Jennifer Powers

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Jennifer Powers

@Power_Jen

Founder & Director, Unplugged Coalition. Former Special Adviser to PM on Business, Regulation and Energy Policy. Works on things that matter. Gets stuff done.

Richmond, Surrey Beigetreten Mayıs 2011

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GB News@GBNEWS·18h

'I'd like to live in a country where the evidence leads us to what needs to be done.' @Power_Jen reacts to a new knife-crime map allowing police to pinpoint hotspots for crime, and disputes criticism of stop and search measures.

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GB News@GBNEWS·17h

'I wonder if we could be quicker about repatriating some of these prisoners...' @Power_Jen reacts to new figures showing one Albanian migrant is jailed every two days in Britain.

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·1d

For this to work, it needs someone who never doubted the importance of energy security to prosperity, resilience and national security.

Simon Clarke@SirSimonClarke

🚨@ukonward is recruiting! We are seeking a new Head of Energy Task: to lead on designing a detailed plan for UK energy policy for a centre-right government in a post Net Zero world, capable of day one implementation👇 ukonward.com/job-opportunit…

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·3d

This happened in Minnesota when I was a child. Land of 10,000 (not quite frozen) lakes.

Aaron Bergman 🔍 ⏸️ (in that order)@AaronBergman18

Some kid survived being fully under water (ice cold) for ~2.5 hours (and possibly up to 3) bc he basically got cryogenically almost-frozen (so brain oxygen needs plummeted) Pretty insane

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·3d

France votes to protect it's children. Meanwhile we consultation. So British.

No to Digital ID@NoToDigitalID

🚨BREAKING: France's Senate has passed a bill banning social media for under-15s to protect children. This means Digital ID checks is incoming. To comply with the bill, different sites on the internet must verify your age for all users. With Face scanning or Government ID

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·3d

Standing room only at church this morning. Happy Easter!

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GB News@GBNEWS·3d

‘George Osborne is still having such a huge impact on this country.’ Political commentator Jennifer Powers and former cabinet minister Norman Baker discuss the previous Chancellor linking the royal revenue with the profits from the crown estate, after calls to cut royal revenue.

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GB News@GBNEWS·3d

‘This will encourage bogus claims!’ Former Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister Norman Baker and political commentator Jennifer Powers react to a report that warns roll-out of digital benefits may lead to a rise in applications.

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GB News@GBNEWS·3d

‘Trump and Americans are breathing a sigh of relief this morning…’ US Political Commentator Jennifer Powers reacts to the confirmation that the missing US airman has been rescued by special forces, after being shot down on Friday.

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·4d

@rcolvile Yeah, my son liked it too.

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Robert Colvile@rcolvile·4d

Interesting disclaimer at the end of the Mario movie credits - ‘This film may not be used for training AI.’ (The film itself is perfectly good, beautiful art direction, kids loved it, all the critics sneering about it should just get over themselves.)

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·4d

@rcolvile @alexmassie The only thing as bad is Virgin telecoms customer service. But I've learned to not call them.

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Robert Colvile@rcolvile·4d

@Power_Jen @alexmassie There is something about how my account was migrated that breaks HMRC's system, and has for years. I have spent days on the phone trying to reach someone there who can fix the issue, to no avail.

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Robert Colvile@rcolvile·5d

I'm generally a peaceable man, but whoever came up with Making Tax Digital For Income Tax needs to die in a fire.

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·4d

@alexmassie @rcolvile I have wasted sooo many hours...and for what? It has no purpose.

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alexmassie@alexmassie·4d

@rcolvile HMRC's brilliant system rejected my first four attempts to register for MTD: "Please try again later". That was a fun start to the MTD entertainment.

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·4d

Preach it @rcolvile. Diabolical.

Robert Colvile@rcolvile

I'm generally a peaceable man, but whoever came up with Making Tax Digital For Income Tax needs to die in a fire.

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GB News@GBNEWS·6d

‘Whichever way it goes, we’re not going to win.’ Broadcaster Tim Vincent analyses Charles III’s upcoming visit to the US, following President Trump lambasting Keir Starmer over his stance on the Iran war.

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GB News@GBNEWS·6d

‘He is a lame duck president!’ @Power_Jen analyses the impact of the Iran crisis on President Donald Trump’s poll ratings.

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GB News@GBNEWS·6d

‘He is trapped in a war of his own making.’ Political commentator Jennifer Powers discusses Donald Trump threatening to leave Nato, following the President saying he is ‘absolutely’ considering quitting ‘disgusting’ alliance.

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·31 Mar

Such absolute nonsense. We don't suggest kids start having sex at 13, 11 or younger so they can 'get ready' for adulthood.

Nick Gillespie@nickgillespie

'The question we should be asking isn’t whether social media can hurt kids. It’s whether blanket bans are an effective way to prepare them for the world they’re inheriting' Good piece by @BrianCCastrucci of @deBeaumontFndtn in @Forbes forbes.com/sites/briancas…

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·31 Mar

@NwprtNarrative It's not rational. That's the most perplexing aspect.

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James Newport@NwprtNarrative·31 Mar

@Power_Jen Absolutely. Not sure if it’s learned helplessness or a belief that on principle the Gov. should solve it. It feels a big competitive advantage for firms that solve for it (and arguably Rolls Royce etc. are examples of that).

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James Newport@NwprtNarrative·31 Mar

It’s clear companies are not satisfied that students (graduates or otherwise) have the expertise they require. Why isn’t the market solving this?

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Jennifer Powers@Power_Jen·30 Mar

@defossardf It may well. But we need a better answer than 'parental responsibility' to address the existential threat it poses to the young, and ultimately society as we know it.

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Fred de Fossard@defossardf·30 Mar

@Power_Jen I think the state will use any and every opportunity to censor political speech for the whole population under the grounds of harm prevention.

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Fred de Fossard@defossardf·30 Mar

Demos has a project called the Epistemic Security Network which is devoted to ways to censor right wing views online. This is the end goal of the Online Safety Act and banning u16s from social media. The state wants to stop you talking about immigration demos.co.uk/epistemic-secu…

Aylmer@AylmerTH

British MP Max Wilkinson: @x is a "massive problem" because it allows critics of mass immigration to "have their voice heard in a really easy way that they couldn't in the past".

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