We are facing an energy crisis. Britain is the worst exposed in Europe with only 2 days gas supply stored. If only we had our own gas to exploit. Or our own oil. Or our own coal.... Blame @Ed Miliband (Allison Pearson on X)
If only we had clean, renewable energy and were not beholden to a dirty, expensive, dangerous commodity that pollutes our environment and is the source of most of our geopolitical woes.
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
This is one result of the 7-year-long, £10 million Chilcot Inquiry: a comprehensive, detailed & crucial guide to avoiding another disastrous war like Iraq. You can understand why Tony Blair ignores its lessons, but every other warmonger in the UK?
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Boris Johnson says Keir Starmer has made us an irrelevance on the world stage...
Almost nobody in the media reported on the former Tory Government's sweeping power grab of the electoral commission. This week Labour have announced that they will reverse what Boris Johnson did and return the commission to independence.
Ofcourse Labour will get absolutely no credit for doing this
Unfortunately it seems like it.
Measles is on the rise in London.
It’s highly infectious and can be passed on even before a rash appears.
Protect yourself and your family from becoming seriously unwell by making sure you are all up to date with your MMR vaccinations.
That's the way to do it. So good to see progressive politicians pushing back hard on Reform's messaging. Highly effective and so refreshing and Labour could learn a lot from Polanski in this regard. Take the attack to the Faragists - don't let them get away with it.
Stronger rights at work. Better protections for renters.
Delivered by Labour. Threatened by Reform.
Nigel Farage has declared war on the interests of working people.
⬇️ Inflation down
⬇️ Interest rates down
⬇️ Borrowing down
⬆️ Retail sales up
⬆️ UK fastest growing European G7 economy
There's more to do, but Labour's economic plan is the right one.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The best protection against measles is making sure you and your loved ones’ MMR or MMRV jabs are up to date. Contact your GP to check.
Learn more about the vaccine and the symptoms of this potentially serious infection: www.nhs.uk/conditions/m...
Keir Starmer: "Tackling the cost of living is my government’s number one priority. National Living Wage and the Pension Triple lock increased from April. Rail fares frozen. Extending free school meals, 5p fuel duty and capping bus fares at £3."
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
Wes Streeting, Health Secretary: "Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS."
This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?
ICYMI: Broadcom 'bulldozes' VMware cloud partners as March deadline looms
“I am a proud Mancunian woman. I have walked the streets of this constituency. This is about Manchester… a city united, we are rejecting division. I am so looking forward to going out on the doorstep and winning this for Labour”
Angeliki Stogia
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GREAT BRITISH RAILWAYS Labour are bringing West Midlands Railway into public ownership Route: FROZEN FARES, FEWER DELAYS, NO BOOKING FEES
Today’s the day!
Hi Gorton & Denton, if you have anxiety, know that the Reform UK candidate, Matt Goodwin, thinks you have a mild mental health issue.
He doesn’t think you should be supported.
Another example of us doing what is right for Londoners:
More liveable neighbourhoods
Healthier communities
Fewer Collisions
Fewer deaths and serious injuries
Change isn’t easy, but I’m willing to make tough choices to make our city safer.
4) People & Society: to support closer partnerships between people through the exchange of skills, cultures & ideas.
The Strategic Partnership will see regular meetings by leaders & ministers, and is for the long-term: to at least 2045.
The full 18-page document is available via the link.
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The homicide rate for under-25s is now 3x lower than it was when I set up the VRU in 2019, and hospital admissions of young people for knife assault have almost halved in the same period.
London is safer thanks to the prevention work of @london-vru.bsky.social.
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
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HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SWIA OAA Nigel Farage MP House of Commons London SW1A OAA 13 January 2026 Mr Farge, Visiting Bermondsey and Old Southwark I am writing following your public engagement on 7th January in London Bridge, which is in my constituency: Bermondsey and Old Southwark. I appreciate you are unfamiliar with constituency requirements given your inattention to Clacton since being elected. But given you have spent three decades in and around Parliament, you should be aware that established protocol requires any MP conducting official business in another Member's constituency to notify the relevant Member in advance. You failed to follow parliamentary protocol on this matter last week. As someone who has so desperately attempted to be in Westminster for such a long time, I hope you are capable of learning and adhering to procedures, although I won't hold my breath. Given you have described our capital city as 'crime-ridden' and 'unsafe' it must have been very difficult for you to pluck up the courage to book a venue in the centre of the capital for your event to promote yet another Tory defect in your ranks. But please do conform to the rules should you ever come back. Your preference for spending time in London rather than Clacton (which is your constituency by the way), demonstrates the typically deceitful nature of your attacks on our capital. Deep down, you agree with me and the millions of UK and international visitors every year, that London remains our greatest city and well worth spending time in! I would say I look forward to your next visit to the best constituency, in the best city, in the best country on the planet, but unlike you and the former Tories who riddle your party, I am not comfortable spouting untruths. Sincerely, Neil Neil Coyle MP
Neil Coyle MP has written a brutal takedown letter to Nigel Farage for his breach of parliamentary protocol, because Farage visited Coyle's London constituency without notifying him. 10/10 no notes.
(H/T @simonpegg.bsky.social)
Labour have secured a record breaking 8.4GW of additional offshore wind capacity.
The auction is the biggest in European history, with long term prices secured at about 20% lower than the maximum.
The sites, off England, Scotland and Wales, are enough to power 12 million homes!
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People have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a different story.
Last year saw:
The lowest murder rate per capita since records began
The fewest murders of those aged under 25 this century
One of the lowest numbers of homicides for almost three decades
