There can be little doubt that climate change is dropping down the global political agenda. Though my colleague, Dr Tilak Doshi, is surely right that we should be cautious about proclaiming the death of climate alarmism – and its influence – there are many signs that put the peak of the green agenda in our rearview mirrors, at least symbolically. Not least of those symbols is the Canadian Prime Minister’s whiplash U-turning on climate and energy policy, seemingly in the face of new geopolitical realities.
Mark Carney has been sending disappointing signals to the green lobby since his victory at the April 2025 General Election. In May 2026, a bitter Guardian article gave an account of the new Prime Minister’s failings, declaring that he was “not the climate guy you thought”. Among these failings, explained Seth Klein, brother of Naomi of ‘no logo’ fame (Leftoid climate bullshittery tends to run in families) was the repeal of Canada’s consumer carbon price – a carbon tax. “Methane regulations have been weakened and delayed,” continued the whinge. “Canada’s clean electricity regulations… have been significantly delayed (to 2050) and have reopened the door to new gas-powered electricity plants.” Oh no! The full article is worth a read for being quite an enjoyable litany of liberal green tears, and shows Carney’s agenda to be distinct to climate-policy-at-all-costs that have characterised agendas such as his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, and UK governments. Even power-hungry Green Blobbers won’t let their ideology stand in the
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Mark Cuntney was a useless BoE appointee made by crap Chancellor Boy George of ‘pasty tax’ fame. I would never trust the man or his econutjob wife.
You must have a heat pump = good, but you can’t turn it round as an air conditioner = bad!
The chameleon changes as it needs to.
“…is surely right that we should be cautiousabout proclaiming the death of climate alarmism – and its influence…”
Like a retreating army they have changed to a scorched-earth (no pun intended) policy, to cause as much ruin as they can to punish us.
Militwats 2030 targets were not achievable to minute he spoke about them since the resources do not exist to deliver by 2030 as well as it being after the next election. That of course assumes an election in 2029 but with the smarmy Prince Andrew’s coronation as leader and PM all but complete, it is timely that Liam Halligan in today’s Mail points out that the financial collapse of the UK is moving ever closer given that ‘The Messiah’ possesses no economic acumen along with most of his party maybe except Healey. An increase in taxation will sink the economy and tax revenue, with the bond markets – populated by hedge funds – chalking up our borrowing costs, will fall further and further from meeting our payments. On the plus side, after the euro crisis, Greece and Italy are doing much better having been taught a lesson in fiscal management.
But without the discipline of the Euro would those lessons have been learned? Or would, say, the UK try wriggling and squirming with devaluation instead (i.e. the same medicine applied, but this time it will be different)?
It was the external management of their countries finances that brought the turn around after the introduction of the euro gave them interest rates they did not deserve so they went on a binge. When the UK fails it will be the IMF calling the shots and whoever Prince Andrew makes Chancellor will be prostrate at their feet. Of course with the financial collapse Prince Andrew will be toast and gone in a General Election.
This is obviously part of an orchestrated Globalist bandwagon since Badenough has jumped on it today.
She’s apparently going “to purge” Net Zero enthusiasts from the Treacherous Tories. I’m SO looking forward to the announcement that the following (no particular order) have been expelled from the Party:
May, Cameron, Johnson, Sunak, Hunt, Hammond, Hague, Major, Osborne, Goldsmith, Wallace, Tugendhat, Stride …. and all the rest of the Lords and MPs who voted for the Climate Change Act.
Not forgetting Gove, of course, who grovelled at the knee of the Poison Goblin from Sweden.
I think that means only Redwood and Peter Lilley will be left.
Well said. As I wrote in the post linked in my earlier comment: ‘Admittedly the Conservatives under Badenoch have had a Net Zero epiphany, see here and here, but I suspect it may be only lukewarm and skin deep as the party is awash with CEN “greens”.’
Politicians regard reflection as unnecessary. Global agendas are not real to them but merely a changeable game board for them to build their careers upon. Think Snakes and Ladders… but after a period of torpor the snakes wake and move about, even if the ladders (such as the ownership of patronage) are relatively more stable.
Electrification, hmmm. Sounds suspiciously to me like a project to force an EV, heat pump and solar panels onto people who don’t want them.
And smart meters to allow central control of consumption.
And cars that can be immobilised remotely (if you can afford one).
Good article. Net Zero was never about climate change or saving the planet. It has always been a pretext for imposing 1984-style totalitarian one-world governance: https://metatron.substack.com/p/unequivocal-proof-that-net-zero-is.
Seconded. Environmentally friendly snake oil.
My default assumption is that most politicians don’t care much about any of the noble causes they claim to, they are all just means to ends.