Andy Prentice
@andyprentice.bsky.social
retired accountant - green campaigner.
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Probably worth it just for the popcorn. 🍿
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Probably worth it just for the popcorn. 🍿
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I am delighted to welcome Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK. He will bring useful experience, such as claiming £6,000 to heat his stables and avoiding £3.7m tax by hiding £27m offshore and threatening to sue anyone who asked about it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I am delighted to welcome Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK. He will bring useful experience, such as claiming £6,000 to heat his stables and avoiding £3.7m tax by hiding £27m offshore and threatening to sue anyone who asked about it.
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On Sunday Mandelson apologised for one thing he had no responsibility for. Now he's apologised for another.
You apologise for something you could have chosen not to do,or something you are. Like being a sleazeball.
#R4Today
You apologise for something you could have chosen not to do,or something you are. Like being a sleazeball.
#R4Today
If Mandelson is not culpable for the treatment of Epstein's victims, to whom he refused to apologise, how is he responsible for "the system" for which he did somehow apologise?
#R4Today
#R4Today
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 AM
On Sunday Mandelson apologised for one thing he had no responsibility for. Now he's apologised for another.
You apologise for something you could have chosen not to do,or something you are. Like being a sleazeball.
#R4Today
You apologise for something you could have chosen not to do,or something you are. Like being a sleazeball.
#R4Today
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The USA does trade with Iran.
"U.S. goods and services trade with Iran totaled an estimated $838.4 million in 2024, up 3.4 percent ($27.2 million) from 2023." (US gov trade)
Is he going to slap a tariff on himself?
"U.S. goods and services trade with Iran totaled an estimated $838.4 million in 2024, up 3.4 percent ($27.2 million) from 2023." (US gov trade)
Is he going to slap a tariff on himself?
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
The USA does trade with Iran.
"U.S. goods and services trade with Iran totaled an estimated $838.4 million in 2024, up 3.4 percent ($27.2 million) from 2023." (US gov trade)
Is he going to slap a tariff on himself?
"U.S. goods and services trade with Iran totaled an estimated $838.4 million in 2024, up 3.4 percent ($27.2 million) from 2023." (US gov trade)
Is he going to slap a tariff on himself?
The system works as intended. Did you know you can get help on the HMRC app? (sarcasm alert)
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The system works as intended. Did you know you can get help on the HMRC app? (sarcasm alert)
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Women protesters are "wine moms".
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Women protesters are "wine moms".
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
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Seven out of 10 nature targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030
Office for Environmental Protection says progress off track. Enabling nature to provide flood mitigation across whole landscapes is a particularly marked shortfall.
Office for Environmental Protection says progress off track. Enabling nature to provide flood mitigation across whole landscapes is a particularly marked shortfall.
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Seven out of 10 nature targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030
Office for Environmental Protection says progress off track. Enabling nature to provide flood mitigation across whole landscapes is a particularly marked shortfall.
Office for Environmental Protection says progress off track. Enabling nature to provide flood mitigation across whole landscapes is a particularly marked shortfall.
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Al Jazeera is reporting that a Palestinian baby, Mohammed Abu Harbid, froze to death as torrential rains and freezing winds worsened the dire humanitarian situation faced by displaced families across the Gaza Strip. Since last November, four Palestinian children have frozen to death.
January 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Al Jazeera is reporting that a Palestinian baby, Mohammed Abu Harbid, froze to death as torrential rains and freezing winds worsened the dire humanitarian situation faced by displaced families across the Gaza Strip. Since last November, four Palestinian children have frozen to death.
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Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, Calbike calls for restoring Active Transportation and ebike incentive funding, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill: bikinginla.com/2026/01/12/p... #bikeLA
Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill - BikinginLA
A new ten-year Canadian study shows that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates. But only if they're protected.
bikinginla.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, Calbike calls for restoring Active Transportation and ebike incentive funding, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill: bikinginla.com/2026/01/12/p... #bikeLA
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Positive tipping point: The more people buy electric cars, Greenlees and Smith write, "the cheaper and better they get, which makes even more people buy them – a self-propelling change towards a low-carbon road transport system."
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Positive tipping point: The more people buy electric cars, Greenlees and Smith write, "the cheaper and better they get, which makes even more people buy them – a self-propelling change towards a low-carbon road transport system."
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Bees are disappearing 100–1000× faster than the natural extinction rate.
The last bee isn’t science fiction — it’s a countdown already in progress.
Pesticides, Monocultures, Climate change,Habitat loss
We created every cause. We can still reverse most of them.
Time is not honey-sweet anymore
The last bee isn’t science fiction — it’s a countdown already in progress.
Pesticides, Monocultures, Climate change,Habitat loss
We created every cause. We can still reverse most of them.
Time is not honey-sweet anymore
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Bees are disappearing 100–1000× faster than the natural extinction rate.
The last bee isn’t science fiction — it’s a countdown already in progress.
Pesticides, Monocultures, Climate change,Habitat loss
We created every cause. We can still reverse most of them.
Time is not honey-sweet anymore
The last bee isn’t science fiction — it’s a countdown already in progress.
Pesticides, Monocultures, Climate change,Habitat loss
We created every cause. We can still reverse most of them.
Time is not honey-sweet anymore
I’m with you, egret, trying to keep my neck out of the wind and rain.
Great pics 🥸
Great pics 🥸
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I’m with you, egret, trying to keep my neck out of the wind and rain.
Great pics 🥸
Great pics 🥸
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You'd think preventing people from man-made disasters like that is a priority of a government but it's manhunt redistribution upwards and a golden ballroom.
So many horrible things going on, and I wish I had better news, but the US is drying out, making water scarcer and farming harder and possibly making heating worse than models show
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The Next Dust Bowl Is Becoming More Likely
About 90 years ago, American farmers in the Great Plains had so ravaged the thin soil there that a series of droughts turned the region into a vast expanse of dust, which formed monstrous storms and p...
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:36 AM
You'd think preventing people from man-made disasters like that is a priority of a government but it's manhunt redistribution upwards and a golden ballroom.
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DID YOU KNOW? The Amazon & Congo Basin forests produce 20% of the world's oxygen & absorb 2.2 billion metric tons of CO2 annually! Let's preserve these lungs of the Earth! NO TO DEFORESTATION & ECOCIDE! REPOST & SHARE if you care! #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalSustainability
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
DID YOU KNOW? The Amazon & Congo Basin forests produce 20% of the world's oxygen & absorb 2.2 billion metric tons of CO2 annually! Let's preserve these lungs of the Earth! NO TO DEFORESTATION & ECOCIDE! REPOST & SHARE if you care! #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalSustainability
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See also: Met police over Lawrence family.
Sorry, what? The federal “investigation” into ICE’s killing of an American is investigating the *victim*?
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 AM
See also: Met police over Lawrence family.
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Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
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These self-driving cars could use some fine-tuning... 😄
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
These self-driving cars could use some fine-tuning... 😄
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I've moved the mini wind turbine into my office so it can sit in the background during calls…
Turns out it's quite the distraction. "What's that?!" 😅
It's currently showing the live output at Gwynt y Mor wind farm just off the North Wales coast.
Turns out it's quite the distraction. "What's that?!" 😅
It's currently showing the live output at Gwynt y Mor wind farm just off the North Wales coast.
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I've moved the mini wind turbine into my office so it can sit in the background during calls…
Turns out it's quite the distraction. "What's that?!" 😅
It's currently showing the live output at Gwynt y Mor wind farm just off the North Wales coast.
Turns out it's quite the distraction. "What's that?!" 😅
It's currently showing the live output at Gwynt y Mor wind farm just off the North Wales coast.
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A number of people on this platform have been claiming that it's not up to government to shorten people's time on remand, however far beyond the statutory limit that time extends.
Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action hunger strikers are still the state’s responsibility | Letters
Letters: The power is in the hands of the DPP or the attorney general, writes Stephen Sedley. Plus Roshi Fernando on Keir Starmer’s unforgivable conduct
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:44 AM
A number of people on this platform have been claiming that it's not up to government to shorten people's time on remand, however far beyond the statutory limit that time extends.
Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Well, take it from a very eminent retired judge. It is.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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New post just out:
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Troubleshooters
How to get people believing in the state again
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
New post just out:
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"Troubleshooters"
How fixing the many small frustrations - that make up most of our interactions with the state - can give people faith in goverment's ability to make things work.
And help create a different Whitehall culture.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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EVA England issues final call for drivers to take part in cross-pavement charging survey
www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hyb...
www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hyb...
EVA England issues final call for drivers to take part in cross-pavement charging survey
EVA England is issuing a final call for drivers to take part in its national cross-pavement charging survey, with just days left for drivers to share their experience and influence t...
www.renewableenergymagazine.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 AM
EVA England issues final call for drivers to take part in cross-pavement charging survey
www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hyb...
www.renewableenergymagazine.com/electric_hyb...
Thoughtful but depressing article. Guess the answer for Labour is to go full throttle towards EU and sign up to compensation measures. May as well join the euro at same time
Dream on, Andy P, just years more regressive politics to come.
Dream on, Andy P, just years more regressive politics to come.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Thoughtful but depressing article. Guess the answer for Labour is to go full throttle towards EU and sign up to compensation measures. May as well join the euro at same time
Dream on, Andy P, just years more regressive politics to come.
Dream on, Andy P, just years more regressive politics to come.
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New piece by me
🔴The EU’s ‘Farage Clause’ Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage’s Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues @chrisgrey.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/13/t...
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage’s Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues @chrisgrey.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/13/t...
The EU's 'Farage Clause' Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage's Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues Chris Grey
bylinetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
New piece by me
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China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
January 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
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Copenhagen 1915 painting machine for cycle paths 🎨🚲 🖌️
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January 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Copenhagen 1915 painting machine for cycle paths 🎨🚲 🖌️
#bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #denmark🇩🇰 #自転車 #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚴
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