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and how deeply deranged and brainwashed many have become by MAGA, toxic media and social media content and conspiracy theories with poor awareness or even interest in what’s going on in the world. It’s so much worse than I realised.

But seeing what is playing out now, deeper divisions than almost any other country, a system that is totally incapable of holding the powerful to account, zero consequences for the most heinous crimes, the compliance and complicity of the Democratic Party,

As a gay man they told me with a few exceptions, I would need to stay along the East or West coast to be welcomed if I ever visited. I think they may have been exaggerating, because I was only getting the perspective of those who had left and didn’t want to go back.

I made so many US friends when working overseas. I always wondered why so many were from Ohio. My friends looked at me like I was stupid. “Because they are escaping Ohio!”

What it’s like looking at any US political polling. It’s taken a while for it to fully sink in how badly the US is broken as a country. And I say it with no joy whatsoever.

Absolutely right

Again, as with Guardian article, Mahmood's reliance on false/deliberately misleading claims about her "earned settlement" proposals suggests that she knows she can't defend them on the merits, in principle or in practice.

800!! ffs

Attack piece in the spectator - a sign Miliband is doing a good job.

In pushing Labour's extreme and hostile anti-asylum and anti-immigration policies the Home Secretary has lied. She has, deliberately or through ignorance, misled the public on fundamental aspects of both. That alone should surely be a resigning matter

It’s “we can do whatever we want and you can’t do anything about it.” It’s about power, intimidation and sadism. i.e. because they are nazis.

UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say Fossil fuel price surge after US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompts calls to end dependence on ‘volatile’ energy source

"UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say"

Meanwhile, the non-experts in Reform and the Tories would have us hooked to expensive fossil fuels for decades more. Don't vote for these idiots.

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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Lol, just heard from a German friend who is calling the backup in the Straight of Hormuz right now the "fossil fuel dunkelflaute."

Niche humor.

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran

I think this goose may already be cooked

Of course with zero reflection, now that it has happened, they pivot to “it’s because we aren’t allowing licenses for more drilling!” rather than the better solution which is - get off gas (and oil) ASAP.

The right wing have also now got egg on their face over this issue. For the past year they’ve been crowing that the government can’t blame gas prices for high electricity bills anymore, and that net zero is to blame and is the wrong choice, because another price spike wouldn’t happen.

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Scary that even working age placed reform second.

‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away As government mulls doubling requirement to 10 years, the uncertainty is putting many who came to Britain to work under strain

People explain the real impact of politically-motivated changes to the settlement rules on their lives, the Home Office responds with "We make no apology ..." IME people in power who use the "no apology" formula know full well that they are doing something very wrong

Gas industry obviously not happy about being pushed off the merit order and enjoying declining importance and market share within UK energy context. Politicians and media in hock to FF interests doing the most they can to (fairly hopelessly) stem the tide.

Important context here is that this is a broadly anti-net zero position. As enormous amounts of wind energy are planned to be brought onto the grid in the next 5 years or so, this really marginalizes gas on the grid.

But typical poor consultation design that ends in poor outcome.

Also stupid to ask in a consultation with the public “will bus lanes reduce congestion?” This is a matter of evidence and fact for transport officers to look at, the general public has no expertise in this. (They can of course still say they don’t like it, or whatever trade off isn’t worth it.)

Also, what about nuclear weapons? And how to deal with Russia Ukraine?

A 93% spike isn’t a ‘trend’ - it’s a stick-up. Gas is a ransom. Carbon is a conflict mineral. Fossil fuels are war. Renewables are the only real declaration of independence.

Stop being vassal states. Move decisively to cut the cord.

She’s popular among the PLP?? Oh dear.

And if the TERF battle had gone the other way too.

I think you can tell his health is rapidly deteriorating. It won’t get better as he comes under more pressure, his job and clinging to power will only get harder from now on, he’s lost popularity and he’ll have to fight the midterms.

I wouldn’t say it’s unclear, I’d say he absolutely has no plan.