Glad to be back with PB
I am now back from my short hospital break. Thanks for all the good wishes Mike Smithson
We need a new Green Policy – Part 2
In Part 1 I argued that Net Zero is the wrong path for the UK. To be clear that does not mean we should not have an environmental plan we definitely need one. Just not the one in place at present. Net Zero is focused on solving worldwide problems , we need instead to focus on our own requirements. For a modern economy energy is its life blood it can also be the source of carbon. So, let’s start with:…
A little bit of history repeating?
This is a fascinating Twitter thread by Sam Freedman and well worth your time going through. TSE
Has Sunak buggered up the boundary changes? – See update
David Torrance knows his stuff as he is a clerk in the House of Commons library. Is this further proof that Sir Keir Starmer is a very lucky general? TSE Update
The war continues to intensify
How does all this end
Just look at that Tory voters score
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We need a new Green Policy – Part 1
Net Zero, that’s where our bank balances are headed on current trends. According to the OBR it will cost £1.4 trillion to complete Net Zero by 2050, that’s more than 3 times the cost of the COVID emergency, but obviously over a longer timescale. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that’s the full number as our governments ( of any hue ) seems to have an uncanny knack of underestimating both cost and timing. Think of the Millenium Dome, HS2, anything IT;…
A quarrel in a far away country, between people of whom we know nothing
Could foreign affairs derail Starmer’s election strategy? TSE