Paul Pudney

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and… Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.

Bookmark for the next time wind is blamed for higher costs? eciu.net/analysis/rep...

Yes, as I was reading some else take, they became a radical reform party under late Thatcher and never reverted back to small c converative. Then they, by accident, did Brexit, which failed and silently forgotten, now what are they?

Totally right, for bigger size Wales ( the country) is the metric. If we don't stick to these we might as well use SI Units, where would we be then?!

Why doesn't call himself the political F word and done with it. That party is doomed, they are going nowhere like this

Oh dear in many senses, if the Tory party thinks he is the answer, we'll give up now. Not that she is, hence the problem

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Nostalgia sells, as do takes on it. Go for it ( I'm older than you though...)

This is interesting, I don't remember that observation ( I'm old enough to be able to) but astute in hindsight. They still in that mode now without a ( thought out) reform agenda. They are lost.

EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.

Not a serious person. Zero mention of what this would mean for the over a million British citizens whose own access to welfare in the EU is protected by the withdrawal agreement.

Yes for sure, but in the past there was a vibratent right learning think tanks community that fed into the Tories and helped them renew. I guess then in both parties it was two way street. In labour do think it's just the leadership or the party overall?

In fact this *understates* the point here.

Tory policy is not (just) to remove benefits but to remove ILR and deport, exactly like the Farage plan the PM correctly described as racist.

It was correction of fact nothing more. If you want to over read it thats your perogative.

I heard him on new statesman podcast when johnson was still in power and he said he wasn't in the party. The was 'purity' test for having the whip restored.

He not in the tory party, he was thrown out.

He will probably move to the telegraph soon with this unevidenced madness

Surely it's worse than that, she just can't see things she has said contradict each other. Even if has not done the reading (definitely not the thinking) she is not joining up things that come out of her mouth.

Has she actually planned this?! Rather her normal off the cuff interview disasters..

Wow, that's a thing......

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

After the horrific attacks in Manchester we must defend the right to protest I hope pro-Palestine marchers this weekend will be acutely sensitive to the real fear in Jewish communities. But don’t let the bad guys win by denying...

It’s not “un-British” to march today. But it is British to protest with sensitivity and empathy. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...

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@metromayorsteve.bsky.social never knew this, something I think you take up with Ofgem, why should we pay more.

Regional pricing in electricity extends to
@ofgem capped standing charges too. 44.62p/day or £162.86/year (Southern England) to 69.95p/day or £255.32/year (N Wales and Merseyside). More than £90 a year more before you've turned on a light.

What? So much for market theory?

It's a tough chase but I think England might just do it 🤔.

Yes, but this last point is crucial, does the answer make sense. Think...

Oh s**t, more corruption

A day of contrasts for the police, that amazing officer so good to hear about after charing cross.

I'm old and remember a pound from my paper round being enough for 3 pints on a Friday

It means it's not good