Iran isn't pushing up every country's cost of living. America and Israel are doing that. #EconSky

Key to holding on to that second bloc will be avoiding any major disagreements between Farage and Jenrick (and the other ex-Tories). Because that could give rise to a political takeover of Reform UK by Jenrick.

First episode of SNL UK was okay. It will be interesting to see if it's as funny without regular US and Canadian guests. #bbcBH

Airlines assuming oil price hits $175. "𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 $175/𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 $100/𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 2027" #bbcBH #IsraelUSClustreFuck

The Hormuz Toll system is operational. It's booth free, you just need to apply for a sticker.

Next, Iran be doing its own bilateral trade deals. 😄

No don't put "town" in the name. When it grows up it'll be stuck with it. We don't have many "...ville"s. How about "Lizville" or "Elizaville".

The internet had better be ready for the collective global "I'm glad he's dead" posts.

I often think governments should ration energy to make the point.

Something that isn't communicated well is why the land allocated to solar farms is unlikely to impact UK food security. Some in farming sector believe it might affect UK's food security. Farmers are the experts. Really both arguments need to be heard and evidenced.

Polanski still not confident in answering questions around fiscal and economic policy in interview on #bbcPoliticalThinking with Nick Robinson. (Or he's deliberately holding back because his radical choices would come under tougher scrutiny.)

Radical right: Drill the North Sea! Radical left: Put up more wind turbines! 🙄 #bbcAQ

Norway and Iceland already have a good arrangement with the Single Market. Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein might be wary of UK being in the EEA knowing how UK likes to demand tweaks and favorable conditions. #bbcAQ

Even just joining the EEA would take a long time. #bbcAQ

The "TOTALLY DESTROYED!" Iranian Navy...

😄 They should only make them in bright pink.

😲 That's wild.

Two things that could pretty much guarantee Labour a GE victory: o Sort student loan problem o Hold a rejoin referendum (Joining would take a decade so wouldn't even have to rush into it.) #bbcAQ

Based on reported estimates, America has used up most of its Tomahawk missiles. Probably only has around 50 left.

I do this with junk mail pre-paid envelopes. I fold a piece of paper, put glitter in the fold, and put it in the envelope.

We shouldn't act petty and cancel King's visit and consider diplomat value. We have to think beyond Trump. #bbcAQ

While UK could ask to be exempt from joining Euro, but the EU would likely be very against it as it would show favoritism to UK which would no go down well with other members. The only party that would probably offer a rejoin referendum is the Liberal Democrats. #bbcAQ

Interest rate rises will probably focus relevant minds much more than $150 /🛢️ oil. Really we should cross our fingers 🤞 for rate rises. #bbcPM

Give it a month or two for the consequences to reach their payslips.

Not sure if this is a good idea. I'd rather the visit went ahead; good opportunity for UK to show it can disagree with US administration and still maintain relations.

It's easy to call for revolution from outside of a war zone. Inside Iran people will be wondering if no government (or worse, a puppet government) is better than a bad government. #bbcPM

Oh, now that's a much nicer way to do delivery time tracking.

Seriously. There are YouTubers who are better informed about China than policy makers in Europe.

There's an confused analyst sitting somewhere in China wondering, "Wait. So, to lift bans on nVidia GPUs, do we just need to invade Taiwan already??"

Are American and Israeli objectives with Iran diverging? They were never aligned. Israel is just doing its usual fear of nukes bit. America, however, is doing "America First", meaning weaken rest of world economies to make America 'greater'. (Yes, it hurts America in the short term.) #EconSky

We all know why Israel does this kind of thing, it's to antagonize in the hopes of further escalation so Israel can justify retaliation to the US.

Netanyahu: "Iran has few ballistic missiles left." Sounds more like when people say "I'm five minutes away" when really they are thirty minutes away.

More interesting I thought was her glaring stare at the Japanese journalist as he started asking the question. It was like, "No, no, no, don't ask him that. We're almost done here." 😆

I don't have a problem with MPs being paid £100,000. It's not a 9-5 job; it's practically 24/7. MPs and their family are under constant media scrutiny. There's the security risks. There's the harassment and abuse, more so for women MPs. I think MPs are underpaid. #bbcR4 1/2

Humans attack a defenceless robot.

Another difference between the 1970s and now is that there is far more oil & gas routing infrastructure than existed in the 1970s. #bbcPM

Global energy network is more resilient than it is often credited as. Media focus on the price shocks, but when wars run on, it gets priced in over time and energy flows find workarounds. This will be real test of that. #bbcPM

Let's hope the new comms team members are more clued up on how to do this. To date the comms team has been one of the weakest of any government.

"Who know better about surprises than Japan?" - Trump 🤦‍♀️ #US-Japan

Geographically sizeable countries like Spain have the luxury of lots of space to put up lots of wind turbines, and still reserve areas for national parks. A small island country like the UK can use shallow coastal land. But the real problem in the UK is NIMBY's holding up grid expansion.

World's longest coastal path, covers the entire English coastline. Started by former UK prime minister Gordon Brown. It's almost complete now, last 20% will be finished this year.

If Labour can do something on student loans then not only would they have students thanking them, but universities also, and next generation graduates. And business world will be grateful too.

America 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝘂𝗻-𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Iranian oil. 😄 #EconSky

Impressive. A six storey apartment block, in just 46 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔. In the UK it would take 46 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 just to get a planning approval. #Housing

EU Incorporated is coming. It's about scaling up innovation, super fast. Cutting even more red tape. Unlocking full power of the Single Market. Tech independence. 🔸 Start a company in less than 48 hours 🔸 Fully online and borderless 🔸 No minimum capital requirement #EUInc #Eurostack #EconSky

New American edition of 'The Art of War'

British liberalism is under attack, and I don't think it's just on the right.

Drama Queen Daily Mail has certainly mastered the 'Arrgh! Armageddon!' style of journalism. (Iran's oil war? Iran didn't start this.)

YIMBYism is very challenging in the UK. Quite often in UK regions there is the conflicting positions of 'yes, of course, we want homes for the younger generations' and 'no we don't want our villages and market towns to expand'.

Domestic British steel production may get a boost. Structured (i.e. not blunt like US) tariffs on imported steel to UK from places like Vietnam and Turkey. #EconSky