Lisa Marriott
@lisaamarriott.bsky.social
Dilettante, nature loving, optimist.
NHS disciple and “woke leftie”
NHS disciple and “woke leftie”
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Despite negative press reporting the energy transition is well underway. In the UK, we see strong demand for electric vehicles and solar panels. And the more people learn that these technologies can offer them tangible benefits the more others will adopt them too.
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Despite negative press reporting the energy transition is well underway. In the UK, we see strong demand for electric vehicles and solar panels. And the more people learn that these technologies can offer them tangible benefits the more others will adopt them too.
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What if we had no electricity and everything ran on fossil fuels?
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
What if we had no electricity and everything ran on fossil fuels?
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
This ad keeps making me chuckle.
Enjoy if you have not seen it or rewatch as it is just gold.
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There's an army of people out there telling us change is impossible.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There's an army of people out there telling us change is impossible.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
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Europe is a world leader in industrial electrification solutions:
61% of all industrial heat pump and electro-thermal storage manufacturers are headquartered in Europe.
US is also very strong in electro-thermal storage when it comes to companies located there.
Note: This is preliminary data.
61% of all industrial heat pump and electro-thermal storage manufacturers are headquartered in Europe.
US is also very strong in electro-thermal storage when it comes to companies located there.
Note: This is preliminary data.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Europe is a world leader in industrial electrification solutions:
61% of all industrial heat pump and electro-thermal storage manufacturers are headquartered in Europe.
US is also very strong in electro-thermal storage when it comes to companies located there.
Note: This is preliminary data.
61% of all industrial heat pump and electro-thermal storage manufacturers are headquartered in Europe.
US is also very strong in electro-thermal storage when it comes to companies located there.
Note: This is preliminary data.
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“Caveat disruptor: when people call for the scrapping of the licence fee, or cuts in what the BBC offers, or demand its closure because it’s not impartial, it may be worth remembering that the BBC is unique and probably irreplaceable..”1/
The BBC is bigger than news | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Caveat disruptor: when people call for the scrapping of the licence fee, or cuts in what the BBC offers, or demand its closure because it’s not impartial, it may be worth remembering that the BBC is unique and probably irreplaceable..”1/
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Well we have already cut territorial emissions by half, I would say that's meaningful progress!
Just 2% of Britons think the UK will achieve net zero by 2050
Expect will achieve: 2%
Will get most of way: 18%
Will get some of the way: 47%
Won't make meaningful progress at all: 21%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Expect will achieve: 2%
Will get most of way: 18%
Will get some of the way: 47%
Won't make meaningful progress at all: 21%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Well we have already cut territorial emissions by half, I would say that's meaningful progress!
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost of business travel.
Private Jet, Business Class Tax Backed by Spain at Climate Talks
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost of business travel.
bloom.bg
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost of business travel.
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Which raises the question of why Farage isn’t a radical green in his policies. If he had genuine concerns about the ability of any country to manage mass migration (as distinct from being a racist grifter) he’d be working to make it safe to stay home.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Which raises the question of why Farage isn’t a radical green in his policies. If he had genuine concerns about the ability of any country to manage mass migration (as distinct from being a racist grifter) he’d be working to make it safe to stay home.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Threatened wildlife has new teeth in Sri Lanka, where elephant trafficker Ali Roshan received a record 15-year sentence and US$70,000 fine for illegally possessing a wild-caught calf. Another example of growing judicial resolve against global wildlife trafficking.
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https://f.mtr.cool/ldzykdahom
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Threatened wildlife has new teeth in Sri Lanka, where elephant trafficker Ali Roshan received a record 15-year sentence and US$70,000 fine for illegally possessing a wild-caught calf. Another example of growing judicial resolve against global wildlife trafficking.
https://f.mtr.cool/ldzykdahom
https://f.mtr.cool/ldzykdahom
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In 1984, we visited Bastogne in the Belgian Ardennes. We got talking to four of the kindest, friendliest, modest men we have ever met.
The men were ex GIs who'd fought in the Battle of the Bulge, destroying the remaining Wehrmacht.
They'd be appalled by this man.
The men were ex GIs who'd fought in the Battle of the Bulge, destroying the remaining Wehrmacht.
They'd be appalled by this man.
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In 1984, we visited Bastogne in the Belgian Ardennes. We got talking to four of the kindest, friendliest, modest men we have ever met.
The men were ex GIs who'd fought in the Battle of the Bulge, destroying the remaining Wehrmacht.
They'd be appalled by this man.
The men were ex GIs who'd fought in the Battle of the Bulge, destroying the remaining Wehrmacht.
They'd be appalled by this man.
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For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
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"Fifty-four percent of total new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe in CY2024 were SUVs – a record market share for the segment. In total, consumers in Europe bought 6.92 million SUVs, up 4% from CY2023."
#SUVs
www.autocarpro.in/analysis-sal...
#SUVs
www.autocarpro.in/analysis-sal...
Europe sees record SUV sales of 6.92 million units in 2024 | Autocar Professional
SUVs remained the best-selling vehicle segment in Europe, despite growth of the category moderating over the past three years.
www.autocarpro.in
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Fifty-four percent of total new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe in CY2024 were SUVs – a record market share for the segment. In total, consumers in Europe bought 6.92 million SUVs, up 4% from CY2023."
#SUVs
www.autocarpro.in/analysis-sal...
#SUVs
www.autocarpro.in/analysis-sal...
Tax SUV.
Make the polluters pay!
Make the polluters pay!
"In 2023, there were more than 360 million SUVs on the roads worldwide, resulting in combustion-related CO2 emissions of 1 billion tonnes (...) This accounted for more than 20% of the growth in global energy-related CO2 emissions (in 2022)."
But electric cars, surely.
www.iea.org/commentaries...
But electric cars, surely.
www.iea.org/commentaries...
SUVs are setting new sales records each year – and so are their emissions – Analysis - IEA
SUVs are setting new sales records each year – and so are their emissions - A commentary by Laura Cozzi, Apostolos Petropoulos
www.iea.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Tax SUV.
Make the polluters pay!
Make the polluters pay!
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The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
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Commercial determinants of active travel: a crucial but overlooked barrier to health and sustainability
but NOBODY oppposes physical activity?
oh but they do
this is very good
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
but NOBODY oppposes physical activity?
oh but they do
this is very good
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Commercial determinants of active travel: a crucial but overlooked barrier to health and sustainability
but NOBODY oppposes physical activity?
oh but they do
this is very good
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
but NOBODY oppposes physical activity?
oh but they do
this is very good
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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Fun (or not so fun) fact - the author of the “BBC bias” memo is a lobbyist for the American Pharmaceutical Group.
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fun (or not so fun) fact - the author of the “BBC bias” memo is a lobbyist for the American Pharmaceutical Group.
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
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🌿 As Antonio Guterres said at #COP30, we must increase investments in #adaptation. A nature-rich UK will protect against climate risks, create jobs, deliver for communities and build a resilient economy.
👉 Read our Nature-Rich UK report here: zerohour.uk/downloads/nature-uk-report.pdf #CANBill
👉 Read our Nature-Rich UK report here: zerohour.uk/downloads/nature-uk-report.pdf #CANBill
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🌿 As Antonio Guterres said at #COP30, we must increase investments in #adaptation. A nature-rich UK will protect against climate risks, create jobs, deliver for communities and build a resilient economy.
👉 Read our Nature-Rich UK report here: zerohour.uk/downloads/nature-uk-report.pdf #CANBill
👉 Read our Nature-Rich UK report here: zerohour.uk/downloads/nature-uk-report.pdf #CANBill
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Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s poor. Even in developed countries, over 80% of people living in poverty face climate-related hazards such as extreme heat and air pollution.
People In Poverty Have The Most At Stake Amid World Climate Talks
Data shows that even in developed nations relatively sheltered from climate change, over 80% of poor people are exposed to at least one climate hazard, like drought, air pollution or extreme heat.
www.civilbeat.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s poor. Even in developed countries, over 80% of people living in poverty face climate-related hazards such as extreme heat and air pollution.
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This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
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Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Can't believe there are conversations about ending the BBC. This is like listening to a family calmly discussing whether to shoot it's dog, or burn down the house.
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can't believe there are conversations about ending the BBC. This is like listening to a family calmly discussing whether to shoot it's dog, or burn down the house.
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Climate change & global warming
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Climate change & global warming
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
Ed gives us reasons to be hopeful: that measures are working.
But there is much more to do - and Labour are doing just that here in the UK.
But more importantly they are aiming to be world leaders to get other countries to take the necessary steps as well.
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Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.
Congratulations to Professor Paul Little, winning Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year 🌟
He and his team’s research found that simple nasal sprays, can shorten illness, ease symptoms and even reduce the need for antibiotics.
Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/P2bffM
He and his team’s research found that simple nasal sprays, can shorten illness, ease symptoms and even reduce the need for antibiotics.
Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/P2bffM
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.