James Murray
james-bg.bsky.social
James Murray
@james-bg.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen, writing for a couple of decades or so about the environment, the economy, green politics, and the Climate Theory of Everything
Absolutely. The problem is they may be about to move some of the cost into taxation, but then just cut spending on energy efficiency programmes. Truly chronic short termism in every way.
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I think that’s true of some of them. But lots of them were true believers who genuinely thought it was the right thing for the country. They must be mortified by now, or at least have some self doubt, and yet…
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Yup. Nothing wrong with being a broad church, but it has to be a church. There have to be some shared moral values and fundamental beliefs and it is increasingly hard to see what those are.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM