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In fairness, it is very difficult to look at the last 16 years of British governments and hold the belief "these people have well prepared the UK for the future

by ben_w 4mo ago

In fairness, it is very difficult to look at the last 16 years of British governments and hold the belief "these people have well prepared the UK for the future".

SideburnsOfDoom 4mo ago
Ed Miliband has been doing really well as Energy Secretary, "overseeing a boom in clean energy investment, driving jobs and growth" (1) But he hasn't been there for very many of the last 16 years. 1) https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/miliband-bids-to-prove-his-no-11-mettle-with-green-light-for-aberdeen-gasfield https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/miliband-bids-t...
testfrequency 4mo ago
I agree there’s no shortage of misses and embarrassments, though I would argue there’s still a lot to be proud of. A lot of progress has been made - especially when you zoom out and compare to peers. The HN crowd these days seems to have it out for Europe, and only sees headlines about doom and gloom in policy. If anything, the past 16 years has taught me personally that everyone in the UK wants change - too much change possibly. The UK was the first G7/G20 to cut carbon emissions by 50%, we just ranked [0] 3rd globally large in part to setting up for the future with green energy. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/climate-change-crisis-europe-us https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/climate-...
pjc50 4mo ago
Oddly, the Conservative government was overseeing the renewables boom, although they did kneecap onshore wind unnecessarily.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4mo ago
  Sadly the current Conservative leadership have fallen quite far, prioritising cheap culture-war nonsense instead https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kemi-badenoch-says-tory-hopefuls-who-back-net-zero-will-be-rejected-5HjddRB_2/ https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kemi-badenoch-says-tory-hopefu...
- ben_w 4mo ago
  Mm. Double-checking their actual record, much moreso than I remember.

by ben_w 4mo ago

In fairness, it is very difficult to look at the last 16 years of British governments and hold the belief "these people have well prepared the UK for the future".

SideburnsOfDoom 4mo ago

Ed Miliband has been doing really well as Energy Secretary, "overseeing a boom in clean energy investment, driving jobs and growth" (1) But he hasn't been there for very many of the last 16 years. 1) https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/miliband-bids-to-prove-his-no-11-mettle-with-green-light-for-aberdeen-gasfield https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/miliband-bids-t...

testfrequency 4mo ago

I agree there’s no shortage of misses and embarrassments, though I would argue there’s still a lot to be proud of. A lot of progress has been made - especially when you zoom out and compare to peers. The HN crowd these days seems to have it out for Europe, and only sees headlines about doom and gloom in policy. If anything, the past 16 years has taught me personally that everyone in the UK wants change - too much change possibly. The UK was the first G7/G20 to cut carbon emissions by 50%, we just ranked [0] 3rd globally large in part to setting up for the future with green energy. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/climate-change-crisis-europe-us https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/climate-...

pjc50 4mo ago

Oddly, the Conservative government was overseeing the renewables boom, although they did kneecap onshore wind unnecessarily.

SideburnsOfDoom 4mo ago
Sadly the current Conservative leadership have fallen quite far, prioritising cheap culture-war nonsense instead https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kemi-badenoch-says-tory-hopefuls-who-back-net-zero-will-be-rejected-5HjddRB_2/ https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kemi-badenoch-says-tory-hopefu...
ben_w 4mo ago
Mm. Double-checking their actual record, much moreso than I remember.