Category Archives: France

Farmer protests and the dangers of conservatism

Posted on March 3, 2024 by daryan12

Recently there’s been a number of farmers protests ongoing in France, and other parts of Europe, that I think warrant’s commenting on. Notably because the brexiters are sticking their noses in…oh the irony! In fact Fishy Ri$hi showed up to … Continue reading →

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Post Christmas news

Posted on January 3, 2024 by daryan12
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Fixing the pension time bomb

Posted on September 30, 2023 by daryan12

It was always the Tory plan to run the country into the ground, then blame labour for the mess. However, I think its suddenly dawning on them that they may have laid it on a bit thick (maybe they should … Continue reading →

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Nuclear hatchet job

Posted on May 24, 2023 by daryan12

A issue with working in the energy field is we get approached by people, who know nothing about the topic, trying to propose (on the basis of 5 minutes of google research) some cheap, easy solution that solves everything once … Continue reading →

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The chickens come home to roost on UK energy policy

Posted on March 15, 2022 by daryan12

For years I’ve warned of the dangers of the Tories policy on energy. Well now we see the inevitable end result. People in the UK are getting letters warning them of a massive increase in energy costs from April the … Continue reading →

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Why brexit makes the UK so attractive to people smugglers

Posted on November 27, 2021 by daryan12

Should you think I was being a little mean to the Tories with my last post, as regards refugee crossings in the channel, we need only wait a few days and we have Tory MP’s calling for those arriving to … Continue reading →

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Cop 26 cop out

Posted on November 1, 2021 by daryan12

So we now have world leaders jetting in to Scotland to discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (perhaps by them all being issued with a bicycle and told to cycle home?). My view is that this conference is a … Continue reading →

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The Boris climate spaff

Posted on October 29, 2021 by daryan12

Suffice to say, given who is hosting the COP 26 summit, I see very little chance of it achieving much, or anything meaningful being discussed. Even some of the corporate sponsors have started to complain about Johnson’s mismanagement. To which … Continue reading →

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The all too predictable outcomes of brexit…or we told you so!

Posted on January 13, 2021 by daryan12

This is a post from my other blog…. So we’ve started to see the effects of brexit. Gaps are starting to appear on shelves, notably in the Fresh food isles (I’ve been able to get everything I need, with a … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Requiem

Posted on November 13, 2018 by daryan12

As we know the nuclear industry is on life support right now. Globally we are seeing a trend whereby reactors are being turned off quicker than they can be replaced. And even those few reactor projects in play rarely extend … Continue reading →

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