PolitiKey

Ill-informed political opinions, and the occasional graphic.

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@craigh_ @RestIsPolitics An example he gave was the Falklands. The US didn’t support the war and wasn’t part of it, but it did give the Uk support in a few important moments - because we’re allies

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@craigh_ @RestIsPolitics B) he didn’t say the UK should become military involved in Iran - just that denying US access to our airbases was extreme and short sighted

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@MichaelAArouet Apologies - I completely misread your post. Ignore me 😅

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest What do you mean by “energy emissions “?

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest Your uk data here is the exact same as the original one I shared but without the other countries.

It also only goes to 2024 🤣

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest You’re wrong - UK emissions fell by 2% in 2025

https://t.co/3nsZawTOBK

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest Where?

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest The problem for the UK is that we don’t have enough nuclear, we don’t have enough sunlight for widespread solar and wind and hydro can’t always be relied upon.

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest E.g: see below

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest We are one of the most successful countries at reducing carbon emissions, but one of the least successful at building alternative energy infrastructure.

E.g: our co2 emissions per capita have declined at an impressive rate. Only France is ahead (& they have a ton of nuclear)

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@prospect_uk His point is that the UK only accounts for 1% of carbon emissions. Our emissions have come down while global emissions have increased.

He’s not ignoring the problem; he’s saying the current approach is not working.

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@prospect_uk With respect, this is a poorly written article that fails to grapple with any of Blair’s key points.

1) You claim Blair is ignoring the risk of climate change.

He’s not; he’s just pointing out that the UK restricting its own use is not translating into global carbon reductions

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest The UK, by contrast, is committing to decarbonising now, whilst still lacking alternative energy infrastructure. This makes our energy expensive and makes manufacturing prohibitively expensive.

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@BrknMan @tomhfh @ejwwest You’re misunderstanding the narrative. China is using cheap energy to build widespread renewable and nuclear energy infrastructure, e.g: its solar infrastructure was built using coal.

It emits much more carbon now, to put in a position in a few decades where it can decarbonise.

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@renewablesmiffy @tomhfh @ejwwest Which makes our energy costs sky high. Which makes our manufacturing costs sky high. Which makes building renewable infrastructure very hard etc

[PolitiKey @PolitiKeyUK]

@renewablesmiffy @tomhfh @ejwwest The UK‘s policy, by contrast is, has already set stringent limits on our use of carbon *before* we’ve created sufficient renewable infrastructure.

The net result is that we have import expensive fossil fuels from e.g: the Middle East.