Stop voting for fucking Tories

[Paddington Bear]

As you say, no cosplay opportunities, but would demand proper funding, & planning.

It's also the only one that could actually deliver, or more likely, fail horribly, before the next GE, the rest of it is all more jam tomorrow.

If the Tories are running scared over the nimbys freaking out over onshore wind farms; how the hell are they going to sell them on a bunch of new Nuclear plants ???

What was announced today was new reactors at existing plants I think? Which is probably deliverable.

The NIMBY issue is astonishing and it's hard to look at British politics the same again once you grasp it IMO - NIMBYism is paralysing a government with an 80 seat majority years out from a general election, crippling chances at growth, affordable energy, housing etc, not to mention storing up massive problems for the Tory party in years to come. The worst part is that all polling suggests onshore wind is actually really popular - there's just a small minority who hate them who organise against it.

Easiest thing in the world to announce new nuclear power plants - done in safe knowledge that none will even get off the initial planning stage before next election so they can't be held to account for any non delivery but the Tories will now use this as a mantra for having 'got power fixed' or some such inane slogan. Announcing nuclear far easier to do than something that actually had to be delivered in the remaining time this clusterfuck of a Gov has, such as introducing and delivering home insulation to help those who can't afford bills and can be done relatively quickly and started almost immediately. Problem for the gov is they haven't any money left as a result of profligate spending in pandemic plus impact of Brexit so they can't actually come forward with any power strategy that they actually have to deliver plus their oil/gas big business buddies will get pissed off if they start trying to limit demand side of the equation. Hence the Blonde Bumblecunt's strategy is all about confirming existing plans, focusing on supply side and longer term. It does nothing for short-medium term.

I think there's some slightly muddled criticism here and in other comments - we have energy issues because for over 20 years + we've decided it's politically inconvenient to build power plants. If they can get the ball rolling on the new ones we need, great. I wouldn't want to criticise a government for thinking long term for a change!
Home insulation is important but plugs a gap until we can get new power plants online.

[Slick]

What was announced today was new reactors at existing plants I think? Which is probably deliverable.

The NIMBY issue is astonishing and it's hard to look at British politics the same again once you grasp it IMO - NIMBYism is paralysing a government with an 80 seat majority years out from a general election, crippling chances at growth, affordable energy, housing etc, not to mention storing up massive problems for the Tory party in years to come. The worst part is that all polling suggests onshore wind is actually really popular - there's just a small minority who hate them who organise against it.

Easiest thing in the world to announce new nuclear power plants - done in safe knowledge that none will even get off the initial planning stage before next election so they can't be held to account for any non delivery but the Tories will now use this as a mantra for having 'got power fixed' or some such inane slogan. Announcing nuclear far easier to do than something that actually had to be delivered in the remaining time this clusterfuck of a Gov has, such as introducing and delivering home insulation to help those who can't afford bills and can be done relatively quickly and started almost immediately. Problem for the gov is they haven't any money left as a result of profligate spending in pandemic plus impact of Brexit so they can't actually come forward with any power strategy that they actually have to deliver plus their oil/gas big business buddies will get pissed off if they start trying to limit demand side of the equation. Hence the Blonde Bumblecunt's strategy is all about confirming existing plans, focusing on supply side and longer term. It does nothing for short-medium term.

I think there's some slightly muddled criticism here and in other comments - we have energy issues because for over 20 years + we've decided it's politically inconvenient to build power plants. If they can get the ball rolling on the new ones we need, great. I wouldn't want to criticise a government for thinking long term for a change!
Home insulation is important but plugs a gap until we can get new power plants online.

Funnily enough I was in a meeting yesterday discussing Small Modular and Advanced Modular nuclear power - they reckon that if they get the go ahead they could get some up and running by 2026

[Rhubarb & Custard]

What a contemtible cunt of a man. The BBC link has a video embedded which shows him at his finest

A former cabinet minister has challenged the Grenfell inquiry not to waste his time while giving evidence, before getting the death toll from the disaster wrong.
Lord Pickles, who served as secretary of state at the then Department for Communities and Local Government between 2010 and 2015, sparked anger after he advised the inquiry’s senior counsel to “use your time wisely” as he had an extremely busy day.
Pickles said: “By all means sir, feel free to ask me as many questions as you like, but could I respectfully remind you that you did promise that we would be away this morning and I have changed my schedules to fit this in.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/20 ... ll-wrong
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-61029969

Give his references to time I would assume he'd consented to being there, it's certainly the norm, and this likely was arranged in advance with him receiving some assurances on time and the panel are supposed to proceed with fairness for all those involved, and he likely has that in mind. And whilst it's not a good look he wasn't that strident in his objection that perhaps the panel isn't proceeding in timely fashion, and he has then anyway proceeded to cancel his later diary appointments, and apologised.

There's plenty of genuine stuff to be outraged by in all this, the short term annoyance of a witness with proceedings (which happens all the time) we can surely just let slide

[Rinkals]

Easiest thing in the world to announce new nuclear power plants - done in safe knowledge that none will even get off the initial planning stage before next election so they can't be held to account for any non delivery but the Tories will now use this as a mantra for having 'got power fixed' or some such inane slogan. Announcing nuclear far easier to do than something that actually had to be delivered in the remaining time this clusterfuck of a Gov has, such as introducing and delivering home insulation to help those who can't afford bills and can be done relatively quickly and started almost immediately. Problem for the gov is they haven't any money left as a result of profligate spending in pandemic plus impact of Brexit so they can't actually come forward with any power strategy that they actually have to deliver plus their oil/gas big business buddies will get pissed off if they start trying to limit demand side of the equation. Hence the Blonde Bumblecunt's strategy is all about confirming existing plans, focusing on supply side and longer term. It does nothing for short-medium term.

I think there's some slightly muddled criticism here and in other comments - we have energy issues because for over 20 years + we've decided it's politically inconvenient to build power plants. If they can get the ball rolling on the new ones we need, great. I wouldn't want to criticise a government for thinking long term for a change!
Home insulation is important but plugs a gap until we can get new power plants online.

Funnily enough I was in a meeting yesterday discussing Small Modular and Advanced Modular nuclear power - they reckon that if they get the go ahead they could get some up and running by 2026

So, not tomorrow, then?

That surprises me; I thought small modular systems could be set up in a matter of weeks.

[SaintK]

What a contemtible cunt of a man. The BBC link has a video embedded which shows him at his finest

A former cabinet minister has challenged the Grenfell inquiry not to waste his time while giving evidence, before getting the death toll from the disaster wrong.
Lord Pickles, who served as secretary of state at the then Department for Communities and Local Government between 2010 and 2015, sparked anger after he advised the inquiry’s senior counsel to “use your time wisely” as he had an extremely busy day.
Pickles said: “By all means sir, feel free to ask me as many questions as you like, but could I respectfully remind you that you did promise that we would be away this morning and I have changed my schedules to fit this in.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/20 ... ll-wrong
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-61029969

Give his references to time I would assume he'd consented to being there, it's certainly the norm, and this likely was arranged in advance with him receiving some assurances on time and the panel are supposed to proceed with fairness for all those involved, and he likely has that in mind. And whilst it's not a good look he wasn't that strident in his objection that perhaps the panel isn't proceeding in timely fashion, and he has then anyway proceeded to cancel his later diary appointments, and apologised.

There's plenty of genuine stuff to be outraged by in all this, the short term annoyance of a witness with proceedings (which happens all the time) we can surely just let slide

It's his utterly tone-deaf pomposity that is reprehensible.
He was also Housing and Building minister under Cameron and was therefore responsible for a lot of building deregulation at that time

[SaintK]

I think there's some slightly muddled criticism here and in other comments - we have energy issues because for over 20 years + we've decided it's politically inconvenient to build power plants. If they can get the ball rolling on the new ones we need, great. I wouldn't want to criticise a government for thinking long term for a change!
Home insulation is important but plugs a gap until we can get new power plants online.

Funnily enough I was in a meeting yesterday discussing Small Modular and Advanced Modular nuclear power - they reckon that if they get the go ahead they could get some up and running by 2026

So, not tomorrow, then?

That surprises me; I thought small modular systems could be set up in a matter of weeks.

To be fair to Kwarteng (Huh!!!!) in an interview yesterday he quoted a medium term of 3 to 6 years for this.
Though we all know just how on time major govrnment projects come in on!

[Paddington Bear]

Easiest thing in the world to announce new nuclear power plants - done in safe knowledge that none will even get off the initial planning stage before next election so they can't be held to account for any non delivery but the Tories will now use this as a mantra for having 'got power fixed' or some such inane slogan. Announcing nuclear far easier to do than something that actually had to be delivered in the remaining time this clusterfuck of a Gov has, such as introducing and delivering home insulation to help those who can't afford bills and can be done relatively quickly and started almost immediately. Problem for the gov is they haven't any money left as a result of profligate spending in pandemic plus impact of Brexit so they can't actually come forward with any power strategy that they actually have to deliver plus their oil/gas big business buddies will get pissed off if they start trying to limit demand side of the equation. Hence the Blonde Bumblecunt's strategy is all about confirming existing plans, focusing on supply side and longer term. It does nothing for short-medium term.

I think there's some slightly muddled criticism here and in other comments - we have energy issues because for over 20 years + we've decided it's politically inconvenient to build power plants. If they can get the ball rolling on the new ones we need, great. I wouldn't want to criticise a government for thinking long term for a change!
Home insulation is important but plugs a gap until we can get new power plants online.

Funnily enough I was in a meeting yesterday discussing Small Modular and Advanced Modular nuclear power - they reckon that if they get the go ahead they could get some up and running by 2026

That would be quite something if they could, fingers crossed...

[petej]

Funnily enough I was in a meeting yesterday discussing Small Modular and Advanced Modular nuclear power - they reckon that if they get the go ahead they could get some up and running by 2026

So, not tomorrow, then?

That surprises me; I thought small modular systems could be set up in a matter of weeks.

To be fair to Kwarteng (Huh!!!!) in an interview yesterday he quoted a medium term of 3 to 6 years for this.
Though we all know just how on time major govrnment projects come in on!

Up and running by 2026? if you were talking to RR add at least 2years

[Rhubarb & Custard]

What a contemtible cunt of a man. The BBC link has a video embedded which shows him at his finest

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/20 ... ll-wrong
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-61029969

Give his references to time I would assume he'd consented to being there, it's certainly the norm, and this likely was arranged in advance with him receiving some assurances on time and the panel are supposed to proceed with fairness for all those involved, and he likely has that in mind. And whilst it's not a good look he wasn't that strident in his objection that perhaps the panel isn't proceeding in timely fashion, and he has then anyway proceeded to cancel his later diary appointments, and apologised.

There's plenty of genuine stuff to be outraged by in all this, the short term annoyance of a witness with proceedings (which happens all the time) we can surely just let slide

It's his utterly tone-deaf pomposity that is reprehensible.
He was also Housing and Building minister under Cameron and was therefore responsible for a lot of building deregulation at that time

It's not a good look and I agree there are serious questions on building standards as it pertains to Grenfell and wider that need to be addressed. But he wasn't that bad in the objection he raised (and I don't know how slow/behind they were in saying that), I've heard plenty worse, and he retracted, amended his schedule and apologised to the person in question and panel anyway. Put another way, his pomposity would have to be an awful lot worse before I'd even consider it, keeping the focus on the regs or lack of seems much more sensible

[Insane_Homer]

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Who is leaking against Sunak? Is it No.10 to engineer a Chancellor who'll sign off on anything Boris the Builder wants? Or is Sunak leaking against himself having realised that he's now unlikely to be able to take the top job and he's making the play of I'm a millionaire get me out of here?

[robmatic]

Who is leaking against Sunak? Is it No.10 to engineer a Chancellor who'll sign off on anything Boris the Builder wants? Or is Sunak leaking against himself having realised that he's now unlikely to be able to take the top job and he's making the play of I'm a millionaire get me out of here?

Or it's on behalf of whoever wants Liz Truss to be PM.

[JM2K6]

Give his references to time I would assume he'd consented to being there, it's certainly the norm, and this likely was arranged in advance with him receiving some assurances on time and the panel are supposed to proceed with fairness for all those involved, and he likely has that in mind. And whilst it's not a good look he wasn't that strident in his objection that perhaps the panel isn't proceeding in timely fashion, and he has then anyway proceeded to cancel his later diary appointments, and apologised.

There's plenty of genuine stuff to be outraged by in all this, the short term annoyance of a witness with proceedings (which happens all the time) we can surely just let slide

It's his utterly tone-deaf pomposity that is reprehensible.
He was also Housing and Building minister under Cameron and was therefore responsible for a lot of building deregulation at that time

It's not a good look and I agree there are serious questions on building standards as it pertains to Grenfell and wider that need to be addressed. But he wasn't that bad in the objection he raised (and I don't know how slow/behind they were in saying that), I've heard plenty worse, and he retracted, amended his schedule and apologised to the person in question and panel anyway. Put another way, his pomposity would have to be an awful lot worse before I'd even consider it, keeping the focus on the regs or lack of seems much more sensible

He wasn't complaining that it was taking too long, because it was about half way through proceedings and he had no way of knowing how many questions he was going to be asked. It was during a period of questioning that he clearly didn't like - it absolutely sounds like "I have better things to do so don't waste my time" on such a crucial topic. It's selfish, self-centered, utterly tone deaf, and appallingly ill-judged. Add on his fuckups re: the victims in his statements, and his potential culpability and it's not something that should be handwaved away. He acted like a cunt and given the position he's in it's worth pointing that out.

[SaintK]

Who is leaking against Sunak? Is it No.10 to engineer a Chancellor who'll sign off on anything Boris the Builder wants? Or is Sunak leaking against himself having realised that he's now unlikely to be able to take the top job and he's making the play of I'm a millionaire get me out of here?

Or it's on behalf of whoever wants Liz Truss to be PM.

There are such people?
No 10 must be the favourites. Can you imagine just how jealous the blonde slug must be of the Sunak's combined wealth

[salanya]

Sunak's wife announces she's going to be paying UK tax on her oversees income.

That's the gap in the NHS and care budget sorted then

[fishfoodie]

Sunak's wife announces she's going to be paying UK tax on her oversees income.

That's the gap in the NHS and care budget sorted then

But. But. I thought she couldn't do that, as she's an Indian citizen ...

It's the Tory specialty, & U-Turn 48 hrs too late, when the damage is already done, & others have made fools of themselves defending the indefensible

[salanya]

Sunak's wife announces she's going to be paying UK tax on her oversees income.

That's the gap in the NHS and care budget sorted then

But. But. I thought she couldn't do that, as she's an Indian citizen ...

It's the Tory specialty, & U-Turn 48 hrs too late, when the damage is already done, & others have made fools of themselves defending the indefensible

TBH, if it was the likes of Boris or Gove they would have just ignored it till the next scandal.

Rishi obviously still has ambitions and cares about his popularity.
Though if he wants to be prime minister of this country, maybe he should care a bit more about the economy and financial health of its population.

[Hal Jordan]

I don't much care for the Princess Nut Nuts stuff, but I wouldn't be surprised if Johnson hasn't had poison in his ear from Carrie after Sunak supposedly gutted the energy policy on cost grounds, what with the environment being her bag.

[Happyhooker]

aren't most of the current rishi stories being started by the independent.

which means it's definitely no10

[dpedin]

Sunak is toast now, his brief flirtation with possible PM status has faded away and he is now nothing more than a spoilt little rich brat in short trousers. He will never now be PM and I suspect he will soon retreat back into the murky waters of international finance and IT world of his multi millionaire father-in law's businesses. His little hobby of playing politics has bitten him and his missus on the arse and he isn't happy with being held to account publicly and made to look a prat, he will take his ball away and go off in the huff.

[fishfoodie]

Sunak is toast now, his brief flirtation with possible PM status has faded away and he is now nothing more than a spoilt little rich brat in short trousers. He will never now be PM and I suspect he will soon retreat back into the murky waters of international finance and IT world of his multi millionaire father-in law's businesses. His little hobby of playing politics has bitten him and his missus on the arse and he isn't happy with being held to account publicly and made to look a prat, he will take his ball away and go off in the huff.

and while all of that is true .... he's also probably the brightest, & most capable individual at Cabinet.

So what do you get next ?

Chancellor Nadine Dorries !

[Margin__Walker]

Sunak is toast now, his brief flirtation with possible PM status has faded away and he is now nothing more than a spoilt little rich brat in short trousers. He will never now be PM and I suspect he will soon retreat back into the murky waters of international finance and IT world of his multi millionaire father-in law's businesses. His little hobby of playing politics has bitten him and his missus on the arse and he isn't happy with being held to account publicly and made to look a prat, he will take his ball away and go off in the huff.

and while all of that is true .... he's also probably the brightest, & most capable individual at Cabinet.

So what do you get next ?

Chancellor Nadine Dorries !

I know it's a low bar in this cabinet, but he's not that bright if he didn't think all of this would be be an issue at some point.

[fishfoodie]

Sunak is toast now, his brief flirtation with possible PM status has faded away and he is now nothing more than a spoilt little rich brat in short trousers. He will never now be PM and I suspect he will soon retreat back into the murky waters of international finance and IT world of his multi millionaire father-in law's businesses. His little hobby of playing politics has bitten him and his missus on the arse and he isn't happy with being held to account publicly and made to look a prat, he will take his ball away and go off in the huff.

and while all of that is true .... he's also probably the brightest, & most capable individual at Cabinet.

So what do you get next ?

Chancellor Nadine Dorries !

I know it's a low bar in this cabinet, but he's not that bright if he didn't think all of this would be be an issue at some point.

I think he thought that he could just get away with it, like the bumblecunt has for years .....

[Hal Jordan]

I suspect he thought his riches would act as a shield against public scrutiny as they have prior to becoming a Cabinet member.

[Biffer]

So, not tomorrow, then?

That surprises me; I thought small modular systems could be set up in a matter of weeks.

To be fair to Kwarteng (Huh!!!!) in an interview yesterday he quoted a medium term of 3 to 6 years for this.
Though we all know just how on time major govrnment projects come in on!

Up and running by 2026? if you were talking to RR add at least 2years

Yeah, and add another two for planning permissiom

[Insane_Homer]

[SaintK]

Hope everyone got shot of their shares in Sunak stock before this week.
Their value is now at junk level.
What an entitled smarmy twat

[Insane_Homer]

The previous Tory Chancellor is also a tax dodger.

[Margin__Walker]

Yeah, not sure that will help the situation Rishi

[sefton]

They’ll never get to the bottom of it, it will be given to a civil servant who knows they are not supposed to find any embarrassing answers.

[C69]

Yeah, not sure that will help the situation Rishi

Lol, like Sunk would wants this to go to Court. The Chasm between Borish and Rishi is well and true gaping.
Clearly the Tory leak machine is going to go into over drive. Istillthink that there is traction with Partygate and Dom will drop bombshell at some point.
No way has he finished with Boris. We are going to have a paralysed infighting government for years to come.

[sefton]

No10 and No11 are making Tony and Gordon look like the special relationship.

[C69]

Rishi has now moved out of Downing Street

What a shit show

[fishfoodie]

Rishi has now moved out of Downing Street

What a shit show

Well he's probably fed up with living beside the neighbors from hell !

... I mean the Parties, & the Police are always in & out of the place

[C69]

Rishi has now moved out of Downing Street

What a shit show

Well he's probably fed up with living beside the neighbors from hell !

... I mean the Parties, & the Police are always in & out of the place

And the rumours of domestic abuse.
In other news Javid claimed non Dom status for years years

[sefton]

Rishi has now moved out of Downing Street

What a shit show

I thought it was just his wife and children.

[C69]

Rishi has now moved out of Downing Street

What a shit show

I thought it was just his wife and children.

Ah yes

[fishfoodie]

So do we know who was the last Tory Chancellor who ate their own dog food, in terms of paying the taxes they levied ?

Sunak - No
Javid - No
Hammond - ?

[PCPhil]

Not sure Rishi demanding an enquiry into who leaked his wifes tax details is that smart

A bit like a burglar making a demand in court for a police search for his ‘grass’.

[C69]

Not sure Rishi demanding an enquiry into who leaked his wifes tax details is that smart

A bit like a burglar making a demand in court for a police search for his ‘grass’.

Seems like this could get spicy