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Is the UK leading carbon dioxide reduction?
I receive a number of enquiries, often from students and schoolchildren, about net zero issues. I am going to publish a few background pieces so these exchanges can be better informed.
The answer to the common demand that the UK leads the world in carbon dioxide reductions is that we are...Read More »
Treasury orthodoxy and Bank of England error
This government was right to express concern about Treasury orthodoxy and should have added Bank of England error. Together these terrible twins visited on us the European Exchange Rate mechanism which gave us boom/ bust 1998-92, gave us the boom/ bust of the banking crash of 2006-9, and now threatens...Read More »
The message of Conservatism
This was an article commissioned by the Telegraph on Wednesday
Our energy policy should start with keeping the lights on and the factories powered up
I am reissuing this given todays news
This article was published yesterday on ConservativeHome. I thought readers of my blog might also find it interesting:
We are living with a desperate shortage of energy. Successive governments and Ministers have ignored the need to ensure adequate supplies of electricity and primary fuels in...Read More »
Good ideas in the PM’s speech
It was refreshing to hear the PM’s speech yesterday. The world does not owe us a living. The heroes and heroines are all those who get up early and go to work to make sure we have water, power, broadband, food and other supplies. The anti growth coalition opposes practically...Read More »