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It's like being back in the 80s! This weeks Live schedule. Hope you can join me! https://t.co/0vmMO30aqR

[Toby Young @toadmeister]

The Met Office is claiming that this year is the first time temperatures of 35°C and higher have been recorded on six days. But the claims are a reflection of poorly sited weather stations, not climate change, says Paul Homewood. https://t.co/h8pMXunk5N

[Lucy Connolly @LucyTCWife]

Dear @elonmusk

I am begging you to bring back the old block function!

You know the one where if you blocked someone they can’t comment on your posts, can’t see your posts or tag you!

The lefties are killing me 😂😂

[Lost London @Lost___London]

If you love London, and appreciate this account, kindly share this post to help others find and follow us at @Lost___London.

Help us bring the bygone days of our glorious city into the hearts and minds of modern day people.

Thank you. 🤝

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

“Consider Yourself” from Oliver! (1968) ends with a reverse flash mob as dancers peel away mid-routine and flawlessly slip back into everyday life as if nothing happened. I've watched this 10 times today; it's perfect!
Pure in-camera movie magic.
Happy birthday, Mark Lester.

[Kathryn Porter @KathrynPorter26]

As we swelter through another heatwave we're facing more sanctimonious nonsense from people opposing the use of air conditioning

Today I write in the @Telegraph about this idiocy. Also today the paper is carrying a story on how the @nhs is prioritising net zero over the comfort and safety of sick people

These officials need to get a grip. It's no more acceptable to restrict cooling in summer than it is to limit heating in winter

There's no virtue in being miserable

https://t.co/qIRwBKxuAi

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[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

In celebration of the new heatwave, here's a Public Information Film from the 1970's that you might just recognise. It's one of four films featuring two characters enjoying the good weather: Joe, complete with a handkerchief on his head, and his bespectacled wife, Pertunia, who has a tongue like Gene Simmons from Kiss! 

Joe was voiced by Peter Hawkins (Bill & Ben, etc) and Wendy Craig voiced the first three films as Pertunia, followed by Bridget Forsyth. The films were made by the same people who brought us Willo the Wisp!

 Bit of Public Information Film trivia for you. Did you know that Charley the cat from the Charley Says series, was voiced by Kenny Everett!

Toodlepip.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

This ‘Proud of Us’ video on slavery is well worth your time.

They have many other videos telling historical truths that are often kept from us

This is not just for kids!

All of us should watch them! 👍

[Duncan Newmarch @DuncanNewmarch]

Do you know anything about these BBC1 cufflinks? They certainly look (and smell) old but I’ve never seen/heard of them before.

[Margaret Thatcher @realmrsthatcher]

We've been ruled by men who live by illusions:

—The illusion that you can spend money you haven't earned without eventually going bankrupt or falling into the hands of your creditors;

—The illusion that real jobs can be conjured into existence by government decree like rabbits out of a hat;

—The illusion that there is some other way of creating wealth than by hard work and satisfying your customers;

—The illusion that you can have freedom and enterprise without believing in free enterprise.

[Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson]

I’ve always never been able to decide which is Britain’s most beautiful bit: North Devon or the Yorkshire Dales. But I’ve just spent the last three days in the Scottish Borders and now I have an answer. God almighty, they’re beautiful. Also, I bought some cows there.

[Kathryn Porter @KathrynPorter26]

The best way to get energy costs down is to ditch net zero

I have offered a free hour of energy training to all MPs and Peers

So far nobody from @UKLabour has shown any interest. Maybe you'd like to know more

The training covers oil, gas and electricity markets and steps through the value chain from upstream, midstream to downstream

It covers physical logistics and constraints

Eg why does North Sea oil go to European refineries but North Sea gas all comes to the UK

Why the gas market balances once a day vs every half hour for electricity

How bills are constructed etc

There's also a whole section in the notes on how the electricity market evolved after privatisation including how the Power Pool of England & Wales worked and why it was replaced by NETA (then BETTA)

If you don't already know this then perhaps you could spare an hour to find out

[Jim Davidson @JimDOfficial]

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[Kathryn Porter @KathrynPorter26]

This has been explained to you many many times. Why don't you engage with the answer?

Only the wholesale price is set by gas

The wholesale price is c40% of the bill we pay

Renewables subsidies are almost all higher than the wholesale price so if the wholesale price falls the subsidy element rises. This is a separate charge on the bill

Other charges on the bill are
Backup for renewables
High cost of connecting renewables
Extra balancing costs for renewables

In the autumn energy execs set this out in detail to the DESNZ Select Committee. They were very clear....

WHOLESALE PRICES COULD FALL TO ZERO AND BILLS WOULD STILL GO UP

[sophieTucker88🎀 @SophieTucker88]

@woodg31 Here's the edition of Brainstorm with Kenny Everett that aired 38 years ago today on BBC1 in 1988. #KennyEverett https://t.co/MUrzzrlfMA

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Hooray for the pussy cat !!!

[Andy Walmsley @Radiojottings]

Spotted this radio set in a shop in Marseillan today, a Le Regional 57M. Note on the top of the dial Droitwich, then on 1500m carrying the Light Programme when this was built. Radio 4 long wave closes in the early hours tomorrow (although a looped anno continues until Tuesday)

[James May @MrJamesMay]

It helps ugly and shy people to have sex.

[Liam Halligan @LiamHalligan]

This will be good ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I've visited Michaela School - it's in the same part of London where I grew up. What Katharine Birbalsingh and her staff have achieved there is nothing short of remarkable.

Michaela is a non-selective state school, in one of the toughest parts of the capital. Yet it consistently chalks up the highest "Progress 8" score (value added) of any school in the country.

It's raw exam results also outstrip those of almost all British schools, with Michaela recently achieving 100pc pass rates in English & Maths GCSEs with over 40pc of all pupils achieved five or more grade 9s (the highest possible GCSE grade) and over 80pc of Michaela's sixth form securing spots at prestigious Russell Group universities.

That places Michaela among the top 2pc of all schools in Britain – including the most exclusive, highly-selective, resource-rich independent schools ... a non-selective state school in one of the toughest, most deprived parts of London.

Many of the leading lights of Britain's education establishment – obsessed with "Whitehall knows best" nostrums of "progressive child-centered learning" and DEI – often bitterly criticise Katharine Birbalsingh.

But her traditional, "no-excuses" approach based on teacher-led instruction, rigorous discipline, and unified national values so clearly works – with Michaela transforming the lives of countless youngsters, helping them to become happy, aspirational and productive citizens.

For many of those who influence and determine education policy in the UK, clinging to their tired, self-serving, statist ideology matters far more than revolutionising the life chances of some of our least privileged and most vulnerable children.

I look forward to @Miss_Snuffy's upcoming podcast - which I'm sure will be full of valuable educational insights, while winding up all the right people.

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

By the look of this map in The Mirror newspaper, England and Wales have turned into molten lava.