Comments - THE FAILURE of OUR LORDS & MASTERS TO ACT... - Gaia Community2024-03-28T22:00:07Zhttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5313775%3ABlogPost%3A128466&xn_auth=noRishi Sunak has sold himself…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2023-05-11:5313775:Comment:1317712023-05-11T08:47:48.700ZMichael Grovehttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p class="dcr-94xsh"><span class="dcr-94xsh" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/07/the-voters-have-spoken-and-they-arent-falling-fo-steady-sunak-sales-pitch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rishi Sunak has sold himself to other Tories</a></strong> as a kind of company doctor with a recovery plan to rescue a hideously tarnished and hugely unpopular brand from political bankruptcy. Downing Street has projected him to the voters in a similar fashion as a <strong>Mr Fix</strong>-<strong>It</strong>. This has provided <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives">Conservatives</a></strong> with a consoling story about their chances of winning the next general election. Whenever confronted with dire opinion poll ratings, they have responded that their prospects will improve as the prime minister draws a line under the torrid past and shows that he leads a stable government.</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-94xsh"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">At a recent event organised by Onward, a Conservative thinktank, the Tory leader sought credit for moving his party on from what he called the “box-set drama” that came before his arrival at Number 10. Much ruder phrases are available to describe the mad premiership of Liz Truss and the bad one of Boris Johnson. He has hoped to earn points for himself and soften the disdain towards his party by not being as reckless with the nation’s finances as Ms Truss and not as degrading of public life as Mr Johnson. A lot of senior Tories have echoed this “steady Sunak” narrative if only for want of any other tale to tell themselves.</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-94xsh"></p> [IT] is indubitably the cas…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2022-06-23:5313775:Comment:1290582022-06-23T08:17:33.135ZMichael Grovehttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p class="dcr-xry7m2"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">[IT] is indubitably the case that France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain have already instructed the commission to study how the EU could withdraw from the ECT, amid scepticism that the treaty can ever be compatible with the EU’s climate goals, according to …</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-xry7m2"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">[IT] is indubitably the case that France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain have already instructed the commission to study how the EU could withdraw from the ECT, amid scepticism that the treaty can ever be compatible with the EU’s climate goals, according to <strong><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/europe-edging-closer-to-withdrawal-from-energy-charter-treaty/">leaked documents </a></strong>published by the Euractiv website last month.</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-xry7m2"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The ECT secretariat, based in Brussels, argues that the ECT does not privilege fossil fuels and upholds the rule of law for investors.</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-xry7m2"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Activists rejected this characterisation. “We are not advocating that they break international law,” said Maarfield. “Even in the ECT, there is a clause about withdrawal. So there is absolutely no breaking any law to withdraw from an agreement, according to the rules that are stipulated in this agreement. And the withdrawal procedure in ECT is very easy.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This article was amended on 21 June 2022 to add the Netherlands to the list of countries that have instructed the European Commission to explore how the EU could withdraw from the ECT.</span></p>
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<p></p> The Treasury is scrambling…tag:letschangetheworld.ning.com,2022-02-03:5313775:Comment:1283952022-02-03T14:17:23.459ZMichael Grovehttp://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profile/MichaelGrove
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/5385984311429776" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>The Treasury is scrambling to complete 11th-hour plans</strong></a> capable of softening a…</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/5385984311429776" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Treasury is scrambling to complete 11th-hour plans</strong></a> capable of softening a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/feb/02/energy-price-cap-hike-how-might-the-uk-government-help-with-bills"><strong>national cost of living crisi</strong>s</a>, including <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2022/feb/02/rishi-sunak-household-energy-bill-rebates">a £200 rebate on energy bills</a></strong> and more help for the poorest households.</span></p>
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<p class="dcr-o5gy41"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">No 10 and the Treasury have been under pressure from Tory MPs to act as millions of households brace for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/feb/02/energy-bills-rise-ofgem-price-cap">a record hike in energy bills</a> from April, and the prospect of rising mortgage rates and tax increases.</span></p>
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