Being Red and Green

  What Angela says below should surely be a key line of attack for all anti Tory parties in the run up to the next election. Who knows, along with a serious commitment to action on climate change and agreement on the need for electoral reform ( which hopefully Labour is going to support at its forthcoming conference) it might even be the basis for electoral co-operation ,if not a pact, although that will require Labour to accept that the SNP have the right to advocate independence, that the Lib Dems are allowed to ‘move on’ from their participation in Cameron’s first government and that the Green Party deserve to have more than one MP, great though she is.  Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, said: “No public service would be safe with Liz Truss in charge. She simply can’t be trusted to protect an NHS she doesn’t believe in or doctors she doesn’t value. The more people discover about Liz Truss, the more her true destructive agenda to slash frontline services and drag Brit...

  This Guardian story highlights the enormity of the challenge facing humanity in dealing with the climate emergency.  It reports that African nations are likely to agree a common position to take to the next COP meeting which supports the expansion of oil and gas production across the continent . They are expected to argue that Africa must be allowed to benefit from its fossil fuel reserves, as rich countries already have done, and that developed countries by contrast must take the lead on sharp cuts to their emissions. Soaring gas prices have made the prospect of African supplies even more attractive, and developed countries, including EU members, have indicated they would support such developments in the current gas shortage.    All governments are aware that The International Energy Agency ( IEA)  an intergovernmental agency whose mission is to  provide “ real-world solutions to help countries provide secure and sustainable energy for all”, wa...