Mark Barnes
@1nc4nu5.co.uk
Director of Research @ Interrupt Labs
He/Him
Born at 340ppm
He/Him
Born at 340ppm
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Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
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Anyone going to tell them climate change is real and the North Sea is a declining basin?
September 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Anyone going to tell them climate change is real and the North Sea is a declining basin?
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MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate
MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate
After further demonstrations at hotels housing asylum seekers, MPs say level of harassment worse than during Brexit
MPs have raised the alarm about a rise in abuse linked to debates around immigration, with some reporting levels of online harassment and death threats worse than during the Brexit years.
The warning came after a weekend of protests and counter protests at hotels used to house asylum seekers, with 15 people arrested on Saturday and demonstrations continuing into Sunday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate
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A great example here of that neat trick where you highlight the rise in the cost of offshore wind…
(absolutely true, and largely linked to higher interest rates and inflation)
(absolutely true, and largely linked to higher interest rates and inflation)
8/ And going forward, Britain has chosen to use offshore wind as the workhorse of its energy transition.
The trouble is, offshore wind is still fairly expensive and has stopped getting cheaper, at least for now.
The trouble is, offshore wind is still fairly expensive and has stopped getting cheaper, at least for now.
July 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A great example here of that neat trick where you highlight the rise in the cost of offshore wind…
(absolutely true, and largely linked to higher interest rates and inflation)
(absolutely true, and largely linked to higher interest rates and inflation)
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The Guardian will publish scary headlines about ice sheet and AMOC collapse on a Friday, then stuff like this on a Monday: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How are people supposed to navigate this? Is climate change an urgent problem, or not?
How are people supposed to navigate this? Is climate change an urgent problem, or not?
Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins
Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Guardian will publish scary headlines about ice sheet and AMOC collapse on a Friday, then stuff like this on a Monday: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How are people supposed to navigate this? Is climate change an urgent problem, or not?
How are people supposed to navigate this? Is climate change an urgent problem, or not?
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Here's my submission to the Met Office name our storms competition. Let them know your choices at this link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here's my submission to the Met Office name our storms competition. Let them know your choices at this link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
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I spend 98% of my time pointing to garbage media nonsense on energy.
Welcome to the 2% club, this article:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Welcome to the 2% club, this article:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it
From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I spend 98% of my time pointing to garbage media nonsense on energy.
Welcome to the 2% club, this article:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Welcome to the 2% club, this article:
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Beyond enraging how same people who were happy to take an economic hit from Brexit because of sovereignty insist we can't take a smaller (and possibly non-existent) economic hit from net zero because it's only about protecting the only known habitable biosphere. www.businessgreen.com/news/4410408...
Rishi Sunak: Net zero should be 'noble ambition' rather than legal target
Uncertainty surrounds Conservatives' commitment to net zero, as former PM joins Shadow Cabinet Minister Robert Jenrick in attacking UK's 2050 climate goal
www.businessgreen.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Beyond enraging how same people who were happy to take an economic hit from Brexit because of sovereignty insist we can't take a smaller (and possibly non-existent) economic hit from net zero because it's only about protecting the only known habitable biosphere. www.businessgreen.com/news/4410408...
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It might be bonkers, but currently bonkers is polling amazingly well.
Bonkers Reform plan to:
- whack up your energy bills by making renewables and pylons cost more (costs that are passed straight onto bills).
- leave us with hugely volatile energy prices.
Good for Putin, terrible for us.
- whack up your energy bills by making renewables and pylons cost more (costs that are passed straight onto bills).
- leave us with hugely volatile energy prices.
Good for Putin, terrible for us.
February 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It might be bonkers, but currently bonkers is polling amazingly well.
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Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward
Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward
Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realise
If you care about the world we are handing on to future generations, the news on Thursday morning was dramatic.…
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward
Good bye Twitter.. It was fun while it lasted.
January 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Good bye Twitter.. It was fun while it lasted.
Some unsurprising stats on the 'new general election' petition.
There is a very significant and strong positive correlation between Reform Votes and Petition Signatures.
I thought they said they like democracy?
Dot colours in plots are the party that won that constituency.
There is a very significant and strong positive correlation between Reform Votes and Petition Signatures.
I thought they said they like democracy?
Dot colours in plots are the party that won that constituency.
November 25, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Some unsurprising stats on the 'new general election' petition.
There is a very significant and strong positive correlation between Reform Votes and Petition Signatures.
I thought they said they like democracy?
Dot colours in plots are the party that won that constituency.
There is a very significant and strong positive correlation between Reform Votes and Petition Signatures.
I thought they said they like democracy?
Dot colours in plots are the party that won that constituency.