Warning as Vladimir Putin could attack Britain - by blocking out the SUN
The Telegraph reports that Kerry McCarthy, the climate minister, wrote in a letter: “The UK is a longstanding leader on climate action and an active international collaborator in scientific research. The Government recognises the need to understand the risks and impacts of [solar radiation modification] approaches that could be deployed by an independent or third-party actor. Robust scientific evidence is essential for informing responsible and inclusive governance.”
Robust scientific evidence is essential? It has not been essential in the past and Ed Miliband certainly manages without it.
As Scott Fitzgerald wrote over a century ago, at the top of the greasy pole, self-assurance and opportunism win out over technical knowledge.
We've known that for a long time.
It seemed to him that the essential element in these men at the top was their faith that their affairs were the very core of life. All other things being equal, self-assurance and opportunism won out over technical knowledge; it was obvious that the more expert work went on near the bottom — so, with appropriate efficiency, the technical experts were kept there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
It seemed to him that the essential element in these men at the top was their faith that their affairs were the very core of life. All other things being equal, self-assurance and opportunism won out over technical knowledge; it was obvious that the more expert work went on near the bottom — so, with appropriate efficiency, the technical experts were kept there.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
7 comments:
"The UK is a longstanding leader on climate action": what a shameful admission.
You can see why the more powerful he became, the more divorced from reality, until he finally achieved almost total delusion. I'm talking about Hitler of course, but because his lesson has not been learnt, it will apply now to Starmer and Milliband.
Interesting wife, FSF, interesting “friendship” with Hemingway, interesting writer.
dearieme - it is shameful. A longstanding follower would be bad enough, but leading it - shameful.
Tammly - they seem unable to stop digging too, dig, dig, dig and the hole gets bigger but still they don't see it.
James - I haven't read much about his wife, but she seems to have been something of a disaster.
There's little point in understanding what a foreign power such as Russia could do to affect our sunlight. Because if they could do it, there would be no way we could stop them.
As for the poor daughter, AKH, shifted from pillar to post ...
Sam - and Russians are probably too sane to try it anyway.
James - she seems to have come through it okay, although she did join the Democrats.
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