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The more I think about it, the more I believe that one of the central problems in European politics is an ageing society, which incentivises governments to make policies for old rather than young people which is not only unfair but stifles innovation& economic growth.
Spiral to the bottom.
Spiral to the bottom.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The more I think about it, the more I believe that one of the central problems in European politics is an ageing society, which incentivises governments to make policies for old rather than young people which is not only unfair but stifles innovation& economic growth.
Spiral to the bottom.
Spiral to the bottom.
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The Energy Company Obligation (ECO), an insulation scheme funded through energy bills, has been scrapped.
The latest version faced structural issues and needed an overhaul, but ECO has run for over a decade, supporting a steady supply chain for retrofit businesses.
So, what does this mean?
🧵1/4
The latest version faced structural issues and needed an overhaul, but ECO has run for over a decade, supporting a steady supply chain for retrofit businesses.
So, what does this mean?
🧵1/4
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO), an insulation scheme funded through energy bills, has been scrapped.
The latest version faced structural issues and needed an overhaul, but ECO has run for over a decade, supporting a steady supply chain for retrofit businesses.
So, what does this mean?
🧵1/4
The latest version faced structural issues and needed an overhaul, but ECO has run for over a decade, supporting a steady supply chain for retrofit businesses.
So, what does this mean?
🧵1/4
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Raiding the Warm Homes Plan to find the money for a one-off cut to energy bills is utterly perverse when the Plan exists precisely to insulate homes & thus keep bills lower in perpetuity- this simply isn’t serious #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Raiding the Warm Homes Plan to find the money for a one-off cut to energy bills is utterly perverse when the Plan exists precisely to insulate homes & thus keep bills lower in perpetuity- this simply isn’t serious #budget2025
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The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform.
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform.
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
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Another campaign win!
Thanks to all who campaigned including Gordon Brown & many others. 🙌🏾
This Budget means gambling companies will pay more tax under @uklabour.bsky.social
Next let's end 'Aim to Permit'.
Thanks to all who campaigned including Gordon Brown & many others. 🙌🏾
This Budget means gambling companies will pay more tax under @uklabour.bsky.social
Next let's end 'Aim to Permit'.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Another campaign win!
Thanks to all who campaigned including Gordon Brown & many others. 🙌🏾
This Budget means gambling companies will pay more tax under @uklabour.bsky.social
Next let's end 'Aim to Permit'.
Thanks to all who campaigned including Gordon Brown & many others. 🙌🏾
This Budget means gambling companies will pay more tax under @uklabour.bsky.social
Next let's end 'Aim to Permit'.
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Delighted to see the Chancellor has taken forward the recommendation from Gordon Brown, @smfthinktank.bsky.social and @ippr.org to increase taxes on gambling. We called for this hugely profitable industry to contribute to ending the two child limit for benefits
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Delighted to see the Chancellor has taken forward the recommendation from Gordon Brown, @smfthinktank.bsky.social and @ippr.org to increase taxes on gambling. We called for this hugely profitable industry to contribute to ending the two child limit for benefits
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Good opportunity to significantly reform the OBR though. It's an Osborne era hangover, doesn't work as intended and is distorting the economic and political process.
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good opportunity to significantly reform the OBR though. It's an Osborne era hangover, doesn't work as intended and is distorting the economic and political process.
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Much-loved Cardiff live music venues, Tramshed and The Globe, are to return to their independent roots after being acquired by the two entrepreneurs who created the ventures a decade ago
nation.cymru
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Much-loved Cardiff live music venues, Tramshed and The Globe, are to return to their independent roots after being acquired by the two entrepreneurs who created the ventures a decade ago
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When the powers are in the Treasury's hands - Wales misses out.
Wales' weak borrowing powers hampers our ability to invest in infrastructure, housing, hospitals, and transport.
Today's Budget must correct this, to unlock investment in our communities.
Wales' weak borrowing powers hampers our ability to invest in infrastructure, housing, hospitals, and transport.
Today's Budget must correct this, to unlock investment in our communities.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
When the powers are in the Treasury's hands - Wales misses out.
Wales' weak borrowing powers hampers our ability to invest in infrastructure, housing, hospitals, and transport.
Today's Budget must correct this, to unlock investment in our communities.
Wales' weak borrowing powers hampers our ability to invest in infrastructure, housing, hospitals, and transport.
Today's Budget must correct this, to unlock investment in our communities.
Reposted by Andyinafield
Now that COP is over, rich countries can go back to not pretending. Until next COP when both them and their pet journalists can celebrate their climate leadership
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Now that COP is over, rich countries can go back to not pretending. Until next COP when both them and their pet journalists can celebrate their climate leadership
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Name the industrialists who have left Johny boy.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Name the industrialists who have left Johny boy.
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Lovely to catch up with my old teachers Mr Dixon and Mr Whitfield from Hillsview Primary School and discuss the difference that a great state education can make! I'm really grateful to both of them and all my teachers.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Lovely to catch up with my old teachers Mr Dixon and Mr Whitfield from Hillsview Primary School and discuss the difference that a great state education can make! I'm really grateful to both of them and all my teachers.
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NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Reposted by Andyinafield
Wales was promised that things would improve under Labour’s ‘partnership in power’.
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Wales was promised that things would improve under Labour’s ‘partnership in power’.
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
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Can’t wait until tomorrow, when the kite flying about the next budget can start afresh - only 364 sleeps to go 😬
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Can’t wait until tomorrow, when the kite flying about the next budget can start afresh - only 364 sleeps to go 😬
The world is necessarily changing. There is talk of a just transition. But it's becoming increasingly evident that it's just words.
History repeats.
jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
History repeats.
jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
Industrial legacies: a population survey study of mental health disparities across generations in post-coal Wales
Background Future economic transitions have the potential to replicate historical patterns of deindustrialisation. It is important to understand the health consequences of deindustrialisation to help ...
jech.bmj.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The world is necessarily changing. There is talk of a just transition. But it's becoming increasingly evident that it's just words.
History repeats.
jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
History repeats.
jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
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A very, very upset Reform UK councillor has been in touch
Cllr Aston hasn’t any “back bone”, they say
They recommend I “bring popcorn” to full council this Thursday
Cllr Aston hasn’t any “back bone”, they say
They recommend I “bring popcorn” to full council this Thursday
NEW: Mayor Ros Jones and leader of Doncaster Reform UK (the opposition) are “in agreement” on the need for borrowing to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Councillors will vote on the borrowing on Thursday
Councillors will vote on the borrowing on Thursday
Labour mayor and Reform UK leader "in agreement" on need for borrowing for airport
The Labour Mayor of Doncaster and leader of the Reform UK group on the City of Doncaster Council are “in agreement” on the borrowing required to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA).
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A very, very upset Reform UK councillor has been in touch
Cllr Aston hasn’t any “back bone”, they say
They recommend I “bring popcorn” to full council this Thursday
Cllr Aston hasn’t any “back bone”, they say
They recommend I “bring popcorn” to full council this Thursday
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Listen, AI hype is the only reason we aren't in a recession and if you aren't willing to sacrifice your child to keep those furnaces running you're letting the commies win
AI Teddy Bear That Talked Fetishes and Knives Is Back on the Market
AI Teddy Bear That Talked Fetishes and Knives Is Back on the Market
The toymakers say they've worked out the kinks (literally) and the bear is safe to use again.
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Listen, AI hype is the only reason we aren't in a recession and if you aren't willing to sacrifice your child to keep those furnaces running you're letting the commies win
Our institutions are capitulating.cos they don't know what they're dealing with.
There is plenty out there to help them understand this. It's the bed lock of what passes for post 1945 cultcha
And i don't mean chuffin Dad's Army.
Resist.
nation.cymru/news/concern...
There is plenty out there to help them understand this. It's the bed lock of what passes for post 1945 cultcha
And i don't mean chuffin Dad's Army.
Resist.
nation.cymru/news/concern...
Concern over Senedd decision to accept petition from neo-Nazi group
Martin Shipton The Senedd Commission has been criticised for allowing a neo-Nazi group to run a petition on the Petition Committee’s website. Activists reacted with horror to the decision, but Senedd ...
nation.cymru
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Our institutions are capitulating.cos they don't know what they're dealing with.
There is plenty out there to help them understand this. It's the bed lock of what passes for post 1945 cultcha
And i don't mean chuffin Dad's Army.
Resist.
nation.cymru/news/concern...
There is plenty out there to help them understand this. It's the bed lock of what passes for post 1945 cultcha
And i don't mean chuffin Dad's Army.
Resist.
nation.cymru/news/concern...
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"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
AI is guzzling gas
Big Tech is paying for gas plants and pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global climate goals.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
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Government could launch an inquiry into Russian interference tomorrow. They’re choosing not to.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Government could launch an inquiry into Russian interference tomorrow. They’re choosing not to.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social explains where our case now stands 👇
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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Cannot wait for GBNEWS and Nigel Farage to join the barricades about an arch Trump critic having his words censored by the BBC - they must be absolutely furious about this 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cannot wait for GBNEWS and Nigel Farage to join the barricades about an arch Trump critic having his words censored by the BBC - they must be absolutely furious about this 🤔