Martin Callanan
@MartinCallanan
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Conservative Peer. Ex-Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance. Formerly in DexEU and DfT. Proud Geordie and Toon fan.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined October 2011
This is absurd and profoundly unfair.
A working family now needs £71k just to match the income of a jobless 3-child household. This morning Starmer will claim he’ll cut welfare, but EVERYONE knows he hiked taxes to record levels to fund a bloated welfare state. Spare us. He rewards dependency, not work. Don’t
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Utterly depressing article from @DanielJHannan which perfectly captures the madness of the Chagos deal
conservativehome.com
The Bill currently before Parliament gives effect to the most disgraceful act by a British government since – well, since the removal of the Chagossians from their archipelago nearly sixty years ago....
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This, in a nutshell, is Labour’s attitude to consultation. Doesn’t matter what you think, we’re doing it anyway.
Labour’s Foreign Minister Baroness Jenny Chapman ‘it's really important that we don't allow the Chagossian community to have the impression a consultation or referendum held now would in any way be able to affect [the] treaty that has already been agreed between two governments.’
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Yvette Cooper on President Trump’s: 1st state visit 2nd state visit
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Spare a thought for those who were on holiday this week and thus missed the entirety of Phase 2 of this government.
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Great explainer on Chagos surrender deal from @RobertJenrick
Starmer's Chagos Deal is a betrayal of Britain. Chagos has been British since 1814. Mauritius’s most respected leader said their claim is "ridiculous." We & 🇺🇸 have a vital military base there. Why an earth give control to an ally of China? This insanity must be stopped.
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I think we knew that already..
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Our Parliamentary Champions will continue to advocate that the Chagos Islands remain British at all levels. Delighted to see one of our CFOT Champions, Lord Callanan (@MartinCallanan) raise the excellent new @Policy_Exchange report by @yuanyi_z and others. 🇬🇧🇮🇴
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The thing that baffles me is that good and serious people have seen versions of what happened tonight in the US for eight years and are still surprised that people don’t see the world as they do. 1) Voters think “the economy” is “can I afford to live” NOT “we are doing better
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I wonder how many poor Civil Servants the DHSC Comms team have now got attempting to take down all these NHS ‘Improvement ideas’
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Channel 4 news is a total joke. “A shock win for the Populist right” was their insightful analysis of the Conservative leadership contest tonight🤣🤣
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Most objections to locational pricing boil down to inertia - producers have got comfortable making money in a broken market. But “do nothing” is the only option that’s definitely impossible. So what are the alternatives? Terrible, it turns out: https://t.co/wVktXk2ikY
octopus.energy
In light of rising constraint costs, some suggest the solution is to amend current market arrangements instead of creating more regional (also known as locational) wholesale energy markets. We have...
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He likened Brexiteers to Nazis; he gave oxygen to Grenfell Tower conspiracy theories; he constantly excused Corbynism; until recently he argued that Britain’s nuclear deterrent was unChristian; Lord Falconer had to rescue his disastrous piloting of legislation in the Blair years;
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Today we joined industry at a breakfast reception held by @energygovuk hosted by @MartinCallanan We look forward to continuing to foster a collaborative relationship with the Department on behalf of the sector in our mission to accelerate the deployment of Heat Pumps UK wide.
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Yesterday in the Houses of Parliament we launched our exciting plans for H2H Easington and the Humber Hydrogen Hub, alongside partners @centricaplc & @ssethermal, local MP @grahamstuart & @energygovuk Minister @MartinCallanan - https://t.co/qYfETH9WaC
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After all the vile anti-Semitism their act has experienced, I felt it was only right I signed up to cast a #Eurovision2024 vote - my first ever - for #Israel. Mazel tov, haters! 🇮🇱
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A shot in the arm for our battery industry as we’ve backed @InvinityEnergy with £25mil to develop homegrown batteries. This is part of plan to make sure the UK has cheap, reliable energy.
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District heating schemes (Heat networks) will be increasingly important in future years to help to bring down bills & improve our energy security. Hot water just arrives at your door, similar to the way gas does now, and you pay for what you use.
telegraph.co.uk
Gas-reliant seaside town to adopt renewable energy under £500m plan
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