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she drew a rickety heart and a bent arrow, and it hurt like hell
I don't think we're really disagreeing on much here. I'm just saying we need to raise taxes to do everything we need to do, so national security is an excellent political rationale to do what would be of general benefit anyway.
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I don't think we're really disagreeing on much here. I'm just saying we need to raise taxes to do everything we need to do, so national security is an excellent political rationale to do what would be of general benefit anyway.
Yeah, but to do the transition, you have to 'do' the transition. Easing off net zero is just a false economy now. As China, indeed, is showing.
January 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Yeah, but to do the transition, you have to 'do' the transition. Easing off net zero is just a false economy now. As China, indeed, is showing.
And that's what I mean. Reducing oil/gas import reliance is a defence expenditure.
January 19, 2026 at 5:56 PM
And that's what I mean. Reducing oil/gas import reliance is a defence expenditure.
So everyone has a defence spending plan until they get an oil embargo in the mouth?
January 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
So everyone has a defence spending plan until they get an oil embargo in the mouth?
I don't see what point you're making here? I am saying there are advantages to pursuing UK renewable and zero carbon (yes, including nuclear) that are of net industrial, economic and security benefit. Investing in assets is a different type of 'affordable' to living at the caprice of the oil market
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I don't see what point you're making here? I am saying there are advantages to pursuing UK renewable and zero carbon (yes, including nuclear) that are of net industrial, economic and security benefit. Investing in assets is a different type of 'affordable' to living at the caprice of the oil market
That's an obtuse reading of my point, don't you think? What part of a disaster that ends northern european agriculture will conveniently spare all other aspects of our society and economy?
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
That's an obtuse reading of my point, don't you think? What part of a disaster that ends northern european agriculture will conveniently spare all other aspects of our society and economy?
Wut? How does that follow? My point is that 'afford' is an entirely subjective term. On the emissions side the UK's contribution might not be material in itself, but delaying a transition is just spending more on an increasingly vulnerable dead-end energy source. Why not seize initiative?
January 19, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Wut? How does that follow? My point is that 'afford' is an entirely subjective term. On the emissions side the UK's contribution might not be material in itself, but delaying a transition is just spending more on an increasingly vulnerable dead-end energy source. Why not seize initiative?
That's irrelevant though. We can't 'afford' any of these things if northern european agriculture is unviable. But we'll still have to cope with it, so then it becomes a question of what 'afford' means.
January 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
That's irrelevant though. We can't 'afford' any of these things if northern european agriculture is unviable. But we'll still have to cope with it, so then it becomes a question of what 'afford' means.
No, the absolute opposite - you use the opportunity provided by the security element of the crisis to accelerate decarbonisation/renewables. We won't be able to 'revisit' the AMOC shutting down.
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
No, the absolute opposite - you use the opportunity provided by the security element of the crisis to accelerate decarbonisation/renewables. We won't be able to 'revisit' the AMOC shutting down.
It just popped in there.
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
It just popped in there.
They used to! www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
(Assume they binned because the sample size became too unreliable)
(Assume they binned because the sample size became too unreliable)
International Passenger Survey 4.03, country of birth by country of last or next residence (Discontinued after 2019)
- Office for National Statistics
International Passenger Survey detailed estimates of Long-Term International Migration: Country of birth by country of last or next residence. UK, - Underlying datasheet 3.
www.ons.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
They used to! www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
(Assume they binned because the sample size became too unreliable)
(Assume they binned because the sample size became too unreliable)
Maybe. I suppose the closer you are to the nationality or culture being stereotyped the more it sets your teeth on edge? A bit like 'ChatGPT is convincing until it's talking about something you know about.'
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Maybe. I suppose the closer you are to the nationality or culture being stereotyped the more it sets your teeth on edge? A bit like 'ChatGPT is convincing until it's talking about something you know about.'
The bloke who takes over Caerphilly castle and dedicates it all to 'Her Majesty' *forelock tug*. Just, OMFG no.
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The bloke who takes over Caerphilly castle and dedicates it all to 'Her Majesty' *forelock tug*. Just, OMFG no.
I don't know why you think posting all these wiki links supports any point you are trying to make.
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I don't know why you think posting all these wiki links supports any point you are trying to make.
No, you've made some assertions that are ahistorical bollocks. If you accept that Celtic people lived in the British isles everything else you say is flawed.
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
No, you've made some assertions that are ahistorical bollocks. If you accept that Celtic people lived in the British isles everything else you say is flawed.
Yeah, I think you're missing the point
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Yeah, I think you're missing the point
I'm sure you're going to be able to tell me exactly what the 'modern' notion of 'British' is, and everyone will be thoroughly satisfied.
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm sure you're going to be able to tell me exactly what the 'modern' notion of 'British' is, and everyone will be thoroughly satisfied.
Where do you think 'Celtic' Britons lived?
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Where do you think 'Celtic' Britons lived?
Haha, surely that would be the 'FU' line though?
October 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Haha, surely that would be the 'FU' line though?
Can't we infer it from the remainder? Adding the two totals, c55% and 32%-ish suggests somewhere about 10-13 per cent?
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Can't we infer it from the remainder? Adding the two totals, c55% and 32%-ish suggests somewhere about 10-13 per cent?
On the second point - if the rate of build-out of energy infrastructure exceeds the rate of renewable build-out, that's... problematical
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On the second point - if the rate of build-out of energy infrastructure exceeds the rate of renewable build-out, that's... problematical
Absolutely obsessed with this in the primary school library
October 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Absolutely obsessed with this in the primary school library