Eamonn Ives
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Interested in how things work (and making them work better) 💫 | Head of Research, @TenThinkTank | Previously: Special Adviser, @cabinetofficeuk . YNWA.
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🇺🇸 If Trump wins in November, Britain should poach gifted Americans who are looking to flee.
Pleased to make my debut in
@theipaper
!
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Britain hasn't built any new nuclear power stations in my lifetime.
I wonder how much less daunting Net Zero would be if it had?
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Never ceases to astonish me: more pure electric vehicles were registered for the first time in GB in 2020 than were between 2001-2019 *combined*.
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Was bored and figured we all need some good news so I... made a chart showing how much cleaner Britain's electricity now is.
Carbon intensity this month was 67% lower than for December 2012!
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Hearing that Mohamed Salah is in talks with BEIS about introducing an economy-wide border-adjusted carbon tax
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Queuing down the street as people are now desperate to get their booster jabs.
The evidence could not be clearer: when Blair speaks, Britain listens.
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Very grateful that my work does Dress Down Friday. Has felt so weird wearing a suit and tie all week in the flat.
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Cannot wait to single handedly level up the North by buying three drinks at the Midland tonight.
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🏡 Why we urgently need to scrap the '1 metre rule' which impedes the shift to greener, warmer homes – my latest for
@CapX
.
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We should start installing these immediately in Britain — no dithering around, no trials or consultations, just get on with it.
Rarely do you see a more guaranteed vote winner either.
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If it was ever beyond any doubt that Qatar 2022 is a fake World Cup, ask yourself this: have you listened to Three Lions yet?
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The sheer inability of the UK state to effectively target support for low earners feels like something we should be focusing lots more attention on fixing.
Doing so would open up space to push forward so many good policies.
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Yet another example of planning permission rules holding back a greener Britain.
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📣 Delighted to finally reveal that I have joined
@TenThinkTank
as their new Head of Research!
Entrepreneurs and innovation will be vital to boosting the UK economy, and I’m excited to see how we can better support them.
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@CharlotteCGill
I’ve been thinking this for months now and have been taking photos of the most horrible, infantilising and meaningless signs I see. This is the latest – what a way to ruin a lovely fountain!
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Never thought we'd get VAR in the House of Commons.
The speaker Lindsay Hoyle is waiting for a report from Eleanor Laing about what happened in the lobbies but is understood to be taking it very seriously. He's seen the Chris Bryant photo
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If these reports are true, Jacob Rees-Mogg should be applauded. Every kWh of energy saved equates to less national debt and fewer carbon emissions. Wouldn’t be surprised to see No 10 u-turn on this.
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The amount of electricity Britain generates from nuclear power has halved since 1998.
That's around 50 TWh of zero-carbon power gone and from the grid.
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Cool chart in this week’s
@TheEconomist
.
Accurately predicting weather patterns will only become more important in a world of renewables and climate change – so it’s a good thing we’re getting better at it!
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Whether it's this, her foresight to wean the UK off coal, or her work with Ronald Reagan to heal the ozone layer, nobody can deny that Margaret Thatcher truly was an environmental icon.
Fun fact: Margaret Thatcher would have proposed a global(!) carbon tax in 1988(!), but Nigel Lawson had it deleted from her speech.
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Home ownership rates among millenials now set to skyrocket
Peas on toast replacing smashed avocado due to cost of living crisis, Waitrose says 👇
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If Britain is to realise its potential for long-run economic growth, barriers to agglomeration need to be dismantled across the board.
Making it cheaper for scientists to live and work in key cities will be essential.
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🚨 Excited to announce that in the coming months I'll be writing a paper with
@TenThinkTank
on green entrepreneurship, and how innovators can help tackle environmental challenges! 🌍
If you've got any thoughts, please get in touch. 📬 (DMs here, or eamonn
@tenentrepreneurs
.org)
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With a Sky subscription I can watch 100+ Premier League games a year, as opposed to listening to some dusted boomer spout religious nonsense on the radio at 7.46am.
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Rishi Sunak swerving COP27 isn’t the end of the world.
Would it be nice if he was going? Of course — but he’s the busiest man in Britain right now and I think it’s fine for him to stay at home.
Let’s judge him on what he does, or doesn’t do, to actually drive down emissions.
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... But I can't help but think we dropped the ball here.
If Britain had maintained the pace of early reactor build out rates, its power would be far cleaner, the emission of countless tonnes of CO2 would have been avoided, and Net Zero would be that bit closer within reach.
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🚨🎓 NEW
@tenthinktank
REPORT 🚨🎓
Britain has some of the world’s top universities – but we underperform on turning academic research into commercial success.
In Academic to Entrepreneur,
@antonhowes
,
@Sam_Dumitriu
and I look at how the UK can become a true spinout superpower.
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In this decade alone, 14 of Britain's 15 currently operational reactors will be retired.
(Four have already closed.)
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🎂🚨 Happy birthday to
@tenthinktank
! 🎈🥳
We’re celebrating turning TEN years old – and to mark the occasion, we’ve had a think about how to really get the economy growing…
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🍅 Result! 🥬
This is a terrific first step for gene editing in the UK — and fantastic news for the environment, public health, consumers, and more. (1/3)
We’ve set out new plans to unlock the power of gene editing to protect the natural environment.
Our farmers will be able to grow more resistant, nutritious and productive crops 🌽
Read more:
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@rcolvile
I read LFT as NFT and thought we’d entered a whole new era of degenerated capitalism.
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I love seeing people succeed and doing well in their professional and personal lives. They could be a close friend or just an acquaintance, but either way, it makes me feel good inside!
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The UK has brought forward its ban on using unabated coal to generate electricity, from 2025 to 2024.
Staggering to think that it accounted for 40% of generation not even a decade ago.
📢 NEWS: The UK will no longer use coal to generate electricity from October 2024.
As
#COP26
Presidency, the UK is committed to driving down emissions and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.
#TogetherForOurPlanet
🌏
@beisgovuk
|
#ClimateAction
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EXCLUSIVE: I understand Sadiq Khan’s decision to block construction of the Stratford Sphere has now been officially called in.
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It took the United Kingdom 14 years to build its first ten nuclear power stations.
Assuming Hinkley Point C comes online in 2027, the next ten will have taken 64 years to build.
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Opened Citymapper on my phone this morning just to feel something
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🚨 In
@tenthinktank
’s latest research, we reveal the critical contribution foreign-born founders make to the UK’s startup economy.
We found that of Britain’s 100 fastest growing companies, 39 had a founder born outside of the UK.
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Let's compare this to South Korea.
They build their first reactor in 1978, and then added another 25 - with a further four currently under construction.
In fact, since Britain built its last plant (Sizewell B in 1995), the South Koreans have added 16 reactors to their fleet.
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@DanielPryorr
Hi Daniel, Eamonn here. This is correct. When vehicles combust fuel in their engines, that creates pollution. But since the lockdown, fewer vehicles have been driving around. Less traffic = less pollution! Stay safe.
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Had a blast talking about the security implications of climate change at
@FutureAtlantic
this afternoon.
#AFForum2020
(... But mainly because I got a tour of HMS Queen Elizabeth.)
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Why is the NHS including this line in its vaccine outreach, as if it’s no big deal if you’d rather just not get jabbed?
I’m sure it’ll only make a marginal difference - if any - but why even put that option on the table?
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All I want for Christmas is for people in Westminster to learn about the concept of revealed and stated preferences.
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Between 1950s-1980s, Britain built and average of 11 new nuclear reactors a decade.
Between 1990s-2020s, it might* build three - total.
(*We're told two reactors at Hinkley Point C will come online in 2026, after various delays.)
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📗 NEW report from
@CPSThinkTank
, with a foreword from
@Alex_Stafford
📗
@JamesHeywood
and I examine how Britain can spread economic opportunity to left behind areas while still decarbonising key industries.
Thread follows... 🧵
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Sat down to write an article, only to find that it will now have a co-author.
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Immigrants are great and we should have more; green belts are crap and we should have fewer.
You know you're doing something right when your views are diametrically opposed to this rabble of troglodytes!
Every year more of Britain's green spaces disappear to development 🏗️
Unless we reduce demand on housing we risk losing the green belt forever. Once it's gone, it's gone.
🌳 Save the green belt. Reduce immigration 🌳
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📗 THREAD: Today
@CPSThinkTank
publishes my latest report, Clean Free Trade 📗
It urges the Government to adopt policies which boost international trade flows, while delivering for the environment.
You can read it in full here:
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✨🥳 New
@CPSThinkTank
report! 🥳✨
Pricing Pollution Properly makes the case for the UK to reform carbon pricing, and put it at the centre of its decarbonisation agenda.
You can read it in full here:
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If Britain is to successfully meet Net Zero, it needs to electrify transport, heating, industrial processes, etc.
Doing this will mean generating lots more clean power -
@theCCCuk
estimates close to a doubling on current levels.
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For the five or six of you still commuting into work, be sure to grab a copy of
@CityAM
on the way, and read my piece on carbon border taxes!
For the rest of you, it's here:
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In unrelated news: shares in Superdry closed at a record high today.
Bars and clubs will be patrolled by plain-clothes police officers at night to protect women from sexual harassment and assault, Boris Johnson announced yesterday evening.
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With the UK Presidency now officially over, here’s to everyone in the
@COP26
Unit — which includes some of the most dedicated and talented people I’ve worked with.
Still more to do of course, but their efforts mean the world will be in a better shape in decades to come. 🇬🇧🌍👏
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Huh, I'm reliably informed that today in 2017 was my first day with
@WeAreBrightBlue
. Three years, eight reports, and one move to
@CPSThinkTank
later, I still love working in think tank land!
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Picture of me at the wheel of one of
@JCBmachines
hydrogen-powered vehicles.
No emissions, just lots of fun!
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Made £4.74 profit getting my Amtrak tickets refunded because since I booked them the dollar has risen against sterling
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Maybe this is the complimentary lemonade talking, or the new addition of a sprig of mint, but I can happily report that the falafel lads on Strutton Ground have still got it 🌯💯
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Calls to cut VAT from energy bills are predictable, but should be resisted.
There are far better ways to help those who need support with rising costs, which don't entail an expensive and difficult-to-reverse bung to wealthier households later down the line.
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Lamenting missed opportunities is easy, but doesn't change much at all.
Plus, the plummeting cost of renewables has radically altered the economics of new nuclear power...
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Introducing a proper carbon tax would make getting to Net Zero much easier, and much cheaper. Of course supporting measures are also needed, but this policy more than any other will be critical.
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I’ll reserve judgement until the PM actually makes his speech but this looks like a misjudged step.
What a shame it is that the Conservative Party seems so intent on squandering the UK’s well-earned position as genuine leader on action against climate change.
EXCL w/
@ChrisMasonBBC
Rishi Sunak is considering changing some of the government's key green commitments.
Could include:
- Delaying ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035
- Softening plans to phase out gas boilers.
Speech in coming days
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Congratulations to
@GregClarkMP
for being re-elected as Chair of
@CommonsSTC
! Hugely important job for the future of the economy, energy system etc.
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“When our politicians promised to ‘abolish boom and
bust’, it turns out that they actually just abolished booms.”
Great line in a great essay from my old boss!
Big day for me - today
@CPSThinkTank
publishes 'The Morality of Growth', a long read by me setting out why growth is good, why it matters, and why we need it back. You can read the full thing here
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🍃 I've written for
@CapX
on why the Government's plans to liberalise rules on genetic editing spells good news for the environment. 🧬
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Why has Britain’s productivity growth fallen off a cliff I hear you ask?
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A carbon tax with dividend payments would be a great policy — allowing us to get to Net Zero faster, more cost-effectively, and in a way which is fairer to all.
It’s something that
@CPSThinkTank
has called for before, and will be publishing more work on in the near future!
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.
@SimonClarkeMP
is a breath of fresh air. An MP who knows where Britain is broken, and what needs to be done to fix it.
My piece for
@TheCriticMag
. The UK needs:
💥 Pro growth policies
3️⃣% GDP on defence
🌍 A robust outlook to both Russia and China
@trussliz
was right on all these. She deserves respect for championing the issues that matter.
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Phasing out coal for electricity really is an issue where the UK can talk the talk because it has walked the walk.
Earlier this year, I wrote for
@CapX
on how it is rapidly going about consigning coal-fired power generation to the history books.
#COP26
📢 NEWS:
#COP26
is consigning coal to history
✅ 23 countries are making new commitments to phase out coal power, including 5 of the world's top 20 coal power generators.
✅ Planned new coal generation pipeline globally has fallen by 76% since the Paris Agreement in 2015.
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Great column from the gaffer,
@rcolvile
.
Contrary to XR's ignorant smears,
@CPSThinkTank
frequently advocates for practical and achievable environment policy.
I'm proud to think that our recent work has helped a damn sight more than their brainless drumming ever will.
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Why hydrogen can be the last piece in the puzzle for decarbonising Britain's transport network | I've written for
@CapX
on my latest report for
@CPSThinkTank
.
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Didn't know who to vote for, but there was one candidate I particularly didn't like – so I put a big cross next to their name to register my dissatisfaction with them.
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🚨📊 NEW: Today
@tenthinktank
publishes its latest research! 🚨🧠
In Neurodiverse Founders, we polled neurodivergent diagnosed entrepreneurs to get a better understanding of how they feel about running a company and the wider business environment.
Thread on our top findings…
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Vertical farms are fascinating. They can produce fresher, better quality food, while being less harmful to the environment, and allowing agricultural land to be rewilded or set aside for housing.
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📗 Today
@TenThinkTank
publishes my report on green entrepreneurship! 🌍
It explores how the Government can harness the ingenuity of Britain's entrepreneurs to overcome some of the planet's most pressing environmental challenges:
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Good afternoon to this person and this person only.
A few respondents did support the Government’s proposals to reform the planning system.
Here's what one person said:
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I hope he doesn’t, but if Trump wins in November, a bunch of talented Americans will want to leave the US.
We should try to snap them up, starting with giving them access to the Youth Mobility Visa – just as we do for our friends in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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It’s right that the focus of today’s planning reforms announced by
@michaelgove
will centre on how they should help more ordinary people to get onto the housing ladder.
But I’m especially curious about how they can boost the UK’s innovative potential too…
THREAD! 🧶
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Weak, seemingly knee-jerk argument. I'm not entirely sure what the issue is here. Int'l students make an invaluable contribution to the economy and campus life and we shouldn't build the case against them on a once-in-a-century event disrupting individual institutions' finances.
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“The imperative of generating significantly more electricity must be at the forefront of government thinking.”
My latest for The
@Telegraph
. 👇
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I’m ashamed to say I knew nothing about Alma Thomas until a recent trip to Washington.
I think her paintings are absolutely fantastic.
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Very cool to be at the launch of
@Sam_Dumitriu
’s brilliant report for
@BritainRemade
on powering up the UK! ⚡️
As
@Ed_Miliband
said: “we need a social movement of builders and not just blockers.” 🙌
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⚛️ NEW REPORT out today from
@CPSThinkTank
on how new nuclear investment can help the UK deliver on Net Zero.
Read it in full here:
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Help us get to Net Zero, improve air quality, boost economic growth, bolster Treasury revenues, reduce the cost of living for many individuals.
I can think of few better legacies that a Chancellor could leave than adopting road pricing — so let's hope these reports are accurate!
Exclusive:
Rishi Sunak is considering plans for a national road pricing scheme to fill £40bn tax gap as people switch to electric cars
Sunak said to be ‘very interested’ in idea detailed in Treasury paper
HMT source says at this stage idea is ‘blue sky thinking’
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🚘 Delighted that
@CommonsTrans
report on road pricing is out. (And not just for the kind citation!)
Few policies excite me as much as road pricing — which would futureproof motoring in the UK, and point us in a better direction on issues from climate change to productivity.
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My instinctive thoughts on the Whitehall changes: Separating energy and climate out from BEIS is a good move. Simon Clarke should be the SoS. It would mean climate has a seat at the cabinet table in a way that has been sorely lacking in recent months… (1/n)
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🔋 NEW report out today from
@CPSThinkTank
examines how hydrogen fuel cells can complement electric batteries to ensure all types of transport can get to zero-emissions.
Read it in full here: [1/7]
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