JustinClayton
@justinclayton66.bsky.social
Retired engineer. Tight Yorkshire bas...d. Dog lover - particularly Cairn Terriers. Photographer, model maker, follower of politics. Intermittent hiker & cyclist
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As the Huntingdon train hero is named as Samir Zitouni, our thoughts and prayers are with all right wing racist fuckwits at this difficult time.
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As the Huntingdon train hero is named as Samir Zitouni, our thoughts and prayers are with all right wing racist fuckwits at this difficult time.
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
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In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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Today seems like a good day to remember that climate action is far cheaper than inaction, according to those lentil weavers at the OBR
NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today seems like a good day to remember that climate action is far cheaper than inaction, according to those lentil weavers at the OBR
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‘More than half of Reform’s donations in 2024 came from people with homes in low-tax jurisdictions or with offshore business interests; 40 per cent came from climate sceptics or investors in fossil fuels.’
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social at the Reform UK conference: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social at the Reform UK conference: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster Capitalism
Reform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
‘More than half of Reform’s donations in 2024 came from people with homes in low-tax jurisdictions or with offshore business interests; 40 per cent came from climate sceptics or investors in fossil fuels.’
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social at the Reform UK conference: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social at the Reform UK conference: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
www.ema.europa.eu
September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
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Pakistan’s rooftop solar boom shows how energy transitions often start from the bottom up.
I told Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social: when tariffs soar and panel prices plunge, people innovate.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-S...
I told Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social: when tariffs soar and panel prices plunge, people innovate.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-S...
Pakistan is sold on solar. It’s not about going green.
Conventionally generated electricity in Pakistan has become very expensive, but consumers don’t have to buy it. They are adopting solar panels.
www.csmonitor.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Pakistan’s rooftop solar boom shows how energy transitions often start from the bottom up.
I told Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social: when tariffs soar and panel prices plunge, people innovate.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-S...
I told Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social: when tariffs soar and panel prices plunge, people innovate.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-S...
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It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
Stop talking about wealth taxes — make these reforms instead
Any sane discussion of changes that both right and left could agree on is being crowded out by tax populism
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September 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
buff.ly/rTfNmFC
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I hope so. Then he should be voted out at the next council elections.
These sheep have no problem with solar panels. Neither do pigs.
These sheep have no problem with solar panels. Neither do pigs.
September 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I hope so. Then he should be voted out at the next council elections.
These sheep have no problem with solar panels. Neither do pigs.
These sheep have no problem with solar panels. Neither do pigs.
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Nick Clegg accidentally hits on a free speech test for Americans.
Namely, if you enter the US/UK/EU, which of these might check your social media feeds to see if you're deemed a critic of the 'regime'? There's only one answer.
Screw Americans' criticisms of Europe-style free speech.
Namely, if you enter the US/UK/EU, which of these might check your social media feeds to see if you're deemed a critic of the 'regime'? There's only one answer.
Screw Americans' criticisms of Europe-style free speech.
August 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Nick Clegg accidentally hits on a free speech test for Americans.
Namely, if you enter the US/UK/EU, which of these might check your social media feeds to see if you're deemed a critic of the 'regime'? There's only one answer.
Screw Americans' criticisms of Europe-style free speech.
Namely, if you enter the US/UK/EU, which of these might check your social media feeds to see if you're deemed a critic of the 'regime'? There's only one answer.
Screw Americans' criticisms of Europe-style free speech.
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The recent heatwaves likely killed 263 people in London alone.
We need to act now. 🌳 🌎
We need to act now. 🌳 🌎
Climate change could see more trees in cities to tackle heatwaves
Scientists say air temperatures could be reduced by 5C by planting more trees.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The recent heatwaves likely killed 263 people in London alone.
We need to act now. 🌳 🌎
We need to act now. 🌳 🌎
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In 2023, Amsterdam lowered the speed limit on 80% of city streets to 30 kmh (19 mph).
Since then:
🔹 Ped & cyclist crashes ⬇️ 15%
🔹 Car-related crashes ⬇️ 11%
🔹 Noise ⬇️ 5.5% (logarithmic)
🔹 Traffic ↔️ No change
60% of locals support the lower speed limits.
openresearch.amsterdam/nl/page/1244...
Since then:
🔹 Ped & cyclist crashes ⬇️ 15%
🔹 Car-related crashes ⬇️ 11%
🔹 Noise ⬇️ 5.5% (logarithmic)
🔹 Traffic ↔️ No change
60% of locals support the lower speed limits.
openresearch.amsterdam/nl/page/1244...
July 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In 2023, Amsterdam lowered the speed limit on 80% of city streets to 30 kmh (19 mph).
Since then:
🔹 Ped & cyclist crashes ⬇️ 15%
🔹 Car-related crashes ⬇️ 11%
🔹 Noise ⬇️ 5.5% (logarithmic)
🔹 Traffic ↔️ No change
60% of locals support the lower speed limits.
openresearch.amsterdam/nl/page/1244...
Since then:
🔹 Ped & cyclist crashes ⬇️ 15%
🔹 Car-related crashes ⬇️ 11%
🔹 Noise ⬇️ 5.5% (logarithmic)
🔹 Traffic ↔️ No change
60% of locals support the lower speed limits.
openresearch.amsterdam/nl/page/1244...
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English devolution is a great idea in principle, until you remember that every town has a 500 year long grudge with the next town over.
July 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
English devolution is a great idea in principle, until you remember that every town has a 500 year long grudge with the next town over.
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Reform should be ripped to shreds over this. The clean energy transition is incredibly popular.
A climate-denier funded party are trying to keep Britain locked into filthy fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
A climate-denier funded party are trying to keep Britain locked into filthy fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Reform tells energy firms it would scrap their clean power subsidies
Richard Tice has written to firms giving them ‘formal notice’ that Reform would tear up contracts designed to boost green energy investment.
www.independent.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Reform should be ripped to shreds over this. The clean energy transition is incredibly popular.
A climate-denier funded party are trying to keep Britain locked into filthy fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
A climate-denier funded party are trying to keep Britain locked into filthy fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Surprised to see that the Telegraph, Times and Mail don't seem to have written up the study about LTNs cutting deaths and injuries by more than a third. I guess the PR email must have got lost or something. They're normally all so interested in the subject.
July 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Surprised to see that the Telegraph, Times and Mail don't seem to have written up the study about LTNs cutting deaths and injuries by more than a third. I guess the PR email must have got lost or something. They're normally all so interested in the subject.
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NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Your regular reminder that it's absolute hell in the post industrial wastelands of the North. Stay away: you'll hate it
June 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Your regular reminder that it's absolute hell in the post industrial wastelands of the North. Stay away: you'll hate it
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Russia, blowing up the Irony Klaxon again:
“The irresponsible decision to subject the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb attacks, whatever the arguments it may be presented with, flagrantly violates international law.”
“The irresponsible decision to subject the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb attacks, whatever the arguments it may be presented with, flagrantly violates international law.”
June 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Russia, blowing up the Irony Klaxon again:
“The irresponsible decision to subject the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb attacks, whatever the arguments it may be presented with, flagrantly violates international law.”
“The irresponsible decision to subject the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb attacks, whatever the arguments it may be presented with, flagrantly violates international law.”
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An exciting battery project - based on rusting iron! - is being developed in Donegal, one of Ireland's most remote outposts.
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
One of Ireland’s most exciting energy projects is taking place at a remote outpost in Donegal
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Pioneering Donegal project shows how long-duration energy storage can make a big contribution
www.irishtimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
An exciting battery project - based on rusting iron! - is being developed in Donegal, one of Ireland's most remote outposts.
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
It's a new ultra long-duration energy storage tech, and the subject of my latest column:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
The lunatics are in charge of the asylum.
Lancashire CC now Reform in control.
So no reductions in speed limits, no new cycle lanes. No reduction in road deaths. Though it will be abolished before too long, so a small mercy.
Lancashire CC now Reform in control.
So no reductions in speed limits, no new cycle lanes. No reduction in road deaths. Though it will be abolished before too long, so a small mercy.
May 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The lunatics are in charge of the asylum.
Lancashire CC now Reform in control.
So no reductions in speed limits, no new cycle lanes. No reduction in road deaths. Though it will be abolished before too long, so a small mercy.
Lancashire CC now Reform in control.
So no reductions in speed limits, no new cycle lanes. No reduction in road deaths. Though it will be abolished before too long, so a small mercy.
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I could of course have simply posted the Carbon Brief post about this exact episode, but that would have been too easy (who am I kidding, I completely missed the post).
Carbon Brief’s factcheck on the UK’s electricity prices being directed by gas prices, not due to net-zero policies, was covered by Anushka Asthana on @itvpeston.bsky.social
Read our factcheck here ➡️ buff.ly/AZqriZj
Read our factcheck here ➡️ buff.ly/AZqriZj
April 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I could of course have simply posted the Carbon Brief post about this exact episode, but that would have been too easy (who am I kidding, I completely missed the post).
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
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Yep: Researchers commissioned by TfL found that 78% of disabled people are able to cycle.
And 64% of respondents to a 2021 @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk survey reported that, for them, cycling is easier than walking.
The notion that no disabled people can cycle, do cycle or want to cycle is a myth.
And 64% of respondents to a 2021 @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk survey reported that, for them, cycling is easier than walking.
The notion that no disabled people can cycle, do cycle or want to cycle is a myth.
«Cycling isn’t for everyone»
Sure, but judging by the number of people I see cycling while carrying crutches, it certainly seems to be for a lot of people who struggle to walk.
🩼+🚲=✅
Sure, but judging by the number of people I see cycling while carrying crutches, it certainly seems to be for a lot of people who struggle to walk.
🩼+🚲=✅
April 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Yep: Researchers commissioned by TfL found that 78% of disabled people are able to cycle.
And 64% of respondents to a 2021 @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk survey reported that, for them, cycling is easier than walking.
The notion that no disabled people can cycle, do cycle or want to cycle is a myth.
And 64% of respondents to a 2021 @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk survey reported that, for them, cycling is easier than walking.
The notion that no disabled people can cycle, do cycle or want to cycle is a myth.
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -
April 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -