This is so deeply unserious. Throughout the entire 14 years of the Conservative government oil and gas licenses were routinely issued and for much of the period there was a policy of maximising extraction. Production still fell, the economy flatlined, and energy security got worse.

Bloody love this. Rory has a great way of putting things upside down.

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

Robert Jenrick

ICYM Latest blog is on how for all the Farage-shaped noises off, the UK clean tech boom is delivering massive benefits for millions of people, the economy as a whole, and the only habitable biosphere in the known universe. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...

PRAISE ALERT

I know Boris has a lot of children but surely he's not been *that* busy

It says something that, even though he lived to 97, hearing Tom Lehrer has gone makes me think 'much, much too young'. One of the greatest satirists of all time. Here's a niche one, and one of my faves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScd...

So good to see the FT finally call out the Conservative Party for its reckless non-sense on climate: on.ft.com/451lwfr “How magical thinking came for net zero critics”

Must read from @stephenkb.bsky.social on the fundamental flaw in the Tory and Reform non-approach to climate change. www.ft.com/content/c40f...

Bloody hell Oasis have aged

With you shortly, just watching 5 seconds of a product advert so I can skip the rest of the 60-second product advert so I can get through and avert my eyes from the 5-second version of the movie advert so I can finally see the 150-second movie advert I was trying to see in the first place

46 degrees in Spain, in June. Do Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage & all the other “net zero sceptics” have a clue what’s going on? Or what to do about it?

OK, if that's how it has to be, but I need to know how this is going to be scheduled because I've got a lot on. Will it be queue-based or will I get a slot like my Covid jab?

The subheading here is absolutely magnificent clickbait www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good luck Lime, break a leg!! www.reuters.com/business/ube...

On a separate note I do not understand why American journalism mostly has to happen OVER THE NOISE OF A STILL-RUNNING HELICOPTER CAN WE PLEASE JUST WAIT FOR THEM TO TURN THE HELICOPTER OFF

At this point I’m much more excited about the CLOUD than the silver lining!!!!! #hot #toohot #muchtoohot #pleasemakeitstopthisisntSPAIN

It's going to be a warm weekend. Stay indoors and read - and the good news is that for ten days only, my new book is on Kindle for just £0.99. A SINGLE ENGLISH POUND. Here's the link! www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Gu...

Further Unambiguous Good News Corner. Think I might do a series of these. #Furtherunambiguousgoodnews

Good morning with good news: Global EV sales will jump 25% in 2025, compared to 2024. EVs will reach a 25% global market share in 2025, with sales at 22 million. That's up ~6X since 2020 sales of 3.4 million. EVs will be 50% of China's auto fleet by 2033! #energysky about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

In the 1960s the USA spent 4% of its budget on NASA, AKA the Space Race. By comparison we are doing *very* little on our own climate. The day is coming when we'll have to go Space Race in the name of repairing and improving the climate on the objectively FAR better planet Earth. #earthgoodmoonboring

unambiguous good news corner: www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/05/b...

“Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction … forever” “…Save taxpayer money + prevent …declines in endangered, threatened & protected species, as well as immense damage to the seabed and open-water habitats.” #DefendTheDeep 🌊🦑 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Huge fun doing this podcast and talking about being an IMPORTANT POLITICAL SATIRIST (twirls my moustache Jonathan Swift style)

Almost everyone: "Electric cars are too expensive and are all SUVs. We need smaller, cheaper ones." *BYD launches new compact, high-quality electric car in the UK at £18,000* BBC: No, not like that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reminder: for the whole of this month you can get my latest book for a *criminal* (the book is about criminals) 99 pence on Kindle. Yes! Do It! www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Gu...

All things considered I'd rather have a Harris presidency but I suppose I'll have to take this

New pod! And this week, we welcome author, comedian and QI Elf Andrew Hunter Murray to the studio! Hear Simon and Matt discuss ‘A Beginner’s Guide To Breaking And Entering’ with Andy right now, wherever you listen to your podcasts… @simonmayo.bsky.social @andrewhunterm.bsky.social

Cheap books! For the month of June, you can get A Beginner's Guide To Breaking And Entering for just 99p. This is the cheapest possible way to get it, short of breaking into someone else's house and nicking theirs. Here it is: www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Gu...

Highly recommended, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Cheap books! For the month of June, you can get A Beginner's Guide To Breaking And Entering for just 99p. This is the cheapest possible way to get it, short of breaking into someone else's house and nicking theirs. Here it is: www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Gu...

Did 'Nick Clegg in 2010' write this?

Just bought a second-hand book from a Belgian bookseller. Very direct form of address they have over there.

Fun ahoy: I’m about to be on TIMES RADIO talking about Jane Austen, adaptation, and all that. And as the man who was in “Godzilla vs MegaDarcy” as part of Austentatious I know allll about sensitive adaptation.

doctor: well mr. yoda, we fixed the language center of your brain. you should talk totally normal now yoda: thanks dude

Misinformation: A Telegraph guide 1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱 2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔 3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉 4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊 5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈

The best Jordan Peterson out there, including the original

Got to wang on about my favourite books. Includes: Redwall! Hitch Hiker's Guide! Slough House! Bit of Austen! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Got to wang on about my favourite books. Includes: Redwall! Hitch Hiker's Guide! Slough House! Bit of Austen! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

The National Parking Platform is a big, exciting deal and you should know about it (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/national-p...

Here is a thread of all the fun stuff I’ve got to do in the run-up to publication of A Beginner's Guide To B&E. First up, PAGE ONE. Amazing writer’s podcast. I reveal the secrets of a bestseller and we explore the secret meaning of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

It's publication day of A Beginner's Guide in paperback, AKA the cheap edition! There are hundreds of signed copies at independent bookshops and a link below for all shops. If you want a summer read, something thrilling but fun, this could be the book for you. Why not eh? linktr.ee/AndrewHunter...

🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: TALES FROM THE TELEGRAPH, GROK AND GULLIES Adam reveals which foreign governments own which bits of the British press, Helen takes a safari into Elon Musk’s AI, and Andrew reveals how Page 94 got him through the doors of Parliament. pod.fo/e/2d88ea

NEW PAGE 94 ALERT. Do I talk about electric cars and how Britain deserves cross-pavement charging solutions for their homes? Yes I do. Do Adam and Helen humour me? *Barely*. Are we going to change the world and unlock cheap charging for all? LISTEN HERE to find out: www.private-eye.co.uk/podcast

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Devastating new figures on global forest loss increasing sharply again last year, in large part due to fires. The failure to reckon with the risk of feedback loops is probably the single biggest flaw in the debate around climate action. www.businessgreen.com/news/4413897...

Current view - just hung out with Matt Chorley on Radio 5. Terrific fun.

Literary criticism alert: I have written for the Times about one of the greatest housing novels ever, Ballard's High-Rise. It's here, and in the paper on Saturday. If you can't wait until then, and if you want a picture of Tom Hiddleston in the buff, here it is (£): www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

It is the penultimate day of the deal of the century: two books for the price of one on Audible! My books 'A Beginner's Guide To Breaking And Entering' and 'The Last Day' are both included. Here is the terrific Phil Dunster reading the former. Click here to BUY NOW: www.audible.co.uk/ep/sp-landing