M B

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@BobbyCook1977 @vexxed344 @wzyguy @Noahpinion You normally do need planning permission for AC in the UK I think

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@peterrhague I don’t know about heat but they’re apparently not great for use in deserts - the sand gets kicked up by the wind and coats the panels. In the UAE etc they have to be wiped down by hand.

Anyway, consumption in the UK today:

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@MrTeatameh @peterrhague Nanny statism

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@tomhfh DWP

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@Fremond_ @Discoplomacy Yankee parvenus don’t know the first thing about culture. Twas ever thus.

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@HanbaoDynasty @RoryStewartUK You need talent but you also need massive amounts of capital to splurge and that’s where the US has always had an edge. Size is part of it, but Brits are incentivised to stash their wealth in property rather than equities.

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@Schilted @thomasforth Yep, and it works great for them.

Shows that what really matters is the incentive structure rather than the ownership model.

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@tejparikh90 @James7Holland @FT Rare honest take from the FT

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@ChrisO_wiki I’m guessing this is AI but it’s pretty funny

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@peterrhague

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@thomasforth Yeah when it inevitably runs into political opposition a spad will quote this report at a minister as if it’s gospel and the minister will cave and block it.

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@FranklinVH2 His main issue was that he was just a bit shit

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@ChrisRe11417905 @GregHands @UKinGermany @GermanEmbassy @BCCGeV @andrewjonathanm @jillgallard @guenterkrings @VedralBobby @AuswaertigesAmt @DLidington Which airport? They let brits through the e-gates at Nice when we went

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@peterrhague You need to explain the ‘why’.

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@Twelfthulhu @HaydenJame15136 @kirawontmiss It’s really weird and cringe. The only thing there that isn’t ubiquitous in Europe is air-conditioning which is fair enough. Perhaps they’re too poor to travel? Idk.

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@adhib @barlow_lov11346 @PolitlcsUK I realised the country had gone to pot when one of these appeared in my local Sainsbury’s

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

🚨NEW: Britain spends a third more on transport infrastructure than its peers, but because of high construction costs ends up with a 5th less.

Britain has a 65% cost premium compared to peers like France, Germany, and Spain. In other words, the UK needs to spend £1.65 to get what a £1 buys elsewhere.

If Britain’s cost-premium over European peers was eliminated, our £21bn of annual investment (average 2015-2023) in transport infrastructure would secure 65% more infrastructure per pound spent.

Over the course of a Parliament, Britain would, in effect, have £41.5bn more of actual transport infrastructure for the amount it already spends.

Here’s an idea of what £41.5bn could fund:

- 🚋Trams for Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff, Leicester, Coventry, Plymouth + a Southampton–Portsmouth line (plus 20 miles worth of extensions to existing systems): £13.1bn at £87m/ mile

- 🚟 190 miles of rail electrification per year: £5bn

- 🚅Major rail bottlenecks fixed in Manchester (Castlefield Corridor) and the South East (Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme): £12.9

- 🚘Major road schemes revived include dualling the A1, A120 Braintree–A12, A303, A358, Arundel Bypass, Acle Straight dualling and a Third Menai Crossing (£10.5bn)

What do you think we should fund if we eliminated the cost premium and had an extra £41.5bn to spend?

Read the full @BritainRemade /@BritishProgress paper: https://t.co/cUn63iTfTO

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@shaheedeazam02 @hoffman_noa Not beating the allegations pal

[M B @Magnus_Bishop]

@Cryptopedia123 @hikingshawty Ty