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Andrew Pendleton

@ajpendleton.bsky.social

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Strategy, policy, campaigns. Own views here. Working for The Sunrise Project. Formerly @globalactionplan @Neweconomics @IPPR and Friends of the Earth UK. He/Him One time Radio Journalist and Sony Radio Awards winner. NFFC fan #COYR .. more

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Carsten Jung @carsjung.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEW: UK taxpayers are losing £22 billion every year from losses at the Bank of England - the same as the entire Home Office annual budget. This is the result of a flawed implementation of the BoE's quantitative easing programme. We propose two steps to fix this leak. (1/4)

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jul 22

Go on the news, say pre-determined thing that aligns with aims, clip for socials and throw down channels. Repeat.

Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jul 21

doubt I need to say this, but if literally everyone chopped wood for one hour a day every day, it would lead to a pretty rapid intensification of the climate emergency

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Jun 27

🩹 | NEW REPORT: After decades of failed reforms, it's time for a bold new vision for social care. Our latest paper sets out why change is urgent—and how to finally make it happen.

Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/thi...

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 27

AI now making up dates (Gemini on Google). The prompt was ‘set out of office until 14 July).

Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 24

Have you blogged your thoughts?

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · Jun 18

Will be interesting to see if certain media outlets just ignore the report from the Spanish government confirming the key role of thermal power plants in the Iberian power outage or still try to erroneously spin it as a failure of renewables. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515109...

'Solar PV was not the cause of the blackout': Report on Spain's power outage reveals failure of thermal plants a key factor

Renewable energy advocates accuse commentators who blamed renewables for black out of 'jumping the gun and oversimplifying the cause'

www.businessgreen.com

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 17

We have to work hardest for 2. Shifting demand fast will unfortunately strand assets, but it's the least worst option, though we do need some 3 as well.

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 17

Peak oil is about demand and not supply.

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jun 17

IEA: Oil still on track to peak by 2030; oil for fuel to peak in 2027

"annual growth slows…to just a trickle over the next several years, with a small decline expected in 2030, based on today’s policy settings and market trends"

Here are some of the most striking charts 🧵
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jun 17

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Patrick Lee @patrickjalee.bsky.social · Jun 16

"The effects of moving to an area with worse air pollution are not confined to mental health.

"A 10-year study in southern California also showed that lung growth improved for children that moved to areas with less particle pollution."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How does air pollution affect mental health? New study aimed to find out

Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is so true. would never have missed them for pure comedy value.

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Jun 9

📢 We've joined forces with Lord Jim O'Neill to call on Treasury to take a big bet on northern growth
🚨 The North missed out on £140bn in transport spending over the last 10yrs
🚉 But we've got a plan - Great Northern Rail

📚 www.ippr.org/articles/on-...

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 7

Loved Steve McQueen more than anything. Must have played it every day for ab out 6 months

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · Jun 4

I think the word "important" is overused when it comes to the publication of words. It should be used sparingly.

This new piece of research from @teraallas.bsky.social and co-author Dimitri Zenghellis *is important*.

www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...

It explains weak UK productivity. 1/

Mind the capital gap: British citizens are poorer because UK workers are denied capital - The Productivity Institute

British workers are operating with a third less capital per hour worked than their counterparts abroad, finds new research by Tera Allas and Dimitri Zenghelis.

www.productivity.ac.uk

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 2

plus, it's only a part of the job of schools; the main job of schools is to equip young people with good critical skills, in my view. if industries want skilled workers then they have to invest in training, probably in partnership with the state which needs young people in work.

Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Jun 2

if something came along that meant I never had to drive again, and that perhaps could also overcome fluid dynamics in a way that human decision making cannot, so traffic flow was smooth, then I would be very grateful.

Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · May 31

tends to look like a France #2 jersey. I like the 82 aesthetic, though

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · Apr 26

It’s Bluebell Time in the UK, the global HQ of these wonderful evocative magical flowers. It’s said the bells rang to summon faeries to their parties. We should have a national Bluebell Day. @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @celiarichardson.bsky.social

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Apr 17

last night news night gave 10+ minutes to an interview with Douglas Murray. honestly makes you wonder about editorial judgement.

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · Mar 22

Much appreciation for my council Hammersmith & Fulham’s new rain garden on King Street, which has just been planted up in time for spring! Special thanks to Cllr Wes Harcourt, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Ecology 🌱🙌

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · Mar 11

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation www.theguardian.com/environment/... blimey. ~ This rivals climate change for seriousness. If only they had a common source … err @thehorsman.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Huge scramble to beat Trump tariffs on imports in the US.

George Pearkes @peark.es · Feb 28

Wow advance goods trade deficit for January $153.3bn, easily a record, economists were looking for $116bn.

Chart of US goods trade deficit since 1989

Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Took me a while to get there and then I read the end of this post and realised I'd wasted my brain time. So a massive reduction in feb?

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George Pearkes @peark.es · Feb 28

Wow advance goods trade deficit for January $153.3bn, easily a record, economists were looking for $116bn.

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Feb 26

X should be banned. Those responses aren't even vaguely acceptable.

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · Feb 25

🚨 Extraordinary exchanges at the SIT committee today, as X official Wifredo Fernandez was questioned on the platform's content/moderation policies

He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts

Watch his response 👇
www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...

MPs probe X official on whether 'abhorrent' racist and misogynistic posts are in rules - Politics.co.uk

The House of Commons science, innovation and technology committee has heard oral evidence from TikTok, Meta and X officials as part of its inquiry into misinformation and harmful algorithms. The sess...

www.politics.co.uk

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Feb 24

Very important this from CBI and @eciu.net. The future of the UK economy is green and growth is impossible without it. In fact the CBI's chief economist says: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."

Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · Feb 24

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · Feb 24

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Pendleton @ajpendleton.bsky.social · Feb 17

Corralling freedom in the name of other things is nothing new. Dangerous but not new.