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George Cazenove

George Cazenove

@KingofSW6

British / New Zealander. Test cricket obsessive & Bazball devotee. Rugby too. Communications, Govt Affairs, Africa. Partner at https://t.co/VmoKi8WgVc in real life.

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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
@aparanjape @s8mb Without wishing to be cheems about this….they have done, in line with almost everyone else (except the UK as it happens), an epically terrible job with nuclear waste. And that’s a very significant downside.
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Amit Paranjape
Amit Paranjape@aparanjape·
France's answer to the 1970s oil crisis... becoming the world leader in nuclear power. 'France built 40 nuclear reactors in a decade. Here’s how they did it, and how the world can follow their lead today.' worksinprogress.co/issue/liberte-… "In 1973, global oil prices rocketed after a coalition of Arab countries implemented a total embargo against countries that had supported Israel during that year’s Yom Kippur War. Following Algerian independence, France had lost its major source of domestic natural gas production, so it was hit particularly hard. At this time, France met 70 percent of its energy needs through imported oil. By contrast, the UK and West Germany had access to abundant coal deposits, and the British knew that North Sea oil would come onstream from 1975. The US was the world’s biggest oil producer. In response, France unveiled the Messmer Plan, named after then prime minister Pierre Messmer who was running the country while Pompidou battled with terminal illness. This committed France to a mass buildout of pressurized water reactors. EDF ordered 16 new reactors in 1974, doubling the country’s total reactor order book. Illustrating the improved efficiency, these new reactors had a total output of 14,400 megawatts versus 9,000 megawatts from the previous 16."
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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
@Dinkyuncle @WG_RumblePants Yes indeed….but they didn’t win a home test match in 1986-89 inclusive except SL in 1988 and that win was their first in 17 matches (both home and away). I think it speaks to how poor their bowling was. I can’t think of any seamer of that time that averaged under 28?
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WG RumblePants@WG_RumblePants·
Gooch, Gatting, Gower and Botham. When I think of England cricket in the 80s, those are the four names that come into my head first. And here they all are on the outfield at The Oval, waiting for play to start during the Third Test against New Zealand on August 21 1986.
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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
@cjsnowdon The crisis is in refined products and jet fuel in particular. A lot of the UK’s supply comes out of Kuwait in tankers.
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Christopher Snowdon
Christopher Snowdon@cjsnowdon·
Can someone explain to me why oil being the same price as it was in 2011-14 (and much lower in real terms) is a crisis now but wasn't a crisis then?
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George Cazenove
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@WG_RumblePants 1980s test selection is a particular bugbear of mine...one example: Chris Broad, ave of 31 in 1984 test summer (4 x W1, 1 x SL); then dropped for **2.5** years; after 19 tests (Feb 1988), he's scored 6 100s, ave of 45. 6 tests later he's gone forever aged 31 (Ashes 1989).
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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
@WG_RumblePants I can’t believe how bad their results were and that summer - defeats to India and NZ - was likely the nadir. Selection policy in those days was truly bizarre (eg J Lever and P Willey given one test that summer and then gone).
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Simon French
Simon French@Frencheconomics·
UK electricity generation has fallen 25% from its peak in 2004. Per capita electricity consumption is a third the level of the United States. The UK has the most costly electricity in the world. Half the gas we consume comes from the Norwegian side of the North Sea basin. The residual imported LNG has 4x the carbon footprint of supplying our own. And most depressingly of all the result is a deteriorating UK Balance of Payments, a weaker pound, and a bigger hit to the cost of living. And still the useful idiots want to further constrain UK energy production through high taxes, banning new licences, and gold-plating new energy infrastructure. Their luxury beliefs are behind the awful household disposable income growth of recent years. 🤡.
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@ryanopines You know I really don’t think this Hermer fella is helping his old mate. Realpolitik triumphs over International Law every time.
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Ryan@ryanopines·
Wait, thought it was against international law?
Alex Wickham@alexwickham

BREAKING: The UK has granted the US permission to use British bases for operations to strike Iranian missile depots. Keir Starmer says: “Iran is striking British interests and putting British people at huge risk. The only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source in their storage depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles. The United Staes has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited defensive purpose. We have taken the decision to accept this request, to prevent Iran firing missile across the region killing innocent civilians and putting British lives at risk. That is in accordance with international law and we are publishing a summary of our legal advice. We are not joining these strikes but we will continue our defensive actions in the region.”

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Mike Bird
Mike Bird@Birdyword·
Gentle futures and foreign exchange traders of the Antipodes, a weary world turns its eyes to you once more
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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
This says more about us and our society than it does about Starmer.
Opinium@OpiniumResearch

🚨 Latest Opinium @ObserverUK poll 🚨 Keir Starmer’s approval rating has fallen to -49, his lowest since becoming Prime Minister. 📉 Down 5 points this week. 📉 Lower than any rating recorded by May, Johnson or Sunak.

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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
Brexiteers meeting reality. Just like the Irish border, this is the outcome of a problem that Brexit creates - and about which you were warned.
Fabian Picardo@FabianPicardo

Hi @SuellaBraverman. You have it wrong, starting with the title of my office... 🤦‍♂️. Please read all the text and the supporting documents and stop playing politics with the People of Gibraltar whose future YOU and your ilk put in great jeopardy with #Brexit. Stop misleading with your selective quotation of a complex document largely negotiated by YOUR Conservative government when it was in office and YOU were Home Secretary.

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George Cazenove
George Cazenove@KingofSW6·
Agree completely but surely that’s mostly to do with the world we now live in than anything else. It’s not normal because of the electorate.
Marwan🇲🇦🇬🇧@MarwanData

It is not normal, and I repeat, NOT NORMAL for a government that is hardly 2 years into its first term to be haemorrhaging votes in the way that it is. In Corby, where the Conservatives lost the by-election in 2012, they still held on to 2/3 of their vote and came a strong second. Labour have just come third in one of their safest seats. No amount of spin can make this look like a not-so-bad result for Labour.

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Fabian Picardo
Fabian Picardo@FabianPicardo·
Actually @nigelmp, this was a proposal agreed by Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, Liz Truss, James Cleverly and David Cameron as Foreign Secretaries. These parts had been negotiated and agreed BEFORE David Lammy and Keir Starmer had been elected. This is an excellent deal for for Gibraltar to deal with the huge problems Brexit created for us.
Rt Hon Nigel Evans@nigelmp

So a foreign country, Spain, gets to decide who can and who cannot come into Gibraltar- a British Overseas Territory. What looney tune of a British politician thinks this is a good deal? Oh yes, Send for Starmer. With him getting only 33.7% of the vote at the last General Election and just 20% of the electorate voting Labour Starmer really is the Sellout Supremo. We don’t need a new Prime Minister in a few weeks time- as gone he will surely be- we need a new General Election!

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George Cazenove
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@LoftusSteve further to your tweet just now.
Fabian Picardo@FabianPicardo

Actually @nigelmp, this was a proposal agreed by Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, Liz Truss, James Cleverly and David Cameron as Foreign Secretaries. These parts had been negotiated and agreed BEFORE David Lammy and Keir Starmer had been elected. This is an excellent deal for for Gibraltar to deal with the huge problems Brexit created for us.

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Cricketopia
Cricketopia@CricketopiaCom·
ICC has revised the schedule for the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup. Colombo will host the first semi-final only if Pakistan qualifies (against any opponent) or if Sri Lanka qualifies and faces either West Indies or South Africa. If the semi-final happens to be between India and Sri Lanka, it will instead be played in Mumbai as the second semi-final. If neither Pakistan nor Sri Lanka reaches the semi-finals, the first semi-final will be moved from Colombo to Kolkata. Hosting priority for the semi-finals: Pakistan’s semi-final will be held in Colombo. India will play their semi-final in Mumbai, unless they are up against Pakistan. Sri Lanka will play in Colombo if Pakistan does not qualify and Sri Lanka is not facing India. If the semi-final line-up includes Pakistan vs India in one match and Sri Lanka vs West Indies or South Africa in the other, then India will play their semi-final in Sri Lanka, while Sri Lanka will play their semi-final in India.
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@aparanjape @s8mb @Dinkyuncle @WG_RumblePants @cjsnowdon @realDonaldTrump @ryanopines @Birdyword