Wow, top article on UK National Emergency Briefing! By Claire Pool <notes name>.
"food supply crisis cd cause civil unrest in the U.K. within the next decade, food security experts say". 👍
Mentions WW2 and mobilisation twice. Very good! Establish this image so itemised rationing is the logical next.

Yes. 8% is the global reduction rate from the start of 2026 &for an “83% chance of not exceeding 2°C” (based on Lamboll et al 2023 budgets). Include a relatively weak interpretation of international equity & the UK reduction rate would be nearer 13%pa; similar to that for most ‘developed’ countries.

Hi Dan So the nuclear thing is a new levy on electricity at a time everyone is screaming to remove levies from electricity? Also do you know how the CCUS subsidy is funded - from levies or general taxation? thanks.

… ending support for oil and gas. Move the billions of subsidies for oil and gas into renewables and retrofit.

… continued oil and gas production. Just transition shouldnt be about rolling a red carpet connecting each individual o&g worker with a specific new job.
There will be no Just Transition without transition. And that is much more about supply and demand. Creating demand with heat pumps and EVs and…

… link future O&G job losses to new green jobs. You are supporting the O&G climate delay narrative which is actually a (false) demand side argument - that we must continue to support (subtext: use) oil and gas to avoid job losses. Yes we need many new green jobs but don’t create an excuse for …

The main driver of job losses is geology and not net zero. many thousands of O&G jobs have been lost over recent decades due to geology. And jobs were created in other sectors from science, social care to many other sectors. We still have near full employment. So why are you now choosing to …

Clearly the aim here is political rather than economic: it’s about building credibility with markets ahead of a push for independence

That’s fine - as long as politicians are clear that’s the aim, and don’t mislead the public by acting like this will result in more investment

PMs aren’t elected - MPs are. And no one voted for a Labour MP in 2024 based on Keir Starmers vision - he didn’t have one and that’s why Labour is where it is now. What matters is how elected MPs act to represent their constituents both in parliament and as PM selectorate.

Heat in Buildings Bill appears to have been dropped and yet another Heat in Buildings Strategy (presumably with yet another consultation) is there in its place. Woeful.

Hasn’t this test been set and failed before? Is there any basis in track record for thinking they’ll follow through on much/ any of this? I’ve only skimmed the buildings annex and it’s watered down, delayed, rehashed. But not at all surprising. I won’t be surprised if they bin PRS MEES this parly.

If the price of an additional unit of supply is zero, why would anybody build additional generation capacity? Doesnt that mean it make no money?

Good stuff from Tavsih? from Aberdeen Uni calling out the misinformation on the true drivers of O&G job losses including price volatility, productivity improvements and basin depletion - NOT CLIMATE POLICY.