https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mplcdalbpk2wThis is mostly wrong. Wholesale costs are around 1/3rd of our bills. Non wholesale costs will be rising rapidly until 2030 and beyond. If the gas price fell to zero our energy bills would fall by just 11% by 2030. They would remain significantly higher than Switzerland. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplcdalbpk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mp7bbjyqcc2aAir con isn’t banned” is true in a narrow legal sense. But the rules make proper fixed cooling impossible in many homes, while letting anyone buy inefficient portable units online. People do not need smug word games. They need homes they can actually keep cool. https://open.substack.com/pub/catchingmice/p/is-air-con-banned?r=6477ks&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 Jun 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7bbjyqcc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3molb735cnk2l1/7 Britain will likely waste over £41 billion of our infrastructure investment during this parliament. Just like we did in the last parliament. And will in the next if we don’t get a grip. 🧵18 Jun 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3molb735cnk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3moipfatdt22pListen to me talking all things infrastructure with the great @freewheeling.info! https://www.freewheeling.info/the-freewheeling-podcast/michael-hill17 Jun 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moipfatdt22phttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mofnjzuhlk241/6 There have been some great articles from @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social @tejparikh.ft.com and @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social on the causes of Manchester's economic success in recent years. But these articles all take Manchester's economic success as read. But how successful is Manchester really?16 Jun 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofnjzuhlk24https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mmgaotessc2jLabour's vote share in Camden fell by 24 percentage points. Higher than the UNS swing against Labour in London (-16) and exactly what you'd expect from the proportional swing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgaotessc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mf2uwnvlc22cPicked up my bike from the otherwise completely empty bike storage in my building. Dropped it off at the half empty bike storage at work. Lovely sunny day. Are we subsidising a not particularly popular form of transport too much?17 Feb 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2uwnvlc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3meyiufmu3k2uThe Shoreditch Works application has taken 4 years and 9,000 pages of documents. Hackney Council has concluded what this project needs is… more documents.16 Feb 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyiufmu3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3me42cingjs2fThe council decision on this was last night. After 9,000 pages and 4 years the decision was to......defer. More documents, more delay. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3me42cingjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mdzwwkdifs2tWould you say a 9,054-page planning application for an office block and some flats is: A) Too long B) About right C) Not long enough If you answered C, congratulations! You could work at Hackney Council.04 Feb 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzwwkdifs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljahill.bsky.social/post/3mae7evekzk2tThe UK’s Net Zero transition is very dependent on China. Over 80% of our solar panels come from China because China makes almost all the world's solar panels.19 Dec 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:awnmbibx5pxrlbfymw4qmsfc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mae7evekzk2t