Andy Scollick
@andyscollick.bsky.social
Strategic foresight analyst: future security environment, defence policy, strategic planning, warfare development | Climate-energy-defence interactions | Former adviser to Ukraine's military | PhD in complex adaptive systems, sustainability and governance
Absolute bullshit and fossil fuel industry propaganda from Tony "Barking Mad" Blair's Institute for Global (No) Change. institute.global/insights/cli...
Reset the UK's energy strategy to focus on affordable power.
UK energy policy is on the wrong course. Government must move from clean-power targets to cheaper power.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Absolute bullshit and fossil fuel industry propaganda from Tony "Barking Mad" Blair's Institute for Global (No) Change. institute.global/insights/cli...
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"A thinktank with close ties to Saudi Arabia and substantial funding from a Donald Trump ally needs to present a particularly robust analysis to earn the right to be listened to on the climate crisis. On that measure, Tony Blair’s latest report fails on almost every point."
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Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin
Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"A thinktank with close ties to Saudi Arabia and substantial funding from a Donald Trump ally needs to present a particularly robust analysis to earn the right to be listened to on the climate crisis. On that measure, Tony Blair’s latest report fails on almost every point."
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A few more climate tidbits from #msc2026 - President Stubb of 🇫🇮- “We’re going to suffocate on fossil fuels before too long” - noting tho the transition will take time. He also said climate change is real & a threat, and those that use finance, regulation and innovation to address will win. (1/x)
February 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
A few more climate tidbits from #msc2026 - President Stubb of 🇫🇮- “We’re going to suffocate on fossil fuels before too long” - noting tho the transition will take time. He also said climate change is real & a threat, and those that use finance, regulation and innovation to address will win. (1/x)
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EU foreign chief Kaja Kallas said Russia is receiving more at the negotiating table than it achieved on the battlefield. She stated Moscow barely moved beyond the 2014 front line at the cost of 1.2 million casualties and is now putting forward unrealistic demands in negotiations. #Ukraine
February 15, 2026 at 11:31 AM
EU foreign chief Kaja Kallas said Russia is receiving more at the negotiating table than it achieved on the battlefield. She stated Moscow barely moved beyond the 2014 front line at the cost of 1.2 million casualties and is now putting forward unrealistic demands in negotiations. #Ukraine
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THE EUROPEAN UNION'S lead diplomat has told the Munich Security Conference that the trading bloc needs to consider its defence on a whole of Europe basis.
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EU diplomatic chief calls for member states to move towards a European mutual defence strategy
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, was speaking on the last day of the Munich Security Conference.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S lead diplomat has told the Munich Security Conference that the trading bloc needs to consider its defence on a whole of Europe basis.
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Rubio: "This is why President Trump demands seriousness and reciprocity from our friends here in Europe. The reason why, my friends, is because we care deeply."
Sounds like exactly the sort thing a domestic abuser would say to justify their abuse.
Sounds like exactly the sort thing a domestic abuser would say to justify their abuse.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...
www.state.gov
February 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Rubio: "This is why President Trump demands seriousness and reciprocity from our friends here in Europe. The reason why, my friends, is because we care deeply."
Sounds like exactly the sort thing a domestic abuser would say to justify their abuse.
Sounds like exactly the sort thing a domestic abuser would say to justify their abuse.
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The oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar region is still burning. The fire covers 2,200 square meters.
February 15, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar region is still burning. The fire covers 2,200 square meters.
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Richard Dawkins and Ian McEwan, amongst others, took part in this Epstein-organised pseudo intellectual think tank for eugenicists and neofascists.
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Richard Dawkins and Ian McEwan, amongst others, took part in this Epstein-organised pseudo intellectual think tank for eugenicists and neofascists.
The message is uncompromising: Join Donald Trump's campaign to reshape the world for Washington's benefit, or get out of the way. (POLITICO)
America’s charm offensive in Munich masks harder line on Europe
The message itself is uncompromising: Join Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the world for Washington’s benefit, or get out of the way.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The message is uncompromising: Join Donald Trump's campaign to reshape the world for Washington's benefit, or get out of the way. (POLITICO)
Not in a million years. We're not fascists. #MSC2026
Rubio calls on Europe to join Trump’s new world order
Top U.S. diplomat backs new partnership with the continent as he reiterates MAGA talking points.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Not in a million years. We're not fascists. #MSC2026
Updates from the final day of the #MSC2026 security conference
‘Woke Europe not facing civilisational erasure,’ says EU’s Kallas after Rubio’s Munich speech – Europe live
EU’s foreign policy chief says many countries still ‘want to join our club’
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Updates from the final day of the #MSC2026 security conference
February 15, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Kaja Kallas should have been made Secretary General of NATO instead of Mark "The Spineless" Rutte. But, that was never going to happen given that NATO remains a "boys club".
'Europe not facing civilisational erasure,' says Kallas
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has pushed back against Europe "bashing" by the United States, as she said Russia must be forced to make concessions in talks to end the Ukraine war.
www.rte.ie
February 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Kaja Kallas should have been made Secretary General of NATO instead of Mark "The Spineless" Rutte. But, that was never going to happen given that NATO remains a "boys club".
By all means attack Reform. They are the new British Union of Fascists and Nigel Farage is the new Oswald Mosley. But attacking the Green Party and Zack Polanski is like attacking your neighbours and friends at village fête.
Starmer and Cooper dig the hole ever deeper.
Starmer and Cooper dig the hole ever deeper.
Politics latest: Foreign secretary denies the PM is 'rattled' after Munich attack on Greens and Reform UK
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has joined us live on Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips - and she's responded to Russia's stance on the revelations around opposition figure Alexei Navalny, and discu...
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February 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
By all means attack Reform. They are the new British Union of Fascists and Nigel Farage is the new Oswald Mosley. But attacking the Green Party and Zack Polanski is like attacking your neighbours and friends at village fête.
Starmer and Cooper dig the hole ever deeper.
Starmer and Cooper dig the hole ever deeper.
About time. #Ireland has international obligations under the frameworks of the EU, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to interdict, inspect and, if necessary, arrest illegal vessels breaching sanctions and maritime safety regulations.
Irish Defence Minister says Ireland considering boarding and inspecting Russian Shadow Fleet ships
Helen McEntee, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, was speaking to The Journal today as she attends meetings at the Munich Security Conference.
www.thejournal.ie
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
About time. #Ireland has international obligations under the frameworks of the EU, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to interdict, inspect and, if necessary, arrest illegal vessels breaching sanctions and maritime safety regulations.
As abhorrent as they are, the reality is that unless you have them or come under their collective security umbrella then Russia will attack you or even invade you at some point in the next decade or two means that nuclear weapons are a vital deterrent for Europeans. Everybody needs them.
Nuke-talk is heating up among Europeans in Munich
‘Nuclear deterrence can give us new opportunities. Why not?’ Latvian PM tells POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
As abhorrent as they are, the reality is that unless you have them or come under their collective security umbrella then Russia will attack you or even invade you at some point in the next decade or two means that nuclear weapons are a vital deterrent for Europeans. Everybody needs them.
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New Zealand braces for more heavy rain, severe gales after floods kill one person reut.rs/3OH8Apg
New Zealand braces for more heavy rain, severe gales after floods kill one person
New Zealand's weather forecaster on Sunday warned of intensifying heavy rain and severe gales for the country's North Island, a day after floods linked to the death of one person caused power outages, road collapses and home evacuations.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
New Zealand braces for more heavy rain, severe gales after floods kill one person reut.rs/3OH8Apg
Remember Nicolae Ceaușescu's palace in Bucharest? Remember how Ceaușescu's life ended in a hail of bullets from an improvised firing squad?
February 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Remember Nicolae Ceaușescu's palace in Bucharest? Remember how Ceaușescu's life ended in a hail of bullets from an improvised firing squad?
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The US is deliberately starving millions of people across the world including Cuba. This is a brilliant, enraging piece by Ruaridh Nicoll
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba
Whether you blame the US or the communist regime, there is no doubt that this is an island spiralling into tragedy
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The US is deliberately starving millions of people across the world including Cuba. This is a brilliant, enraging piece by Ruaridh Nicoll
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: “Imagine a NATO country acquiring, taking, or threatening an ally. Where would the world stand if that happened?
“…what would prevent the United States, Russia, and China from splitting up the world into three big blocks if that were allowed?
“It’s outrageous.”
“…what would prevent the United States, Russia, and China from splitting up the world into three big blocks if that were allowed?
“It’s outrageous.”
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: “Imagine a NATO country acquiring, taking, or threatening an ally. Where would the world stand if that happened?
“…what would prevent the United States, Russia, and China from splitting up the world into three big blocks if that were allowed?
“It’s outrageous.”
“…what would prevent the United States, Russia, and China from splitting up the world into three big blocks if that were allowed?
“It’s outrageous.”
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EU President growing tired of Rutte's "We need Daddy" mantra.
"Let’s develop our strength without constantly leaning on someone else," she said.
"Let’s develop our strength without constantly leaning on someone else," she said.
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
EU President growing tired of Rutte's "We need Daddy" mantra.
"Let’s develop our strength without constantly leaning on someone else," she said.
"Let’s develop our strength without constantly leaning on someone else," she said.
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PM Frederiksen:
We have to recognize,we have to learn that Russia will not change&they aren’t interested in peace, unfortunately
I mean,it's like minus 25 °C &then you attack the energy system.I mean,it's so crazy that only Russians would do such a thing.But this’s how Russia is&it will not change
We have to recognize,we have to learn that Russia will not change&they aren’t interested in peace, unfortunately
I mean,it's like minus 25 °C &then you attack the energy system.I mean,it's so crazy that only Russians would do such a thing.But this’s how Russia is&it will not change
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
PM Frederiksen:
We have to recognize,we have to learn that Russia will not change&they aren’t interested in peace, unfortunately
I mean,it's like minus 25 °C &then you attack the energy system.I mean,it's so crazy that only Russians would do such a thing.But this’s how Russia is&it will not change
We have to recognize,we have to learn that Russia will not change&they aren’t interested in peace, unfortunately
I mean,it's like minus 25 °C &then you attack the energy system.I mean,it's so crazy that only Russians would do such a thing.But this’s how Russia is&it will not change
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🇩🇰🇺🇦 Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen:
Our problem in Ukraine is still that there are red lines when it comes to the weapons they can use to win this war.
And you cannot win a war with one hand tied on your back. We need to give them weapons so they can strike into Russia.
Our problem in Ukraine is still that there are red lines when it comes to the weapons they can use to win this war.
And you cannot win a war with one hand tied on your back. We need to give them weapons so they can strike into Russia.
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
🇩🇰🇺🇦 Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen:
Our problem in Ukraine is still that there are red lines when it comes to the weapons they can use to win this war.
And you cannot win a war with one hand tied on your back. We need to give them weapons so they can strike into Russia.
Our problem in Ukraine is still that there are red lines when it comes to the weapons they can use to win this war.
And you cannot win a war with one hand tied on your back. We need to give them weapons so they can strike into Russia.
No one in Europe believes anything the Trumpist Americans say anymore. We might pretend we do. But that's stalling for time whilst we get our shit together and 'decouple'. But we don't and cannot trust America. It's over.
US ambassador to NATO: America is 'not leaving' Europe
His comments are part of a more conciliatory tone American officials are taking during the Munich Security Conference.
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
No one in Europe believes anything the Trumpist Americans say anymore. We might pretend we do. But that's stalling for time whilst we get our shit together and 'decouple'. But we don't and cannot trust America. It's over.
A "security guarantee" must endure. It cannot be time limited to a 15- or 20-year period of applicability.
Ukraine wants 20-year US security guarantee to sign peace deal
Speaking in Munich, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called for a clear date for his country to be allowed to join the EU
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
A "security guarantee" must endure. It cannot be time limited to a 15- or 20-year period of applicability.