Mark Barrington

Chartered Programme Manager specialising in delivering digital services across government + Aspiring woodworker... My views, my own.

[The Receipts UK ♿ @david_hollas]

Oxford University has done the maths on "drill baby drill" vs a fully renewable UK.
Maximum North Sea extraction: saves households £16–£82/year.
But ONLY if the government takes every penny of tax revenue and hands it back to households. If they don't, zero benefit.
Full renewables: saves households up to ��441/year. Recurring. Every year. Indefinitely.
The North Sea runs out around 2040. Renewables don't.
The analysis was done using January 2026 prices — before the Iran war sent oil to $116 a barrel. Even with cheap fossil fuels as the baseline, renewables win.
This isn't ideology. It's arithmetic.

Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. March 2026.

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@GarethCanada @Rainmaker1973 What like Cedar Shingles?

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@DanDan_1979 @deathtospinach Sure is! Turn it round!

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[Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine]

Believe in Ukraine. Stand with Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

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@SteveAkehurst @HM_Passport It’s called ‘Service-Led’ many government departments are moving to this for front-line services - A service-led approach is a way of being user focused, It means providing services that use the right technology solutions to deliver better user outcomes.

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@simonmacmichael @AmazonUK @MPSRTPC @ealingMPS @EalingCouncil @WorldBollard Report to the GB Traffic Commissioner, the Operator (@AmazonUK) and the driver will be investigated.

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@NationalGridESO Imports! Coming over’ere powering our homes and stuff! 😉

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@ElonMNews A. YES!

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@NationalGridESO Wasn’t it all them pesky EV drivers plugging in their cars at the same time, nearly melting the grid? 😉😂

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@pastasnack_e @Sam647803328582 @DVSAgovuk It should not be normal to need a couple of tries at passing, the national average is just over 45% pass rate. If candidates presented for test with higher skills and passed 1st time, there would be more than enough test slots for all.

[That Civil Service tweet twice a day (fan account) @ThatCivilTweet]

Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?
#LANDSLIDE

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@MercedesAMGF1 @SilverstoneUK Absolutely! I would be “living the dream” as a young LH once said!

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

For 14 years they've f#%ked around; tomorrow they find out... #GE2024

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@QuentinWillson @lexautolease @AutoTrader_UK @Tuskerdirect 4th EV over 8 years says no Liz!
Never going back to ICE.

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@EDP24 Loving the replies in this post! Let’s make it happen!

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@mrhenrymorris As Gordon Brown once said “Awful bigoted woman” …..

[Morgan Cameron Ross @Morgan_C_Ross]

80 years ago today, June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach. He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.

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@DachshundColin @TotalSeasons You may need to dig around for the back-story here, you may have some Blighty competition! 😂