Climate cakeism
The UK government and the Climate Change Committee (CCC), with its 7th Carbon Budget, are keen to portray a "cakeism" narrative, suggesting that economic growth and net zero emissions are easily achie...
3 Mar 202515min
Why are UK energy prices so high?
The UK has very expensive electricity for both the industrial sectors and consumers, despite the government’s policies that are intended to deliver the exact opposite. It’s damaging not only the dwind...
12 Feb 202514min
Crossing the Rubicon – what it really takes to grow an economy
Economic growth is the government’s new mantra, but what exactly does it mean, and how exactly is it achieved? Who is going to pay for it? The government does not appear to have answers – at least, no...
3 Feb 202516min
Energy costs and economic growth
The government’s number one mission is to grow the economy, by building more houses and sprinting to net zero by 2030. On the energy side, we’re told that investment in renewables will lower our elect...
21 Jan 202515min
The great COP-out
As the many tens of thousands fly back home from Baku after this year’s COP, where have the 29 attempts among the world’s nations to tackle climate change got us? The concentration of carbon in the at...
27 Nov 202412min
The UK’s new growth industry – regulation
The British economy is going to see more regulators, more regulatory bodies, more intervention in the private sector – all requiring businesses, on the other side of the regulatory rules, to spend mor...
30 Okt 202415min
Transformation – a case of blood, sweat, tears … and many years
The government is planning radical transformation, to health, education, rail travel, and with a view to achieving net zero electricity by 2030. These bold plans raise questions about what is going to...
26 Sep 202414min
Britain's four fundamental economic problems
The government’s overriding objective is economic growth, and it plans to get there by building lots more houses, and a dash for net zero electricity with the implausible target of 2030. There may be ...
23 Sep 202415min
