Radlett Wire
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We're new here but we've been keeping an eye on our small town in Hertfordshire - and its Parliamentary constituency Hertsmere - for 15 years.
You'll also learn how the Reform candidate for Watling division, a first-timer from Radlett called Gus Channer, got into trouble because he took a sick day from his job teaching in an FE college so he could appear on stage with Nigel Farage. Oops. bit.ly/42SZ8CN (that's him on the left).
April 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
You'll also learn how the Reform candidate for Watling division, a first-timer from Radlett called Gus Channer, got into trouble because he took a sick day from his job teaching in an FE college so he could appear on stage with Nigel Farage. Oops. bit.ly/42SZ8CN (that's him on the left).
Also how much money Clapper pulls down in 'allowances' from her two different councillor roles, Hertfordshire and Hertsmere (clue: it's more than the average wage in the UK): bit.ly/42SZ8CN
April 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Also how much money Clapper pulls down in 'allowances' from her two different councillor roles, Hertfordshire and Hertsmere (clue: it's more than the average wage in the UK): bit.ly/42SZ8CN
Just how dominant our councillor Caroline Clapper has been in the Watling division since she was first elected in 2009 (she wins the kind of majorities that national politicians can only dream of): bit.ly/42SZ8CN
April 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just how dominant our councillor Caroline Clapper has been in the Watling division since she was first elected in 2009 (she wins the kind of majorities that national politicians can only dream of): bit.ly/42SZ8CN
That in county council elections they're called 'divisions' and not 'wards' and that our one, which is called Watling, goes all the way from the boundary of North London to the edge of St Albans. bit.ly/42SZ8CN
April 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
That in county council elections they're called 'divisions' and not 'wards' and that our one, which is called Watling, goes all the way from the boundary of North London to the edge of St Albans. bit.ly/42SZ8CN
Just how badly Labour has done in the county since their 1993 high point when they were the largest party in Hertfordshire (spoiler: very badly). bit.ly/42SZ8CN
April 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just how badly Labour has done in the county since their 1993 high point when they were the largest party in Hertfordshire (spoiler: very badly). bit.ly/42SZ8CN
What happened to the cheeky Tory county councillor who switched to Reform a few weeks before the election and now plans to stand is his current seat for his new party (this is him in a bike shed). bit.ly/42SZ8CN
April 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What happened to the cheeky Tory county councillor who switched to Reform a few weeks before the election and now plans to stand is his current seat for his new party (this is him in a bike shed). bit.ly/42SZ8CN
You will learn: what Hertfordshire and Isles of Scilly have in common bit.ly/42SZ8CN
April 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You will learn: what Hertfordshire and Isles of Scilly have in common bit.ly/42SZ8CN
And if you want to go deeper on the @DC01UK development, we're saving all the links, references and background reading here: bit.ly/3E3rhPf
April 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
And if you want to go deeper on the @DC01UK development, we're saving all the links, references and background reading here: bit.ly/3E3rhPf
And here's part three, in which we survey the factors that might derail this enormous development - from grumpy neighbours to drought (this data centre will need 250M litres of water per year to cool the servers and they're building it in a 'water-stressed area') to Donald Trump: bit.ly/4jhIxz3
April 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
And here's part three, in which we survey the factors that might derail this enormous development - from grumpy neighbours to drought (this data centre will need 250M litres of water per year to cool the servers and they're building it in a 'water-stressed area') to Donald Trump: bit.ly/4jhIxz3
Here's part two of our deep dive on the proposed Hertsmere data centre, which could be Europe's biggest - an overview of the ENORMOUS demands of a data centre. This one, for instance, will draw three times as much electricity as the neighbouring town of St Albans, population 150,000! bit.ly/4hD2Sxz
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Here's part two of our deep dive on the proposed Hertsmere data centre, which could be Europe's biggest - an overview of the ENORMOUS demands of a data centre. This one, for instance, will draw three times as much electricity as the neighbouring town of St Albans, population 150,000! bit.ly/4hD2Sxz
Here's everything we've managed to learn about the new development - ownership, scale, barriers to completion, planning context etc.: bit.ly/4jJOrKr
DC01UK: Hertsmere steps into history
Well, possibly. Data centres are the cotton mills and steel foundries of our day. Vast, industrial-scale facilities that are right at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution. And one might be bu...
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February 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Here's everything we've managed to learn about the new development - ownership, scale, barriers to completion, planning context etc.: bit.ly/4jJOrKr