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Unbelievable that Ed Miliband talked about phasing out fossil fuels at COP only a few days ago, and then announced this!

"new Transitional Energy Certificates will enable limited oil and gas production in areas... adjacent to already licensed fields, linked via a tieback" www.gov.uk/government/n...
North Sea Future Plan for fair, managed and prosperous transition
Government sets out plan to manage existing North Sea oil and gas fields, protect jobs and grow clean energy industries.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looks like this is very much needed.... Hopefully the briefing will cover dealing with fossil lobbyists.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
North Sea exploration rules to be relaxed in new Labour plan
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Case in point - Gary Stevenson's latest - "If you constantly borrow money from financial markets, then you need to keep financial markets happy!" "Debt gets bigger and... it's unsustainable... we all saw what happened to Liz Truss"

youtu.be/g0lEbH2kEw8
UK Budget – The End of Democracy?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Tehran is a 7 thousand year old city that will soon become ruins because of a climate mega drought.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I think one of the Naomi Klien books points out that, starting in the mid 90s, it was projected to cost about 1% of global gdp per year for only 30 years address climate change. If the world had committed to that back then we'd be finished already. Imagine.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Justin Webb makes me feel sick too. For a long time the Today programme has been a radio version of the Daily Mail.

No wonder our politicians think they can get away with anything when they know this is the level of accountability they will face.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM