Ian McKee
@ianmck.ee
Climate and electrifying stuff. Head of Communications at ChargeUK, the voice of the EV charging industry. Muso. Cyclist. Runner. Somerset dweller. He/him. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ/๐ฒ๐ฝ
How do you 'end working from home'? My employer doesn't have an office, my contract is remote first.
Is he going to force businesses into expensive rents and laying off remote workers employed because they're the best qualified not because of location?
Like most Reform 'policy', just bluster.
Is he going to force businesses into expensive rents and laying off remote workers employed because they're the best qualified not because of location?
Like most Reform 'policy', just bluster.
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
How do you 'end working from home'? My employer doesn't have an office, my contract is remote first.
Is he going to force businesses into expensive rents and laying off remote workers employed because they're the best qualified not because of location?
Like most Reform 'policy', just bluster.
Is he going to force businesses into expensive rents and laying off remote workers employed because they're the best qualified not because of location?
Like most Reform 'policy', just bluster.
Called it.
So does McSweeney go now?
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Called it.
Obviously that's bad but I'm actually surprised it's not higher.
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Obviously that's bad but I'm actually surprised it's not higher.
Chinese... US, German and French carmakers. And what is the alternative? A weaker ZEV mandate which allows UK manufacturing to languish further? This is a result of the flexibilities the automotive lobby (not including the Chinese!) pushed for.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Chinese carmakers cash in on Britainโs EV credits
Experts claim mandate is โsubsidisingโ Beijing as UK manufacturers failed to meet target
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Chinese... US, German and French carmakers. And what is the alternative? A weaker ZEV mandate which allows UK manufacturing to languish further? This is a result of the flexibilities the automotive lobby (not including the Chinese!) pushed for.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
So does McSweeney go now?
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
So does McSweeney go now?
Oh I like slopaganda, that's good.
The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House - and what they teach us
The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House - and what they teach us
Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Hereโs what you need to know to navigate the trolling
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Oh I like slopaganda, that's good.
Given the last time rooftop solar surged to that kind of level was due to the Feed-in-Tariff introduced by Miliband in his first stint as Energy SoS, I think it would be totally fair for his team to start trying to call this 'The Ed Effect'.
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Given the last time rooftop solar surged to that kind of level was due to the Feed-in-Tariff introduced by Miliband in his first stint as Energy SoS, I think it would be totally fair for his team to start trying to call this 'The Ed Effect'.
True! At least we don't have an administration pouring petrol on the fire of vaccine avoidance...
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
True! At least we don't have an administration pouring petrol on the fire of vaccine avoidance...
Don't need Trump to give measles a comeback to be fair. Is this what the special relationship is meant to be? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Don't need Trump to give measles a comeback to be fair. Is this what the special relationship is meant to be? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
well... there's no getting past it being a bad signal and this is data won't show that impact. But it is hard to imagine any automotive businesses significantly changing where they focus R&D and manufacturing capability based on a 10% bit of wriggle room.
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
well... there's no getting past it being a bad signal and this is data won't show that impact. But it is hard to imagine any automotive businesses significantly changing where they focus R&D and manufacturing capability based on a 10% bit of wriggle room.
The adjustments to the EU's emissions targets are not going to change the trajectory towardsย electrification. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Electric vehicle sales overtake petrol in EU for first time
Sales of fully electric cars surpassed those of petrol vehicles in the European Union for โthe first time in December, even as policymakers proposed to loosen emissions regulations, data from the auto...
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The adjustments to the EU's emissions targets are not going to change the trajectory towardsย electrification. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
A great milestone. Emphasises the economic need for UK eHGV charging infrastructure in order to maintain trading with our neighbours.
www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
First electric truck uses Channel Tunnel
Historic journey shows electric HGVs can operate between the UK and Europe on one of the continentโs busiest trade routes
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
A great milestone. Emphasises the economic need for UK eHGV charging infrastructure in order to maintain trading with our neighbours.
www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
This move is quite baffling. Puts paid to the paradoxical position of the politicians spouting anti immigration rhetoric alongside anti net zero. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war
Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia
www.thetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This move is quite baffling. Puts paid to the paradoxical position of the politicians spouting anti immigration rhetoric alongside anti net zero. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Using geopolitical shenanigans as a hook to spotlight amazing animals and how they're impacted by climate change? Yes please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Blind, slow and 500 years old โ or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks
Described by one researcher as looking โalready deadโ, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Using geopolitical shenanigans as a hook to spotlight amazing animals and how they're impacted by climate change? Yes please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Great from @newautomotive.org. Some petrol stations will stop selling diesel within four years.
The scarcity of places to charge your car naysayers claim exists today for EVs will become true for diesel drivers.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
The scarcity of places to charge your car naysayers claim exists today for EVs will become true for diesel drivers.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Petrol stations set to stop selling diesel fuel by 2030
London is expected to be the UKโs first city with no diesel cars
www.independent.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Great from @newautomotive.org. Some petrol stations will stop selling diesel within four years.
The scarcity of places to charge your car naysayers claim exists today for EVs will become true for diesel drivers.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
The scarcity of places to charge your car naysayers claim exists today for EVs will become true for diesel drivers.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Odd reporting from the Telegraph over the weekend framing a thing the government literally announced in the Autumn budget as if it's a new exclusive via a Whitehall insider.
Nonetheless the fact that this is being looked at is good.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Nonetheless the fact that this is being looked at is good.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Odd reporting from the Telegraph over the weekend framing a thing the government literally announced in the Autumn budget as if it's a new exclusive via a Whitehall insider.
Nonetheless the fact that this is being looked at is good.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Nonetheless the fact that this is being looked at is good.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Can confirm Hamnet just left a cinema in Bath full of people weeping. I was taking issue with minor deviations from the book whilst watching but it more than won me over.
January 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Can confirm Hamnet just left a cinema in Bath full of people weeping. I was taking issue with minor deviations from the book whilst watching but it more than won me over.
Interesting that this article does not mention that Emily has previously stood as a Labour MP. I only realised as I recognised her name from the ballot when I lived in Trowbridge. www.thetimes.com/money/family...
โOur zero-bill home cost us thousands โ but it paid offโ
Wiltshire couple expect to clear their loan for solar panels within three years thanks to the surplus energy they sell back to the grid
www.thetimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Interesting that this article does not mention that Emily has previously stood as a Labour MP. I only realised as I recognised her name from the ballot when I lived in Trowbridge. www.thetimes.com/money/family...
Technically when weโre deported Iโll be sent back to Mexico so not quite the same boat.
December 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Technically when weโre deported Iโll be sent back to Mexico so not quite the same boat.
By this logic, despite having two British parents and living in Britain for 99.95% of my life, I am not British. Such small minds.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds โworryingโ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
By this logic, despite having two British parents and living in Britain for 99.95% of my life, I am not British. Such small minds.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The UK's top ten selling cars of 2025 is conclusive proof that the UK public has terrible taste in cars and we should be telling them what to buy not selling them what they think they want.
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The UK's top ten selling cars of 2025 is conclusive proof that the UK public has terrible taste in cars and we should be telling them what to buy not selling them what they think they want.
I know weโre all worried about the energy used by Google and other digital services but Iโm not sure asking the Transport Minister your question in parliament instead is a better use of resource.
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I know weโre all worried about the energy used by Google and other digital services but Iโm not sure asking the Transport Minister your question in parliament instead is a better use of resource.
This was inevitable the moment we heard rumours about road pricing for EVs. With the lobbying in Europe Iโm surprised it took this long honestly. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This was inevitable the moment we heard rumours about road pricing for EVs. With the lobbying in Europe Iโm surprised it took this long honestly. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Even Americans realise the absurdity. youtube.com/shorts/OBXd9...
Driving in the UK the UK #standupcomedy #standupcomedian #crowdwork #british
YouTube video by Bobby Mair
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December 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Even Americans realise the absurdity. youtube.com/shorts/OBXd9...