Trouble at mill


The Tories are not united on the eve of COP.

With just over a week to go before Boris Johnson hosts the largest ever gathering of world leaders in Britain, tensions are rising and tempers fraying in Downing Street.

The prime minister is said to be “irritated” by Alok Sharma, the man he appointed to chair the Cop26 conference in Glasgow — and the feeling appears to be mutual.

Those around Johnson suggest that the “bookish” Sharma doesn’t grasp the politics of the meeting and how it could backfire domestically. Those around Sharma are frustrated at No 10 for hyping expectations around what the two weeks of negotiations will achieve.


10 responses to “Trouble at mill”

  1. Bruce of Newcastle Avatar
    Bruce of Newcastle

    Amusing headline at WSJ just now:

    Energy-Stock Surge Leaves Climate-Focused Investors Behind (24 Oct)

    Literally dozens of electricity retailers in the UK have gone bankrupt this year already, because of of unreliable wind energy. When governments finally lose interest in renewable energy, and remove subsidies because they’ve run out of other people’s money, the crash is going to be epic.

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  2. Rafe Champion Avatar
    Rafe Champion

    I like the bit at the end of the story

    Those close to Johnson insist that he is committed to the net-zero agenda and will force his more sceptical colleagues, including Sunak, behind him.

    One ally said: “The boss has made a big punt on this stuff. The science is clear and so is he. He is determined to see it through.”

    Yes the science is clear, but not the way they read it.

    The wind droughts are equally clear and all the other engineering constraints. The RE Titanic forges ahead!

    Thanks for the WSJ piece. Fossil stocks surge, go woke and go broke will have real meaning before this caper is done.

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  3. jupes Avatar
    jupes

    Those around Sharma are frustrated at No 10 for hyping expectations around what the two weeks of negotiations will achieve.

    There is no doubt what the sanctimonious morons will “achieve”. The accelerated destruction of the West and rise of the Chicoms.

  4. bemused Avatar
    bemused

    Keeping in touch with what the enemy is saying, I saw this headline in the Age this morning:

    Why net zero by 2050 is good but not good enough

    https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/why-net-zero-by-2050-is-good-but-not-good-enough-20211025-p592v0.html – written by an associate perfesser

    You first perfesser; give up your emissions and show us the way.

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  5. Boambee John Avatar
    Boambee John

    bemused

    You first perfesser; give up your emissions and show us the way.

    No more long sabbaticals overseas, no privately plated car in the remuneration package?

  6. Kneel Avatar
    Kneel

    ” The science is clear…”

    So is the engineering, but that is never mentioned.

  7. Rabz Avatar
    Rabz

    the “bookish” Sharma doesn’t grasp the politics of the meeting and how it could backfire domestically

    Neither does that fat useless mop headed imbecile.

  8. Kneel Avatar
    Kneel

    “Neither does that fat useless mop headed imbecile.”

    Sorry, you’ll have to be more specific – which one, exactly?

  9. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    Those around Johnson suggest that the “bookish” Sharma doesn’t grasp the politics of the meeting and how it could backfire domestically. Those around Sharma are frustrated at No 10 for hyping expectations around what the two weeks of negotiations will achieve.

    This doesn’t add up – No. 10 is both hyping the conference but at the same time worried about the domestic backlash?

    No wonder Boris doesn’t seem to know whether he’s coming or going.

  10. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare Avatar
    Elizabeth (Lizzie) Beare

    No wonder Boris doesn’t seem to know whether he’s coming or going.

    He’s acting like someone with his mind elsewhere, there is a term for it, associated with the word ‘struck’, but I’m far too polite to elaborate on that. No-one but someone emotionally wrapped up with a very deep green partner could have so embarassingly have made that disastrous speech recently about Green is Good. He was almost pleading for the Greenie points with it.

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