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11.03.2026 14:09
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Over two thirds of the British public back proposals for solar panels to be installed on all new houses
87% believe govt policy should ensure new homes are designed to cut energy costs
www.businessgreen.com/news/4526696...
Ah! More of those "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf. This will be available to all Shipping Lines. If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible. No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The United States' ECONOMIC and MILITARY MIGHT is the GREATEST ON EARTH - More actions to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Trump says US will use the Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance for maritime trade in the Gulf, with possible US Navy escorts through Strait of Hormuz.
Companies would pay insurance premiums to US — effectively making DC financial backstop for global energy shipping.
Excuse me?
The right always love to angrily explain the point of a policy like it’s some sort of protest against the policy.
"UK Green Party Surges Ahead of Starmer’s Labour in a New Poll"
The YouGov poll reflects a seismic shift happening in UK politics after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last week.
Huge news!!
Anyone who wants to help push us onwards, it's easy: join.greenparty.org.uk
User Chris: What was the core difference why you think the DoW accepted OpenAI but not Anthropic Sam Altman: I can't speak for them, but to speculate with the best understanding of the situation. *First, I saw reporting that they were extremely close on a deal, and for much of the time both sides really wanted to reach one. I have seen what happens in tense negotiations when things get stressed and deteriorate super fast, and I could believe that was a large part of what happened here. *We believe in a layered approach to safety--building a safety stack, deploying FDEs and having our safety and alignment researcher involved, deploying via cloud, working directly with the DoW. Anthropic seemed more focused on specific prohibitions in the contract, rather than citing applicable laws, which we felt comfortable with. We feel that it it's very important to build safe system, and although documents are also important, I'd clearly rather rely on technical safeguards if I only had to pick one. *We and the DoW got comfortable with the contractual language, but I can understand other people would have a different opinion here. *I think Anthropic may have wanted more operational control than we did
I saw some folks asking what the difference was between what OpenAI signed with the DoD and what Anthropic said they wanted, and Sam more or less admits here the key point: OpenAI's deal requires them to trust the NSA. Anthropic's contract had real safeguards.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs attacking the Green Party for embracing "divisive" and "sectarian" politics
I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters
We are ‘not a multicultural country’? Fuck right off.
'In May last year, Keir Starmer said: “Every area of the immigration system, including work, family and study, will be tightened up so we have more control. Enforcement will be tougher than ever and migration numbers will fall.”'
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Just bad from Starmer. Your opponent took 40% of the vote. At the very least, for Labour folks, this is a "we hear you, we got it wrong, we will change," moment, even if he doesn't mean it.
Just watched first episode of this. Even if you've been close to the details this is pure cold fury. A crystallised portrait of the scandal which has been inflicted on us and our environment at the hands of corporate scam artists and their political enablers.
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
Opinium constituency poll suggests three parties could win the Gorton and Denton by-election on Thursday.
- Green tactical squeeze messsage to Lab/undecided voters
- GM Labour more get vote out experience on the day
- Reform if can get vote out + edge 3-way split despite 2/3 hoping they lose
In just 25 hours, the U.S. has had four tariff regimes:
1. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final)
2. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs
3. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs +10%
4. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs +10% + 5%
"This is Europe’s new reality: under water in winter, withered in summer. Yet even as the weather extremes worsen, the voices of denial have grown louder and more influential."
#SayNo2SizewellC www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators
A British woman who got detained by ICE declared "....that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that”."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Clearly, it's not safe to travel to the US.
Every time Labour created a modern parliament – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London – they chose proportional representation writes MP, Jenny Riddell Carpenter. Why is Westminster the exception? If PR is good enough for devolved Britain, it’s good enough for the UK.
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Just mind-boggling that climate breakdown isn't even mentioned in this piece
Despite the fact that it is driving more powerful storms, higher sea level, bigger waves and more intense rainfall
People - apparently even the reporting journalist - still don't get it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trevor Phillips tying himself in knots while trying to trip up Zack Polanski. Phillips gets everything embarrassingly wrong, clearly not done his homework and is roundly outclassed by Polanski
Nice write-up of interview with me and my colleagues about our Energy Champions voluntary work in #Eastbourne, much of which deals with #fuelpoverty.
www.energisesussexcoast.co.uk/engaging-wit...
The Trump administration has repealed the endangerment finding, eliminating federal limits on greenhouse gases.
“This move is poised to break the law and the thermometer.”
This rollback defies science, international law, and public health.
Read CIEL’s statement: bit.ly/46MPJ2g
After the Russian authorities restrict access to popular messaging app Telegram, one Russian MP calls the measure ’Defence of the information frontline…one of the components of the battle between Russia and Nato.’ The restrictions are widely reported in today’s Russian papers. #ReadingRussia
📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
Self Management UK now endorses our book 'Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World' amzn.to/2JIpu41 In US amzn.to/2JGyCWT Available via your GP as part of #ReadingWell Books on Prescription scheme. Pls RT. #mindfulness #ArtOfBreathing
This by @davidallengreen.bsky.social is SO good. Just recommended all my 2nd year BritPol students read it. First three weeks cover 'The constitution', 'Parliament', & 'The executive'. I confess they're hardly my top three topics but the events of the past week or so have seriously spiced them up!