Saturday, 3 May 2025
Ed's Infallible Wisdom
Ed Miliband sacks Dame Mary Archer from net zero adviser role as Energy Secretary is accused of trying to 'suppress all opposition' to his policies
Dame Mary spent more than 15 years as a lecturer at Oxford and Cambridge Universities and founded both the National Energy Foundation and the UK Section of the International Solar Energy Society.
Her vast experience in the field even saw her awarded the Energy Institute's Melchett Medal, an award given to recipients 'for outstanding contributions to the science of fuel and energy'.
But the government said the decision to remove the 80-year-old was 'part of a wider restructuring of the departmental board'.
In regard to matters upon which his instinct had not suggested a course of action, George was always ready enough to be taught; indeed his respect for an expert was truly deferential. But when his instinct had begun to operate he would consult nobody and consider nobody, being deeply sure that infallible wisdom had been granted to him. (Nor did experience seem to teach him.)
Arnold Bennett – The Roll-Call (1918)
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Classic political move. When the Commissar realises that his instructions are not controlling reality as required the previously reliable experts get the (metaphorical) chop.
Nobody expects the Climate Inquisition!
It's a theme of this government. His boss has said that following the election drubbing, he will "go further and faster". It seems to be the only coordinated and joined up bit of thinking. Never change your mind, admit you were wrong, or learn from experience.
DJ - the internal response to Big Ed could be - "Everybody expects the Climate Inquisition!"
Sam - if they weren't so inept it would be more sinister than idiotic. The sinister aspect is still there though.
So, the less intelligent son of a Marxist academic continues to show the world what a numpty he is. Sacking an expert, just because she questions his politically motivated, tunnel visioned, plans, despite the evidence provided by the power failures in Europe recently, shows that his abilities have barely moved on from trying, and failing, to eat a bacon sandwich. In fact, numpty probably doesn't go far enough in describing Moribund. Moron? Cretin? Imbecile?
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Penseivat - "Moron? Cretin? Imbecile?"
All of them in any combination I'd say. He's like his leader, a long, long way from being bright enough to be an MP, let alone a Minister.
Wokeypedia reports that his A-levels were Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B) - plus English (A). Those sciencey scores suggest that the problem is not low IQ - unlike many in the cabinet - but, how to put it? - a wayward intellect. He's not all there, he's barmy, he's a zealot, he's Weird Ed. I've never seen a suggestion that he was wangled into an unearned place at Oxford, unlike his brother who undoubtedly was. Mind you, maybe Ed was too - after all he was born into the Marxist aristocracy - but I've seen no suggestion of it.
dearieme - Ed seems to highlight one of the problems with IQ, where it is possible to be formally intelligent in terms of IQ and education, but too barmy to avoid even grossly unintelligent zealotry. 'Weird Ed' seems about right even if loyalty to his father lies at the root of it.
dearieme - Moribund had proven that, despite his A's and B's, there is a huge gap between education and intelligence. Education tells you that a tomato is a fruit. Intelligence tells you not to put it in a fruit salad. I would suggest that he had failed to grasp this idea, no matter how many kitchens he has.
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