Richard Rout
@RichardRout
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Recovering Parliamentary Candidate, countryside advocate, NSIP specialist, serial dog adopter & fmr Deputy Leader @Suffolkcc.
East, England
Joined June 2008
I’ve started an NSIP newsletter and, alongside that, general jotting of thoughts here. Because Twitter downgrades substack links, I’ll pin this in the hope it does some good…
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Car parks tend to be owned and operated by the district and borough councils. I completely agree with the principle, however. Sadly, local grid connection points in and around car parks usually aren’t up to taking the power. A lot of work needed from UKPN (in our part of the UK) to get the local distribution grid where we need it. Too often we talk about national transmission infrastructure and not enough about the local grid, which is - in many places - creaking.
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Another large NSIP coming forward in Suffolk.
We are preparing to respond to another large solar farm and battery storage facility proposal. It will be around 1,500 acres, impacting Yaxley, Brome, Gislingham, Mellis, Eye & Occold. Due to its size, it will require government approval. Read more:
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@victorshannock @suffolkcc @HicksCllr There’s no merger with Norfolk on the table, that’s where all the terminology starts to get confusing. The proposed mayor would be of Norfolk and Suffolk but the new unitary councils would not cross county boundaries.
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RT @TomTugendhat: Weak with our interests. Weak with our friends. And now weak in the face of our enemies.
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RT @NJ_Timothy: Dale Vince has given £5.4m to Labour since 2022. Now Ed Miliband has approved his new giant solar and battery farm, to be b…
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RT @jcartlidgemp: From today’s @Daily_Express - Labour’s ‘tax betrayal of the armed forces’. Spot on.
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RT @TomTugendhat: The peaceful transfer of power is a remarkable achievement often taken for granted in democracies but still too rare arou…
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RT @TomTugendhat: Rachel Reeves is wrong. She’s bet on a China that doesn’t want to cooperate and will damage the UK’s security. https://…
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RT @KemiBadenoch: Labour inherited the fastest growing economy in the G7. In 6 months they’ve 🔴taken Britain to the brink of recession 🔴th…
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RT @lukedepulford: As the Chancellor @RachelReevesMP touches down in Beijing, two lines are being used: 1️⃣ We need the money 2️⃣ We need…
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@EDP24 A lot of misinformation here. Nowhere has “one ‘unitary’ council for Norfolk and Suffolk” been proposed. A minimum population size of c500,000 & maximum of c1m has been mentioned. That points to two to four, possibly five, new unitary councils across the two counties.
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@IanFromNorfolk @Conservatives @UKParliament Best of luck, Ian! A loss to politics but a win for wherever you’re headed.
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RT @SuffolkTories: Leader of @suffolkcc, @HicksCllr, looks back at 2024 and forward to 2025 and what that might bring for our county. Wis…
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@RealGeoffBarton Congratulations, Geoff. Have a very Happy New Year - quite the way to start it!
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@DarrenTurnerCP @spectator So pretty much everyone who works, then? Or, in your eyes, is there a threshold where one gets sufficiently comfortable and thus loses the title of a ‘working person’?
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@D_Crane1 @spectator I don’t disagree on the personal tax allowance. Fiscal drag has hit hard and the level needs lifting asap.
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@DarrenTurnerCP @spectator Happy Christmas, Darren! Are you any better at defining ‘working people’ than Starmer’s lot? Why not give it a go?
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