Challenging Reform nonsense in the Sheffield Star

I’ve had two letters in the Sheffield Star recently. The first was in reply to K Martin, whose long pro-Reform letter is at the foot of this post. Dear Editor Sadly, K Martin has accepted the propaganda being pushed by Nigel Farage and his billionaire friends in the oil industry about the climate crisis.  (SheffieldContinueContinue reading “Challenging Reform nonsense in the Sheffield Star”

Why drilling the North Sea won’t fix our energy bills — and what might

By Julian Briggs The argument sounds like common sense. Britain has oil and gas under the North Sea. We’re paying a fortune to heat our homes. So why not drill more of it and bring our bills down? It’s the kind of logic that’s hard to argue with over a pint. And over the pastContinueContinue reading “Why drilling the North Sea won’t fix our energy bills — and what might”