Imogen Shaw

If there was only some way to harness Mandelson's chutzpah to power the grid we could avoid an energy crisis.

My rough timeline:
If the Strait reopens in the coming week, we have weeks of energy market disruption ahead but things have settled by the Autumn.
If the Strait is closed for another 3/4 weeks we have months of disruption.
If the Strait is closed for longer things get very bad, very quickly.

there's a theory that if only Britain exploited North Sea oil we'd be secure from a global energy price shock

which totally ignores (or doesn't understand) the fact that energy prices are global and a rise in UK production (from a declining basin) would have negligible impact on that global price

Today I want to talk about Jess’ Rule and Martha’s Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about.
Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.

Words, what do they mean

Quite an opening paragraph.

This will be brilliant

Any centre left governing coalition is now:
- Young people, especially graduates
- Urban progressives
- Minority groups
- Working age people with low incomes
- Educated Professionals

If both your political and economic strategy is not geared towards these groups, they will find a party that is.

UK launches operation to support thousands of Britons in Middle East Officials are understood to be working on plans to evacuate British nationals, should airspace remain closed.

What's happening in Dubai bolsters the argument taxes should be based on people's nationality, not just their country of residence (ie the US model).

If Brits living abroad can expect to be airlifted out by virtue of being British, they should pay some tax towards that.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is "deliverism" dead? Lawrence gave his first take on Iran at the weekend and will return to it later this week.

What is "deliverism"? Is it dead? And what would its death mean for progressive politics?

This essay (kindly published by @samfr.bsky.social) is my attempt to trace five years of trans-Atlantic debates, to set out what I see as the stakes, and to analyse where these arguments have now gotten to:

(With the caveat that they’re still not totally clear what we’re going to do regarding sorting out the grid.)

Indeed - a very odd piece. Labour unquestionably running one of the most pro-Net Zero governments in Europe. Also, the renewable energy developers I speak to often in my day job almost invariably think the UK currently has the best green investment environment in Europe, too.

In shocking news Matt blames muslims for his defeat and would like you to pay him money so that he can keep pointing this out.

It's all 'leave the EU to rebuild our Commonwealth ties' when there's a referendum on, but a different tune when it comes to Commonwealth citizens exercising their 112-year old right to vote in a parliamentary by-election.

You have great faith in my magnanimity, sir

Which way, British man (woman, person)?

Me on Gorton and Denton for SEC Newgate News. As we look ahead to the next general election, the two most realistic outcomes are currently a hard right shift - or a Labour led patchwork of progressive parties.

www.secnewgate.co.uk/our-insights...

The strategy of Polanski's Greens has been very clear on this for some time.

A Green win must mean that "left behind" voters forgotten by Westminster want open borders and legalised class A drugs. That's how it works right?

Undoing the sexual revolution, repealing the Renters’ Rights Act…literally every day these guys add a new liability to the pile.

Yes, I've been wondering if this might be one of the biggest threats to Reform's polling. They've got to 30% by channelling inchoate rage at the system - but all their policy preferences are Thatcherite boomer comfort zone stuff. There's a risk of a dividing line against part of their own coalition.

While it’s not fair to draw an equivalence of the Greens with Reform here (what Goodwin has said re penalising women who choose not to have children is still much worse) between the two of them this by-election is starting to make me feel a bit Mash Report.

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'Miracle' baby born to first UK womb transplant from dead donor Grace Bell, who was born without a viable womb, says her little boy is

Absolutely incredible things happening in medical science! Just amazing advances.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Going back to what I was saying about Farage completely losing his political judgment recently. Why in gods name would you announce all this before a crucial by-election in a working class northern seat?

So, just to make sure I understand: Jenrick is saying Reform would restore the two child benefit cap. Goodwin is saying women who do not have enough children will be penalised.

Cool.

only i solider on

@colmpm.bsky.social called it four months ago. Recent disturbing revelations aside, the Mandelson appointment was a ticking time bomb from the beginning - both for the government and McSweeney himself.

Morgan McSweeney gone. Will be genuinely fascinating to see who replaces him.

i’m not saying that @colmpm.bsky.social is a massive nerd, not by any means, but he has just explained the plot of ‘event horizon’ while confusing the names laurence fishburne and lawrence freedman the entire time

@colmpm.bsky.social you are not alone

Of course, the bigger question is whether this will be the final push in getting me to reactivate my ancient teenage Tumblr account at the advanced age of 30. More as we get it.