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More Tories signing up will taint Reform:

Bunch of fucking arseholes (both the NIMBYs *and* Reform) -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylgrxynxdo

During the conference, Dame Andrea compared the fight against green energy to that of Bomber Command, which was based in the county during World War Two.

Vishnu on a Vespa.

Killer Whale wrote: ↑Thu Jul 31, 2025 7:08 am

During the conference, Dame Andrea compared the fight against green energy to that of Bomber Command, which was based in the county during World War Two.

Vishnu on a Vespa.

I suppose Bomber command did degrade a couple of hydro sites.

Are they seriously going to cancel Net Zero in 2029? Seems like tactics over strategy.

Killer Whale wrote: ↑Thu Jul 31, 2025 7:08 am

During the conference, Dame Andrea compared the fight against green energy to that of Bomber Command, which was based in the county during World War Two.

Vishnu on a Vespa.

Wilful, catastrophic, indiscriminate harm of civilian populations based on dogmatic and ineffective ideology, dressed up as patriotism - bang on.

(I want to stress I am talking about Harris and the strategy, not the crew of bombers sent into hell every night).

Yeah, chuck all this away.

Official figures show wind, solar, hydro and biomass generated 50.4% of UK power last year, up from 46.5% in 2023, due to record high levels of wind and bioenergy power.

At the same time fossil fuels – mainly gas – fell to a record low share of 31.8% of generation, with Britain’s last coal plant shutting in September 2024, the figures from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero show.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/national/2 ... cord-high/

Just us doing this green nonsense though.

Greenpeace UK’s head of climate, Mel Evans, described the renewables figures as “fantastic news”.

“More of our electricity than ever before is produced by the wind and the sun as we continue to move away from dirty gas.

“It’s also what we are seeing globally as last year renewables made up over nine tenths of new electricity capacity.”

Well we suspect they are mates of Putin.

Since Reform keep sending gaffe machine Sarah Pochin out on the media round, I can only assume that they can't think of anyone better:

She’s photogenic, I suppose, and outwardly normal-seeming. And she’s relatively articulate, though full of shite and hopelessly wrong on virtually everything.

Fancy getting handed yer arse by die-hard Swiss Tory. That's just embarrassing. Moving swiftly on to the lowest conceivable bar, he's more shaggable.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 31, 2025 4:03 pm She’s photogenic, I suppose, and outwardly normal-seeming. And she’s relatively articulate, though full of shite and hopelessly wrong on virtually everything.

And they know the rest of them are even more useless.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 31, 2025 4:03 pm She’s photogenic, I suppose..

You wot, mate? Should've gone to Specsavers.

Dalem Lake wrote: ↑Fri Aug 01, 2025 1:51 am

Abernathy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 31, 2025 4:03 pm She’s photogenic, I suppose..

You wot, mate? Should've gone to Specsavers.

It's all comparative. For a start compare her to Angry Anderson and Half Man Half Frog.

There' s only her, Tice and Anderson to share the media work. Tice is too posh, Anderson not fluent enough. So it's her. There's not really any penalty for a Reform politicians talking shit.

Of course, other places run the government like this, but would be quite the shift here. Reform aren't exactly known for their deference to experts. I can't see them getting through a general election campaign with this policy. "Who's going to be in your government? Um, not us!" More likely they'd do exactly what other parties have done with some posts. Put an expert in the Lords (eg Peter Hendy, the Rail Minister) and have a conventional elected politicians in the Commons to answer questions.

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The last PM to rise from business was Neville Chamberlain. He was particularly proud of the negotiating skills he'd acquired in 'the real world'.

The next 18 months might prove me wrong in comparing the DPP with the DA in US. The latter is a politician's job but the DPP thankfully isn't. Being impressive running a large organisation doesn't guarantee success in a political arena.

Farage has never been in government. Will he accept the king's invitation or suggest that Starmer has more experience and should get the job?