Making the news today....

[Johnsond]

13 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Makes no sense at all . Bonkers .

Stubby I’ve been going on about if for years, I see Hornsea 4 has just been binned by the developers even with a ludicrously generous CFD. Net zero is an ideological fantasyland. 
Aiming to create a clean green pleasant land is admirable but at what pace and cost. Currently the UK looks to be the first Lemming off the edge of the cliff under Labour. 
 

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Stubby I’ve been going on about if for years, I see Hornsea 4 has just been binned by the developers even with a ludicrously generous CFD. Net zero is an ideological fantasyland. 
Aiming to create a clean green pleasant land is admirable but at what pace and cost. Currently the UK looks to be the first Lemming off the edge of the cliff under Labour. 
 

Net zero aside it seems ridicules to not use the resources that are there , creating jobs instead buying it in from elsewhere . 

[tree-fancier123]

5 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Well done Labour 😞

Meanwhile a few miles east and it’s all guns blazing in the Norwegian sector. 

Harbour Energy are blaming windfall tax, Jeremy Hunt hiked that, seems to me Conservatives as much to blame, of course Labour are worse but Cons were quick to grasp at 'excess profits'

These mid size oil companies are often loaded to the gills with debt to buy out smaller competitors, soon as energy prices drop they are in trouble.

Equinor seems a good model - part state owned and part listed shares. 

Hit Farage up - he can add it to the manifesto

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, tree-fancier123 said:

Harbour Energy are blaming windfall tax, Jeremy Hunt hiked that, seems to me Conservatives as much to blame, of course Labour are worse but Cons were quick to grasp at 'excess profits'

These mid size oil companies are often loaded to the gills with debt to buy out smaller competitors, soon as energy prices drop they are in trouble.

Equinor seems a good model - part state owned and part listed shares. 

Hit Farage up - he can add it to the manifesto

Equinor can’t fail but be a good model being the Norwegian state oil firm. Harbour are one of the biggest players left in UK sector, I agree totally Conservatives jumped at the chance to suck a bit more out of the oil companies. Labour have just turned the screws more, plus they are in government now. Very quick to cancel the Rwanda plan and take money from the pensioners which proves they can act if required. 
Price of oil has long since dropped below anything that justifies “windfall tax”.

Anyone on here who works offshore will know that you can tell the moment you cross into the Norwegian sector, platforms are new or well maintained and freshly painted, UK sector is just staggering along under successive incompetent governments. The current Labour leadership being by far the worst by a long way. 

Edited Wednesday at 19:53 by Johnsond

[peds]

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff | The papacy | The Guardian

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Announcement prompts raucous celebration and delight among 50,000 pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s...

 

 

Robert Prevost has become the first American to lead the Roman Catholic church, ending the Vatican’s longstanding opposition to the idea of a pontiff from the United States.

The 69-year-old from Chicago has taken the papal name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening.

 

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I'll be honest... I saw "first American pope" while skimming and my heart skipped a beat.

[Mark J]

Nigel Farage to spend VE Day celebrations reminiscing about the time he addressed a far-right rally in Germany – NewsThump

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Today, British citizens across the country will beging celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day, including Nigel Farage who spoke at a German rally for far-right political party AfD just a...

 

Edited Thursday at 18:36 by Mark J

[Mike Hill]

Anyone three degrees east of Magnetic North is " far right" these days.

 

 

[Mark J]

 

[Mark J]

This might perk you up JD. It's a shame though as it would have generated (get it?) a canny few jobs.
 

Clean energy mission blow as Hornsea 4 windfarm cancelled

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In a blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, a company cancels a huge windfarm off Yorkshire.

 

[Mark J]

9 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Anyone three degrees east of Magnetic North is " far right" these days.

 

 

AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

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The AfD came second in Germany's February elections and has a record number of seats in the new parliament.