Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Feeble
Rishi Sunak's 'tough decisions' evident in his home town of Southampton
Energy costs, lagging wages and long hospital waiting lists are some of the issues the new prime minister faces - and they're deeply felt by people in the city where he grew up.
Tough decisions? This one is pretty feeble -
Rishi Sunak reinstates fracking ban in another reversal of Truss policy
Liz Truss lifted the ban on fracking for shale gas the Tories implemented in 2019 as she said it will help with rising energy costs. But the measure was not backed by many Tories whose constituents are against fracking in their areas.
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Reinstating the fracking ban is an easy win for Sunak. There aren't a lot of people employed in the industry, but a lot of people and MPs want to keep their fields nice and pretty. The Greenies will have one stick less to beat him with, and fracking wouldn't make any difference while he is in office. For the next two years, we will be seeing a lot of decisions like this. A multi-millionaire just wanting his place in the history books while facing a Labour landslide means a lot of short-termism and virtue-signalling.
"whose constituents are against fracking in their areas": it seems pointless to despise the politicians when the people who ought to be despised are the electors.
Considering fracking installations are far less obtrusive and take up less room than solar or wind farms, I don't see the nimbyish objections as valid. The process dosn't cause earth quakes either but can trigger tremors which were going to occur anyway.
Sam - it will be an easy win among the usual suspects, but if we have a hard winter, it could be seen as a rich guy denying some temporary relief to the rest of us. It's a risky win I'd say.
dearieme - yes it's a major problem. Too many make nowhere near enough effort to be even a passably competent voter.
Tammly - I agree. At the moment the positives of fracking are an easily sell even with all the green screeching it would cause.
"There aren't a lot of people employed in the industry"
Well of course there aren't a lot of people employed in an industry that's not allowed to operate!
Maybe we actually need the lights to go out, before people come to their senses.
Sad.
Peter - I'm sure we do need the lights to go out before people come to their senses, but it could be a politically powerful jolt. I hope so.
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