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samalvis.bsky.social
South West native, currently AD of Climate, Energy @IPPR - Climate/Econ policy (views mine) Green industrial strategy | Bazball | @BristolBears
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Oh man, ChatGPT doesn't want to do my tedious manual task for me because it will be too tedious and time-consuming. Suggesting I do it instead. I feel like this isn't what I was promised??!

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

I’m a massive fan of pedestrianisation. But I’ve never understood why oxford street. It’s pretty much just for buses and cabs now and it’s all shops. Why not say Soho why businesses could actually use the outdoor space, people live and is trying to force private vehicles down tiny roads?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Reform might not think they need a climate policy, but they're going to need a flood risk one - their consituents are literally going to be underwater. Land below annual flood level in 2030 - Kent, Lincolnshire, Doncaster, Southport coastal.climatecentral.org/map/5/0.9412...

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

In a new @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief, @johnspringford.bsky.social‬ finds that many foreign workers needed for net zero will not meet the UK's new higher salary and skills thresholds for visas. Read here: buff.ly/E9eFpiH

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Reform might not think they need a climate policy, but they're going to need a flood risk one - their consituents are literally going to be underwater. Land below annual flood level in 2030 - Kent, Lincolnshire, Doncaster, Southport coastal.climatecentral.org/map/5/0.9412...

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Some energy bits as I go through the SR - DESNZ easily one of the biggest winners 16% avg growth in capital budget excl. Sizewell investment - Despite small numbers in the speech Warm Homes gets it's full £13.2b promise

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

In transport, perhaps the single biggest positive of the spending review is it gives areas the long-term funding certainty they need to focus on delivery - making every £ go further. Several years of transport investment being fairly allocated via a needs-based grant is a significant win.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Some energy bits as I go through the SR - DESNZ easily one of the biggest winners 16% avg growth in capital budget excl. Sizewell investment - Despite small numbers in the speech Warm Homes gets it's full £13.2b promise

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Making this a new announcement is challenging because lots goes to boosting existing programme, so it's more interesting to talk about some additional (but smaller) funding to salient places. Some heavily reform facing seats mentioned, good chance to set up a direct choice with them.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

At this stage its easier to list the towns she hasn't mentioned

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Why even bother with long-run economic change & industrial policy if you don't get the chance to see it through? Biden went all in on economic change, giving other progressives confidence to back things like industrial policy. But after the Democrats loss many are questioning whether it's worth it?

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Why even bother with long-run economic change & industrial policy if you don't get the chance to see it through? Biden went all in on economic change, giving other progressives confidence to back things like industrial policy. But after the Democrats loss many are questioning whether it's worth it?

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Job posting 🚨 We at Bruegel are looking for a full-time researcher on energy and climate. Please don't hesitate to apply/share! 🚀 www.bruegel.org/careers/ener...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting that the Guardian has sold off SSE to Denmark

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

My longer (and slightly more coherent) take on the UK–EU “reset” deal is now up: what was agreed, what comes next – and why the fundamentals of post-Brexit relations remain unchanged. antonspisak.substack.com/p/back-to-la...

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

A quick run-down of what's been announced today Almost all of it still to happen PDF with clicky links: bit.ly/UshGraphic140 @ukandeu.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @cleodavies.bsky.social @davidheniguk.bsky.social @nvondarza.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

David Cesar Heymann on what Starmer's Labour can learn from Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE in Spain

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

He’s not the messiah he’s just a very right wing boy

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Worth listening to Corey Doctorow on the specific risks of enshittification to the transition. Stranded/locked tech is number one! www.volts.wtf/p/can-we-avo...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

And here is part 2 of this two-part edition of my newsletter, featuring reads on Virginia Giuffre, the Kenyan manosphere, and the hotness gender gap (with links to stuff by @nataliaantonova.bsky.social and others) thebacklash.substack.com/p/the-no-gir...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Gotta love this line in @fionaharvey.bsky.social story “There’s quite a few scientists that say we don’t need to get to net zero by 2050.” [Shadow UK energy minister Andrew] Bowie and his office were unable to name such scientists when pressed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

A strange island certainly, but if you spend anytime asking people outside of London in focus groups why they like living where they live, why they chose there, guarantee first answer is community.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Nothing strikes joy into my heart on a monday like an invite to "working sandwich lunch"

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment