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  1. Up2snuff says:
    July 2, 2023 at 8:02 pm

    Temperature Watch – Sarah Keith-Lucas at work

    BBC R4 forecast before 7 a.m. News had Sarah’s words of wisdom including “temperatures below the seasonal norm” and a 6 degree spread for one part of the UK (cannot now remember which) so it is ‘Temperaturegate’ all over again.

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  2. StewGreen says:
    July 2, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @yogafan007 tweets about Countryfile
    @bbc Pushing crappy (cold) heat pumps. Some of the young people flogging them are waffling and mumbling about climate change but don’t seem to have a clue what they are talking about
    . Also trying to sell useless insulation – leading to damp homes.
    Sod off. #countryfile #scam

    Counterviews https://twitter.com/YardleyShooting/status/1675584825221173248

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    • StewGreen says:
      July 2, 2023 at 8:34 pm

      The privately owned @CountryfileMag tweets
      “People working the land are facing some of their greatest challenges: adopting new farming systems, planting trees; attempting zero carbon emissions; tackling climate change; improving biodiversity.
      Will there be enough skilled hands and brains to cope?”
      https://buff.ly/43d6Vtu

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      • StewGreen says:
        July 2, 2023 at 10:16 pm

        The heatpump company highlighted the BBC free PR
        in 2 tweets during the show and 2 before

        In March they bragged they were on BBC & ITV
        In Feb bragged they were on the BBC website

        Nov 25, 2022
        Our Managing Director, David Broom chatted to @Skentelbery earlier today on @BBCCornwall

        Nov 25, 2022 Kensa’s solution for the decarbonisation of heat: networked ground source heat pumps, was discussed by @RHarrabin on @BBCRadio4 earlier today.

        Oct 27, 2021
        Regarding insulation, our Managing Director, James Standley actually spoke about insulation on BBC Radio Cornwall last week.

        Jul 13, 2021
        Our very own Iain Carr starred on BBC News North West last night! He talked about how we’re using natural heat from the ground to deliver #LowCarbon heating to 183 flats in Blackburn

        Nov 19, 2020
        “The future is heat pumps,” said Kensa’s Stuart Gadsden on BBC News last night.
        Did you tune in?

        Nov 18, 2020
        Tonight on @BBCNews 📺 Watch out for Kensa’s own Stuart Gadsden, who will be at the site of @ESOxford!

        They did about 10 promo tweets about that item

        Aug 30, 2019
        Catch the full Kensa #HeatPumps story & interview with @RichardCochrane of @UniofExeter on @BBCSpotlight

        The heatpump company makes big use of BBC climate doom stories, and BBC GreenDream stories
        One firm tweeted they use a PR agency to get onto BBC

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    • Up2snuff says:
      July 2, 2023 at 9:01 pm

      Stew, quite right. If you are a millionaire, like a friend of a friend of mine, and can commission a modern, right up to the minute & well-insulated, house to be built on land that you own, then a heat pump or two might provide sufficient heat for a state-of-the-art home.

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  3. StewGreen says:
    July 2, 2023 at 9:20 pm

    Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki posted a video
    (switching bewteen war scenes in France and peace scenes in Poland)
    in which he compared a calm Warsaw to a protesting France.

    At the end of the video, the phrase: “We do not want such scenes on the Polish streets.”

    “Our plan is a Europe of secure borders. Security and public order are the values ​​from which everything else begins,” Morawiecki wrote.

    The day before, Poland and Hungary voted against the new EU plan for refugees, which provides for the construction of dozens of camps on the EU’s borders
    .. https://twitter.com/SpriterTeam/status/1675584460891336704
    President tweets https://twitter.com/MorawieckiM/status/1674855346387537920

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