Carry this forward into week two please…

Wow this is some level of internalised misogyny

New study reckons fossil fuel power generation has peaked across OECD countries. There may be an energy security case for some continued fossil fuel development, but worth recognising it would be investing in an industry that's about to enter structural decline. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528872...

“Much of the ideology peddled by the far right in the 1970s – then seen as way beyond the political pale – is now seeping into the mainstream.” @kenanmalik.bsky.social on today's threat from the far-right - not the NF/BNP, but the likes of Hannan, Yusuf and Jenrick observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

😂😂😂

What does Brand mean by ‘contemporary rape gangs’? In his pitch to run for London mayor. There are few things that make me wish for climate chaos, but the idea of Russell Brand being mayor would be one.

Was he pissed when he wrote Cats?

NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK. First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.

A fair summary…

Amory 💚

Nigel Farage was wrong in 2015 and he was wrong yesterday. Treatment means people living with HIV can live a healthy life and can't pass it on.  Withholding HIV treatment risks HIV transmission. Read more: https://tht.org.uk/news/chief-exec-leading-hiv-charity-calls-farage-put-down-dog-whistle

Exclusive first look at the cover of JD Vance’s forthcoming book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith. Very vibey.

It’s way more preposterous that Trump would depict himself as a doctor than Jesus.

Fascinating piece into developing research in human ability to withstand heat. We’re closer to physiological limits than previously thought. Rising temps threaten survival in huge swathes of Earth inc ‘top end of Australia and much of the tropics, but especially in India and the Middle East’.

Is this ‘greatest stock market in history’ in the room with you now, Donald? Also notable that his pope rant majors on Covid sledging when the obvious and more readily available diss would be the church’s record on child abuse. But maybe he learned from Melania’s presser to keep away from that.

I was bored, so I made our toilet look like Nigel Farage

Did a sitting US President just share an uncensored video of a murder on his official social media page? I think the answer is yes. This reveals a lot about the inside of his sick head. Someone do something.

‘Devoid of ethical standards’ lol

I always think an impromptu presser/statement is a good way to clear the air and draw a line under things. It really helps dampen speculation.

As aside, this is one speech Melania didn’t plagiarize from Michelle Obama.

Netanyahu is bombing Lebanon because his political career (and therefore avoidance of prosecution) depends on constant war. How many more people must die for the sake of one man's standing?

A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The president of the United States is a mentally deteriorating sociopathic terrorist.

"A whole civilization will die tonight."

I trust everyone had a restorative and refreshing night’s sleep?

He’s a hare’s breadth from talking directly to the rabbit. Likely he believes it to be Hesgeth.

One of these two has Myxomatosis

Something I don't think the UK boasts about enough - and a great rebuttal to Reform and the Tories' anti-net zero propaganda: The UK is home to 7 out of the top 10 biggest offshore wind farms in the world. 10 of the top 20. And 6 in 10 of the largest ones in the world currently under construction.

The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the de-facto guardian of the Geneva Conventions: “Most alarming are potential threats to nuclear facilities. Any miscalculation can cause irreversible consequences for generations to come.” www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...

Classic.

Earn money as you commute? No not part time Uber driver, as a cyclist!

And Stella Creasy gets dragged on the independent’s strange political podcast for going to a silent disco. 🙄

Letter from the #Epstein survivors slamming Pam Bondi. - via Jim Acosta on X

Alright Lady Marchmont. I thank god that if I ever uttered a sentence as pompous as ‘I have turned to Rome’ someone close would have a word. Doesn’t this man have any friends?

Interesting. The Met removed a reference to Tik Tok from its release on the Clapham looting /disorder this week. The Guardian amended its headline. Be interested to know more about that back channelling between TikTok and The Met. Public facing disorder so often just the tip of the iceberg.

Domestic renewables are happening.

Post of the season…

It seems that there is an extra layer to this. Jake Kanter reports that Anna Brees is the freelance journalist who contacted the bbc about Mills. She is a self declared ‘friend’ of Alex belfield convicted of stalking Vine.

On Scott Mills, I’m surprised if Jeremy Vine HAS said that his sacking is unfair as ‘there has been no crime’. If the investigation dates back to 2016, then some things have changed since then. For example digital evidence carries more weight, the testimonies of young powerless people are heard…

Writing in the climate-sceptic Sunday Telegraph, UK's Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch is all in on "Drill Baby Drill" An all-you-can-eat buffet of half-truths, falsehoods and magical thinking

Hello. Welcome to the ‘spark gap’ - a live debate in the Energy Transition world for the last five years. Hello to all the think tanks and commentators that are currently joining in. 👋

The founders gave us guardrails in the constitution, to protect from a rogue president. But they depend on the rest of our elected leaders doing their jobs. They never imagined an entire corrupt political party that would actually be traitors to the nation. Now we know. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

My table seat on this train got annexed by a guy manspreading his ginormous feet. I could tell he was a twat. So I moved. I was sad to leave my table seat after two hours. But he is now watching sport without earphones, so it was the right call.

Breaking news: Trump’s Oil Policy -drill baby, drill - has been rebranded as Dig We Must or Wist Dwig Dust or something.

What’s the highest level of chess? This is something I always wondered. Here, finally, we have the answer.

Shhhh? Can you hear it? The anti net zero lobby are being drowned out by the clamour for a faster Energy Transition, if only we’d thought of this sooner! open.substack.com/pub/theweath...

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Feel really sorry for those on heating oil (1.7 million homes in uk) many of home need help to get on heat pumps. But heating oil is more like kerosene than crude. Ie even more expensive. A lot of commentary assuming is same as crude. It’s not. Eve. More exposed.

Is the war you’re winning in the room with us now, dear?

THIS….