Ian
@ibnorfolk.bsky.social
Present: Risk & Security. Past: British Army Veteran. Passions: Renewables, Sustainability, Environment, Nature. Nerd: Solar. Religion/Cult: Home Assistant.
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
A “convicted reality star", “The most openly corrupt president in US history”, a "modern-day Caligula", "He surrounds himself with loyalists, grifters and sycophants."
All absolutely true & clear to anyone with eyes & ears.
All absolutely true & clear to anyone with eyes & ears.
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
BBC presenters and journalists have been told they cannot quote a line removed from its prestigious annual lecture, in which a Dutch writer accused Donald Trump of being “the most openly corrupt president in American history”.
Rutger Bregman accused the BBC of cowardice after the decision to remove the line from the first of his Reith Lectures, which he was invited to give by the corporation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A “convicted reality star", “The most openly corrupt president in US history”, a "modern-day Caligula", "He surrounds himself with loyalists, grifters and sycophants."
All absolutely true & clear to anyone with eyes & ears.
All absolutely true & clear to anyone with eyes & ears.
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Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
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And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And still, there are those who say that Americans can’t do irony.
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You may remember, of course you do, how a certain 'independent' analyst got a jump in exposure by claiming that the grid was inches away from falling over in January.
Well, Ofgem looked into that day too and have released their analysis; TLDR: gas plant tried to screw the system.
Little 🧵below
Well, Ofgem looked into that day too and have released their analysis; TLDR: gas plant tried to screw the system.
Little 🧵below
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
You may remember, of course you do, how a certain 'independent' analyst got a jump in exposure by claiming that the grid was inches away from falling over in January.
Well, Ofgem looked into that day too and have released their analysis; TLDR: gas plant tried to screw the system.
Little 🧵below
Well, Ofgem looked into that day too and have released their analysis; TLDR: gas plant tried to screw the system.
Little 🧵below
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The combination of EV policies & fuel duty cuts announced, sorry I mean confirmed, today is utterly bipolar.
Handing better off people a “grant” while penalising all EV drivers with a pay per mile tax, & retaining the fuel duty cut for ICE vehicles, limiting the savings of transition,
Handing better off people a “grant” while penalising all EV drivers with a pay per mile tax, & retaining the fuel duty cut for ICE vehicles, limiting the savings of transition,
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The combination of EV policies & fuel duty cuts announced, sorry I mean confirmed, today is utterly bipolar.
Handing better off people a “grant” while penalising all EV drivers with a pay per mile tax, & retaining the fuel duty cut for ICE vehicles, limiting the savings of transition,
Handing better off people a “grant” while penalising all EV drivers with a pay per mile tax, & retaining the fuel duty cut for ICE vehicles, limiting the savings of transition,
Parliament continuing to demonstrate they’re a braying bunch of utter morons.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Parliament continuing to demonstrate they’re a braying bunch of utter morons.
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Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
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Still no better heuristic for revealing a politician or public figure's deep unseriousness than checking whether or not they are a climate sceptic.
The so-called “Global Warming Policy Foundation”, generally recognised as a #ClimateDenial lobby group, has Lord #Glasman giving its annual lecture…..
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Still no better heuristic for revealing a politician or public figure's deep unseriousness than checking whether or not they are a climate sceptic.
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They're offloading all the debt onto special purpose vehicles (SPV) that are legally distinct entities propped up by promises from meta for decades of demand in compute. The banks take all the risk, Nvidia gets the equity and revenue, Meta gets the stock bump without the downside.
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
They're offloading all the debt onto special purpose vehicles (SPV) that are legally distinct entities propped up by promises from meta for decades of demand in compute. The banks take all the risk, Nvidia gets the equity and revenue, Meta gets the stock bump without the downside.
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Blaming the planning system for high prices of nuclear power is absurd
The EPR being built at Hinkley was way over budget in Finland, China & France
The AP1000 the USA is keen on bankrupted Westinghouse when built in S Carolina
Nuclear power is expensive. Period
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The EPR being built at Hinkley was way over budget in Finland, China & France
The AP1000 the USA is keen on bankrupted Westinghouse when built in S Carolina
Nuclear power is expensive. Period
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK is world's most expensive place to develop nuclear power, report says
Experts criticise “overly complex” rules and call for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Blaming the planning system for high prices of nuclear power is absurd
The EPR being built at Hinkley was way over budget in Finland, China & France
The AP1000 the USA is keen on bankrupted Westinghouse when built in S Carolina
Nuclear power is expensive. Period
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The EPR being built at Hinkley was way over budget in Finland, China & France
The AP1000 the USA is keen on bankrupted Westinghouse when built in S Carolina
Nuclear power is expensive. Period
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Love this! 🔋
With 35 plugs my only question for #Watthub #Maasvlakte (their 2nd hub in 🇳🇱) is WHEN will their site prove too small!
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Congrats on the opening!
#alwaysbecharging photo: Pierre-Emmanuel Gau www.linkedin.com/posts/pierre...
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Congrats on the opening!
#alwaysbecharging photo: Pierre-Emmanuel Gau www.linkedin.com/posts/pierre...
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Love this! 🔋
There’s some very irresponsible & simply incorrect reporting around the OFGEM price cap announcement. Media continuing to dance to the tune of oil investors.
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There’s some very irresponsible & simply incorrect reporting around the OFGEM price cap announcement. Media continuing to dance to the tune of oil investors.
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“If current text is accepted, #COP30 will be the deadliest talk show ever. Negotiators spend days discussing what to discuss ... solely to avoid committing to a just transition away from fossil fuels and putting money on the table,” says Harjeet Singh
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“If current text is accepted, #COP30 will be the deadliest talk show ever. Negotiators spend days discussing what to discuss ... solely to avoid committing to a just transition away from fossil fuels and putting money on the table,” says Harjeet Singh
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Agreed. We stop Russia in Ukraine, or we’ll have to stop Russia in Poland, the Baltics or Moldova.
Russia will not stop with Donbas.
Russia will not stop with Donbas.
Agree. Coalition of the Willing has to stop deluding itself that after a ceasefire on reasonable terms it will send symbolic forces to Ukraine w US backing. UK, France, Germany, Poland &c must invest whatever it takes to defeat RU in UA, or they will have to fight it, without US help, further West.
It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Agreed. We stop Russia in Ukraine, or we’ll have to stop Russia in Poland, the Baltics or Moldova.
Russia will not stop with Donbas.
Russia will not stop with Donbas.
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
The violent nodding in agreement while reading this report made me feel sick.
Seriously though, absolutely bang on the money.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Seriously though, absolutely bang on the money.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
The UK contribution to European Security
Report of the Defence Committee
publications.parliament.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The violent nodding in agreement while reading this report made me feel sick.
Seriously though, absolutely bang on the money.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Seriously though, absolutely bang on the money.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
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Our new report on Sky Bet's relocation to Malta. Full details of what we think they did, whether it was legal, and how HMRC and the Government could stop it: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/18/s...
Betting on tax avoidance - is Sky Bet avoiding £55m tax per year?
ITV News has just published an investigation: gambling company Sky Bet has migrated its business to Malta to avoid around £55m of tax each year. We provided technical support for the investigation…
taxpolicy.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our new report on Sky Bet's relocation to Malta. Full details of what we think they did, whether it was legal, and how HMRC and the Government could stop it: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/18/s...
We just broke 10MW annual generation from our roof mounted domestic solar array. *hurrah* 🌤️🔋
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We just broke 10MW annual generation from our roof mounted domestic solar array. *hurrah* 🌤️🔋
Last week the Treasury/No11 was leaking rumours about cutting the BUS grant for ASHP, today DESNZ expands the scheme to include A2A.
The latter is absolutely the right thing to do, but what a f’ing shambles.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The latter is absolutely the right thing to do, but what a f’ing shambles.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Discounts for families to keep warm in winter and cool in summer
Boiler Upgrade Scheme has been expanded to include air-to-air heat pumps and heat batteries giving families more choice in how they upgrade their home.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Last week the Treasury/No11 was leaking rumours about cutting the BUS grant for ASHP, today DESNZ expands the scheme to include A2A.
The latter is absolutely the right thing to do, but what a f’ing shambles.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The latter is absolutely the right thing to do, but what a f’ing shambles.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The British Home Secretary, back when she thought it appropriate to show some empathy with refugees.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The British Home Secretary, back when she thought it appropriate to show some empathy with refugees.
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Illegal immigration isn’t tearing the UK apart.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Illegal immigration isn’t tearing the UK apart.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
The far right is tearing the country apart, using immigration as a pretext.
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It’s the most bizarre form of gaslighting that places the blame of a) Labour’s troubles and b) the prospect of a Reform government, on those who criticise/leave the Party, rather than on the policies, lack of vision and dreadful comms of the current Labour leadership.
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s the most bizarre form of gaslighting that places the blame of a) Labour’s troubles and b) the prospect of a Reform government, on those who criticise/leave the Party, rather than on the policies, lack of vision and dreadful comms of the current Labour leadership.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.