Nick Hollinghurst
@nickhollinghurst.bsky.social
From: Birkenhead
Former: Scientist, export salesman, politician
Current: Politician, humanist, elderly retired man
Interests: people, travel, good food, reading
Languages: English, Deutsch, Cymraeg, French, bits of others
Member: National Liberal Club
Former: Scientist, export salesman, politician
Current: Politician, humanist, elderly retired man
Interests: people, travel, good food, reading
Languages: English, Deutsch, Cymraeg, French, bits of others
Member: National Liberal Club
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Trump bought Boeing bonds while giving them billions in contracts. He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to take 10% of the company. He bought Meta bonds while pushing a META-friendly policy. He's not a president. He's an inside trader.😠
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Trump bought Boeing bonds while giving them billions in contracts. He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to take 10% of the company. He bought Meta bonds while pushing a META-friendly policy. He's not a president. He's an inside trader.😠
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
Burning waste is a dirty way to generate power, but it’s the least bad alternative until we fix recycling theconversation.com/burning-wast...
It's intermediate technology, but still very useful. It produces less atmospheric damage than sending residual non-recyclables to landfill, plus we get power!
It's intermediate technology, but still very useful. It produces less atmospheric damage than sending residual non-recyclables to landfill, plus we get power!
Burning waste is a dirty way to generate power – but it’s the least bad alternative until we fix recycling
England plans to nearly double its number of waste incinerators.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Burning waste is a dirty way to generate power, but it’s the least bad alternative until we fix recycling theconversation.com/burning-wast...
It's intermediate technology, but still very useful. It produces less atmospheric damage than sending residual non-recyclables to landfill, plus we get power!
It's intermediate technology, but still very useful. It produces less atmospheric damage than sending residual non-recyclables to landfill, plus we get power!
"The struggle is not whether AI is good or bad.
It’s who controls it and who benefits from it."
B. Sanders
It’s who controls it and who benefits from it."
B. Sanders
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"The struggle is not whether AI is good or bad.
It’s who controls it and who benefits from it."
B. Sanders
It’s who controls it and who benefits from it."
B. Sanders
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The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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Capital flows to the energy sector are set to rise in 2025 to USD 3.3 trillion.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Capital flows to the energy sector are set to rise in 2025 to USD 3.3 trillion.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
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National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
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Good to see the Government adopt another @libdems.org.uk policy by raising Remote Gaming Duty. This money must be used to tackle online gambling harms.
After hearing Bath Racecourse’s concerns I’m glad horse racing betting tax is staying unchanged to protect this beloved industry.
After hearing Bath Racecourse’s concerns I’m glad horse racing betting tax is staying unchanged to protect this beloved industry.
The Budget: Racing spared betting duty tax increase by Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Racing avoids tax hike as betting duty kept at 15 per cent in The Budget; Other gambling tax rises expected to raise £1bn by 2031 with Chancellor Rachel Reeves upping online sports betting levy to 25 ...
www.skysports.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Good to see the Government adopt another @libdems.org.uk policy by raising Remote Gaming Duty. This money must be used to tackle online gambling harms.
After hearing Bath Racecourse’s concerns I’m glad horse racing betting tax is staying unchanged to protect this beloved industry.
After hearing Bath Racecourse’s concerns I’m glad horse racing betting tax is staying unchanged to protect this beloved industry.
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The Chancellor has spotted the problem but refused the obvious cure.
The fastest way to turbocharge economic growth is to fix our relationship with the EU & plug the £90billion Brexit blackhole.
Instead, all this Budget does is again fail to tackle the cost of living crisis & boost our economy.
The fastest way to turbocharge economic growth is to fix our relationship with the EU & plug the £90billion Brexit blackhole.
Instead, all this Budget does is again fail to tackle the cost of living crisis & boost our economy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Chancellor has spotted the problem but refused the obvious cure.
The fastest way to turbocharge economic growth is to fix our relationship with the EU & plug the £90billion Brexit blackhole.
Instead, all this Budget does is again fail to tackle the cost of living crisis & boost our economy.
The fastest way to turbocharge economic growth is to fix our relationship with the EU & plug the £90billion Brexit blackhole.
Instead, all this Budget does is again fail to tackle the cost of living crisis & boost our economy.
Why are the Americans supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the extent that they are not (a) condemning that invasion nor (b) requiring the Russians to withdraw from the territory they have siezed by military force?
Do they want to divide and control Ukraine between them and Russia?
Do they want to divide and control Ukraine between them and Russia?
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Why are the Americans supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the extent that they are not (a) condemning that invasion nor (b) requiring the Russians to withdraw from the territory they have siezed by military force?
Do they want to divide and control Ukraine between them and Russia?
Do they want to divide and control Ukraine between them and Russia?
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
Massive NATO show of force in Nordic region sends message to Russia
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/mas...
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/mas...
Massive NATO show of force in Nordic region sends message to Russia
THE NORTH SEA: The Barents Observer was aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford on Wednesday as fighter jets took off for exercise bombing missions from the North Sea to the southern coast of Finland. The show ...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Massive NATO show of force in Nordic region sends message to Russia
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/mas...
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/mas...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
Brexit bureaucracy is blighting British business!
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Brexit bureaucracy is blighting British business!
Those who facilitate an aggressor to benefit from his crimes... ARE THEMSELVES AGGRESSORS !
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Those who facilitate an aggressor to benefit from his crimes... ARE THEMSELVES AGGRESSORS !
You may sometimes hear about "Svalbard" - a Norwegian archipelago in the far North East. By a 1920 treaty military use is restricted, but economic activity is not. The only 2 settlements are on Spitzbergen where Russia & Norway once mined coal.
Today a seed bank, data centre & NASA tracking station.
Today a seed bank, data centre & NASA tracking station.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You may sometimes hear about "Svalbard" - a Norwegian archipelago in the far North East. By a 1920 treaty military use is restricted, but economic activity is not. The only 2 settlements are on Spitzbergen where Russia & Norway once mined coal.
Today a seed bank, data centre & NASA tracking station.
Today a seed bank, data centre & NASA tracking station.
First time Global Hawk makes Finnmark flyover
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/fir...
The Cold War front line is in Finnmark, Varanger and Karelia - not Greenland.
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/fir...
The Cold War front line is in Finnmark, Varanger and Karelia - not Greenland.
First time Global Hawk makes Finnmark flyover
The remotely-operated surveillance drone entered Norwegian airspace from Finnish Lapland and continued out over the Barents Sea to the west of North Cape. A major air- and naval show of power takes pl...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
First time Global Hawk makes Finnmark flyover
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/fir...
The Cold War front line is in Finnmark, Varanger and Karelia - not Greenland.
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/fir...
The Cold War front line is in Finnmark, Varanger and Karelia - not Greenland.
Anne Applebaum,
"The plan calls for Ukraine... to cede territory that Russia does not currently control. If Ukrainians agree... they will sacrifice heavily fortified land, leaving ... Ukraine vulnerable to a future invasion. In return... [for] a vague & unrealistic promise of security guarantees."
"The plan calls for Ukraine... to cede territory that Russia does not currently control. If Ukrainians agree... they will sacrifice heavily fortified land, leaving ... Ukraine vulnerable to a future invasion. In return... [for] a vague & unrealistic promise of security guarantees."
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anne Applebaum,
"The plan calls for Ukraine... to cede territory that Russia does not currently control. If Ukrainians agree... they will sacrifice heavily fortified land, leaving ... Ukraine vulnerable to a future invasion. In return... [for] a vague & unrealistic promise of security guarantees."
"The plan calls for Ukraine... to cede territory that Russia does not currently control. If Ukrainians agree... they will sacrifice heavily fortified land, leaving ... Ukraine vulnerable to a future invasion. In return... [for] a vague & unrealistic promise of security guarantees."
The Australians are making good progress with solar power - they get lots of sun! They are now running ahead of grid stability & demand.
They now produce too much electricity in some areas & have to introduce 3 hours at midday when electricity is free.
What about promoting BEVs & storage batteries?
They now produce too much electricity in some areas & have to introduce 3 hours at midday when electricity is free.
What about promoting BEVs & storage batteries?
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Australians are making good progress with solar power - they get lots of sun! They are now running ahead of grid stability & demand.
They now produce too much electricity in some areas & have to introduce 3 hours at midday when electricity is free.
What about promoting BEVs & storage batteries?
They now produce too much electricity in some areas & have to introduce 3 hours at midday when electricity is free.
What about promoting BEVs & storage batteries?
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REFORM’S FORMER LEADER IN WALES GETS 10 YEARS FOR ACCEPTING RUSSIAN BRIBES!
Should Farage be more than a little worried? His Russian links must come under much closer scrutiny, must they not? There’s a nasty smell still hanging over Putin’s involvement in the Brexit referendum.
Should Farage be more than a little worried? His Russian links must come under much closer scrutiny, must they not? There’s a nasty smell still hanging over Putin’s involvement in the Brexit referendum.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
REFORM’S FORMER LEADER IN WALES GETS 10 YEARS FOR ACCEPTING RUSSIAN BRIBES!
Should Farage be more than a little worried? His Russian links must come under much closer scrutiny, must they not? There’s a nasty smell still hanging over Putin’s involvement in the Brexit referendum.
Should Farage be more than a little worried? His Russian links must come under much closer scrutiny, must they not? There’s a nasty smell still hanging over Putin’s involvement in the Brexit referendum.
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Dear @lbc.co.uk - when listeners call in complaining about Labour's inability to achieve growth, how about just ONE of your program hosts remind said listeners of this fact and ask if they'd be willing to align with or even rejoin the EU if it meant getting that 8-10% boost?
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dear @lbc.co.uk - when listeners call in complaining about Labour's inability to achieve growth, how about just ONE of your program hosts remind said listeners of this fact and ask if they'd be willing to align with or even rejoin the EU if it meant getting that 8-10% boost?
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Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
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Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.