The lack of resolution of the US Iran war and closure of the Straits of Hormuz is driving energy and food costs higher with shortage of fertiliser and major restrictions on movements of oil.
The government’s response of lifting sanctions on foreign refineries using Russian oil to make jet fuel and diesel show they are rattled, but once again coming up with the wrong response. They close our refineries and stop us getting our own oil and gas out of the ground when there is a world shortage. This makes us more vulnerable.
They need to lift bans on new UK oil and gas, take down taxes on energy and help re open the two most recent refinery closures. Why do they always back imports and stop or overtax UK activity?
They are now asking supermarkets to freeze prices on 10 or 20 products out of the 30,000 they sell. What nonsense. It will not stop food inflation but will create shortages of the few selected. Do they not understand it is their National Insurance, their farm tax, their industrial closures, their energy taxes that are much of the problem of food prices?
May 20, 2026
The long Fabian march objective to destroy democracy moves along at pace. This Labour government and many in the previous Tory government feel Fabianism or state control to be clear what Fabianism is, are determined to remove National statehood. Too many in our establishment and in our institutions generally believe collectivised global authority is where our future lies.
Unfortunately for those of us not in the upper control class of government officials, that vision of the future is equivalent to serfdom.
The end of Nation the end of democracy and the end of individuality/individual rights.
We have to oppose the policies of National destruction. We have to end Net Zero.
May 20, 2026
The problem in food production is down to lack of vision, or intelligence, in politicians of all sorts. Brexit was meant to allow us to treat our farmers with dignity and let them produce with no restrictions (except those which could be proved to be health issues to the general public) food. This has not happened and they seem to be in a worse state than before we left the communist EU. Until we get people who have had farming experience into posts in government or strong union groups who represent them, nothing will change. I find it incredible that an agricultural country only produces 60% of food to feed us. This figure might not be correct the way people massage the figures to stop people starting to worry. Do they really think the continental countries will come to our aid with oil/gas which they have had the sense to stockpile while we have a ridiculous man in charge of energy production who shuts all means of cheap energy production down? No, of course, not. The continentals would love to see us drown in our own stupidity. To live you need clean air, food and water. We do not seem to have any of these in abundance at present and they do not seem to be coming our way as we need to use our own supplies of energy under the earth and sea until we can find better ways of safeguarding what the human body needs to survive. Finally, we have the most stupid of men in No 10 who upsets the one ally who could help us in our hour of need – Starmer the fool against Trump the visionary. Like him or not, Trump could be our saviour in more ways than one. To all who do not believe me, read the Philadelphia Trumpet and find our for yourselves. Watch our for Germany on the way. They are at it again. All forecast in the Bible.
May 20, 2026
So they vote to shut down the North Sea oil and gas industry. I have never known a more stupid cohort of people in my life.
We are nation blessed with an abundance of fossil fuels, a gift from God and these shysters destroy their extraction.
What’s the betting they issue Norway licenses to extract our oil and gas.
May 20, 2026
The wheels are coming off the Net Zero SCAM.
Personally, I think it’s quite enjoyable watching the Eco Nutters in the Establishment and the Net Zero enthusiasts in the Government get a little foretaste of what their bought-and-paid-for activists in Just Stop Oil were demanding.
But then, I’ve prepped for the blackouts and food shortages.
May 20, 2026
Good morning.
I bake my own bread and from a supplier I use (25kg bags) they have already run out. Looks like people are already prepping for shortages.
What next. Home diesel generators ?
May 20, 2026
Enoch Powell directed the phrase “has the right hon. Member taken leave of his senses?” at the daft Prime Minister, Edward Heath, in 1971 he duly lost the election in 74 to Wilson again who continued with idiotic policies.
Wilson famous for his earlier devaluation lie when he told the nation that “while the pound abroad was worth less, it did not mean “the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank” had been devalued.”
Later we had 98% income tax Healey going off to the IMF cap in hand.
What appalling government this country has suffered for almost all of the last 60+ years. Heath and Wilson both read PPE (perhaps the economics section was beyond them). Healey was awarded a double first in Greats but was daft einough to think 98% income tax was a great plan!
May 20, 2026
Socialism remains convinced that legislation and not competition controls supply.
Show me a left wing economist and I will show you a command economy.
May 20, 2026
All that you describe – and worse – has been talked and written about for weeks. Either the BoE is oblivious of the severe danger to our and the world’s economy, or those Labour ministers and their handlers in Whitehall do not take notice of that the BoE tells them. Obviously, those people also do not read anything which hasn’t been pre-digested in certain papers.
So let’s drift into a horrendous crash of the global economy, in the firm knowledge that somehow, saying all or either of those – Russia, China, Iran, USA – are bad, will prevent the worst.
And no – things don’t look ‘better’ for the EU …
May 20, 2026
Why do we have so many politicians who think they can control everything with regulation and taxation, even matters that are controlled by nature, availability, and supply and demand.
May 20, 2026
Surely we’re on our way to nationalised supermarkets. Full on Soviet Union.
May 20, 2026
Whether we like it or not, we are effectivrly at war. A foreign country has closed a vital supply line in International waters and all some want to do is blame Trump. That might feed their righteousness but it won’t change the facts. The world needs that waterway open and should be taking measures to open it. In the meantime, the impact of the closure is already serious and will grow more so.
We should be adopting a ‘war footing’ if only to start looking at ways to protect our industries and people. It maybe not quite be “Dig for Victory” time just yet but the Government should be urgently moving to utilise every resource and build up vital reserves.
Instead we have the King of the North fiasco…
May 20, 2026
Farcical. So now we are paying for Russian oil to maintain their war against Ukraine as well as giving money/arms to Ukraine to stop the Russian incursion. Starmer should be re- named Janus which would stop him messing about with all those U-turns as he could face opposite directions at the same time and choose whichever one suits that day of the week.
It’s a bit like paying to have somebody murdered and then claiming innocence as it was actually carried out by another person.