Rob Glover
@robboman.bsky.social
Pro clean energy development | Astrophotographer | runner and cyclist | EV evangelist | Instagram: robglover
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Remember the 1990s, when we all worried about how rich and powerful Bill Gates was, and his goal was he wanted to eradicate polio?
January 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Remember the 1990s, when we all worried about how rich and powerful Bill Gates was, and his goal was he wanted to eradicate polio?
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The Lords agreed to allocate extra time to debate the amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill. But with more than 1,000 to work through, progress remains glacially slow. Time is running out — both for the Bill itself, and for the terminally ill people. #AssistedDyingBill
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Only two amendment groups debated despite Lords’ vote for more time on Assisted Dying Bill
Debate in the House of Lords has continued at a glacial pace, with only 2 groups of amendments out of the 74 remaining groups being debated. This is despite peers agreeing to additional time for the…
humanists.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Lords agreed to allocate extra time to debate the amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill. But with more than 1,000 to work through, progress remains glacially slow. Time is running out — both for the Bill itself, and for the terminally ill people. #AssistedDyingBill
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
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Bradford Literature Festival and Waterstones celebrate over a decade of collaboration and success.📚 🎊 Read all about it:
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/news/blf-and-waterstones-celebrating-over-a-decade-of-collaboration/
#BradfordLitFest #Waterstones
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/news/blf-and-waterstones-celebrating-over-a-decade-of-collaboration/
#BradfordLitFest #Waterstones
BLF and Waterstones: Celebrating Over a Decade of Collaboration
Since 2014 Bradford Literature Festival has had Waterstones as official Book Partner, hosting events and showcasing the work of writers.
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Bradford Literature Festival and Waterstones celebrate over a decade of collaboration and success.📚 🎊 Read all about it:
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/news/blf-and-waterstones-celebrating-over-a-decade-of-collaboration/
#BradfordLitFest #Waterstones
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/news/blf-and-waterstones-celebrating-over-a-decade-of-collaboration/
#BradfordLitFest #Waterstones
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
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As a man of the people, I will always defend trail hunting, which I know is a top priority for all my working class constituents who own horses and enjoy simple pleasures like ripping foxes apart for laughs.
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As a man of the people, I will always defend trail hunting, which I know is a top priority for all my working class constituents who own horses and enjoy simple pleasures like ripping foxes apart for laughs.
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As Labour announce they’ll ban trail hunting, man in Barbour jacket and mustard trousers accuses them of being out of touch with public: www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As Labour announce they’ll ban trail hunting, man in Barbour jacket and mustard trousers accuses them of being out of touch with public: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Your festive edition and TV guide is here 🎄
Feast your eyes on a tumultuous schedule, not unlike the year itself. Plus brilliant writing from all of your favourite columnists at The New World. Enjoy!
🗞️ Grab a copy at your local newsstand or subscribe
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Feast your eyes on a tumultuous schedule, not unlike the year itself. Plus brilliant writing from all of your favourite columnists at The New World. Enjoy!
🗞️ Grab a copy at your local newsstand or subscribe
🔗 buff.ly/NWZsnYW
December 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Your festive edition and TV guide is here 🎄
Feast your eyes on a tumultuous schedule, not unlike the year itself. Plus brilliant writing from all of your favourite columnists at The New World. Enjoy!
🗞️ Grab a copy at your local newsstand or subscribe
🔗 buff.ly/NWZsnYW
Feast your eyes on a tumultuous schedule, not unlike the year itself. Plus brilliant writing from all of your favourite columnists at The New World. Enjoy!
🗞️ Grab a copy at your local newsstand or subscribe
🔗 buff.ly/NWZsnYW
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Yet another massive UK wind power record confirmed this evening. At 5:30pm on Friday wind met over 47% of the UK's electricity demand. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522947...
'Another record': UK wind power generation hits all-time high
NESO confirms Great Britain generated a new peak of 23,825MW of electricity from its wind farms, providing enough clean power for over 23 million homes
www.businessgreen.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yet another massive UK wind power record confirmed this evening. At 5:30pm on Friday wind met over 47% of the UK's electricity demand. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522947...
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On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. The swans aren't a-swimming any more; ate them.
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. The swans aren't a-swimming any more; ate them.
When will I be home? I don't know.
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
When will I be home? I don't know.
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
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He wasn't actually due to resign until an hour later
BREAKING - Richard Hughes resigns as chair of the OBR
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
He wasn't actually due to resign until an hour later
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If only we had some kind of person whose job it was to investigate the news and present a balanced set of challenging facts. We could call them something like “journalists”. The whole craft could be called a cool name like “journalism”.
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If only we had some kind of person whose job it was to investigate the news and present a balanced set of challenging facts. We could call them something like “journalists”. The whole craft could be called a cool name like “journalism”.
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Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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Smart Tariffs are a game changer for the financial benefits of heat-pumps, household batteries and battery electric vehicles.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
NEW RESEARCH:
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Smart Tariffs are a game changer for the financial benefits of heat-pumps, household batteries and battery electric vehicles.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
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Over the weekend, one British institution saw off the populist right - the National Trust, whose members once again swatted away the Tufton Street-funded 'Restore Trust' lobbyists
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Over the weekend, one British institution saw off the populist right - the National Trust, whose members once again swatted away the Tufton Street-funded 'Restore Trust' lobbyists
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
secure.cesvotes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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"Listen love.." says Nigel Farage to Mishal Husain, someone streets ahead of him intellectually. A little glimpse into the Britain he wants to get back to.
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Listen love.." says Nigel Farage to Mishal Husain, someone streets ahead of him intellectually. A little glimpse into the Britain he wants to get back to.
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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It's that time of year again! When I go through the National Trust's voting papers and play "spot the Restore Trust Entryists" among the candidates. I like to do it with no cheat sheets. 1/2
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's that time of year again! When I go through the National Trust's voting papers and play "spot the Restore Trust Entryists" among the candidates. I like to do it with no cheat sheets. 1/2
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Yes, they're gimmicky, but they do look pretty cool. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520271...
Duracell E-Charge to invest more than £200m in UK EV charging infrastructure
Battery giant selects the UK to debut new EV charging venture, and targets at least 500 charge points this decade
www.businessgreen.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Yes, they're gimmicky, but they do look pretty cool. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520271...