Andy Prentice

No regulation for landlords but a requiring a licence to fuck to quite the policy platform Reform is building

carried interest loophole for private equity needs to closed. Yes a tax on assets is tricky and we should tax wealth more effectively. No sign of Labour doing that. Asset tax is needed on super rich who tend to avoid recording income that would be taxed.

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I think that as a minimum drivers should periodically take a variation of the hazard perception test that learners have to pass. it could be tweaked to make it more useful. This is feasible given it’s a computer based test that needs little infrastructure and personnel. Maybe every ten years.

Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry As the drama shows, private firms no longer able to pollute the coast of England of Wales just switched to rivers instead

“Privatised water… owned by… private hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. Sewage pollution… debts of £60bn… dividends of £78bn and infrastructure… left to rot.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/23/channel-4-dirty-business-clarion-call-nationalise-water-industry

“Keep it to the sexual side – everyone understands that bit – and certainly not go anywhere near the national security scandal,” Lownie on Andrew and the Russians

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Denmark is a poster child of the energy transition.

Yesterday I gave the opening keynote at Green Summit 2026. One message stood out: energy policy is industrial policy and increasingly geopolitics.

The next phase isn’t about targets, but competitiveness, resilience and execution at scale.

Rapid UK coastal erosion throws spotlight on £40bn nuclear plant More than 27 metres of cliff lost over a year in area just 2km from Sizewell C

'Rapid UK coastal erosion throws spotlight on £40bn #nuclear plant. More than 27 metres of cliff lost over a year in area just 2km from nuclear power plant being built at Sizewell.'
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This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters.
If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

🇵🇹 Portugal just hit a big milestone in #CleanEnergy⚡. Over 80% of the electricity it made in January came from #renewable sources like #wind and hydro power, one of the highest shares in the 🇪🇺 EU right now 🌬️💧. That shows how much the country is moving toward cleaner power and away from fossil fuels.

Our kids benefited hugely from Suffolk County Music Service. Broadens horizons and adds richness to young people’s experience in education.

Fico stopped emergency exports of electricity from Slovakia to Ukraine until the russian oil flows to Slovakia again. This is extra cruel, considering the hard winter and constant blackouts Ukrainians have to endure.

Fico is a traitor.

Two male gardeners handshaking over a bed of brassicas with a lady looking on

Urban agro-ecology is a local revolution where neighbourhoods plant the seeds of collective action. Ready to get your hands dirty? Search for a "community allotment" near you. By Prof Neli Demireva

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Such a terrible waste.

I would estimate the embodied carbon lost here is 4,000 tonnes of CO2

www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/02/23/e...

❓Are you voting with your heart or to stop someone you fear?

Our campaigners have been out in Gorton and Denton, speaking to people about how they're feeling about the by-election - and why Proportional Representation would make voting feel so much more empowering. ☀️

Reform mayor courted US oil and gas executive about fracking in UK Exclusive: Documents show Andrea Jenkyns asked how she could help firm after major gas find in Lincolnshire

Reform can frack off

Methinks all new AI data centres should run on new nuclear power plants commissioned and paid for by the tech companies. Meanwhile the rest of us can move on with rebuilding a sustainable future.

Nuclear Regulatory Review: don’t turn nature crisis into catastrophe | The Wildlife Trusts Recommendations from a new report called the Nuclear Regulatory Review would take away the protections that make legally protected landscapes safe havens for wildlife, nature and people. We want to st...

UK Government is thinking about making it even easier and cheaper for developers to destroy our last few natural spaces. This isn't policy yet - there's still time to stop this from happening.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/get-involved...

PHOTO BY: CHRISTOPHER THOMOND. THE GUARDIAN THIS ELECTION IS AN APPEAL FOR TRUST, A BATTLE AGAINST FEAR AND A STRAIGHT FIGHT BETWEEN GREENS AND REFORM Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

"If I’m elected on Thursday, it will send shockwaves through the political establishment and show that the old way of doing politics is over... The establishment’s days are numbered."

Thursday's stakes could not be higher.

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The 4 Fs - Fear, Fascism, Farage We are back into Project Fear - Fear of Farage, Fascism and Fear itself. The 4Fs paralyse some people from spending time on working on building a better Britain in a better Europe for a better World.

We are back into Project Fear - Fear of Farage, Fascism and Fear itself. The 4Fs paralyse some people from spending time on working on building a better Britain in a better Europe for a better World.

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UK Wind Power has rallied to 21.8GW this morning. With 1.7GW of Solar we are burning 4.4GW of Gas as well as importing 4.6GW. Hydro is 0.4GW. Nuclear is 4GW and the awful Biomass 1.1GW The price of wholesale electricity over the past 24 hours was £44 per MWh. #renewables

Palantir sues magazine that revealed Switzerland rejected its approaches Peter Thiel-chaired data intelligence group alleges that Republik did not give it sufficient right to reply

"The report, reviewed by the FT, decided against using Palantir technology for Swiss military data since there was a risk that US authorities could gain access to the sensitive files."

Yet here Labour continues to shove public money down its throat.

Political people love to debate who the worst modern PM in modern times was but it's unquestionably Cameron.

10 years ago this week he gambled the prosperity and fragile unity of the UK on a referendum on an issue that most people didn't even understand to placate back benchers and fucked us all.

So many new housing developments boast about their active travel credentials but we rarely see people cycling on our visits. Here's why...

If you're at #OSM26, this town hall is today. Come hear Brandon Jones (President of @agu.org), Margaret Leinen (Director Emeritus of @scrippsocean.bsky.social), Mike Sieracki (Director of Horn Point Lab), Sabrina Speich (Professor at ENS), and Steve Rocliffe (Senior Technical Advisor of ORCA).

A car stopped at a flooded road intersection at dusk. So the image has a bluey hue.

Adapt to survive – and thrive. Prof Rupert Read sets out the case for Strategic Adaptation for Emergency Resilience (SAFER): restoring ecosystems, rebuilding community and preparing Britain for the climate that’s already here.

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US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.

The US is pressuring other UN member states to reject a draft resolution by the island nation Vanuatu that supports a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice confirming that countries have a legal obligation to act on climate change. By @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social...

The Royal Family don't do anything they don't have to be replaced with a President.

Many countries do not have a head of state.

GOOD NEWS: The world’s largest steam-producing heat pump is now online in Finland, delivering 12 MW of superheated steam from waste heat and CO₂-free electricity.

Proof that industrial heat can be electrified at scale.

www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/19/w...

Epstein mural in Sydney Australia