AS someone who still has his childhood 'Empire youth Annual' on his shelves, I come to this article with much affection. It puzzles me why, when the Canadian PM was casting around recently for friends to bolster his middle powers call to action agenda, the UK didn't seize the opportunity to respond more positively. Perhaps the UK PM thought the idea of a middle power was beneath his dignity. Or perhaps he never had an Empire youth annual in his younger days.
“Britain rightly banned direct imports of Russian oil and liquefied natural gas.”
Rightly? Banning imports of produce from Russia was Stupidity, as events have shown - stupid behaviour for virtue signalling is the theme of the article.
But. UK gas didn’t come from Russia. Sources: UK North Sea piped about 50% of demand, Norway piped about 30% of demand, 20% USA LNG. Nothing to do with Russia.
Oil: 57% from USA & Norway, 10% domestic, the balance from Libya, Nigeria, Algeria, Canada and others depending on grade.
A very good article and quite correct. However the UK no longer has the money and the establishment lacks the engineering vision to be able conceive of a viable and prosperous future for the UK. Both Labour and Conservatives preferred virtue signalling and they accepted that the price is energy rationing and poverty. The UK is now dependent on Chinese industry for its unreliable and intermittent renewable power equipment e.g. wind turbines and PV panels. China mines and refines the materials with fossil fuel, and manufactures the equipment using electricity from its 1,200 coal fired power stations.
The UK establishment, both Labour and Conservative, have no enthusiasm for Canzuk. They have chosen instead to import large numbers of poorly educated, low skilled people from the developing world, particularly the Islamic world. Allowing English speaking people from the Anglosphere e.g. from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to come to the UK, would be considered 'racist' by the establishment.
No nation needs an “energy policy”. Get government out of the way. That’s a real “energy policy”.
AS someone who still has his childhood 'Empire youth Annual' on his shelves, I come to this article with much affection. It puzzles me why, when the Canadian PM was casting around recently for friends to bolster his middle powers call to action agenda, the UK didn't seize the opportunity to respond more positively. Perhaps the UK PM thought the idea of a middle power was beneath his dignity. Or perhaps he never had an Empire youth annual in his younger days.
Do you really think our Labour government gives a flying toss? They want NET ZERO.
“Britain rightly banned direct imports of Russian oil and liquefied natural gas.”
Rightly? Banning imports of produce from Russia was Stupidity, as events have shown - stupid behaviour for virtue signalling is the theme of the article.
But. UK gas didn’t come from Russia. Sources: UK North Sea piped about 50% of demand, Norway piped about 30% of demand, 20% USA LNG. Nothing to do with Russia.
Oil: 57% from USA & Norway, 10% domestic, the balance from Libya, Nigeria, Algeria, Canada and others depending on grade.
Nothing to do with Russia… or Hormuz.
A very good article and quite correct. However the UK no longer has the money and the establishment lacks the engineering vision to be able conceive of a viable and prosperous future for the UK. Both Labour and Conservatives preferred virtue signalling and they accepted that the price is energy rationing and poverty. The UK is now dependent on Chinese industry for its unreliable and intermittent renewable power equipment e.g. wind turbines and PV panels. China mines and refines the materials with fossil fuel, and manufactures the equipment using electricity from its 1,200 coal fired power stations.
The UK establishment, both Labour and Conservative, have no enthusiasm for Canzuk. They have chosen instead to import large numbers of poorly educated, low skilled people from the developing world, particularly the Islamic world. Allowing English speaking people from the Anglosphere e.g. from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to come to the UK, would be considered 'racist' by the establishment.
A brilliant article. Thhank you. Mike Fisher
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