Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Hungary,Spain and Ireland have acted to reduce fuel prices. Spain up to 30¢ per litre
The third world shit hole assigned £53m ... Whats that ... A few pennies per person but only the usual unwashed few get it |
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Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow "
How did we sow this?
Surely this is trump? |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow "
20 years of disastrous policies on food and energy when we should be strong in both.🤦♂️ |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow
20 years of disastrous policies on food and energy when we should be strong in both.🤦♂️"
How so?
We haven't been sufficient since old Queen Vic?
And we squander our energy in the eighties on funding unemployment and housing.
Not like the Nords!! |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow
How did we sow this?
Surely this is trump?"
Yes in the short term … but you could also argue that there is no long term emergency planning
For example, the uk use to have emergency LNG storage plants…. They were gotten rid off under the last conservative government |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow
How did we sow this?
Surely this is trump?
Yes in the short term … but you could also argue that there is no long term emergency planning
For example, the uk use to have emergency LNG storage plants…. They were gotten rid off under the last conservative government "
No storage
No new nuclear
No new North Sea drilling
Blowing up coal power stations
No compulsory solar on new builds
Solar parks on prime farmland so even less food security
Adding 10m to the population |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow
20 years of disastrous policies on food and energy when we should be strong in both.🤦♂️
How so?
We haven't been sufficient since old Queen Vic?
And we squander our energy in the eighties on funding unemployment and housing.
Not like the Nords!!"
Yes great days! We spent it on wine and women, and wasted the rest. |
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"Reported the UK is most vulnerable European country to jet fuel shortages.
Sainsbury’s out of diesel at the weekend.
Uk relying on imported energy, imported food and pressure from external market forces.
Reap what we sow
How did we sow this?
Surely this is trump?
Yes in the short term … but you could also argue that there is no long term emergency planning
For example, the uk use to have emergency LNG storage plants…. They were gotten rid off under the last conservative government
No storage
No new nuclear
No new North Sea drilling
Blowing up coal power stations
No compulsory solar on new builds
Solar parks on prime farmland so even less food security
Adding 10m to the population "
And planing originates? |
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Apparently Norway are sucking oil from the North Sea and selling it to us as electricity ( it’s green you know) and also as fuel. Why oh why have the UK shut down our own drilling in the North Sea !
It beggars belief what our politicians are thinking!
And this is not a pop at any one political party- they are all as bad as each other. Leaving us as a country open to world trading but no back up, no contingency plan or a plan B.
We must be the laughing stock of the world! |
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Planning is not traditionally in most people's natures. By that I mean "structured and consistent" planning. Not the day-to-day planning most of us employ.
Deliberate, structured planning is uncommon. This is the long-term, contingent, strategic and risk mitigation type of foresight. This level requires considerable effort, discipline and cognitive processing. Most people don't operate there consistently.
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Humans evolved for immediate survival and we are optimised for it. In uncertain environments, reactivity often beats long-term planning.
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Humans therefore tend to veer towards habits and heuristics.
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I should imagine there is not much course attention paid to long term planning in political and government schools.
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Starmer I would wager is one such individual who probably did study at that level. It comes across in the way he talks and operates. He's a strategic pragmatist in a controlled, incremental way. John Major also seemed of the same calibre (though he was a tactical stabiliser, in short to mid term strategy only. Long-term was not his forte).
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If you want ultra-long term, then Xi Jingping is a good example. He and his party plan in decades and with "generational objectives".
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I can't think of anyone in the UK at least who calls for infrastructure-level thinking and can make it happen.
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We're just not used to that, as we keep changing parties every 4-5 years. So we will never achieve the same generational vision or strategy as China, for example.
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I'm not sure we have much to offer in return. |
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"Apparently Norway are sucking oil from the North Sea and selling it to us as electricity ( it’s green you know) and also as fuel. Why oh why have the UK shut down our own drilling in the North Sea !
It beggars belief what our politicians are thinking!
And this is not a pop at any one political party- they are all as bad as each other. Leaving us as a country open to world trading but no back up, no contingency plan or a plan B.
We must be the laughing stock of the world!"
Norway nationalised their oil fields.
Gurs what Britain did!? |
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"Planning is not traditionally in most people's natures. By that I mean "structured and consistent" planning. Not the day-to-day planning most of us employ.
Deliberate, structured planning is uncommon. This is the long-term, contingent, strategic and risk mitigation type of foresight. This level requires considerable effort, discipline and cognitive processing. Most people don't operate there consistently.
.
Humans evolved for immediate survival and we are optimised for it. In uncertain environments, reactivity often beats long-term planning.
.
Humans therefore tend to veer towards habits and heuristics.
.
I should imagine there is not much course attention paid to long term planning in political and government schools.
.
Starmer I would wager is one such individual who probably did study at that level. It comes across in the way he talks and operates. He's a strategic pragmatist in a controlled, incremental way. John Major also seemed of the same calibre (though he was a tactical stabiliser, in short to mid term strategy only. Long-term was not his forte).
.
If you want ultra-long term, then Xi Jingping is a good example. He and his party plan in decades and with "generational objectives".
.
I can't think of anyone in the UK at least who calls for infrastructure-level thinking and can make it happen.
.
We're just not used to that, as we keep changing parties every 4-5 years. So we will never achieve the same generational vision or strategy as China, for example.
.
I'm not sure we have much to offer in return."
We can though.
Until relatively recently the UK did believe in science especially climate science.
And in long term goals about the health of the nation believed in the same.
Even Boris did!! |
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