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By Boiler
#98712
Don't forget though that we're being encouraged to switch away from gas to electrically-powered heat pumps for domestic heating and the demand for power there may well have to come from CCGT power stations.
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By Tubby Isaacs
#98736
Boiler wrote: Tue Oct 28, 2025 10:54 am Don't forget though that we're being encouraged to switch away from gas to electrically-powered heat pumps for domestic heating and the demand for power there may well have to come from CCGT power stations.
We're not going as fast for heat pumps as some people say we might, I wonder if this might be deliberate in terms of what the grid can cope with.
By Youngian
#98738
A lot of people over on Bluesky are feeling incredibly smug about this poll.
Terrible takes that don't provide anything convincing as to why Labour is so unpopular. Pretty sure not being more like the Greens isn't among the main reasons.
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By Tubby Isaacs
#98739
Guardian lead story. Part 100 in a never ending series of the government can't do anything, ever.
Plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks are costly and complicated, experts say
Exclusive: Organisations warn using the barracks in Sussex and Inverness may be more expensive than hotels
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By Tubby Isaacs
#98740
Youngian wrote: Tue Oct 28, 2025 3:31 pm Terrible takes that don't provide anything convincing as to why Labour is so unpopular. Pretty sure not being more like the Greens isn't among the main reasons.
Someone on Bluesky pointed out that populist parties of all kinds get away with more than the others. I'd guess that Zack's wealth tax has been spent quite a few times already, even by his own implausible estimates.

Labour being more like Zack would probably be more popular. Then inflation and interest rates and borrowing costs would rise, and Zack would probably suggest price and capital controls.
By Youngian
#98741
Zack was doing fine in an interview with Lewis Goddall until getting onto NATO and Putin's wars. What a fudging muddle, he even fell back on 'Putin hasn't threatened the UK with war.' Is he secretly Peter Hitchens?
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By Tubby Isaacs
#98742
They think the same as Zarah Sultana- that it's all a con to earn money for arms companies and keep the public scared. Which was more plausible before Russia actually invaded and then invaded more. Ellie Chowns when asked about Defence just tried to change the subject to da real issues- overseas development.
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