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🙏🙏 Thanks to all your amazing donations (£3,512!), encouragement, and support - today I delivered my last #CorsiRosenthalBox to a family just in time for Christmas. It got me thinking about what we've achieved over the last 3 months... A monster thread🧌🧵1/24 
It all started in late summer, when @PeteUK7 sent me the kit to make a #CorsiRosenthalBox 2/
Not long after, people suggested I should set up a Go Fund Me to build more... 3/
An Emergency Speed Restriction is in place between #Tisbury and #Gillingham on the West of England line.
Later this week, @SW_Help will announce a temporary, revised timetable for services between #Salisbury, #Yeovil Junction and #Exeter St Davids.
Here's what's happening 🧵
Later this week, @SW_Help will announce a temporary, revised timetable for services between #Salisbury, #Yeovil Junction and #Exeter St Davids.
Here's what's happening 🧵
The very hot and dry conditions of recent weeks has dried out the clay soil beneath the embankments between Tisbury and Gillingham 🌡️
When clay dries out, it shrinks. This is causing track defects, which means we cannot run trains at full speed 🚆
When clay dries out, it shrinks. This is causing track defects, which means we cannot run trains at full speed 🚆
You can see in this photo that the level of the track has been disturbed because of the earth moving 🛤️
Vegetation by the line is also sucking up the remaining moisture in the embankment and causing more earth movements 🌳
It's a problem known as Soil Moisture Deficit.
Vegetation by the line is also sucking up the remaining moisture in the embankment and causing more earth movements 🌳
It's a problem known as Soil Moisture Deficit.
I’ve lived near #Yeovil for 11 years now. That’s 1/3 of my life. I’ve seen it go on quite a journey over that decade+
In contrast to High Streets up and down the UK, you can’t help but feel the town is on the up
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In contrast to High Streets up and down the UK, you can’t help but feel the town is on the up
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There are some fantastic places to visit in #Yeovil, too many to list here - and there’s genuinely something for everyone. Come and walk around the @QuedamCentre, bucking the high street closure trend and bursting with big names and indy shops
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Or visit #PrincesStreet - also bucking the national high street trend and thronged with indy shops
Why not have a burger and a cider at #cowandapple? Or some French cuisine at #lesamis? Both overlooking the beautiful St John’s Church right in the middle of town
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Why not have a burger and a cider at #cowandapple? Or some French cuisine at #lesamis? Both overlooking the beautiful St John’s Church right in the middle of town
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There are a lot of different regeneration projects on the go in #Somerset at the moment (as I pointed out in last week's #LDReporter newsletter). And with updates for a couple of schemes on the horizon this week, here's a handy thread to help you keep track of what's going on :)
Here's a handy map - I'll zoom in on the relevant settlements as we go through each part, and I'll be going by parliamentary constituency from west to east. #LDReporter #Somerset #Watchet #Wellington #Taunton #Bridgwater #Chard #Yeovil #Glastonbury #Wincanton #Frome
Let's start in #Bridgwater and West #Somerset - we've got two settlements which have been targeted so far, one by private investment (#Watchet) and one by the @mhclg #townsfund (Bridgwater). #LDReporter
We're live-tweeting @Southsomersetdc #areasouth virtually today - here's how to join us: zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 775 475 691 Meeting Password: 016384 #LDReporter #Somerset #bravenewworld
Here's your agenda for today: modgov.southsomerset.gov.uk/ieListDocument… We get under way at 2pm. #LDReporter #Somerset #areasouth
Having some problems on here - lots of people coming on and trolling, with some rude names... #LDReporter #Somerset #areasouth
Withdrawal Agreement signs UK up permanently to the blanket provisions of EU law preventing state aid, but not to Article 346 TFEU which exempts defence industry. So EU can choose to let our competitors subsidise their industry forever, and stop ours. @Leonardo_UK #Yeovil
The PM has said she wants to agree Common Security and Defence Policy during the transition period but if we have first passed this Withdrawal Agreement (and its “backstop” that gives the EU a permanent veto against our leaving) then defence is yet another negotiating hostage.
Defence cooperation which should be an asset in this negotiation, perhaps one of our biggest, is thereby turned into a liability. Time to reset this negotiation I think, and stand up for ourselves. Regret to say it looks like current leadership may not be able to.
