Only because Kemi Badenoch is doing the selling. If the Conservatives were still the Sensible Party instead of a poor quality Reform tribute act, the leader would have no problem selling the merits o… (View Post)

. To be fair to the previous Conservative government, we would be in a worse place now if they HADN'T committed to Net Zero and started the journey away from the fossil fuels that are currently … (View Post)

OEUK [Industry lobby group] wants the Energy Profits Levy (EPL), often dubbed the "windfall tax", to be replaced as soon as possible with the new tax measure that was outlined by the govern… (View Post)

This. It's not just that we (Americans really) need to choose from a set of bad options. They need to choose from options they have made orders of magnitude worse because of this dumb and unnece… (View Post)

Excellent summary in my view of the strategic implications of the Iran War mainly from a US perspective. https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/ (View Post)