Nothing we do in terms of the North Sea will make one iota of difference to how much oil and gas we burn. That should be the criteria for whether any individual part of a net zero policy is sensible … (View Post)

From Russia with Love. The best Bond and also the best Bond villain in Robert Shaw. (View Post)

This is dumb and utterly illogical. Extracting from the North Sea rather than Norway or the Middle East has no impact at all on consumption. Oil and gas are not a resource whose useage is currently l… (View Post)

Doesn't change the fact that it was Major who pushed for ERM membership and then was so desperate for us to join that he agreed us joining at entirely the wrong rate. His downfall as a result wa… (View Post)

The Tories lost in 1997 because of one person - John Major. It was he who had pushed for Britain to join the ERM when he was Chancellor and it was entirely his fault that we then crashed out in 1992.… (View Post)