Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

14 wingnut Tory MPs (4% of the whole lot, presumably spread across various bits of UK) have been lobbying the govt to get cycle lanes removed and a halt on new ones and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - in spite of these causing 0 problems in practice when you are driving, there are at least 2 near me but they are on narrow roads in residential areas that aren't pleasant to drive along anyway, other routes exist...

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/mps-letter-removal-cycle-lanes-19256352

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

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Jacopo Tintoretto
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tintoretto,_Jacopo_-_Christ_at_the_Sea_of_Galilee.jpg

Amazon had sales income of €44bn in Europe in 2020 but paid no corporation tax

https://inkl.com/a/QNylnptLqXL

Our tiny not-for-profit based in Ireland pays tax at the full rate. Meanwhile, Bezos doesn’t know what to do with his money and we don’t know if we can pay the rent next year.

Election is ‘constructive’ for ‘different politics in Wales’, says former Plaid leader https://nation.cymru/news/election-is-constructive-for-different-politics-in-wales-says-former-plaid-leader/

Using #HydrogenFuel risks locking in reliance on #FossilFuels, researchers warn | #HydrogenPower | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/06/hydrogen-fuel-risks-reliance-on-fossil-fuels

#Environment

Thinking of India 😭

https://youtu.be/bCIOeBLIWsM

Welsh music festival gets the green light to welcome back fans next weekend. https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-music-festival-gets-the-green-light-to-welcome-back-fans-next-weekend/

Early #cancer #diagnoses plummeted in #England during #Covid-19 #pandemic | Cancer | The Guardian

This is inevitable if #hospitals are overwhelmed by #patients. These are indirect excess deaths and misery caused by the #coronavirus.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/05/early-cancer-diagnoses-plummeted-in-england-during-covid-pandemic

#UK #Health #Medicine #NHS

The Welsh people in the 21st Century probably have more diverse backgrounds, a wider range of lives and lifestyles than ever before. Wales is a place of histories, of cultures, of languages.

http://e.walesonline.co.uk/interface/external_view_email.php?RG611670254177612zzzzz6479a4537ad9d8e61eb277f245170b52d287c45848aaad750ccf8ddcc79a658878&varId=

#cymru

#Amazon had sales income of €44bn in #Europe in #2020 but paid no #CorporationTax | Amazon | The Guardian

Why am I not surprised?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/04/amazon-sales-income-europe-corporation-tax-luxembourg

#Tax #TaxAvoidance

Former Labour candidate calls on Aberconwy voters to vote for Plaid Cymru. https://nation.cymru/news/former-labour-candidate-calls-on-aberconwy-voters-to-vote-for-plaid-cymru/

Majority of Welsh workers want economic powers devolved, according to new poll. https://nation.cymru/news/majority-of-welsh-workers-want-economic-powers-devolved-according-to-new-poll/