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Peter Beckett retweeted
This is a political choice!
Today is the last time the sun will set in Oxford after 6pm. The next time the sun sets after 6pm will be in March 2027.
And so the early evenings begin.
📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford
ALT The Radcliffe Camera at dusk, its windows glowing warmly against a deep blue evening sky, with surrounding Oxford buildings and streetlights illuminated nearby.
Welcome to Belgium. I wonder why I bother....
Belgium: 4.8 million adults get their income from the state versus 3.6 million unsubsidized private-sector workers. State spending is over 54% of GDP, taxes take ~50%, and the budget hasn't been balanced since 2006. More than 526,000 working-age citizens (over 7% of the entire workforce) are now on long-term disability leave—exceeding the number of officially unemployed.
Peter Beckett retweeted
We are seeking copies of former smokers lung X-rays & the radiographer’s findings from before you quit smoking, followed by another X-ray and set of findings after you have been an exclusive vaper for at least 3 years. To meet the criteria, you must have smoked for at least 1)4
Utter farce. A Regulation that should never have been in the first place.
The European Commission has urged EU member states not to enforce key provisions of the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and to refrain from imposing penalties, days after the rules became applicable across the bloc.
brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/co…
Peter Beckett retweeted
Andy Burnham, ruling by decree, has decided vape shops are "antisocial businesses". These are specialist retailers that check ID, pay tax, employ local people and help smokers quit. The minimarts selling illegal vapes from under the counter? They'll be just fine. clearingtheair.eu/en/post/op…
Peter Beckett retweeted
"Specialist vape shops will get hit by the rate hike. Their competitors ... mini marts that sell illegal vapes on the side – will not." Nail on head from @peterbeckett at @clearingthe_air
More unthinking stupidity from the morons who govern us.
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/op…
Peter Beckett retweeted
“The UK says it wants to create a smoke-free generation, and that goal becomes harder to achieve if policymakers make it more difficult for smokers to choose products that eliminate the smoke", via @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/business…
Peter Beckett retweeted
I thought @JohnCleese is the greatest Comedian of all time … French Embassy in Oslo “Hold my Dom!”
You can bring Snus with tobacco to France but face fine and arrest for Snus WITHOUT tobacco while sipping Rose at the French Riviera.
Is a culture war over air conditioning really necessary?
AC isn't maga coded. Not having AC isn't woke. Europe can afford AC and has it where it's most needed (I lived in Spain. Never an issue).
Apparently we need to start installing it in more places.
That's it.
Peter Beckett retweeted
Nearly 7,500 Swedes have already signed a petition to keep the Swedish success densvenskasuccen.org/
Much respect for @AspinallMMA today.
My 18 month old poked me in the eye this morning, couldn't see for a while and now it hurts like hell.
Eye pokes are not a laughing matter.
(Well my toddler found it funny but still).
Peter Beckett retweeted
EU Commissioner for Health, @OliverVarhelyi, thinks the best way to survive corruption, bias, disrespect and spying charges is to attack the tobacco harm reduction scientists.
His embarrassing statements are one more reason to fire the combative Orbanite.
thefirebreak.org/p/fire-varh…
Peter Beckett retweeted
Why do so many vape risk studies fall apart under scrutiny? At least FIVE major studies claiming vaping causes severe illness have been quietly retracted since 2020. Their methodology completely fell apart under scrutiny. Discover how biased researchers are manipulating data to scare smokers. clearingtheair.eu/post/why-d…
Peter Beckett retweeted
Does the public health establishment want a smoke-free world or a nicotine-free world? 🤔 We sat down with @Clive_Bates at the @WNC_global to unpack the reality of tobacco policy. Prohibition doesn't end demand; it just triggers a massive black market response. Full conversation: clearingtheair.eu/en/post/sm… #HarmReduction #PublicHealth
Peter Beckett retweeted
125,000 extra smokers just tried to quit in a single year. How? England’s government actually ENDORSED vaping instead of demonising it. When the state backs harm reduction, public trust returns and smokers listen. clearingtheair.eu/en/post/st…
Peter Beckett retweeted
OPINION: The Commission just buried its own report on tobacco law. Why?
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/op…
Without commenting on the substance of the policy, this is a trap for the @EU_Commission which should never have agreed to design an app which will be both ubiquitous and unpopular.
brusselstimes.com/belgium/20…
Populist nationalist forces will tell voters annoyed by yet another government intrusion that this is all Brussels fault, and that the EU is spying on them.