Banjo obsessive. Languages nerd. Long-time BBC business correspondent, trained by the Mirror. Husband & Dad. I sing & play with The Kit Hillbillies.
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My son and I have made a YouTube mini-series about the hidden links between a number of European languages. It’s been a labour of love. And it’s finally ready for its formal launch. Here’s Episode One.
youtu.be/UExL4TFkKZw?si=liAD…
Apparently I have my own podcast about tungsten 🤓 - it’s been available ten years and even though I have TWO chemistry teacher friends I’ve only just been told about it 😂 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0239k…
About Sheryll Murray. I came across this letter - still can’t believe she never replied to it. I know she got it - her office came back to check I was a constituent so she could reply. She just never bothered to. If you feel she’s drawn her salary long enough, feel free to share.
Interesting how firmly the opposition vote in SE Cornwall is now Labour. Labour came 2nd here in the last two general elections. YouGov’s model yesterday suggests that was no blip. And think what Reform might now mean.
Tough luck, Cornwall. National Service would be funded by closing the Shared Prosperity Fund. That’s the UK replacement for EU Structural Funds.
They MUST have said something like, “Are you positive you don’t want the umbrella?” And he can only have said, “It’s just not the right look.”
Brent Pilnick’s report nails it on a key night for Plymouth - maybe for the city and its hinterland as well as for the team bbc.co.uk/sport/football/687…
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Any 20somethings out there who routinely go to bed early - like, 9:00PM early - and wouldn't mind talking to me about it for an article? DMs open.
Jobs like this don’t often come up in Kelly Bray.
CRL is seeking to grow its team based in Kelly Bray, east Cornwall, in advance of new project activities in 2024
Applications are currently open for a Junior Geologist & an ESG and Reporting Officer
Full Details of these roles & how to apply... cornwallresources.com/employ…
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On Cameron becoming foreign secretary in House of Lords - if confirmed - there are post-war precedents: Douglas-Home, an ex PM, in 70-74, Carrington under Thatcher. Also significant that Cameron led the campaign against Brexit, and that Cummings would rather stick pins in his eyes than appoint him. So this would be Sunak’s very formal Declaration of independence from his initial patron, Cummings. Also the Brexiter Tory right would hate this appointment. The sacking of Braverman would then look like a Sunak coup against the entire insurgent populist right wing of the modern Tory party
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#StormCiaran @BBCNews @BBCSpotlight @networkrail Great to see the new defences at Dawlish doing their job, wind speeds still relatively calm, taken at high tide
Some dogged persistence has brought Cornwall to a very interesting moment. I hope this comes off. #SouthCrofty bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-co…
A role for Callington in nuclear fusion. Who’d have thought it. @BBCCornwall
Strategic Minerals hails nuclear fusion collaboration for Cornwall Resources @CornwallRes tinyurl.com/ylu9o5x2 @SML_Minerals $SMCDF #SML #SMCDF
Tavistock IS officially due now to get trains back. Quite something! Of course, if finally the business case doesn’t quite stack up, well… the Govt will have got past the general election by then. Watch this space. tavistock-today.co.uk/news/l…
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