ALAN SIMPSON
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“Everything we do during and after this crisis must be with a strong focus on building more equal, inclusive and sustainable economies and societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change, and the many other global challenges we face.” This call could have come from any of the Labour Leadership candidates,…
Coronavirus: A Very British Cull The nation is at war. Peacetime production has slumped, foreign travel collapsed, casualties rise. In every part of the country, people anxiously worry about how to avoid the enemy. This time, however, it is germs, not Germans, that we fear. Even the Germans are under attack. Medically, economically and politically,…
It didn’t have to be coronavirus. It didn’t have to be Storm Ciara (or Dennis, or Jorge). The delusions of neoliberalism stand at the edge of an implosion just waiting to happen. But, as with the Emperor’s New Clothes, global Leaders are too fearful to say that their economic model has been stripped naked. How quickly delusions crumble.
Where does Labour go now? Parliament starts the new decade with Labour still in a state of grief…and anger…about its crushing election defeat. It’s a good place to start. If we’re brutally honest, the real grief is not rooted in the depleted number of Labour MPs, nor in the personal tragedy defeat meant for Jeremy…
International lessons in decentralising Britain’s energy system Britain has to cut its carbon emissions in half within the coming decade to meet the IPCC and Paris climate targets. Decentralised energy will be a key to doing so. Since 2010, financial levers have been skewed in favour of the transnational, the unaccountable and e non-renewable. Smart…
At a time riven by contradictions and confusion, it is important to celebrate what’s worth celebrating. Labour’s pre-manifesto pledges – to build only zero-carbon homes from 2022, and to make 27 million homes energy efficient by 2030 – could mark the beginning of a climate politics General Election. Not before time. It isn’t just that…
Transformation Moment
My pamphlet 'Transformation Moment' is intended to support the case for a radical shift in energy thinking; as much about democracy as technology, and about 'systems' rather than just supply.
And next year it will all add up to 2021. Think it through. 🤔🤭 Doh!!
Strange but seems correct.
BREAKING: Vatican designates Barnard Castle a sacred site after thousands of blind pilgrims are miraculously cured over the past 24 hours.
Not another one heading for County Durham!
Trump threatens to move Republican convention
The president wants North Carolina to ensure there are no restrictions on crowds due to the pandemic.
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Love the “Just testing out my eyesight” justification of an outing. I can see it appearing on beaches all over Britain.
Seriously. Should we be running a ‘Keep Cummings’ campaign? No one so epitomises a government already seen as shallow, duplicitous and self-serving.
‘Doing a Cummings’ will become the derisory epithet attached to every Ministerial statement that promises what it never delivers.
Awesome, old son. I so miss setting the world to rights, alongside a really good espresso with you. One day. 👍👏👍
Morning run has ended with my first proper coffee since lockdown began! Big shout out to @artisan_coffee : I spoke to staff, they feel safe (windscreens over counters, one-way system w social distancing signs etc like) & say they’ve been properly looked after throughout ⭐️👌☕️
Spot on question. How many ‘pee stops’ does a 4 year old need between Central London and Durham?
And how many sat-navs urge a detour to Barnard Castle just to savour the quality of the loos?
@AlanSimpson01 With a 4 year old child, how did he make the trip to Durham without stopping, I wonder.
