Labour will do whatever it thinks its phantom red wall voters want, just like it’s doing with Trump. Amidst all the triumphalism I hope at least a handful of MPs from whichever party will find it in … (View Post)

Opportunity for me to use my daily photo. I’m at my French place this week. See that wooden construction? An oak lean-to my neighbour got built last year, with rather fetching traditional wooden roof… (View Post)

A dystopian few pages to catch up on this evening. But not as dystopian as my day. The car got crunched by a slow moving lorry turning right out of a garage. Borderline write off / reparable, because… (View Post)

Total non sequitur. UK energy prices: highest in Europe due to marginal price of gas generation and a poor transmission system. And shit household insulation. Swedish energy prices: lowest in Europe,… (View Post)

I see I’ve been beaten to the CBAM point, but this is important. The EU led the way on carbon credits, and it’s now leading the way (with the UK in lockstep) on CBAM. It’s not a tariff, because it si… (View Post)