Michael Warhurst
@mwarhurst.bsky.social
My work focusses on EU environmental policy, heading up environment/health NGO CHEM Trust, but this is a personal account. Also interested in democracy, regulation, sustainability, science-policy etc
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My simplified diagnosis of why the British economy isn’t growing: we’re producing far fewer goods that the world wants to buy.
It points to a problem with foreign demand that no government will find easy to fix — though some of it has to do with self-imposed constraints. (Anyone heard of Europe?)
It points to a problem with foreign demand that no government will find easy to fix — though some of it has to do with self-imposed constraints. (Anyone heard of Europe?)
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My simplified diagnosis of why the British economy isn’t growing: we’re producing far fewer goods that the world wants to buy.
It points to a problem with foreign demand that no government will find easy to fix — though some of it has to do with self-imposed constraints. (Anyone heard of Europe?)
It points to a problem with foreign demand that no government will find easy to fix — though some of it has to do with self-imposed constraints. (Anyone heard of Europe?)
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Similar story for IEA scenarios (2025 update on this coming soon). The older "current policies" outlooks have simply ended up not coming true. That's because the policies did not remain 'current' - there were 'new policies'.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Similar story for IEA scenarios (2025 update on this coming soon). The older "current policies" outlooks have simply ended up not coming true. That's because the policies did not remain 'current' - there were 'new policies'.
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“But what has gone under the radar is that Witkoff has personal stakes at play, as he has business ties to Leonard (‘Len’) Blavatnik, an influential businessman with significant relationships in Kremlin circles – and was sanctioned by Ukraine in 2023.“
Trump's Ukraine envoy is making piles of cash with a pro-Putin oligarch.
Great scoop from @timkmak.bsky.social and the team. open.substack.com/pub/countero...
Great scoop from @timkmak.bsky.social and the team. open.substack.com/pub/countero...
Scoop: Trump envoy’s conflict of interest: a Russia-linked business partner
Steve Witkoff, Trump's Special Envoy, has a serious and unreported conflict of interest in Russia-Ukraine negotiations: his relationship with Ukraine-sanctioned businessman Len Blavatnik.
open.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“But what has gone under the radar is that Witkoff has personal stakes at play, as he has business ties to Leonard (‘Len’) Blavatnik, an influential businessman with significant relationships in Kremlin circles – and was sanctioned by Ukraine in 2023.“