dennis clark

A 🧵 It’s time to put an immediate end to ULEZ because TFL can’t protect your Personal Data. Hey @MayorofLondon @TFL @ICOnews I have questions. Over recent months TFL have had multiple ULEZ cameras removed from live traffic monitoring sites.

I can't kid myself. Despite my loathing of the Tories, I know damn well that a Labour government will be immeasurably worse. The average MP is a thick, lazy, opportunistic liar, but Labour MPs tend to be vile characters also. You have to be to be attracted to that kind of politics. Starmer is a passable human being who can, on occasion, be reasoned with, but the rest of them are stupid and nasty, dipping into the dangerously ignorant. Sadiq Khan is perhaps the worst of them. There isn't a leftist bandwagon he won't jump on. He lies without remorse or a hint of shame. The man has more snake DNA than of man with a vindictive streak a mile wide. Your average Labour MP has most of these qualities, but with half the intelligence of Khan. If these people do form a government, there is no telling what kind of damage they could do. I know how bad the Tories are - but that's largely because they're supine and venal. Britain is in decline because the Tories simply can't be bothered making political enemies and fighting the battles necessary to implement conservative policies. So long as their own nests are well feathered, they won't rock the boat. Consequently, the left tends to get its own way without a fight. Policy ends up being whatever is implemented downstream in public institutions and arms of the state without political oversight. There is nobody in the system in touch with the real world. It will get worse under a Labour government, because Starmer doesn't know how to govern a country and doesn't really know what makes Britain tick. The man has spent most of his working and political life in London, and genuinely believes Britain is a multicultural liberal country that simply took a wrong turn in 2016, and wants to take us back to Olympics 2012 Britain, before that cosmopolitan illusion was shattered. Having no ideas of his own, he will take his cue from the Tony Blair institute, and will work to restore the foreign aid NGOcracy to its former glory, where midranking transvestite officials with pronouns in their LinkedIn bios will dream up new and interesting ways to squander more money overseas - because they genuinely believe that's what it means to "lead on climate". Starmer will also attempt to reanimate the corpse of the green New Deal, promising green jobs, trotting out the same old mantras of regeneration and green recovery. Meanwhile, the profoundly idiotic Yvette Cooper will get busy looking for "safe and legal routes" by which to import more third worlders, and within a year we'll see a general amnesty for illegal immigrants in the asylum system. And Christ alone knows what junior ministers will do when they get stuck into schools and the NHS. It'll be the very worst of Blairite political correctness and welfare paternalism infused with American wokery. A bad acid trip that last for five years. But I'm just not prepared to hold my nose and vote Tory. We're being blackmailed into accepting Tory mediocrity, which in effect, on a long enough timeline, is no different to Labour. It either happens deliberately or as a result of Tory indifference. I can't vote against it but I'm not voting for it. Perhaps the only appropriate reply to this insult is to stuff the ballot paper firmly between my buttocks to soak up the arse gravy before depositing it in the ballot box. I am not voting for these deadbeat parasites. They do not represent me, nor could they. People who still vote for these creatures remind me of my sister's labrador, who upon discovery of anything long dead in the woods, enthusiastically rolls around it to cover himself in the stench, and then has to be meekly hosed down with cold water before being allowed back in the house. No matter how many times it happens, it simply doesn't learn. Put simply, if you're going to behave like a dumb animal, expect to be treated like one.

I'm going to keep repeating this for as long as it takes. The notion that the entire UK economy can undergo complete decarbonisation within a mere three decades is nothing short of delusional. Politicians have given zero thought to the vast complexities. It cannot be done. Even attempting it will cause lasting damage. Net Zero hinges on unproven technologies, many of which are far from being ready for large-scale implementation. Promised advancements in renewable energy, energy storage, and carbon capture remain largely theoretical, lacking commercial viability and scalability. Placing blind faith in these untested solutions is an irresponsible gamble with the UK's economic stability and energy security. Implementing Net Zero will impose an enormous financial burden on businesses and consumers alike. The exorbitant costs associated with transitioning infrastructure, retrofitting buildings, and establishing renewable energy sources will inevitably translate into higher energy prices and reduced competitiveness. These costs, borne out by struggling industries, will ultimately be passed on to consumers, creating an undue burden that hinders economic growth. The costs of meeting arbitrary emissions targets will cripple industries, decimating manufacturing and heavy industry. This will cause job losses, reduced productivity, and a decline in foreign investment. Worse still, our unilateral pursuit of Net Zero only serves to shift emissions elsewhere. "Carbon leakage", where industries relocate to countries with lax environmental regulations, will negate any progress made within UK borders, exacerbating global emissions. This futile endeavor undermines the credibility of UK. Meanwhile, our overdependence on unreliable energy sources, subject to the weather, jeopardises the stability and availability of energy supply, endangering the well-being of the vulnerable. Britain has enough problems without our quarter-wit politicians inventing new ones. Worse still, nobody asked for this and we don't get a say in it. This is an anti-democratic agenda. The problem is far bigger than Net Zero. It's the final nail in the coffin of British democracy.

Title of Sturgeon's memoirs released.

First shale gas is expected to flow from the Vaca Muerta basin to Buenos Aires in the coming weeks through the long-awaited Kirchner pipeline. This will allow cash-strapped Argentina to replace imports of gas from Bolivia and LNG,saving up to 4 bn in 2024. ft.com/content/a3982bb1-75cb…

This is good. #Biden #HunterBiden