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Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections
Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections
11 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - Australia, Public Choice Tags: British politics, net zero
The UK Labour slaughter
09 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics Tags: British politics
The scale of losses for UK Labour in their local elections is beyond massive. So far it is: I predicted at the end of 2025 that Starmer would not survive the year. I think that is still looking a good prediction. The post The UK Labour slaughter first appeared on Kiwiblog.
The UK Labour slaughter
The UK elections – how bad will Labour do
03 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics, Public Choice Tags: British politics
On 7 May, there will be elections in Scotland, Wales and much of England. Up will be: The latest poll projections have Labour losing around 1,700 of their 2,200 councillors with the gains being Reform +1,450, Greens +900, Lib Dems +330. Losing 80% of your seats is terrible. In the Welsh Senedd, Labour have 30…
The UK elections – how bad will Labour do
Solar power threatens to overwhelm electricity grid
17 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmentalism Tags: British politics, solar power
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Some of us have been warning about this for a long while! From the Telegraph: Energy chiefs are drawing up plans to stop the electricity grid being overwhelmed by solar power this summer. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) said it would be forced to use “more tools, more […]
Solar power threatens to overwhelm electricity grid
Francesca Jackson: King Charles, President Trump and the State Visit: Some Constitutional Considerations
08 Apr 2026 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, politics - Australia Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
Buckingham Palace has finally announced that the King and Queen’s planned visit to the US will indeed go ahead at the end of April 2026. After US President Donald Trump launched a string of verbal attacks on the UK Prime Minister, there had been growing calls for Keir Starmer to cancel the King’s visit, which […]
Francesca Jackson: King Charles, President Trump and the State Visit: Some Constitutional Considerations
Prime Ministers in the House of Lords
20 Mar 2026 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British history, British politics
The retirement of Lord Salisbury in 1902 marked the end of the last premiership undertaken from the House of Lords, but in the nineteenth century, more prime ministers led governments from the Lords than the Commons. In this article, Dr Kathryn Rix, of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, explores the history and significance of…
Prime Ministers in the House of Lords
From Compromise to Closure: The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
18 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, law and economics Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill has now completed its journey through Parliament. Although peers made several amendments to the bill, the Commons rejected most of them. In the end, the Lords chose not to insist on the rejected amendments by a voice vote, paving the way for Royal Assent. Once that happens, the […]
From Compromise to Closure: The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Against the UK Greens
16 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, politics Tags: British politics, regressive left
A strong criticism of the Green Party of England and Wales (often referred to collectively as the UK Greens) typically focuses on several themes: practicality, economic realism, ideological rigidity, and aspects of its foreign policy positions. In these respects, the UK Greens are even more extreme than the Australian Greens Party. 1. Policies Often Criticised as Economically […]
Against the UK Greens
A good UK police officer
15 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, British politics, free speech, Freedom of religion, regressive left
The Telegraph reports: A short video went viral last weekend that briefly restored my faith in British policing. It showed a female Metropolitan Police officer standing alone in Whitechapel, surrounded by a crowd of angry Muslim men, calmly defending the right of a Christian street preacher to preach. “In this country, we have freedom of speech,” she…
A good UK police officer
Britain has just two days of gas as Middle East flow runs dry
10 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, energy economics Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie Britain has as little as two days of gas stored up, raising fears of a potential crisis as supplies from the Middle East dry up. The UK’s gas reserves have shrunk from 18,000 GWh worth last year to 6,700 GWh – enough for just 1.5 days […]
Britain has just two days of gas as Middle East flow runs dry
The abomination of Britain’s Gorton and Denton by-election
28 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics Tags: British politics, regressive left
The UK is having one of its regular by-elections, this time in Gorton and Denton, a constituency in Manchester. The constituency was new at the 2024 election, and at the time was won by Labour’s Andrew Gwynne with 50.8% of the vote, with Reform a distant second on 14.1%. Gwynne had been an MP for…
The abomination of Britain’s Gorton and Denton by-election
No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Declares “I’m Afraid They are Going to Have to Arrest Me.”
25 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
In the classic movie comedy, A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese lamented, “do you have any idea what it’s like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing.” Now 86, Cleese has a more pressing concern about being English: whether his exercise of […]
No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Declares “I’m Afraid They are Going to Have to Arrest Me.”
The Case Against Net Zero
22 Feb 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood Robin Guenier has updated his Case Against Net Zero: In October 2008, Parliament passed the Climate Change Act requiring the Government to ensure that by 2050 ‘the net UK carbon account’ was reduced to a level at least 80% lower than that of 1990; this refers to CO2 and […]
The Case Against Net Zero
Starmer surrenders to EU net zero rules
15 Feb 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie From the Telegraph: Sir Keir Starmer has drawn up plans under which the UK will ramp up its net zero targets and cede control over its energy policy as part of closer alignment with Brussels.
Starmer surrenders to EU net zero rules
Starmer Government Greenlights 15 Minute City Legal Enforcement
02 Feb 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: British politics
Ordinary residents of trial cities will only be permitted 100 days per year outside their 15 minute region. But special people get a free pass.
Starmer Government Greenlights 15 Minute City Legal Enforcement
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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