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David Claydon retweeted
New from the @CER_EU:
Ten years after the #Brexit referendum, Britain’s European relationship remains unresolved.
Our new essay collection brings together 15 leading voices to reflect on the past, present and future of UK-EU relations.
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Another excellent and thoughtful intervention from @SanderTordoir from the pugnacious team @CER_EU i have been to too many events to make the same arguments.. boggles my mind that we are still having them.
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A new @CER_EU/ @DelorsBerlin /@BertelsmannSt policy brief discusses what's happening and what Europe needs to do.
Read here: buff.ly/mzBkqRa
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The UK is a great country with an extraordinary history. Our stagnation is real, but it's fixable and worth fixing.
Enjoyed giving this talk at @lfg_uk last week and so encouraged by the optimistic responses I've had from people who are building a brilliant future for Britain 🚀
David Claydon retweeted
‘America is in a good position, China will blink first’ – advisor
channel4.com/news/america-is…
Fascinating question and response.
My first opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin a question since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It came at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan. Producer @LizaShuvalova
David Claydon retweeted
Nice to see John. Given all the holes in my clothes, and your scuffed brown shoes, there is plenty to offset the occassional brag.
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🎉 We’re celebrating a major milestone on our Hinkley Connection Project, with the construction of all 143 pylons now complete!
🤯 116 new T-pylons from Bridgwater to Portbury and 27 traditional lattice pylons in Avonmouth now feature on the 57km route, along with 8.5km of underground cables under the Mendip Hills national landscape ⛰
Once fully energised, the new high-voltage electricity connection will play a vital role in delivering electricity safely, efficiently, and reliably, bringing low-carbon energy to 6 million homes and businesses across the country ⚡
👉 Read more here: natgrid.com/39
David Claydon retweeted
If Labour win a whopping ("super") majority, they might do more of this sort of nonsense. Down with this sort of nonsense.
David Claydon retweeted
A cement company just created one of the best commercials I've ever seen.
Proof that "boring" work can have a beautiful impact.
No better way to spend the next 2 minutes.
David Claydon retweeted
Event | In conversation with David Lammy and Rachel Reeves
Starting now, @RachelReevesMP and @DavidLammy join @bronwenmaddox to discuss how a @UKLabour government will seek to align its economic, security and foreign policy objectives.
Livestream here:
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Another precise and useful perspective from @CER_Grant
I just spent a week in Beijing, for the first time in many years. A few thoughts. The war in Ukraine is creating huge strains in China's relations with the US and the EU. This is because the war has pushed China into closer alignment with Russia, Iran and DPRK. /1 @CER_EU
David Claydon retweeted
“They're seeing life being lost… in front of their eyes in the most dramatic fashion… This is about human survival.”
@rescueorg calls the imminent famine in Gaza “a profound failure of humanity.”
Here's my conversation with its CEO @DMiliband
Noting cancellations and paused projects. great work @_jay_turner and team. Any insight on reasons for cancellations?
Inflation Reduction Act + 19 months
My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US electric vehicle supply chain.
Here is our post-I.R.A. tally for the US:
96 new projects
$84.8B in planned investments
54,739 new jobs
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ALT Infographic showing investments in the US EV supply chain since the Inflation Reduction Act became law 19 months ago. 96 projects. $84.8 billion investments. 54,739 projected jobs.
David Claydon retweeted
Good. Unionize the mine and share the profits with the community. Endlessly test the drinking water & pull forward filtering technologies to use less water. Apply price insurance to protect the economics. And then copy and paste.
Scoop: The Biden administration is planning to offer a more than $2 billion loan commitment for the Thacker Pass lithium mining project in Nevada.
US to Offer Record Loan for Lithium Americas Project in Nevada | Bloomberg
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Great thread from @Adam_Grant_Bell which makes clear that government proposes not just to add new gas capacity, but to preference gas production in the CM at the expense of new tech. This looks both highly distortive and the inverse of what a clean grid requires..
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“I have never… seen a place… so bombarded for such a long time with such a trapped population without any escape. People are traumatized beyond belief.” Jan @NRC_Egeland of @NRC_Norway is in Gaza for the first time since Oct 7. “I’m pretty shaken, actually, from what I saw.”
David Claydon retweeted
The idea we've seen a big growth in 'multi-jobbing' is one of those myths that's in every newspaper but not the data
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"Germany has many problems. Excessive public debt is not one of them."
My leader for @TheEconomist on the country's nervous breakdown over its constitutional debt brake. economist.com/leaders/2023/1…
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On @amanpour discussing what a humanitarian ceasefire should mean and why it is needed for civilians in Gaza.
“A humanitarian ceasefire has to be at least 5 days.” In an exclusive interview, @RESCUEorg CEO @DMiliband calls for a serious humanitarian pause. “We don’t pick numbers… out of thin air. Our plea is based on the evidence… This is a major, major, major humanitarian catastrophe”