Ellie Mae O'Hagan
@elliemaeohagan.bsky.social
Programme lead for the UK energy team at E3G, advisory board member for the Autonomy Institute. Gently parenting a beautiful cat. Sometimes I post in Welsh. Email: [email protected]
Happy FISCAL EVENT eve
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy FISCAL EVENT eve
Curious story in the FT this afternoon. E3G has been arguing for some time that the Chancellor should cut electricity levies not VAT. We won't call this a win until we know what Rachel Reeves decides to cut instead of VAT - that's unclear right now www.ft.com/content/82f0...
Rachel Reeves decides against cutting VAT on energy bills in Budget
Chancellor expected to continue with support package for households, including easing of electricity costs
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Curious story in the FT this afternoon. E3G has been arguing for some time that the Chancellor should cut electricity levies not VAT. We won't call this a win until we know what Rachel Reeves decides to cut instead of VAT - that's unclear right now www.ft.com/content/82f0...
"We need to transition to clean energy or society will collapse and this simple fact cannot be wished away"
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"We need to transition to clean energy or society will collapse and this simple fact cannot be wished away"
Reposted by Ellie Mae O'Hagan
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Most people I know who have had success with GLP-1s use them as a catalyst to start broader lifestyle changes. Some cannot exercise and need help to lose weight first. So I think it's ok for their effects to be temporary. HOWEVER we need a conversation about the aggressive advertising of these drugs
People who stop using Mounjaro tend to regain weight and lose other health benefits, says study
People who stop using Mounjaro tend to regain weight and lose other health benefits, says study
Improvements such as reduced ‘bad’ cholesterol and lower blood pressure go into reverse upon stopping weight-loss jabs
People who stop using the weight-loss jab Mounjaro not only tend to regain weight, but experience a reversal in other health improvements too, research suggests.
Mounjaro, which contains the active ingredient tirzepatide, has become a popular medication for weight loss, with studies suggesting that it can help people lose an average of 20% of their body weight after 72 weeks of treatment. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Most people I know who have had success with GLP-1s use them as a catalyst to start broader lifestyle changes. Some cannot exercise and need help to lose weight first. So I think it's ok for their effects to be temporary. HOWEVER we need a conversation about the aggressive advertising of these drugs
My dad moved from Dublin to London as a teen. He met a bunch of Caribbean kids who introduced him to reggae and really spicy curries. And that's how I grew up with You Can Get it if You Really Want played to me on repeat in the car as a kid. My dad would laugh when I sang along. RIP Jimmy Cliff
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My dad moved from Dublin to London as a teen. He met a bunch of Caribbean kids who introduced him to reggae and really spicy curries. And that's how I grew up with You Can Get it if You Really Want played to me on repeat in the car as a kid. My dad would laugh when I sang along. RIP Jimmy Cliff
Plans to cut the warm homes budget will be really damaging to the economy www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves warned against Budget decision that could cost 'decimate jobs'
300 businesses and organisations, including Bosch, Mitsubishi, EDF, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, and Citizen's Advice raised concerns about the future of the industry
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Plans to cut the warm homes budget will be really damaging to the economy www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
I just need to tell you all that I went for a run and during a lull I started singing Craig David to motivate myself, only to realise a man was sitting in his car with the window open. He waved 💀
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I just need to tell you all that I went for a run and during a lull I started singing Craig David to motivate myself, only to realise a man was sitting in his car with the window open. He waved 💀
A House of Dynamite is a superb film, absolutely terrifying, unsparing and brilliantly acted. Bigelow deserves a best director nomination for it
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A House of Dynamite is a superb film, absolutely terrifying, unsparing and brilliantly acted. Bigelow deserves a best director nomination for it
Interesting choice of poem by TfL. This may be my favourite Auden though
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Interesting choice of poem by TfL. This may be my favourite Auden though
Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
You need to energise your base and build outwards from there. If you hollow out your base to chase voters who are fundamentally uninterested in what you're selling, your vote will collapse. There's quite a lot of evidence to support this - the Danish Social Democrats are just the latest example
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
You need to energise your base and build outwards from there. If you hollow out your base to chase voters who are fundamentally uninterested in what you're selling, your vote will collapse. There's quite a lot of evidence to support this - the Danish Social Democrats are just the latest example
Btw I watched Megalopolis on the weekend. What a film. It is truly the Gone With the Wind of turkeys, epic and total in its failure. Seems fitting that it was directed by Coppola - only he could make a film so bad that its badness feels like an achievement
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Btw I watched Megalopolis on the weekend. What a film. It is truly the Gone With the Wind of turkeys, epic and total in its failure. Seems fitting that it was directed by Coppola - only he could make a film so bad that its badness feels like an achievement
Who was the 1?
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who was the 1?
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As we witness UK Labour attempt to beat their opposition by becoming them, here is a proven antidote that is both morally *and* electorally sound. When you echo your opposition, you simply feed hunger for their scapegoating masquerading as solutions.
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As we witness UK Labour attempt to beat their opposition by becoming them, here is a proven antidote that is both morally *and* electorally sound. When you echo your opposition, you simply feed hunger for their scapegoating masquerading as solutions.
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
The media needs to stop providing people with extreme fringe views such frequent platforms. And it also needs to recognise that viewpoints it rarely platforms are in fact widespread amongst the public
10% of white people think you have to be white to be English - but 84% of white people disagree with that. Two-thirds of ethnic minorities think Englishness is a civic, not ethnic identity, though 1/4 of minority groups join 1/10 of the majority group in seeing it as ethnically defined (YouGov)
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The media needs to stop providing people with extreme fringe views such frequent platforms. And it also needs to recognise that viewpoints it rarely platforms are in fact widespread amongst the public
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My colleague Leo Vincent, who is quoted in this piece, sums up my feelings about this story better than I can:
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My colleague Leo Vincent, who is quoted in this piece, sums up my feelings about this story better than I can:
Really great to see @pickardje.bsky.social and Rachel Millard covering E3G's letter signed by more than 60 groups, including energy companies, consumer groups and climate charities calling on the Chancellor to cut electricity bills not VAT. My colleague Chris Galpin is quoted:
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Really great to see @pickardje.bsky.social and Rachel Millard covering E3G's letter signed by more than 60 groups, including energy companies, consumer groups and climate charities calling on the Chancellor to cut electricity bills not VAT. My colleague Chris Galpin is quoted:
Apropos of nothing I just want to say "well duh"
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Apropos of nothing I just want to say "well duh"
Not sure "the bond market chooses the Prime Minister and they've chosen me" is a winning argument
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Not sure "the bond market chooses the Prime Minister and they've chosen me" is a winning argument
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.