Current Affairs Liz Truss

[Nobby Nobbs]

The scruffy part near St Columba’s….

Think it’s a bit more than the scruffy part mate, worked in the area for large part of my working life, and all I can say is that it was an education in survival. Prinie drive lad myself.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

Would it really matter. Finally, and it’s only because Putin has woken us all up, the country will put energy supply on a strategic path. It will take time, and we may even have a Labour government at some point, but it needs to be done, it won’t be cheap but will pay back in the long run…..

Yes. But you blamed the Labour Party for our position which is a ridiculous thing to say.

 

[peteblue]

Yes. But you blamed the Labour Party for our position which is a ridiculous thing to say.

It is in regard to nuclear power. No nuclear plant has been built for 25 years…so Blair, Brown, Cameron and co all slept at the wheel in respect of energy security……

 

[Dan Tanner]

After meeting Truss has the Queen finally said, "right that's me done..."

 

[Jebus_lives]

Operation Tower Bridge?

London bridge

 

[Charlie Sweet]

It is in regard to nuclear power. No nuclear plant has been built for 25 years…so Blair, Brown, Cameron and co all slept at the wheel in respect of energy security……

No. That's just not fair. I might be wrong but I understand we (Labour) got 4 new sites ready and through the planning system. That's a lot of the hard yards. They've sat on the sidelines under 12.5 TWELVE years of Tory rule.

 

[Haydn]

Would it really matter. Finally, and it’s only because Putin has woken us all up, the country will put energy supply on a strategic path. It will take time, and we may even have a Labour government at some point, but it needs to be done, it won’t be cheap but will pay back in the long run…..

Pete, as a fundamental cornerstone of any so called developed country, an energy strategy should always have been at the top of the to-do list.

Not having one in place is criminal.

In regard to Putin’s recent intervention, a blind man on a galloping horse, would have seen this move coming. A strategic review, ahead of the blonde warrior leaping in to support Ukraine, should surely have identified this likely outcome and the UK’s need to prepare for this eventuality.

Oh shiz, didn’t see that coming, is as dumb as it gets.

 

[Haydn]

It is in regard to nuclear power. No nuclear plant has been built for 25 years…so Blair, Brown, Cameron and co all slept at the wheel in respect of energy security……

Pete, industry analysis, not political sniping.

Conclusion
It is very difficult not to argue that all of these challenges, technological and financial, would not be reduced if the UK government still owned companies that were specialists in nuclear power.

If Boris Johnson wants to blame anyone for the failure to attract long-term investment into the UK’s nuclear power sector, the governments of Margaret Thatcher and their commitment to privatisation seem a better scapegoat.

A history of radioactive decay: Who really messed up the UK’s nuclear industry?

Conservatives like to blame Labour for a lack of UK nuclear power investment, but the cause is privatisation and neglect under both parties.

www.investmentmonitor.ai

 

[Yarrgh]

Looks like Liz Truss killed the queen

Am I in Team Liz now? I am confused.

 

[Yarrgh]

No. That's just not fair. I might be wrong but I understand we (Labour) got 4 new sites ready and through the planning system. That's a lot of the hard yards. They've sat on the sidelines under 12.5 TWELVE years of Tory rule.

Correct. Though the Tories progressed them initially, they pulled the plug over the strike price which is my recollection. A distinct lack of foresight over energy security, but if they'd green lighted things, then they'd also have been pilloried for tying us into an expensive energy future.

Wrong decision but politically I can understand this one to a degree.

 

[Haydn]

Correct. Though the Tories progressed them initially, they pulled the plug over the strike price which is my recollection. A distinct lack of foresight over energy security, but if they'd green lighted things, then they'd also have been pilloried for tying us into an expensive energy future.

Wrong decision but politically I can understand this one to a degree.

The need for complex pricing agreements only arise because the nuclear power industry was privatised.

 

[Yarrgh]

The need for complex pricing agreements only arise because the nuclear power industry was privatised.

Be interesting if we get a "nationalised" one too...

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Meeting Liz Truss has finished off old Liz, it seems.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

No. That's just not fair. I might be wrong but I understand we (Labour) got 4 new sites ready and through the planning system. That's a lot of the hard yards. They've sat on the sidelines under 12.5 TWELVE years of Tory rule.

This is correct. The feasebility and planning studies were part of the deal that set up the NDA. Current sites under decommissioning are still state owned, but operated by private companies.

 

[peteblue]

Pete, as a fundamental cornerstone of any so called developed country, an energy strategy should always have been at the top of the to-do list.

Not having one in place is criminal.

In regard to Putin’s recent intervention, a blind man on a galloping horse, would have seen this move coming. A strategic review, ahead of the blonde warrior leaping in to support Ukraine, should surely have identified this likely outcome and the UK’s need to prepare for this eventuality.

Oh shiz, didn’t see that coming, is as dumb as it gets.

Trump called it correctly over NS2 …..