Bownsie
@bownsie.bsky.social
Proud Tyke, UK citizen & European. Retired public health doctor. Also Chair of local Transition Group - practical, local sustainability. Chair, Buxton Festival Fringe. Folk singer & guitar accompanist. Ian to my friends.
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This story really is astonishing:
🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This story really is astonishing:
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Good time to repost this, after he’s been caught out lying about Reeves, too.
Who the f%*k is Chris Mason? Just watched his dreadful interview with Starmer. Who the hell does this weaselly third rate journalist think he is, presuming to grotesquely insult and trivialize the British PM? Starmer may have some challenges, but he shd not have to put up with this uninformed crap!
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Good time to repost this, after he’s been caught out lying about Reeves, too.
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
Hope is here.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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COVID - lots of accusations of 20/20 hindsight?
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
'Vulnerable' man self-isolates over coronavirus risk
A man with health conditions says he is self-isolating in his home for the foreseeable future.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
COVID - lots of accusations of 20/20 hindsight?
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
Here’s some examples of what I was saying at the time in 2020
First, before the first shutdown
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-e...
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
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Really good to hear Charlie Mayfield talking sense about rehumanizing the workplace
The combination of legalistic and managerialist approaches have driven alienation and lack of motivation
Being treated with respect and as a human being is not a lot to ask from your employer
The combination of legalistic and managerialist approaches have driven alienation and lack of motivation
Being treated with respect and as a human being is not a lot to ask from your employer
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Really good to hear Charlie Mayfield talking sense about rehumanizing the workplace
The combination of legalistic and managerialist approaches have driven alienation and lack of motivation
Being treated with respect and as a human being is not a lot to ask from your employer
The combination of legalistic and managerialist approaches have driven alienation and lack of motivation
Being treated with respect and as a human being is not a lot to ask from your employer
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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They've tried Reform voter chasing. It hasn't worked. Why not just do the right thing? Not just on taxes btw, but on everything. On migration, higher education, Brexit.
Counterpoint: at this stage they're probably stuffed regardless, the moral imperative is to stop thinking about 2029 and just bloody well govern
There was a time Starmer/Reeves could made the argument to raise income taxes and VAT. There was even a moment they could have made the argument to break their manifesto pledge. It’s far too late. Now it would spell disaster for them and for politics. My latest👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
They've tried Reform voter chasing. It hasn't worked. Why not just do the right thing? Not just on taxes btw, but on everything. On migration, higher education, Brexit.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
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June Tabor and the Oyster Band, Freedom and Rain, one of those terrific almost unknown albums
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
June Tabor and the Oyster Band, Freedom and Rain, one of those terrific almost unknown albums
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Private Eye nailing it.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Private Eye nailing it.
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So warehousing people seeking safety in conditions shown to cause more people to take their own lives, more mental and physical health issues etc, at greater cost, is better than confronting racist and xenophobic misinformation? Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Quelling public disquiet worth extra cost of housing refugees in barracks, says No 10
Government defends prospect of paying more than for hotel accommodation
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So warehousing people seeking safety in conditions shown to cause more people to take their own lives, more mental and physical health issues etc, at greater cost, is better than confronting racist and xenophobic misinformation? Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
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We can't add anyone to the team because the contract was awarded based on our current set-up, but please do get in touch if you'd like to submit some evidence or be in an interview etc.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We can't add anyone to the team because the contract was awarded based on our current set-up, but please do get in touch if you'd like to submit some evidence or be in an interview etc.
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When we said we don't intend to be concerned or disappointed by the Labour Government - we intend to replace them, we meant it.
Yougov have Labours lowest poll ever and Greens highest ever.
Keep going everybody.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Yougov have Labours lowest poll ever and Greens highest ever.
Keep going everybody.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Greens: 16% (+1)
Lib Dems: 15% (=)
SNP: 3% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
When we said we don't intend to be concerned or disappointed by the Labour Government - we intend to replace them, we meant it.
Yougov have Labours lowest poll ever and Greens highest ever.
Keep going everybody.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Yougov have Labours lowest poll ever and Greens highest ever.
Keep going everybody.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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There is a strong argument for limited PV production in Europe as an insurance policy. Interesting that the panels can be quite a bit more expensive without making the entire installation significantly more expensive.
What it'd cost for Europe to be self-sufficient in solar panels: +~20% to the cost of panels if produced from Chinese cells; +50% for European cells, +75% for European ingots and wafers. BUT even the last option is just +15-20% to the cost of utility-scale & +5% for residential.
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There is a strong argument for limited PV production in Europe as an insurance policy. Interesting that the panels can be quite a bit more expensive without making the entire installation significantly more expensive.
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One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.
I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.
www.sureserve.co.uk/news-and-pro...
I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.
www.sureserve.co.uk/news-and-pro...
Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn
www.sureserve.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.
I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.
www.sureserve.co.uk/news-and-pro...
I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.
www.sureserve.co.uk/news-and-pro...