Lewis Eldred
@lewiseldred.bsky.social
County Councillor for Kidwelly & St lshmael 🏴🌹
https://linktr.ee/lewiseldred
https://linktr.ee/lewiseldred
Absolutely mental mun ❤️🏴 da iawn bois
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Absolutely mental mun ❤️🏴 da iawn bois
We've won the world cup 🤠🏴
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We've won the world cup 🤠🏴
The Sala delle Carte Geografiche in Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze has a lovely map of the UK from the 1500s.
Fun shape for Wales 😵💫🏴 at least they've included Ynys Môn
Fun shape for Wales 😵💫🏴 at least they've included Ynys Môn
September 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Sala delle Carte Geografiche in Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze has a lovely map of the UK from the 1500s.
Fun shape for Wales 😵💫🏴 at least they've included Ynys Môn
Fun shape for Wales 😵💫🏴 at least they've included Ynys Môn
Quite enjoying the Italian double decker train experience 🚄🇮🇹 tickets are reasonably priced too!
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Quite enjoying the Italian double decker train experience 🚄🇮🇹 tickets are reasonably priced too!
Anyone able to access the WRU's online survey on the future of professional rugby? There doesn't seem to be a live link on the consultation page yet...
ymlaencymru.com/consultation/
ymlaencymru.com/consultation/
Consultation
Croeso “We’re launching this consultation in response to evolving global and national challenges facing the sport and the need this has created to take a fresh view on elite rugby in Wales to…
ymlaencymru.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Anyone able to access the WRU's online survey on the future of professional rugby? There doesn't seem to be a live link on the consultation page yet...
ymlaencymru.com/consultation/
ymlaencymru.com/consultation/
@ofcom.bsky.social published their annual Media Nations report today
📺 In Wales people watched an average 5 hours 9 minutes of video content at home per day in 2024, the highest among the UK nations
📻 BBC Radio performs well in Wales, accounting for just
over half of total radio listening (50.8%)
📺 In Wales people watched an average 5 hours 9 minutes of video content at home per day in 2024, the highest among the UK nations
📻 BBC Radio performs well in Wales, accounting for just
over half of total radio listening (50.8%)
July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@ofcom.bsky.social published their annual Media Nations report today
📺 In Wales people watched an average 5 hours 9 minutes of video content at home per day in 2024, the highest among the UK nations
📻 BBC Radio performs well in Wales, accounting for just
over half of total radio listening (50.8%)
📺 In Wales people watched an average 5 hours 9 minutes of video content at home per day in 2024, the highest among the UK nations
📻 BBC Radio performs well in Wales, accounting for just
over half of total radio listening (50.8%)
Getting my first e-bike through the Cycle to Work scheme has been a game changer for me. Getting round my rural, hilly ward for meetings and events has never been easier.
There's been a big drop in the use of my car for those journeys that are less than 5 miles
There's been a big drop in the use of my car for those journeys that are less than 5 miles
Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
Further, steeper, greener: Implications from an electric bicycle mode choice model
Electric bicycles are transforming the active mobility landscape, potentially increasing active mode uptake and delivering environmental and health benefits. This study examines electric bicycle mo...
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Getting my first e-bike through the Cycle to Work scheme has been a game changer for me. Getting round my rural, hilly ward for meetings and events has never been easier.
There's been a big drop in the use of my car for those journeys that are less than 5 miles
There's been a big drop in the use of my car for those journeys that are less than 5 miles
Reposted by Lewis Eldred
NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
July 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
Reposted by Lewis Eldred
🚨2 days to go!
With applications for our Trustee vacancies closing 10 July, hear from one of our outgoing board members, Kay Zdzieblo, about her time with Keep Wales Tidy💚
Apply now👉https://bit.ly/4n619oo
With applications for our Trustee vacancies closing 10 July, hear from one of our outgoing board members, Kay Zdzieblo, about her time with Keep Wales Tidy💚
Apply now👉https://bit.ly/4n619oo
July 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨2 days to go!
With applications for our Trustee vacancies closing 10 July, hear from one of our outgoing board members, Kay Zdzieblo, about her time with Keep Wales Tidy💚
Apply now👉https://bit.ly/4n619oo
With applications for our Trustee vacancies closing 10 July, hear from one of our outgoing board members, Kay Zdzieblo, about her time with Keep Wales Tidy💚
Apply now👉https://bit.ly/4n619oo
Ah Welsh rugby. A nations favourite omnishamble 🤠🏴
July 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ah Welsh rugby. A nations favourite omnishamble 🤠🏴
Reposted by Lewis Eldred
The first officer of The Titanic sitting in judgement of other’s seafaring skills
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The first officer of The Titanic sitting in judgement of other’s seafaring skills
Just came across this at the bottom of a BBC Wales article.
The pilot sees reports from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) being put through a BBC-trained Large Language Model to produce a revised version, adhering to BBC style and tone.
The pilot sees reports from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) being put through a BBC-trained Large Language Model to produce a revised version, adhering to BBC style and tone.
July 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just came across this at the bottom of a BBC Wales article.
The pilot sees reports from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) being put through a BBC-trained Large Language Model to produce a revised version, adhering to BBC style and tone.
The pilot sees reports from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) being put through a BBC-trained Large Language Model to produce a revised version, adhering to BBC style and tone.
Reading this week's Private Eye on the morning commute.
Bit depressing that the Daily Mail is consistently the most popular daily paper in Wales.
Bit depressing that the Daily Mail is consistently the most popular daily paper in Wales.
June 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reading this week's Private Eye on the morning commute.
Bit depressing that the Daily Mail is consistently the most popular daily paper in Wales.
Bit depressing that the Daily Mail is consistently the most popular daily paper in Wales.
31.4% of children aged 4-5 years old are overweight or obese in Carmarthenshire, the highest levels in Wales.
Less than half of 73 schools in the county comply with the recommended 2hrs of minimum time for PE.
Very worrying.
Less than half of 73 schools in the county comply with the recommended 2hrs of minimum time for PE.
Very worrying.
June 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
31.4% of children aged 4-5 years old are overweight or obese in Carmarthenshire, the highest levels in Wales.
Less than half of 73 schools in the county comply with the recommended 2hrs of minimum time for PE.
Very worrying.
Less than half of 73 schools in the county comply with the recommended 2hrs of minimum time for PE.
Very worrying.
I have no idea what the Welsh Tories USP is ahead of next year's Senedd election. No Reform voter wants Reform-lite. They're so irrelevant that even Reform staffers aren't tracking their social media/policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Welsh Tory leader Darren Millar says he was shut down on grooming gangs
Darren Millar says politicians tried to silence his calls for a Wales-wide grooming inquiry.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I have no idea what the Welsh Tories USP is ahead of next year's Senedd election. No Reform voter wants Reform-lite. They're so irrelevant that even Reform staffers aren't tracking their social media/policies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It’s Independent Bookshop Week!🥳📚
Picked up this lovely book about one of Wales' greatest politicians from Goldstone Books in Carmarthen this afternoon 🌹🏴
#ChooseBookshop #IndieBookshopWeek
Picked up this lovely book about one of Wales' greatest politicians from Goldstone Books in Carmarthen this afternoon 🌹🏴
#ChooseBookshop #IndieBookshopWeek
June 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s Independent Bookshop Week!🥳📚
Picked up this lovely book about one of Wales' greatest politicians from Goldstone Books in Carmarthen this afternoon 🌹🏴
#ChooseBookshop #IndieBookshopWeek
Picked up this lovely book about one of Wales' greatest politicians from Goldstone Books in Carmarthen this afternoon 🌹🏴
#ChooseBookshop #IndieBookshopWeek
A lovely memory on Instagram this morning from two years ago 🤠🏴
June 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A lovely memory on Instagram this morning from two years ago 🤠🏴
New research from @transenv.bsky.social finds that average bonnet height in newly-sold cars is increasing by 0.5cm a year, reaching 83.8cm in 2024, up from 76.9cm in 2010.
This increases severity of crashes & reduce drivers’ visibility.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
This increases severity of crashes & reduce drivers’ visibility.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
June 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
New research from @transenv.bsky.social finds that average bonnet height in newly-sold cars is increasing by 0.5cm a year, reaching 83.8cm in 2024, up from 76.9cm in 2010.
This increases severity of crashes & reduce drivers’ visibility.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
This increases severity of crashes & reduce drivers’ visibility.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/eve...
After years of underinvestment in Welsh rail, this funding for projects is hugely welcome.
We need urgent reform in how funding is shared across the UK. The Barnett formula is outdated, unfit, and holding Wales back. We need a system that reflects our needs, ambitions, and future.
We need urgent reform in how funding is shared across the UK. The Barnett formula is outdated, unfit, and holding Wales back. We need a system that reflects our needs, ambitions, and future.
New stations for north and south Wales in £445m rail plan
Five new stations in Newport, Cardiff and Monmouthshire, plus upgrades in north Wales are on the cards.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
After years of underinvestment in Welsh rail, this funding for projects is hugely welcome.
We need urgent reform in how funding is shared across the UK. The Barnett formula is outdated, unfit, and holding Wales back. We need a system that reflects our needs, ambitions, and future.
We need urgent reform in how funding is shared across the UK. The Barnett formula is outdated, unfit, and holding Wales back. We need a system that reflects our needs, ambitions, and future.
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The two-child limit must be scrapped as quickly as possible.
👥 Better connecting communities, providing affordable housing and breaking down barriers to employment are also measures that will reduce poverty.
The end result could be a Wales free from hardship and hunger.
5/6
👥 Better connecting communities, providing affordable housing and breaking down barriers to employment are also measures that will reduce poverty.
The end result could be a Wales free from hardship and hunger.
5/6
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The two-child limit must be scrapped as quickly as possible.
👥 Better connecting communities, providing affordable housing and breaking down barriers to employment are also measures that will reduce poverty.
The end result could be a Wales free from hardship and hunger.
5/6
👥 Better connecting communities, providing affordable housing and breaking down barriers to employment are also measures that will reduce poverty.
The end result could be a Wales free from hardship and hunger.
5/6
Looking forward to all the political hot takes of the day today. Devolution is cool, right?
June 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Looking forward to all the political hot takes of the day today. Devolution is cool, right?
Having been around Lliedi knocking doors over the past few weeks, last nights result is disappointing but not surprising.
The hangover of Stradey Park Hotel and the impact of UK Labour's Winter Fuel Allowance policy all played their part.
The hangover of Stradey Park Hotel and the impact of UK Labour's Winter Fuel Allowance policy all played their part.
❗ Reform GAIN from Labour
Lliedi (Carmarthenshire) council by-election result:
REF: 42.6% (+42.6)
LAB: 23.4% (-34.8)
IND: 8.7% (-17.4)
PC: 8.0% (+8.0)
CON: 7.0% (-8.8)
+/- 2022
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Lliedi (Carmarthenshire) council by-election result:
REF: 42.6% (+42.6)
LAB: 23.4% (-34.8)
IND: 8.7% (-17.4)
PC: 8.0% (+8.0)
CON: 7.0% (-8.8)
+/- 2022
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
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May 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Having been around Lliedi knocking doors over the past few weeks, last nights result is disappointing but not surprising.
The hangover of Stradey Park Hotel and the impact of UK Labour's Winter Fuel Allowance policy all played their part.
The hangover of Stradey Park Hotel and the impact of UK Labour's Winter Fuel Allowance policy all played their part.
Interesting report from Ofcom on the UK's listening habits
🎧 Younger people more likely to listen to podcasts weekly (28% of 25-34s and 30% of 35-44s)
🎙️ Spotify and BBC Sounds leads the way on the podcast platform of choice.
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
🎧 Younger people more likely to listen to podcasts weekly (28% of 25-34s and 30% of 35-44s)
🎙️ Spotify and BBC Sounds leads the way on the podcast platform of choice.
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
May 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Interesting report from Ofcom on the UK's listening habits
🎧 Younger people more likely to listen to podcasts weekly (28% of 25-34s and 30% of 35-44s)
🎙️ Spotify and BBC Sounds leads the way on the podcast platform of choice.
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
🎧 Younger people more likely to listen to podcasts weekly (28% of 25-34s and 30% of 35-44s)
🎙️ Spotify and BBC Sounds leads the way on the podcast platform of choice.
www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
Not my circus, not my monkey etc. but it's interesting to see such a public debate of ideas in the Plaid Sir Gâr contest.
May 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Not my circus, not my monkey etc. but it's interesting to see such a public debate of ideas in the Plaid Sir Gâr contest.
"Aligning with Reform on immigration would fail to recognise the fundamental finding of this report: what people crave is tangible progress in their community and further power at a local level to make it happen, tapping into what already inspires feelings of pride."
party.coop/community/le...
party.coop/community/le...
Holding on to Hope: Lessons from Community Britain
We polled Britain on how they feel about their country and communities. This is what they had to say.
party.coop
May 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"Aligning with Reform on immigration would fail to recognise the fundamental finding of this report: what people crave is tangible progress in their community and further power at a local level to make it happen, tapping into what already inspires feelings of pride."
party.coop/community/le...
party.coop/community/le...