Ben Winkley
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News editor cutting long stories short for Argus Media - mostly sharing stories beyond our paywall, or staring with my jaw on the floor
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Ben Winkley
@benwinkley.bsky.social
· Apr 8
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Chelsea could be on the brink of an era of domination, if you believe the club can only be successful when its owner has a ink with Russian hydrocarbons
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Exclusive | Todd Boehly Makes a Play for International Assets of Russia’s Lukoil
The billionaire investor has formed a consortium with a United Arab Emirates-based investor group.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Chelsea could be on the brink of an era of domination, if you believe the club can only be successful when its owner has a ink with Russian hydrocarbons
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very po-faced from the FT. Timing isn't everything for the OBR. But getting figures right is - it didn't do that yesterday and has adjusted hugely overnight its calculation of the budget measures' effects on EV sales
"If the OBR cannot organise its document handling, how can we trust it to get the judgment on productivity or the tax richness of GDP forecasts right?" Well, because they're different things, for one. www.ft.com/content/b1af...
The OBR’s careless leak has damaged us all
The fiscal watchdog’s error is worse than other Budget leaks because it exists solely to improve the process
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
very po-faced from the FT. Timing isn't everything for the OBR. But getting figures right is - it didn't do that yesterday and has adjusted hugely overnight its calculation of the budget measures' effects on EV sales
Think you've had a bad week? imagine being the OBR.
It confirms it 'corrected' its EV sales projection, without saying why. Now sees the budget's effect on EV sales as a net 120,000 reduction by 2030-31, from a net 310,000 reduction in the original document.
It confirms it 'corrected' its EV sales projection, without saying why. Now sees the budget's effect on EV sales as a net 120,000 reduction by 2030-31, from a net 310,000 reduction in the original document.
OBR appears to have silently revised overnight its projections for the pay-per-mile effect on UK EV sales. On the left, the existing document forecasting a net 120,000 drop in sales; on the right, yesterday's projection of a net 310,000 fall
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November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Think you've had a bad week? imagine being the OBR.
It confirms it 'corrected' its EV sales projection, without saying why. Now sees the budget's effect on EV sales as a net 120,000 reduction by 2030-31, from a net 310,000 reduction in the original document.
It confirms it 'corrected' its EV sales projection, without saying why. Now sees the budget's effect on EV sales as a net 120,000 reduction by 2030-31, from a net 310,000 reduction in the original document.
OBR appears to have silently revised overnight its projections for the pay-per-mile effect on UK EV sales. On the left, the existing document forecasting a net 120,000 drop in sales; on the right, yesterday's projection of a net 310,000 fall
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November 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
OBR appears to have silently revised overnight its projections for the pay-per-mile effect on UK EV sales. On the left, the existing document forecasting a net 120,000 drop in sales; on the right, yesterday's projection of a net 310,000 fall
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FYI: this happened today after a late session price COLLAPSE (0.8p/th wiped off) so we are now officially in multi year low territory.
We're now looking at multi year lows.
Front month (Dec contract) at 76.3p/th. If it sheds another 0.2p (and closes below that level), you have to go back to late 2021 to find a corresponding price level.
That was the early bit of Gazprom's EU market destruction stage of the energy crisis.
Front month (Dec contract) at 76.3p/th. If it sheds another 0.2p (and closes below that level), you have to go back to late 2021 to find a corresponding price level.
That was the early bit of Gazprom's EU market destruction stage of the energy crisis.
UK front month gas prices are moving into year+ low territory.
Not by much, granted, but the December contract (now front month) hasn't closed sub-80p/th since Feb-24 and sits at 79.8-ish now.
Loads of regas capacity, plus loads of supply (and relatively low global competition) equals...
Not by much, granted, but the December contract (now front month) hasn't closed sub-80p/th since Feb-24 and sits at 79.8-ish now.
Loads of regas capacity, plus loads of supply (and relatively low global competition) equals...
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
FYI: this happened today after a late session price COLLAPSE (0.8p/th wiped off) so we are now officially in multi year low territory.
Busy day in the UK, where the government has published a North Sea Future plan
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North Sea Future Plan for fair, managed and prosperous transition
Government sets out plan to manage existing North Sea oil and gas fields, protect jobs and grow clean energy industries.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Busy day in the UK, where the government has published a North Sea Future plan
www.gov.uk/government/n....
www.gov.uk/government/n....
Office of Budget Irresponsibility, amirite?
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Office of Budget Irresponsibility, amirite?
Yikes. UK OBR sees North Sea revenues dropping from £2.7 billion in 2025-26 to £0.3 billion in 2030-31.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yikes. UK OBR sees North Sea revenues dropping from £2.7 billion in 2025-26 to £0.3 billion in 2030-31.
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lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
get off my land
The police have blocked Whitehall to tractors and have a welcome wagon for any that get through.
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
get off my land
Shipping giant Maersk is thinking about sending its container carriers through the Suez Canal again.
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Maersk considers shipping return to Suez Canal | Latest Market News
Danish shipowner Maersk is considering a return to the Suez Canal, but has not set a date for this.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Shipping giant Maersk is thinking about sending its container carriers through the Suez Canal again.
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"The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal," the U.S. official said. "There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal."
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November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal," the U.S. official said. "There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal."
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Nigeria's Dangote refinery is producing diesel, but not at the quality demanded in Europe
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Europe shuns Dangote diesel over winter specs | Latest Market News
European buyers are avoiding diesel from Nigeria's 650,000 b/d Dangote refinery because the product fails to meet winter specifications and has sulphur levels above tolerance, according to market sour...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Nigeria's Dangote refinery is producing diesel, but not at the quality demanded in Europe
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Catching up on news that FM Conway spilt 25 tons on bitumen in the Thames and the Port of London Authority said nothing
www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
How 25,000 kilograms of ‘toxic’ tar was spilled in the Thames
'You start to think: hang on, if that’s floating in the water, what's that giving off?'
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Catching up on news that FM Conway spilt 25 tons on bitumen in the Thames and the Port of London Authority said nothing
www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
www.the-londoner.co.uk/how-25-000-k...
At the Sandbanks’ asset value before the budget:
"Its own mythos — that, by square feet, it is the fourth most expensive neighbourhood in the world — comes via a canny marketing push by the same small-handed estate agent Piers Morgan was guffawing with"
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"Its own mythos — that, by square feet, it is the fourth most expensive neighbourhood in the world — comes via a canny marketing push by the same small-handed estate agent Piers Morgan was guffawing with"
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The empty soul of Britain's Palm Springs
Sandbanks is England's most expensive neighbourhood • But at what cost? • A paradise built on imported sand
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
At the Sandbanks’ asset value before the budget:
"Its own mythos — that, by square feet, it is the fourth most expensive neighbourhood in the world — comes via a canny marketing push by the same small-handed estate agent Piers Morgan was guffawing with"
dispatch-media.com/the-empty-so...
"Its own mythos — that, by square feet, it is the fourth most expensive neighbourhood in the world — comes via a canny marketing push by the same small-handed estate agent Piers Morgan was guffawing with"
dispatch-media.com/the-empty-so...
DNV decarbonisation boss says marine fuel sector will continue toward net zero even in the absence of an IMO framework
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Q&A: Marine decarbonisation to continue despite delay | Latest Market News
<i>The maritime sector is staying on course towards decarbonisation, with marine biofuels and LNG gaining traction in the short term, despite the IMO postponing its net-zero framework vote until Octob...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
DNV decarbonisation boss says marine fuel sector will continue toward net zero even in the absence of an IMO framework
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Jimmy Cliff Many rivers to cross Live at Glastonbury 2003
YouTube video by georg keese
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November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#Cop30 concludes with.. promises. No deal on a plan to shift away from fossil fuels.
All the details here 👇
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All the details here 👇
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Cop: Cop 30 leaves fossil fuels out of final deal | Latest Market News
The UN Cop 30 climate summit concluded today without a deal on a plan to shift away from fossil fuels, but with a promise from the Brazilian Cop 30 presidency to oversee the creation of a roadmap on t...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#Cop30 concludes with.. promises. No deal on a plan to shift away from fossil fuels.
All the details here 👇
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
All the details here 👇
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#Cop30 latest: draft decision text released today, outlining the main outcome of the summit, has dropped *any mention* of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.
If this sticks the whole shebang could collapse without a deal
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If this sticks the whole shebang could collapse without a deal
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Cop: Fossil fuels left out of new draft decision | Latest Market News
A new draft decision text released today and outlining the main outcome of the UN Cop 30 climate summit has dropped any mention of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Cop30 latest: draft decision text released today, outlining the main outcome of the summit, has dropped *any mention* of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.
If this sticks the whole shebang could collapse without a deal
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If this sticks the whole shebang could collapse without a deal
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Primal Scream - Burning Wheel (Live from Later... with Jools Holland 1997)
YouTube video by PrimalScreamVEVO
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM