Jonathan Atkinson
@lowwintersun.bsky.social
Live near Manchester (UK), work on citizen-led/co-op approaches to the energy transition as a way to tackle climate change. Interested in politics, urban design, anarchism, co-ops and football (not necessarily in that order).
Gorton Reservoir looking like Lake Avalon this morning in the cold mist
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Gorton Reservoir looking like Lake Avalon this morning in the cold mist
I refuse to believe there actually will ever be a budget, just an endless, daily series of contradictory leaked stories of new taxes, rebates, reversals, extending from here to eternity...
Another day, another piece of pre budget briefing/leaking. At this rate Reeves will be able to issue her own Anthology of outtakes/alternative mixes. Rachel Reeves decides against cutting VAT on energy bills in Budget - on.ft.com/4oU3O58 via @FT
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
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I refuse to believe there actually will ever be a budget, just an endless, daily series of contradictory leaked stories of new taxes, rebates, reversals, extending from here to eternity...
This is clearly a spiral of descent for Labour, who consistently choose clamping down on immigration over economic security leading poorer economic outcomes
If people become insecure, we find they’re three times more likely to desert Labour than if they become more concerned about immigration. Around one-third of Britons felt economically insecure as of April 2025.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is clearly a spiral of descent for Labour, who consistently choose clamping down on immigration over economic security leading poorer economic outcomes
November edgeland walk
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
November edgeland walk
You have to feel for Putin, all these people and countries conspiring against him to make him start this war, poor guy.
Trump just went on a long rant about the Russo-Ukraine war. No criticisms at all of Putin or Russia. Attacks Ukraine for a lack of gratitude.
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You have to feel for Putin, all these people and countries conspiring against him to make him start this war, poor guy.
Hen Ogledd are back!
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall (Official Video)
YouTube video by Hen Ogledd
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November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hen Ogledd are back!
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
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It's a good job Heatherwick spent a whole radio series telling us about the importance of beauty in architecture.
As a football & architecture fan, this is genuinely hilarious. How does heatherwick keep grifting this grift?
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It's a good job Heatherwick spent a whole radio series telling us about the importance of beauty in architecture.
Early morning commuters enjoy the unbearable beauty of a clear, frosty November sunrise...
...by checking in on their phones 🙄
...by checking in on their phones 🙄
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Early morning commuters enjoy the unbearable beauty of a clear, frosty November sunrise...
...by checking in on their phones 🙄
...by checking in on their phones 🙄
I'd hoped that this govt might make the difficult decisions necessary to invest in the future. Let's see how it turns out...
There have been rumours swirling that the Chancellor might cut subsidies for heat pumps in the budget. This would be a terrible idea, and I've written a blog with all the reasons why...
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/seven-r...
@nestauk.bsky.social
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/seven-r...
@nestauk.bsky.social
Seven reasons we still need heat pump subsidies
Accelerating the switch from gas to electricity, make electricity cheaper, and balancing electrification with insulation are key policies that could reduce bills and carbon emissions for households
www.nesta.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'd hoped that this govt might make the difficult decisions necessary to invest in the future. Let's see how it turns out...
For the love of God people, can we put dates of publication on reports!!! 😩
How the hell am I meant to contextualise your VERY IMPORTANT research and findings when I have no clue if they were published yesterday or 10 years ago? 🤷🏼♀️
How the hell am I meant to contextualise your VERY IMPORTANT research and findings when I have no clue if they were published yesterday or 10 years ago? 🤷🏼♀️
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
For the love of God people, can we put dates of publication on reports!!! 😩
How the hell am I meant to contextualise your VERY IMPORTANT research and findings when I have no clue if they were published yesterday or 10 years ago? 🤷🏼♀️
How the hell am I meant to contextualise your VERY IMPORTANT research and findings when I have no clue if they were published yesterday or 10 years ago? 🤷🏼♀️
Great that they're trying not to murder journalists, they may not get it right every time, but you can't fault them for effort!
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great that they're trying not to murder journalists, they may not get it right every time, but you can't fault them for effort!
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Interview w/ Dr Marianna Dudley, abt her academic work & book "Electric Wind."
"There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination."
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/18/i...
"There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination."
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/18/i...
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Interview w/ Dr Marianna Dudley, abt her academic work & book "Electric Wind."
"There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination."
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/18/i...
"There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination."
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/18/i...
New Community Energy campaign! ✌🏼
uptheenergy.co.uk
uptheenergy.co.uk
Up the EnergyUp the Energy
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November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
New Community Energy campaign! ✌🏼
uptheenergy.co.uk
uptheenergy.co.uk
This week I'm hosting two events with campaigner and activist Kate Wilson as she discusses her book ‘Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files’.
Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
spycops-manchester.eventbrite.co.uk
Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
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Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
spycops-manchester.eventbrite.co.uk
Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
spycops-glossop.eventbrite.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This week I'm hosting two events with campaigner and activist Kate Wilson as she discusses her book ‘Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files’.
Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
spycops-manchester.eventbrite.co.uk
Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
spycops-glossop.eventbrite.co.uk
Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
spycops-manchester.eventbrite.co.uk
Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
spycops-glossop.eventbrite.co.uk
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If you want people to feel that their day to day lives are improving then make sure that local government is properly funded. You could call it “the pothole theory of everything”.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you want people to feel that their day to day lives are improving then make sure that local government is properly funded. You could call it “the pothole theory of everything”.
Super inspiring to watch the Community Britain @coopparty.party.coop Annual Conference online
www.youtube.com/live/3wEan-N...
www.youtube.com/live/3wEan-N...
Community Britain: Co-operative Party Annual Conference 2025
YouTube video by Co-operative Party
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Super inspiring to watch the Community Britain @coopparty.party.coop Annual Conference online
www.youtube.com/live/3wEan-N...
www.youtube.com/live/3wEan-N...
Me to the Labour Party....
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Me to the Labour Party....
Starmer could save face, find a universally unpopular scapegoat AND boost his own chances just by sacking Morgan Mcsweeney!
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Starmer could save face, find a universally unpopular scapegoat AND boost his own chances just by sacking Morgan Mcsweeney!
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One way of telling the political story of the last ten years is of three wasted overall majorities.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
One way of telling the political story of the last ten years is of three wasted overall majorities.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
A substantive majority in the Commons for a full term is the greatest prize the UK constitution can bestow on a PM, and three times in a row, it has been wasted by those prize-winners.
Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough (1999), there's some great architecture in Boro, but this nineties development is utterly cursed.
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough (1999), there's some great architecture in Boro, but this nineties development is utterly cursed.
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I see James Watson died. So it's time for a science joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I see James Watson died. So it's time for a science joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
"What did Watson and Crick discover?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
Good joke.
Kate Wilson will be at Partisan Collective, Bridge 5 Mill, Manchester in a couple of weeks speaking about the Spycops campaign and current enquiry as well as talking about her new book. Book a ticket if you'd like to come, it's just a donation:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kate-wilso...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kate-wilso...
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Kate Wilson will be at Partisan Collective, Bridge 5 Mill, Manchester in a couple of weeks speaking about the Spycops campaign and current enquiry as well as talking about her new book. Book a ticket if you'd like to come, it's just a donation:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kate-wilso...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kate-wilso...