One country invading another is never a good thing… It makes for a volatile, unstable and aggressive world, particularly when sovereign states now have nuclear capability… Yet part of me feels we, in the U.K., were invaded by a hostile force. This government has attacked every

Most people STILL don’t know what peril they are in. This will be the coolest summer for the rest of your life, and that shouldn’t be just a meme - it should be actually terrifying. The ONLY path out of this heat nightmare is to end fossil fuels ASAP

We currently have the U.K. Prime minister and Home Secretary, both of immigrant heritage, taking time out of their schedules to support an established racist on social media (anyone who questions that description, please listen to his radio interview with James O'Brien a few years

The Greek government is evacuating Rhodes. Both Labour and the Tories are toying with abandoning environmental policies. I despair.

Looking forward to a stream of articles about why Spain rejected the divisive far right policies of Vox, and the lessons for British politics, which I'm sure will be with us shortly.

I've now had a chance to read all 40 pages of the Coutts dossier on Farage and it's 9 pages of internal risk assessment discussion (1-4, 8-12) 29 pages of evidence (5-7, 13-38) referred to in the risk assessment pages, 1 page of decision (39) and 1 page of glossary (40). 1/9

The reaction to Tate, Spacey, and literal CP on Twitter is a good indication that no one on the right actually gives a shit about Epstein's crimes. They have been used, rather, to drum up a cultural panic against people they consider ideological enemies, such as teachers.

1/ 🧵 Put the substance to one side, this is a power grab by a centre that already has too much power (and generally is pretty poor at the exercise of that power). I jest …but Whitehall approving the installation of speed bumps on Acacia Avenue?? Really? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Quick reminder that the UK govt has been promising carbon capture & storage (CCS) for more than *checks notes* TWENTY YEARS. Here's what 2003 Energy White Paper said: "We will therefore set up an urgent implementation plan...This study will reach conclusions within six months"

Some new polling to try and get at this "voters support Net Zero but won’t pay for it" zombie take running wild in recent days. via Focaldata (apologies for yet another thread on this but it's been annoying me and, more importantly, is now actively shaping Govt policy!) 🧵

The most interesting thing about this latest episode is that this is no longer the question of government readiness but rather cost to consumers. It the most explicit acknowledgement by the UK government that Brexit trade barriers are inflationary. ft.com/content/d0673a…

If the Wooton scandal teaches us one thing, it should be this. Once you’ve got the Mail and Murdoch onside (or compromised) the BBC will be silent and you have most the media stitched up. Very very unhealthy for our democracy

At some point in the near future, the Conservative Party will be forced to come to terms with the fact that everything they’ve done over the last eight years has been a colossal mistake. The EU referendum, May, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Truss, all of it.

Time for a 🧵 about why Hong Kong sushi, an English air crash 111 years ago, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the Prometheus legend explain why the future of nuclear power will be in conventional large-scale generators, not suburban small modular reactors.

The most amazing thing about the British Media is that it isn't based in Britain, doesn't pay tax in Britain, isn't owned by British people, and doesn't in fact do anything for Britain.

I’m just a defence lawyer here to tell you that 99% of kids caught with Nitrous Oxide won’t go anywhere near a prison. They will get a fine. But, more importantly, they’ll get a criminal record that will likely impact their job prospects. Standing ovation for Suella Braverman.

In the old days seven Mirror reporters would have been made to dress up as bins & follow the PM around asking what he had against then & I regret that Fleet Street no longer has the resources for this frankly

Rishi Sunak says he wants a democratic conversation to talk to the "broad majority of people". We at Involve have been doing that for years, with people from across the population with vastly different attitudes and values. Here's what they say... 🪡👇