Nigel Pindar

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Nigel Pindar

Nigel Pindar

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Nigel Pindar
Nigel Pindar@NigelPindar·
So, does a 60% increase in the cost of power at source imply a consequent 60% increase for the consumer? I.E. 39 p/kWh instead of 24p/kWh? So, £256 a month instead of £160!
F͎a͎g͎ ͎E͎n͎d͎ 🚬 🔚@fag__end

Top marks Andrew. Your latest breakdown of the recent renewable energy subsidy auction (AR6) reveals a glaring truth: the cost of Miliband's push for more renewable energy isn’t as green or cost-effective as Labour would have us believe. The numbers don’t lie, even if the politicians try to spin them. The idea behind Contracts for Difference (CfDs) was simple enough: incentivise renewable energy by guaranteeing prices for electricity generated, thus providing certainty for investors. However, the latest auction exposes a fundamental flaw in this approach. Last year’s auction (AR5) drew no bids for new offshore wind capacity because the business sector demanded higher subsidies—essentially, higher guaranteed prices. Faced with this market reality, both the Tories and Labour caved. The Tories increased the budget, and Miliband went even further, raising it to unprecedented levels. And what do we have to show for it? Up to 5GW of new offshore wind capacity, but at a cost. To secure these bids, the government had to agree to a massive rise in guaranteed prices for wind turbine operators. The budget for AR6 was set at a staggering £1.555 billion, the most expensive auction to date, with an ultimate cost to consumers and taxpayers estimated to be around £10 billion. That’s £10 billion coming out of the pockets of ordinary Britons, all for the promise of more “affordable” energy in the future. Let’s be clear: “more renewables = lower energy prices” is a myth that this auction has thoroughly debunked. The guaranteed price for electricity from this new offshore wind capacity stands at £82/MWh at current prices—almost 60% higher than the previous relevant auction. If this is what Miliband calls “fixing” things, one has to wonder what Labour’s definition of affordability really is. The truth is that the rush towards renewables, while admirable in its intent, is being mishandled. Instead of creating a balanced and sustainable path towards a greener future, we're seeing a reckless push that disregards market realities and imposes hefty costs on consumers. Miliband’s approach is less about thoughtful policy and more about ideological posturing, with everyday Britons left footing the bill. The renewable revolution should be about innovation and efficiency, not about throwing money at the problem and hoping it sticks. Andrew Neil’s analysis shows us that without proper oversight and a realistic understanding of market dynamics, we’re not “fixing” things at all. We’re simply paying more for less.

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
Haters will say this is AI 🕺🕺
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Nigel Pindar
Nigel Pindar@NigelPindar·
@gigsandtours I bought tickets for the Foo Fighters for this Saturday 22nd and despite getting a notification email and many attempts to access them they're still not visible in the SeeTickets app. It's rubbish! Where are my tickets!
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Frank Bruno MBE 🇬🇧
Frank Bruno MBE 🇬🇧@frankbrunoboxer·
Morning Happy fathers day to all the dads. Its when you don't have your dad around days like today you try and remember the quality time you had with your dad. Today give your dad or the father figure in your life a quality day to remember. The Luther Vandross song I never get tired of hearing youtube.com/watch?v=wmDxJr…
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CALL TO ACTIVISM
CALL TO ACTIVISM@CalltoActivism·
What do you say to a religious MAGA supporter who says you're going to hell?
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Nigel Pindar
Nigel Pindar@NigelPindar·
@PlotACourse @Iyervval Having your neck broken is instantaneous. Being slowly choked to death takes minutes. The thicker and stronger your neck, the longer it takes.
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Compass | Prime
Compass | Prime@PlotACourse·
@Iyervval Fair question here: do we have any evidence that neck breaking hanging is preferable to the other kind? Wouldn’t want to pick but they seem similarly awful.
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Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra@Iyervval·
When I first landed in Tehran in 1985 my first visual of the city was of 3 people hanging from a crane in a roundabout. It wasn’t the humane neck-break hanging, but the slow strangulation lift hanging. The man responsible? Ebrahim Raisi. Today his body was found charred beyond recognition. (Img not mine)
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Wendy Oldershaw
Wendy Oldershaw@WendtheWalker·
OMG!!! At last this is the must watch video!! Every MP & person in power needs to know that they can’t lie to us anymore - the elite knew what they were doing & they let it happen! Please 🙏🏼 please repost this, it needs to be seen & heard! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
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Nigel Pindar@NigelPindar·
@misspaulalondon @daveatherton Doesn't matter whether the speed limit applies or not. He knocked her down and killedher. If he'd done it with his fists or a baseball bat, he'd be prosecuted. So try him for manslaughter.
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Paula London 🇬🇧
Paula London 🇬🇧@misspaulalondon·
Cyclist who knocked down and killed pensioner, 81, while she walked across the road in London - amid fury that he was spared prosecution because speeding laws don't apply to bikes. It’s time cyclists abided by speeding laws, what do you think? dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
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UK Updates
UK Updates@UKUpdates_co_uk·
French police puncture migrant boat attempting to cross English channel. Do you support this tactic?
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Ian 🇨🇦
Ian 🇨🇦@iantheCROAT·
What is loudest concert you have ever been to?
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Republicans against Trump
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump·
Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”
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Steve 🇺🇸
Steve 🇺🇸@SteveLovesAmmo·
At this point, I don’t care if Trump threw cheeseburgers against the wall, named all 365 days of the year Christian Visibility Day, told everyone in America to storm the Capitol, or anything else that has already been debunked… Joe Biden’s handlers are literally fucking over America. Don’t expect an apology, liberals.
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