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Tipping point?

"New electric cars now cost £42,620 on average, compared with £43,405 for petrol models."

plc.autotrader.co.uk/news-views/p...

This is extraordinary … worth a watch.

Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Gauke has asked the question but no answer.

Problem is being pardoned is their only hope …. Taking him down won’t save them.

Something I'd advise Trump officials to consider is that while he will likely pardon the people in his administration at the end of his term, statistically speaking the odds of you still being in place 3 years from now are not good...

...and those he discards he will not save.

He’d to check numerous sources … this is sadly a real post.

At what point does the rest of the world
intervene?

Rising fuel costs due to the Iran conflict give European railways an opportunity - can they seize it? Go back a couple of short years to the months prior to the 2024 European Elections, and railways were trying to set their political direction. This was is in CER's manifesto (PDF): "the regulatory fr...

The oil price hike *ought* to be a chance for European railways

In 🇩🇪 for example 99% of long distance and 80% of regional rail passenger-km are on ⚡️ railways

No transport mode is better sheltered from price hikes

Can the rail sector seize the opportunity?
jonworth.eu/rising-fuel-...

Excellent piece from @timharford.ft.com

How is the Iran war affecting petrol and diesel prices in the UK? | Ed Conway analysis YouTube video by Sky News

📽️ WHY are diesel prices rising so fast?
Well, partly because this is the worst oil supply shock in modern history.
And partly because of an obscure decision taken by politicians decades ago.
My latest mega primer on the economic consequences of war in the Gulf👇 youtu.be/q1AOuUsXd70?...

china's LNG imports fall to lowest level in 8 years in March 2026.

"China’s liquefied natural gas imports this month are on pace to hit the lowest level since 2018"

Magnificent thread. The fact that he’s now managed to soil himself on *GBeebies*, an entity that only exists to promote bile like his, is like the whole thing landed on a triple word score in Scrabble. Andy Twelves is a legend.

Sorry, last post about Goodwin - this is objectively very funny indeed.

This is pure Alan Partridge.

Broligarchy in action.

Lying about your own country in return for money from a foreign power. There should be a word for that.

Just 11% of Britons think people should be allowed to make donations to political parties using cryptocurrencies, as the government announces such donations will be banned

Should be allowed: 11%
Should not be allowed: 51%

yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel.

The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs.

BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.

OSSOFF: You're here to be timely, objective, and independent of political considerations


GABBARD: That's exactly what I'm doing

OSSOFF: No. You're evading a question because to provide a candid response would contradict a statement from the White House

OSSOFF: Your statement says that as a result of last summer's airstrikes, Iran's nuclear program was 'obliterated.' Correct?

GABBARD: Yes

O: The WH stated war was launched to 'eliminate the imminent nuclear threat'

G: The only person who can determine what's an imminent threat is POTUS

O: False

Always ... always listen to Ed.

We didn't just find his videos - we also found Farage's outtakes, which show when his money-making sideline is interrupted by a text message or phone call, requiring him to re-record the video, he appears quick to anger.

RIP Len Deighton, author and illustrator of LEN DEIGHTON’S ACTION COOK BOOK and other works

Carol Vorderman on corruption in UK politics, the VIP PPE lane, ending her friendship with Michelle Mone, and tactical voting

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨

London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

Incredible thread 👇

Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US inews.co.uk/opinion/hegs...

NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.

It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.

Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.

175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

An article “More than one million foreign nationals are receiving benefits” (March 17, 2025) referred to the number of “foreign nationals” receiving benefits, and gave the rate of benefit claims for various nationalities. In fact, the particular DWP data on which the article was based recorded the nationality of claimants when registering for a National Insurance number, rather than the nationality at the time they were claiming benefits, so that some claimants might have since acquired UK citizenship, and would not be foreign nationals at the time they were claiming benefits. This correction has been published following an upheld ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation. Advertisement

Fully *one year later*, the Telegraph has been forced (by @ipso.co.uk) to admit that it was lying about foreign nationals claiming benefits.