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Charlie Radclyffe

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Advocates for those injured in military + disabled folk, founder http://veteranlawproject.org.uk, trustee Disability Together, spinal cord injury, not a lawyer, MBA, manage land & forestry @ Dartmoor

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · Jun 27

PIP legislation + my concerns about:

1. Impact on service personnel + veterans harmed on duty (Armed Forces Covenant)

2. Claimed justification

Here's the email I've just sent my MP (Mel Stride) and Ministers at #DWP and #MOD

🧵 (long) #PIP #FOI #AFCS #warpension #Covenant #AFC #disability

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 10h

Yep, I’d love to see an African lion doing this too!

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 15h

And first half of Hague’s speech at the 1997 Conservative Conference is here

‘Labour in local government “rotten to the core”’

archive.ph/17iq8

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 15h

Part 2 of the speech is here:

www.lgcplus.com/archive/hagu...

HAGUE'S SPEECH (FULL TEXT - PART 2)

remainder of William Hague's keynote speech to the Tory party conference today:'The whole United Kingdom needs the Conservative Party now.I am proud to be

www.lgcplus.com

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 15h

100% agree

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 16h

Beautiful.

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 16h

But aren’t conveyancing firms excited about the resultant increase in the number of clients (albeit mostly confused new ones)?!

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17h

Timeline cleanser

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17h

Love it!! Congratulations Neil. 🙏

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 1d

Groundbreaking! The UK Armed Forces has sworn in its first-ever humanist pastoral carer – Dr Neil Weddell. This means thousands of non-religious service personnel will have access to like-minded pastoral support that genuinely reflects their values and worldview. 🧵

First-ever humanist pastoral carer in UK Armed Forces

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17h

“free Motability car” 🤦‍♂️😤

And all the rest… 😟

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for highlighting that, which I’d missed. 🙏

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for highlighting that, which I’d missed. 🙏

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 17h

Erm, yep, indeed I was

- scoots off to a far flung corner of Dartmoor with his tail between his legs -

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

Politics philosophy and economics
is two thirds hardly a serious degree

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

And I hadn’t even noticed that it goes all the way down to East Prawle

Anyone who’s tried travelling south of Kingsbridge knows that is a ludicrous business development area! 🤦‍♂️

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

The most illogically arranged freeport area I’ve seen

That north eastern bump is only a few miles from my house and is such a remote and poorly supplied area that freeport benefits would be non-existent

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

Very true.

I’m not arguing to remove the protected landscapes protection.

But there is a lot more authorities can do to satisfy NP purposes, nurture the environment and support locals and businesses.

The loose concept of “growth” always makes me wince a little!

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

And I’m highly sceptical of the claim of one interviewee in the article that “there was no evidence that the duty to enhance the parks was stopping growth”.

That is, anecdotally, personally and as a former parish councillor, not the experience of my area

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

We want to manage our site for environmental benefit and Dartmoor’s national park designation hinders our best doing so

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

But, much like land being graded in terms of flood zones, protected landscapes could also be graded or a scale used to designate particular aspects of critical importance (yes, landscape designations partially provide this but their interpretation is subjective)

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

I’d be happy for our non-national park land to be compelled to apply some protected landscapes legislative requirements (there is a bit of this already, eg outlying land site impact affecting national park views)

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

More reflections.

The National Park protection of half our land compels us to manage our site on our land outside the park - either steep hillside or in a flood plain

This limits site options, requires extensive preparatory work, and hinders our ability to better manage our site environmentally

Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

Morning grumble over. 😂

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

(unless you’re a farmer in which case it seems that most of what you want to do is fair play)

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 18h

While acknowledging that locals are frustrated by DNPA not making more use of the discretion available to them and working collaboratively to find a best solution for all - mostly due to DNPA cutbacks massively hindering the service they can provide

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