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It's not a failure because the function of the media is propaganda not information. POSIWID.

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"Together, wind and solar generated 22% of global electricity in April, compared with 20% from gas." More evidence: low cost wins in power generation. Gas is expensive and getting more expensive.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social is very well read. I wonder has he seen this new title?

We are at the start of a clean energy revolution.

The unbeatable combination of renewables and batteries policybrief.org/briefs/the-u... See also: How renewables are curbing gas power costs - and how more renewables are being installed without government incentives or contracts davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-renewa...

www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/20/e... A project has demonstrated that building solar panels into vehicle roofs, hoods and side panels – a concept known as vehicle-integrated photovoltaics (VIPV) – could significantly reduce pressure on power grids.

Fuel duty moves, Russian sanction tweaking and talk of voluntary supermarket price caps are just a total mess of a response to an energy price surge.

The era of supply shocks cries out for a politician willing to be straight with people: these shocks make us poorer, we have to divide out the pain while sticking up our values. None of these measures pass that test

It wasn't so long ago that Denis Healy subsidised supermarket food!

Utterly the wrong call. Weak. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As I've said before... bsky.app/profile/flip...

Unbelievable!

Restore full employment as a policy goal. Make jobs plentiful and easy to get (ie remove the ridiculous hurdles erected by HR departments) and the benefit bill should fall naturally and without the coercion so beloved of IDS and other benefit cutters

It couldn't have happened to nicer people

New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social The narrative on the Ukraine war has shifted. There's still, though, an assumption that Putin can keep going because there won't be a decisive moment of defeat. But wars don't always work like that. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...

Madam I guarantee you will be within 20ft of a nonce throughout the entire march

Populism dear boy. Populism. Intellectuals and clever people have been expunged from parliament. All that is left is the mediocre following mediocre leaders.

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Immigration make Britain brilliant

An easy slur that prioritising manufacturing is “nostalgia” Advanced manufacturing is a massive share of our exports and almost half our R&D spend. It’s 2.6m jobs and over 70k vacancies. In a world of reshoring supply chains, green energy, EVs and aerospace, manufacturing should grow

Excellent very well-judged piece by Harry. Reflects very badly on politicians that very few (Khan excepted) have said anything as good/clear as this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Please retweet.

Singer-songwriter, legendary vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, mandolin player, producer, Grammy winner and RnR Icon Steve Winwood has 78 candles on his birthday cake today. (May 12, 1948)

“The question is not simply what the optimal fiscal framework looks like, but how reform can be sequenced in a context of elevated borrowing costs and heightened market sensitivity”. V interesting, lots to agree with. renewal.org.uk/articles/a-n...

Renewing Britain's economy: Tribune Group perspectives, in @renewaljournal.bsky.social journal renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

"An economy should work first and foremost for those who earn their living through their labour rather than through rent-seeking"

If only Starmer read more. There is more to running a country than following Mandelson's edicts

Top tip to Keir Starmer: Forget about your play acting and pretence at being a competent politician. Get back in your lane and continue prosecuting Tweeps for using working class language and figures of speech.

Maybe, just maybe, Starmer's departure will be the end of Mandelson's malign influence over the Labour party. Assuming West Streeting does not replace Starmer

By not being a mad fucker?

It is objectively insane that all the money the average renter earns until mid May every year goes straight into the pocket of their landlord.

Why oh why did the Party select Starmer in the first place? As Director of Public Prosecutions, he refused to withdraw the prosecution of Paul Chambers. Ruining an individual's life for a swear-word laden, clumsy tweet was a clear clue to Starmer's callous character. Time to walk that plank Starmer

whenever I hear a Party say the problem is they need to tell more stories I a. despair because it means they think the answer is more power to the comms spads and b. immodestly remember a tweet of mine from 2022

This doesn’t sound good?

"Unless Labour changes, and does so quickly, it will be consigned to the history books. Thats is about more than changing one face at the top and bringing back former leaders, the party needs a dramatic shift in policy and strategy too" My new column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

Gas set Spain's electricity price 55% of the time in 2022. In Jan–Apr 2026: just 9%. Rapid renewable buildout means renewables increasingly set the marginal price instead - delivering structurally lower, more stable wholesale prices. Sign up to my new newsletter for more: janrosenow.substack.com

Dear Labour, what is wrong with adopting policies that pursue full employment? The benefits of full employment include: More tax receipts Lower govt borrowing Better mental health Less incentive to commit crime

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No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

Alexa, what happens when a government wins power on the promise of "change" and then continues with the previous government's policy of laissez-faire and high unemployment? Asking for some MPs

Well done Crystal Palace!

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Top Tip to Arsenal fans: Use your time in Budapest to get dental treatment that is now unavailable or unaffordable in the UK. Then at least your trip to Budapest will not have been completely wasted and will provide some consolation when PSG smashes the Arsenal team. You're welcome

In memory of Liberace

I suspect the cartoonist gave trump too much credit. What do you think?