Last year, for the first time, Britain generated more electricity from wind turbines than from coal. According to Carbon Brief, a website that tracks developments in energy policy, coal accounted for 9.2% of the UK’s output in 2016, down from 22.6% the previous year; while wind accounted for 11.5%. As recently as 2013, coal accounted …
The following extract was written for the Daily Telegraph, a right-wing publication, with associated agenda. Nonetheless, Mr. Warner has a point. “There are some Europeans who believe that the UK’s disruptive influence was at the root of all the EU’s problems, and that they can now revert to business as usual. This is a huge …
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In my humble opinion, France is one of the world’s greatest countries. It is a beautiful country with elegant cities, magnificent countries, lofty mountains and (albeit decreasingly), unspoilt beaches. It has punched well above its weight in its contributions to philosophy, economics, art, music, science and literature. Having been devastated by World War 2, it successfully …
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Trump’s first employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the economy has added 227,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is currently 4.8 percent. This is close to full employment. (Yes, thank you, Obama. Think of the mess he inherited). So when the new Administration “supercharges” the economy with big handouts to the already super-rich, …
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On this blog we have discussed the power of the college and university administrators and the corresponding loss of power of the academics and university workers. In healthcare there has been a similar revolution, introduced under the guise of unquestioned ‘best practice’. It is seldom discussed or debated. The advent of neoliberalism (or Thatcherism) in …
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