Yes, a hard winter could mark a turning point in the march to Net Zero. And wreck quite a few political careers.

Unfortunately Tom is quite a rare beast in Anglo politics. A good few have projected a radical image by pushing some non conforming ideas but have a disconcerting habit of reverting to the party orthodoxy when the heat is on. And it’s gonna get hot for politicians this winter. Those choosing to defend the indefensible will find more than a few key board warriors getting on their case, but turning up in person to deliver a sharp message.

He thinks the ‘Welsh Government’ is corrupt! I’m warming to him already.

Surprisingly there’s an English Tory MP (as are many) waiting in the wings called Tom Tugendhat lined up to replace Boris. He’s been saying some really strange things. Like respecting the election result in the northern counties of Ireland, sitting down with Nicola Sturgeon and even accused the Welsh Government of being corrupt. Turns out he’s some kind of ex-colonel in the army. It’s wrong to assume that those of a conservative viewpoint is automatically anti-Welsh as the trendy left like to project. If independence is our goal then there needs to be some straight and honest discussion on the roadmap to achieve it. That will involve drawing a line in the sand with English MPs in the Westminster House but it has to be someone honest and can be relied on to honour deals and not propping up other Brit parties of convenience.

Nuclear fusion is what the world should be throwing its weight behind. Of course, OPEC states and Big Fossil Fuels will hate it.

The problem with all these initiatives is that they end up being anti-European because only the EU and the UK are stupid enough to fall for the bullshit. The countries you mention, which account for 80% or more of emissions / pollution just say “Sod you!”. Though Sleepy Joe has cut back a bit, and he’ll pay the price in the November mid-terms, because if there’s one thing Americans insist on it’s cheap gas, man.

Big difference between “cleaning up” and the Net Zero at any cost position so favoured by today’s influencers. Either position is weakened by the exceptionalism of China, India, Brazil, Russia, and USA with other culprits forming up behind them. A lot of good advances were being made on cleaning-up technologies but they were not so attractive to lazy financial institutions because they needed a bit of engineering savvy to see how benefits could be reaped. Also the green gospels were so much more suited to the shallow people who just love gesture politics. Evolve “green” that brings real savings to ordinary paying consumers and it will get complete support. Until then the cynicism and suspicion is justified.

Something needs to be done about atmospheric pollution. Climate change belief or denial is tangential to the simple and inescapable truth that ceaselessly pumping shit into the atmosphere all life on this planet requires to survive, is never going to end well, is it?

In pragmatic terms, perhaps, but the longer he remains in power the bigger the insult to the people who followed the rules his government put in place, especially the case for those who did so at great personal loss, not being able to say goodbye to elderly relatives, etc.