UK Politics Decoded

UK Politics Decoded.
Evidence based explainers on UK government and policy. Independent, modular, human verified, IMPRESS regulated political publisher.

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@GBNEWS Polls show that opinions have changed within the leave camp, that is why he is reopening the brexit debate

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100% correct with the Scottish renewable primary sources.

The issue is the marginal pricing system that sets the price for all generators to the most expensive generator this keeps bills high, but the government has hinted that they will be changing it towards the end of the preliminary term.

There is a bottleneck with the Scottish wind farms, the connecting cables from the farms to the grid is not big enough and needs upgrading, this is a well known limitation.

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@UKLabour Not forgetting that Brexit hits the economy for around £100 billion GDP per year.

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Conflict in Ukraine and Iran has limited supply of LNG and oil based products around the world, this affects gas electricity generation, food has to be transported and distributed, this has affected every part of people's lives, including raising inflation.

Brexit also costs the Uk economy £100 billion a year lost, added business administration costs and time to market for imports and exports, these are also passed to the customer at the till as the UK imports 40% of foodstuffs..

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@reformparty_uk How ill al this be funded?

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@GBNEWS Brexit already damaged the economy, annually it is costing an estimated £100-£120 billion GDP.

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@51TJK His personal opinion was noted as a remainer.

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What about the Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran reducing the supply of LNG and Oil that has pushed up prices not just within the UK but the whole world?
What about these conflict rising inflation?
I suppose your blaming labour for these as well..

What about since brexit it has cost the UK economy £100 billion GDP per year, it has also added to business expenses with administration costs and time to market for imports and exports that has pushed up prices at the till, along with raising NIC and business rates (was labour) and rising national minimum wages that are passed to the customer at the till.

What about the shrinking job vacancy pool that has been shrinking for years since the pandemic recovery (conservative governance), this naturally raises the benefit claimant numbers and more people reliant on benefits to get by?

It is not just down to netzero there are many factors at play.

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The sad thing is that most expenses get pushed to the customer at the till, business are for profit and can not swallow all the expenses to remain competitive.

It is not just down to electricity prices, raised NIC and business rates, trade friction with brexit added extra administration costs and time to market, fuel costs been raised etc, 40% of foodstuffs are imported mostly from our closest trading partner EU.

Uk is a NET importer of goods and are affected by the import/export tariffs, administration costs and time to market.

This list is limited but outlines the wider business issues keeping business certainty low, job vacancy creation low etc.

Reduced demand for premium products and produce with lower disposable household income with a shrinking job vacancy pool that naturally raises the benefit claimant numbers etc with less money spent in the economy.

This was the latest I could find: https://t.co/u1SCeZkEPd

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The knock on effects where reservoirs running out within the UK, that is why there is a major new reservoir been constructed, EU rivers drying up etc.

That is the thing the Grid is operating as normal as it was and is designed to do, generation is stepped up when demand is high, interconnectors sells when prices are high and buys when prices are low, and the 100% renewable energy that Scotland runs off exports the the north east and north east regions, stored energy is used and it is all balanced.

The Grid uses machine learning and weather forecasts to predict wind and solar (not always correct forecasts), the grid itself automatically balances and requests extra generation when needed it always has will. it is normal operation.

The Government also has 3 SMR reactors on order generating enough electricity for around 3 million homes.

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@NeilH73932084 @HeartlandUKEU @LoisPerry26 @HeartlandInst There have been reports of biodiversity returning to waters around protected sites like around the offshore wind farms.

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@HeartlandUKEU @LoisPerry26 @HeartlandInst Context:
The Uk has 3 SMR Reactors on order, enough to power 3 million homes.

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@Weknowwhatyour2 @Artemisfornow As of right now (snapshot)

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https://t.co/yoKZKkmqkT
This is a well known dashboard and one of the most popular grid dashboards within the UK

We also have our own dashboard, data is provided via Elexon Insights Solution, the National Energy System Operator Data Portal, and the Carbon Intensity API
https://t.co/2PHaue6THq

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@Tertianship ah, does not want to continue the debate following facts been given

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@Tertianship @MattHarperUK @Artemisfornow Not sticking around when given official information on how the grid is using forecasts and how the grid upgrades can interrupt electricity distribution but the national grid has planned for these interruptions.

typical.

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@Tertianship It is a pollutant to the human body, tell COPD, sleep apnea, or hypoventilation patients that have no interest interest in lower CO2 or lowering down stream pollutants.

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Sorry I did not read that far up the thread, i that context then the National Grid has published plans to reduced the chance of blackouts, this is not because of normal operation of the grid but blackouts caused via upgrading the grid may cause some downtime in affected upgrade areas.

In modern times weather forecast are pretty reliable and the Grid uses machine learning and various companies that run many models, although they do get them wrong from time to time just like the met office.

this document outlines the issues and what they are attempting to implement:
https://t.co/81TDJDWf6Y

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@Tertianship @latimeralder The UK imports LNG from the middle east, the UK has no supply contacts with extraction companies that is why we pay the international wholesale price on the gas from the North Sea.