Between 1980 & 1990, privatised U.K North Sea oil and gas raised £166 billion in tax. The Conservative Party used it to halve income tax for top earners. Norway used their publicly-owned oil & gas revenues to fund 1st class services and establish the world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Fund.

The stench of desperation from the fossil fuel fanboys in my X notifications is palpable. Their latest ruse is to claim Britain owns its North Sea oil and gas reserves when 100% of the oil and gas pumped from our waters is in private hands. Not some of it. Not most of it. All of it.

What is Emmanuel Grégoire, the new Paris mayor, planning for the city over his new term in office? —60,000 new social housing units —15 express bus routes —Completion of city's full bike network —Transformation of ring highway into a boulevard —1000 new pedestrian streets —300 new hectares of parks

Merci !

Let’s not pretend that the ‘main goal’ was anything other than distraction from Trump and the Epstein Files, but even the fake reasons are now being abandoned for ‘we’re securing the Strait of Hormuz’, which was fully functional before the bombing began. Americans: you’re being conned.

Wrecked a few fossil fuel grifters; played nine holes of golf; had a couple of halves in the pub with some Dutch ground-hoppers while JB Jnr played badminton; now watching the League Cup Final. Sunday? Completed it, mate.

“Every missile strike is another downpayment on a hotter, more unstable planet, and none of it makes anyone safer,” said Patrick Bigger of the Climate and Community Institute and co-author of new analysis about the climate impacts of the war on Iran, in @theguardian.com:

In a buried report, oil regulators pinpointed nearly 600 wells operating illegally, threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water. Then there were 1,400+ wells that had operated for decades without any limits at all — grandfathered in from an earlier era. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

Exceptional fisking of Michael Gove’s latest attacks on Ed Miliband from @steverichards.bsky.social. It’s genuinely shameful of Gove to imply allowing more drilling in the North Sea could help tackle the cost of living. open.spotify.com/episode/1MIX...

There is *nothing* more middle-aged dad than listening to the footy results on a Saturday afternoon while scraping paint off stuff.

But at least we delivered some profits for the fossil fuel industry, right?

This is what Hegseth said America’s allies should be saying ‘thank you’ for. Yes, I’m sure Putin and the Russian fossil fuel oligarchs will be delighted.

Snakeshead fritillaries peaking now in the Fellows' Garden...

BRITISH FOSSIL FUEL IMPORT DEPENDENCY 1970-2024. The problem with privatisation is that you eventually run out of other people’s North Sea oil and gas.

Remember, the oil companies *never* lose.

The forces of fossil fuel propaganda and global warming denial never sleep, but as I’m getting a sick fade this evening, drinking several pints of Murphy’s tonight, and getting triple-glazed windows fitted tomorrow, so I remain, yours truly, undefeated.

There's much to welcome in the Mayor of London's #VisionZero action plan 2. New crossings, slower speeds, tackling larger cars like SUVs, expanding the cycle network and an acknowledgement of the need to reduce traffic overall. content.tfl.gov.uk/vision-zero-...

Fossil fools may wish to pour a stiff one, grab a seat, and keep the smelling salts to hand…because Britain’s electricity is currently 82% zero carbon…with just one neat trick - #renewables Fossil fuel companies hate it.

Late is the hour and the Hordes of Fossil, drawn to oil refinery gas flares like orcs to the eye of Sauron, multiply in the X ‘for you’ timeline, beaten back by those armed only with the NESO app of truth. Is that the Eagles to the rescue? Nay, it’s the wind turbines!

⚡️ Zelensky arrives in UK to meet King Charles, PM Starmer. Zelensky will first meet King Charles III at Buckingham Palace before holding talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Well, that’s that cleared up…👍

The Eddie Van Halen-esque guitar solos on Pink Pony Club never get old. What a banger.

Britain’s electricity is currently 72% zero carbon. We’re defeating the oil barons, petro-state dictators, paid fossil fuel lobbyists, and every right wing grifter on the internet one wind turbine at a time. Cool Britannia is back, baby…🇬🇧⚡️♻️🔋😎

Let’s get it straight: 🛢️ Nobody has “found” 1.1 BILLION barrels of North Sea oil. 🛢️ This is a North Sea Transition Authority estimate from October 2025. 🛢️ The estimate carries significant risk & gives no guarantee of either recoverability or commercial viability. 🛢️This is NOT new reserves.

Ukraine is holding back Russia and thus fulfilling the entire traditional mission of NATO without any soldiers or sailors from other countries. Trump is meanwhile demanding NATO allies leave the continent they are supposed to be defending to join him in a doomed adventure he chose in the Middle East

Time is almost up for the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation to take effect on 12 August 2026.

Let’s get it straight: 🛢️ Nobody has “found” 1.1 BILLION barrels of North Sea oil. 🛢️ This is a North Sea Transition Authority estimate from October 2025. 🛢️ The estimate carries significant risk & gives no guarantee of either recoverability or commercial viability. 🛢️This is NOT new reserves.

At a Taekwondo tournament with my boy, watching the young Taekwondoin take the pledge to “be a champion of freedom and justice” and “build a more peaceful world”. This is the kind of social participation that strengthens democracies. Our governments need to do much more to foster civil society.

Starmer ain't no Churchill, but he's no Blair either💪

1,000 acres so Robert Kennedy Jr can post AI videos of himself wrestling hotdogs.

52% of U.K gas consumption is for heating and cooking (mainly heating). The Government committing to the simple task of delivering a heat pump, electric oven, and induction hob at every home in the land, to reduce emissions and increase energy security, should be a strategic national priority.

Britain’s electricity is currently 69% zero carbon, largely thanks to domestic renewable energy. Those ‘windmills’ sure are effective at insulating us from the effects of Donald Trump’s Iranian disasterclass.

It’s a stain on U.S democracy that the first embarrassment inflicted on Trump has come from a murderous theocracy, not U.S politicians, the judiciary, or the U.S public, despite his involvement in the Epstein Files, ICE murders, and his attempt to overthrow the U.S Government.

EU leaders are utterly failing to understand how our electricity system has transformed in the last few years. The solution for electricity prices is to drive dynamic or ToU tariffs. Encourage people and business to use electricity when it is clean and cheap and avoid it when it is gas-based.

Standard Trump: 💣 Bombs Iran to cover up the Epstein Files. 👧🏻 Bombs school. Twice. ⚰️ U.S lives lost. 📣 Declares victory. 🛢️ $100 a barrel. 🙏 Begs countries he’s repeatedly denigrated for help. 😤 Threatens NATO. 🤔 Questions whether the U.S should be bombing Iran.

"Sorry, what was that?" one critic hit back at the president on social media.

You can’t afford a square metre of a gas-fired power station. You can’t afford a square metre of a nuclear power station. But you can afford a several square metres of solar panels. That’s why they’re desperate to kill renewables.

PM of Sweden Ulf Kristersson: "It's really great to see the most Nordic country outside the Nordics in a meeting in the Nordics. I think it's a sign of our time honestly that the Nordic five and Canada is working so well together. It proves your case. Middle powers make a big difference."

1/ Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ i.e short term pain but Long: Iran war will accelerate ongoing STRUCTURAL shift to solar+EVs+batteries

It’s ironic that the people who waffle on the most about being free from the state and big business are triggered by bikes and a few solar panels on roofs.

You can’t afford a square metre of a gas-fired power station. You can’t afford a square metre of a nuclear power station. But you can afford a several square metres of solar panels. That’s why they’re desperate to kill renewables.

The sun doesn’t have a ‘choke point’.

This is cool. The Government is set to allow plug-in solar, low cost solar panels that families can buy at supermarkets and put on their balconies or outdoor space. "In Germany over a million have been sold, helping households with energy costs and reducing dependence on fossil fuels."

America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power | Steven Greenhouse

EXCLUSIVE: Zelenskyy told us he wants Trump to turn up the heat on Putin — and stop piling pressure on him to agree to a truce. Ukraine’s president said he wants more clarity on what the U.S. will do to guarantee any future peace with Russia. Read more: politi.co/46RW3FX

Miliband is trying to avert an oil shock comparable to those of the 70s, making a far-right gov’t in Britain more likely. That is a big risk, but a bigger risk still would be to endanger British lives by becoming embroiled in another U.S Foreign Policy disaster. The U.S needs to own this mess.

It is absolutely imperative that European countries, including the UK, do absolutely nothing to prolong or escalate Operation Epic Insanity. And once we are in there will be no way out. This is on the US and Israel.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of March 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Wishing all the mammies out there a wonderful Mother’s Day! All our hope for a better future starts with you. Now, refuse to leave the bed until breakfast and home made cards arrive!

It’s enormously concerning that, at the very moment when we need to be driving forward with deep decarbonisation and mobilising all our productive forces to deliver heavy investment in global warming adaptation, most British politicians are losing their nerve.