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Mad Miliband’s British Net Zero Industrial Collapse
Mad Miliband’s British Net Zero Industrial Collapse
23 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: British politics
House of Lords reform: a Victorian perspective
18 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British history, British politics
Unlike the House of Commons, which underwent major ‘democratic’ reform in the 19th century, the Lords remained virtually unchanged during the entire Victorian period. With a new hereditary peers bill now entering its final stages, Dr Philip Salmon explores how and why the House of Lords was able to survive the ‘age of reform’, highlighting […]
House of Lords reform: a Victorian perspective
A new left UK party
09 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, politics Tags: British politics
The Guardian reports: Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have reached agreement over the launch of a new leftwing party after weeks of discussions, sending out a joint statement encouraging would-be supporters to register their interest. The new movement has yet to be named but has an interim website under the moniker of Your party. In a statement on X, the two […]
A new left UK party
The Frightening Cost of Net Zero
29 Jul 2025 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, Public Choice Tags: British politics, climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood I was reminded last week in a conversation with a GB News Editor about just how little understanding there is in the MSM of just how much Net Zero could end up costing the country. To some extent this ignorance has been deliberately engineered. The original Climate Change Act in 2008 […]
The Frightening Cost of Net Zero
Clean Power 2030 projects risk becoming stranded assets
22 Jul 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, climate activists, solar power, wind power
By Paul Homewood London: 17 July 2025 For immediate release Net Zero Watch: Clean Power 2030 projects risk becoming stranded assets Reform’s Richard Tice has written to green energy bosses warning them that a Nigel Farage-led government would terminate green subsidy contracts associated with Labour’s Clean Power 2030 agenda. He argues that the […]
Clean Power 2030 projects risk becoming stranded assets
Solar Farms Paid To Switch Off
06 Jul 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, solar power
By Paul Homewood h/t Doug Brodie/Philip Bratby It’s started already! From The Telegraph: British solar farms have been paid to switch off for the first time as sunny days prompt a surge of clean power that could overwhelm the grid.
Solar Farms Paid To Switch Off
British Blasphemy Prosecution: London Man Convicted After Burning Qur’an
05 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Blasphemy, British constitutional law, British politics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
We recently discussed how the United Kingdom has continued its erosion of free speech by pushing an effective blasphemy law. Now, a London man has been convicted of a “religiously aggravated public order offence.” Hamit Coskun, 50, a Turkish-born Armenian-Kurdish atheist was arrested after burning a Qur’an.
British Blasphemy Prosecution: London Man Convicted After Burning Qur’an
Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
30 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics Tags: Blasphemy, British politics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The latest Jesus and Mo cartoon, called “sky,” came with the caption, “Important court case today.” It’s this, from the National Secular Society: The prosecution of a man on trial tomorrow for burning a Quran could edge the UK “dangerously close to a prohibition on blasphemy”, the National Secular Society has warned. Hamit Coskun will stand […]
Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ blasphemy
National Grid Boss Admits Electricity Prices Will Rise To Pay For Net Zero
25 May 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, wind power
By Paul Homewood The Telegraph is reporting that the National Grid boss, John Pettigrew, is advising Miliband to reject zonal pricing, because it is a unneeded distraction.
National Grid Boss Admits Electricity Prices Will Rise To Pay For Net Zero
Britain Could Face Months-Long Blackouts Because of Net Zero
15 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, solar power, wind power
Britain’s rush to Net Zero could leave it vulnerable to months-long blackouts, as reliance on intermittent renewables strains the grid, escalating costs and jeopardising energy security. The Telegraph has more.
Britain Could Face Months-Long Blackouts Because of Net Zero
Why Is the US Economy Surging Ahead of the UK?
09 May 2025 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, macroeconomics, politics - USA, technological progress Tags: British politics
The US economy has emerged from the pandemic growing at a faster pace than the UK and other high-income countries. Simon Pittaway tackles the question of why in “Yanked away: Accounting for the post-pandemic productivity divergence between Britain and America” (Resolution Foundation, April 2025). The average standard of living in any economy, over time, will…
Why Is the US Economy Surging Ahead of the UK?
A new chapter in Canadian constitutional history? The King’s return to Parliament
06 May 2025 1 Comment
in economic history, politics Tags: British politics, Canada, constitutional law
Mark Carney announced last week that the King will open the Canadian Parliament in person later this month. It’s unusual for the Canadian Monarch to give the Speech from the Throne. The last time this happened was in 1977 when Queen Elizabeth II opened Parliament during her Silver Jubilee tour. Carney’s invitation is notable because […]
A new chapter in Canadian constitutional history? The King’s return to Parliament
‘A negative achievement’: Behind the scenes of the House of Lords Act 1999
06 May 2025 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
Ahead of major pieces of legislation designed to reform the composition of the House of Lords, and our recent event ‘Reforming the House of Lords’ discussing the history of this tricky issue, Dr Emma Peplow, Head of Contemporary History, draws upon our Oral History Project to revisit the last time significant reforms were introduced. The […]
‘A negative achievement’: Behind the scenes of the House of Lords Act 1999
Reform to ‘wage war’ against net zero ‘lunacy’ after local elections
05 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, solar power, wind power
The political pushback against futile climate obsession is moving forward. Voters who resent having their pockets picked via massive subsidies for renewables, while facing government pressure to buy expensive electric cars, unwanted heat pumps, and more, can clearly see an alternative. – – – Reform has said it will “wage war” against the “lunacy” of […]
Reform to ‘wage war’ against net zero ‘lunacy’ after local elections
Former British PM Tony Blair Slams Net Zero as “Irrational”
01 May 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics
Hangon, didn’t Blair help make Net Zero happen?
Former British PM Tony Blair Slams Net Zero as “Irrational”
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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