So the government commits to longer term thinking (Truss/Kwarteng) and gets slated. And now it’s getting slated for shorter term thinking.
Isn’t it about time our media realised they’re part of the problem, and every single day provides evidence that they encourage the very short-termism this article criticises?
It appears that the tail (media) is wagging the dog (everybody else). But isn’t it also true today that many, many more people constitute the media? Once upon a time the media meant just a few reporters running about trying to meet a deadline; today you start a blog and immediately become one of those reporters.
So, in this context it is not enough to report the obvious because everybody already knows the obvious.
Energy is indeed a massive priority but who can predict anything with authority? The world has had enough of experts (Covid) who really know nothing. If an energy expert came today and predicted something I think I would believe the exact opposite. Chaos is to be expected.
I couldn’t agree more Miss Emery. However I look forward with bated breath to the arrival of the “ Beast from the East”.
It is just the catalyst we need to shake us out of our current torpor, and off course, there will still be plenty of foxes to chase.
Beast from the east probably would do it, have read uk should be OK until December then Europe will start to run its storage down, if it can’t refill fast enough they won’t be able to export us any power, and competition for gas will be intense, so if we are lucky we might make Christmas before any serious disruption hits. I’m lucky enough to rent a place on a farm, dig for victory, we put in a log burner, ready to try 1900s style living. Be a bit different won’t it? Pigeon pie anyone? 🙂
As that renowned former member of the SAS, one Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944), put it so perfectly “if you are cold you are IMPROPERLY dressed”.
That man is a hero. Did you see the SAS thing the BBC have done? It’s actually brilliant, and all of it taken from the SAS archives, surprisingly good considering the BBC churned it out.
Sunak has announced that we’ll build 5 new warships. No word on upgrading or building new power plants. Got to love the priorities!
Rocky Martiano
1 year ago
So there’s nothing but short-term thinking in Whitehall and we’re kicking the budgetary can down the road. And this is news?
That conclusion could have been written at any time since 2008.
Jonathan Andrews
1 year ago
I appreciate the issues pointed out in this article and, certainly, the tax cuts of Truss/Kwarteng were nowhere near as reckless as claimed. However, weren’t their energy support promises similarly generous?
In any case, it seems extraordinary that Sunak reversed their decision to allow fracking.
Jonathan Andrews
1 year ago
I appreciate the issues pointed out in this article and, certainly, the tax cuts of Truss/Kwarteng were nowhere near as reckless as claimed. However, weren’t their energy support promises similarly generous?
In any case, it seems extraordinary that Sunak reversed their decision to allow fracking.
So the government commits to longer term thinking (Truss/Kwarteng) and gets slated. And now it’s getting slated for shorter term thinking.
Isn’t it about time our media realised they’re part of the problem, and every single day provides evidence that they encourage the very short-termism this article criticises?
It appears that the tail (media) is wagging the dog (everybody else). But isn’t it also true today that many, many more people constitute the media? Once upon a time the media meant just a few reporters running about trying to meet a deadline; today you start a blog and immediately become one of those reporters.
So, in this context it is not enough to report the obvious because everybody already knows the obvious.
Energy is indeed a massive priority but who can predict anything with authority? The world has had enough of experts (Covid) who really know nothing. If an energy expert came today and predicted something I think I would believe the exact opposite. Chaos is to be expected.
Go tell people on the left and the right that they are wrong.
We who are about to die salute you!
Great article, good on you Mr pilkington, I am really quite alarmed by the government/ press silence on this one too. We really have got some interesting times ahead.
This is the only politician in the press I have seen being honest about the situation: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-22/europe-faces-up-to-10-difficult-winters-belgian-premier-warns
I couldn’t agree more Miss Emery. However I look forward with bated breath to the arrival of the “ Beast from the East”.
It is just the catalyst we need to shake us out of our current torpor, and off course, there will still be plenty of foxes to chase.
Beast from the east probably would do it, have read uk should be OK until December then Europe will start to run its storage down, if it can’t refill fast enough they won’t be able to export us any power, and competition for gas will be intense, so if we are lucky we might make Christmas before any serious disruption hits. I’m lucky enough to rent a place on a farm, dig for victory, we put in a log burner, ready to try 1900s style living. Be a bit different won’t it? Pigeon pie anyone? 🙂
As that renowned former member of the SAS, one Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944), put it so perfectly “if you are cold you are IMPROPERLY dressed”.
That man is a hero. Did you see the SAS thing the BBC have done? It’s actually brilliant, and all of it taken from the SAS archives, surprisingly good considering the BBC churned it out.
Agreed!
Sunak has announced that we’ll build 5 new warships. No word on upgrading or building new power plants. Got to love the priorities!
So there’s nothing but short-term thinking in Whitehall and we’re kicking the budgetary can down the road. And this is news?
That conclusion could have been written at any time since 2008.
I appreciate the issues pointed out in this article and, certainly, the tax cuts of Truss/Kwarteng were nowhere near as reckless as claimed. However, weren’t their energy support promises similarly generous?
In any case, it seems extraordinary that Sunak reversed their decision to allow fracking.
I appreciate the issues pointed out in this article and, certainly, the tax cuts of Truss/Kwarteng were nowhere near as reckless as claimed. However, weren’t their energy support promises similarly generous?
In any case, it seems extraordinary that Sunak reversed their decision to allow fracking.