Steele,
Actually it was under the Major government that most of Britain's coal mines closed. Thatcher, after taking on and defeating the NUM, had no reason to shut down any more, but the shift away from coal power for environmental reasons started under Major. But the Major government (and its successors) didn't commission new nuclear power even though many of the existing plants were nearing the end of their lives. Part of the problem is that the nuclear power stations weren't very profitable to operate, partly because they were designed for baseload power (which even back then wasn't what was needed).

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Hasbeen,
The lights HAVEN'T been going out. Britain has the generating capacity, even though the gas it runs on is expensive. More wind turbines and solar panels means less reliance on gas - it really is that simple.

Britain has been a net importer of electricity from France for decades, for the simple reason that France generates it cheaply.

Did you know aidan that they have shipped into Glasgow, a whole bunch of diesel generators, just to be sure they have enough power to charge the battery electric cars, bought to transport top attendees at the latest COP26 climate bonanza.

Scotland the home of the UK wind power, & they don't trust it to charge a few electric car batteries.

God help us.

The Coalition is about to adopt Labor’s climate policy, one that Scott Morrison described before the election as “reckless.

And our system of compulsory and preferential voting means that there is nothing we can do about it with the look-alike Coalition and ALP.

Boris Johnson is the worse Prime Minister Britain has seen in decades. Brexit has been a complete disaster under his administration, the Covid pandemic, thousands of deaths are down to Tory incomperdence, now this fiasco. When will Britain learn the Tory Party are a bunch of nincompoops, who couldn't run a chook raffle without cocking it up.

Dear Hasbeen,

Steady down old cock.

FYI.

There are 200 electric cars supplied by Landrover Jaguar which will not be going to homes for normal recharging but be topped up on site. But just so your knickers don't get in a knot: “where generators are required for charging EVs, these will run on HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oil) recycled cooking oil, derived from waste products.”

Come on SR, even a green lefty clown like you should be laughing at that bit of garbage. Just how many chip shops are there in Glasgow, & how much oil do they throw out daily. Do you really expect any but the brainwashed, who will believe anything they are told to, believe it is enough to run a dozen high output diesel generators.

It would take a huge fleet of diesel powered tankers gathering all the fish & chip smelling oil in the country, burning more diesel than saving. Still a typical global warming scam, so although highly suspect, they might even do it. Anything to fool the public.

Pull the other one mate, it might yodel for you!