Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in. A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.

The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet. Just want that to sink in, there. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN

Yes, Reform's Events Co-ordinator called LGBT people nonces, but who hasn't when they've had a few drinks? After all, that's when we say what we really think.

A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS. Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.

The accusation of election fraud is a complete fabrication with zero evidence! Apart from a video of my National Press Officer, London Area Manager and a senior Reform campaigner discussing it.

So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.

A new record - on 5 December wind power produced enough electricity for 3/4 of UK homes At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs Still a way to go though.... www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...

This is a very thoughtful and illuminating legal assessment of that thing my guide said during a tour of a Auschwitz.

The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".

Watch this! All of it.

From the CWS ARCHIVE. 4th June 2024.

This is such a good story of how random interaction can lead to potentially huge impact from new science It’s on one of the major frontiers of science- understanding the soil that grows pretty much all our food www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration' Feels like this should have been bigger news... www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...

Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries. Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.

There's a move to delay EU phaseout date of petrol & diesel cars because of domestic auto industries are struggling to change But head of Volvo says “If Europe doesn’t take lead in this transformation [to electric] rest assured, other countries will do it for us” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.

The politicians who promoted Brexit were traitors- all of them, left or (most especially) right.

Less than 1000 signatures to go

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

I've counted literature for eight different socialist/communist factions and parties at Your Party conference so far. Plus Zarah Sultana rally leaflets. No leaflets for Your Party itself yet... These were nearly all under one chair, at one event.

The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?

Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

Richard Tice, March 2025: "I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"

Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time” Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.

New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk A chart mega-thread follows 🧵

Toyota is using #COP30 to promote biofuel cars, but the science is clear: crop-based biofuels are a false solution that threaten forests, food security and the 1.5°C limit. The world needs real zero-emission vehicles, not greenwashed detours.

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

Worth spending 10 mins reading the analysis for a cogent criticism of the McSweeny strategy.

Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland. The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh. Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.

It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄 Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆 1/15 🧵

Good to see @dougparr.bsky.social from Greenpeace quoted. It’s clear that insulation gives people warmer homes and more disposable income to put back into the economy.

Paul Nowak: "We've got 6,000 people working on electric vehicles in Nissan. We need to be supporting, those British manufacturing and engineering employers to make that transition." 🌍 ⚒️ "There is no contradiction at all between getting to net zero and good quality jobs and economic success."

I'm pleased to be back in the Parliamentary Labour Party and will be pressing on with business as usual representing North East Hertfordshire. My statement on today's news. 👇

Judges keep BANNING climate activists from talking about the climate crisis in their evidence in court... Because they know that juries find them NOT GUILTY when they explain the JUSTIFICATION for their protests

In air pollution hotspots in England & Wales, half the population are people of colour, 48% are on the lowest incomes, and 60% don’t drive Pollution is being unfairly imposed on them, principally by those who drive through their area www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry… www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

Well that was fun while it lasted

Letting agency used by Reeves apologises, saying it's to blame for rental licence error - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story. Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done. You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story! 🧵 1/9

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 : Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn** Don't believe the wind power haters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UN assessment of 60 countries' submitted plans for climate action show only a 10% cut in greenhouse gas emissions Nowhere near what is required for sticking to 1.5C As climate change-fuelled hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica you wonder what could shift the dial www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Vesper Solar 600 MW Texas project shows how an agrivoltaics mindset can unlock prime sites – pv magazine USA pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/10/27/v...