Michael Warhurst
@mwarhurst.bsky.social
My work focusses on EU environmental policy, heading up environment/health NGO CHEM Trust, but this is a personal account. Also interested in democracy, regulation, sustainability, science-policy etc
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Thanks to Brexit we could establish a tax regime to attract blockchain and stablecoin. But post-Brexit Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of their tax regime. You do see how this.... makes little sense if you argue for Brexit? /3
December 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thanks to Brexit we could establish a tax regime to attract blockchain and stablecoin. But post-Brexit Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of their tax regime. You do see how this.... makes little sense if you argue for Brexit? /3
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Honestly, from an EU-wide perspective this could be the most significant thing about last night's decision:
The decision also introduces a precedent for flexibility in deciding on this kind of EU funding, namely the possibility of opting out for a few countries that don’t share the scheme’s objectives. This precedent is likely to be very useful in future EU decision-making. A strategic win. (4/5)
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Honestly, from an EU-wide perspective this could be the most significant thing about last night's decision:
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For Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, repeating every UAE talking point is the ultimate expression of British identity
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
For Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, repeating every UAE talking point is the ultimate expression of British identity
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
‘“Her rhetoric is very dangerous,” Alnasseri said, adding that the majority of victims of sexual and domestic abuse know their abuser. “It’s deeply inaccurate, it’s misinformation and it’s spreading racism.”’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women
Tory leader says Labour should focus on migrants ‘from cultures that don’t respect women’ rather than tackling misogyny in schools
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘“Her rhetoric is very dangerous,” Alnasseri said, adding that the majority of victims of sexual and domestic abuse know their abuser. “It’s deeply inaccurate, it’s misinformation and it’s spreading racism.”’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If government can't make a good case for spending money on Erasmus, wait until it has to defend following EU rules on agriculture and paying a contribution for the privilege.
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If government can't make a good case for spending money on Erasmus, wait until it has to defend following EU rules on agriculture and paying a contribution for the privilege.
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Sunlit uplands update:
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
Food exports to the EU drop by almost a quarter compared to pre-Brexit
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the UK food and drink industry, the largest manufacturing sector in the country.
www.fdf.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sunlit uplands update:
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
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The EU’s energy label has been a real success story in guiding consumers towards energy savings.
With some key tweaks it could continue to do so and deliver even more benefits as we explain in our new blog article 👇
@ecos.ngo @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social
With some key tweaks it could continue to do so and deliver even more benefits as we explain in our new blog article 👇
@ecos.ngo @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social
How the EU energy label can save consumers energy and money
With some key tweaks, the EU's energy label can help continue to save consumers both energy and money and deliver even more benefits.
blog.beuc.eu
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The EU’s energy label has been a real success story in guiding consumers towards energy savings.
With some key tweaks it could continue to do so and deliver even more benefits as we explain in our new blog article 👇
@ecos.ngo @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social
With some key tweaks it could continue to do so and deliver even more benefits as we explain in our new blog article 👇
@ecos.ngo @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social
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The patriots are off again guys
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The patriots are off again guys
Sunlit uplands update:
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
Food exports to the EU drop by almost a quarter compared to pre-Brexit
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the UK food and drink industry, the largest manufacturing sector in the country.
www.fdf.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sunlit uplands update:
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
"Food exports to the EU have dropped by almost a quarter (23.4%) over the last five years when compared to the same period prior to Brexit"
#Brexit
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...
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Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
"This plan is an early Christmas present for Chinese electric car manufacturers"
The EU Commission has bent to pressure from Germany and the car industry, taking the first steps to scrap the phase-out date for new petrol and diesel cars
Climate-heating emissions from transport are rising, and air pollution kills too many each year
No new polluting cars – more public transport
Climate-heating emissions from transport are rising, and air pollution kills too many each year
No new polluting cars – more public transport
Car industry spinning wheels as EU prolongs petrol and diesel - Greenpeace European Unit
The European Commission is making a U-turn on commitments to phase out petrol and diesel cars in the EU starting in 2035.
www.greenpeace.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"This plan is an early Christmas present for Chinese electric car manufacturers"
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I know it's like the 47th most offensive thing here but the extent to which they have Not Thought About How This Works really pisses me off. Nobody is pure anything, you really don't have to go back that far before we all have so many ancestors that they're not so much "family" as just "some genes"
CT explains why he thinks Shabana Mahmood is neither English, nor British, to which Cole does not respond to at all.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I know it's like the 47th most offensive thing here but the extent to which they have Not Thought About How This Works really pisses me off. Nobody is pure anything, you really don't have to go back that far before we all have so many ancestors that they're not so much "family" as just "some genes"
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“How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
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His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
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Is the tide turning? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Renewed talk of a customs union may well come to nothing, but rapidly changing geo-politics mean the UK needs urgently to face up to the failure of the entire Brexit ‘strategy’: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-t...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Is the tide turning? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Renewed talk of a customs union may well come to nothing, but rapidly changing geo-politics mean the UK needs urgently to face up to the failure of the entire Brexit ‘strategy’: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/is-t...
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Core EU has 290 million inhabitants: it's a bit smaller than the US (340m) but not much so
The key fact is that productivity in this core EU is essentially the same as in the US:
€60 per hour (corrected for price differences) using the most recent WID.world data
prod.wid.world/www-site/upl...
The key fact is that productivity in this core EU is essentially the same as in the US:
€60 per hour (corrected for price differences) using the most recent WID.world data
prod.wid.world/www-site/upl...
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Core EU has 290 million inhabitants: it's a bit smaller than the US (340m) but not much so
The key fact is that productivity in this core EU is essentially the same as in the US:
€60 per hour (corrected for price differences) using the most recent WID.world data
prod.wid.world/www-site/upl...
The key fact is that productivity in this core EU is essentially the same as in the US:
€60 per hour (corrected for price differences) using the most recent WID.world data
prod.wid.world/www-site/upl...
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"Judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have been cut off by banks, credit card companies and tech giants like Amazon as a result of sanctions brought by the United States President Donald Trump administration over war crimes investigations into Israeli and US officials."
ICC judges stoic in face of US sanctions over Israeli war crimes cases https://aje.io/evaca4
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have been cut off by banks, credit card companies and tech giants like Amazon as a result of sanctions brought by the United States President Donald Trump administration over war crimes investigations into Israeli and US officials."
“How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Trump talks ‘complete nonsense’ about crime in London, says Met police commissioner – UK politics live
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state…lower than all their big cities
The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
The "London = most dangerous place on the planet" discourse is still going strong on Twitter
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
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"The U.S. is not doing better [than Europe]," economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social told us in an interview at our #POLITICO28 Gala tonight.
"These stories about the U.S. economy doing much better than the EU, by and large, are mistaken," he said.
📺 Watch the full interview: x.com/i/broadcasts...
"These stories about the U.S. economy doing much better than the EU, by and large, are mistaken," he said.
📺 Watch the full interview: x.com/i/broadcasts...
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"The U.S. is not doing better [than Europe]," economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social told us in an interview at our #POLITICO28 Gala tonight.
"These stories about the U.S. economy doing much better than the EU, by and large, are mistaken," he said.
📺 Watch the full interview: x.com/i/broadcasts...
"These stories about the U.S. economy doing much better than the EU, by and large, are mistaken," he said.
📺 Watch the full interview: x.com/i/broadcasts...
How #AI can get you to install malware on your computer without you even realising.....
eclecticlight.co/2025/12/11/h...
eclecticlight.co/2025/12/11/h...
How online search and AI can install malware
I asked Google how I could clear disk space on macOS, and it couldn’t have been more helpful. But what I was told to do downloaded malware to my Mac. How come?
eclecticlight.co
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How #AI can get you to install malware on your computer without you even realising.....
eclecticlight.co/2025/12/11/h...
eclecticlight.co/2025/12/11/h...
The EU has a world-leading system for regulating industrial chemicals - but the #ForeverChemicals pollution crisis has highlighted that it doesn’t work as well as it needs to in order to protect us from harmful chemicals:
CHEM Trust has published a new blog setting out why the recent updates to the EU’s group #PFAS restriction proposal, including options for increased exemptions and transition times, highlight systemic weaknesses in REACH.
Read it here: chemtrust.org/lessons-pfas...
#foreverchemicals #StrongREACH
Read it here: chemtrust.org/lessons-pfas...
#foreverchemicals #StrongREACH
Lessons learnt from “forever chemicals” restriction highlight the need for REACH reform.
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) pollution is pervasive across Europe. According to the Forever Pollution Project, almost 23,000 European sites are already polluted with PFAS, and a further ...
chemtrust.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The EU has a world-leading system for regulating industrial chemicals - but the #ForeverChemicals pollution crisis has highlighted that it doesn’t work as well as it needs to in order to protect us from harmful chemicals:
Shocking
When the world’s largest tobacco company needed help lifting international restrictions on its products, it enlisted an unlikely ally: the European Union, a leader in tobacco control.
Read our joint investigation with @theexamination.org.
Read our joint investigation with @theexamination.org.
EU officials acted to aid tobacco giant abroad, documents show
The EU’s actions were a “great help,” Philip Morris International said in an email.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Shocking