surrounding the project “could easily turn #SizewellC into a financial disaster” while the funding model meant its investors were “the only ones who can’t lose”.
#StopSizewellC
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Charles Macdowell 🇺🇦 retweeted
Farage says his £5 million gift was a “reward” for Brexit.
The rest of us were rewarded with higher bills and years of chaos.
This grifter must not become prime minister.
