Andy Burnham’s Jackdaw/Rosebank Conundrum
For a man who said he was going to tell it like it is in his first leader's conference speech yesterday, UK Prime Minister Andy...
Has the Net Zero Overton Window Shifted?
Sep 28, 2026
The 'Overton window' is political jargon for what is acceptable to talk about publicly at any one time. The window shifts around – in the...
Orange or Green? Burnham’s Big Energy Dilemma
Sep 25, 2026
In the latest of our (usually) 4-weekly round up of news and views on Sustainability, I mull on the fact that not much has changed...
If not Net Zero, then what?
Sep 21, 2026
When I produced my on-demand Net Zero for Business course three years ago, I suggested the snappiness of the phrase Net Zero was a double...
Arghhhhhhh! Why I struggle to listen to media debates about Net Zero
Sep 1, 2026
I'm getting to the stage of grumpy old manhood that I start avoiding radio/podcast debates about Net Zero before I burst a blood vessel or...
How data gets cherry-picked in the carbon culture wars
Aug 25, 2026
Across the world, men average 5 inches taller than women, but the distribution bell curves overlap (see above). This means you can get cases which...
Podcast: Burn’em, Baby, Burnham, North Sea Realities and What’s Up With the Oil Markets?
Jul 17, 2026
In the latest of our 4-weekly round up of news and views on Sustainability, I consider what the incoming new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham...
Beware Climate Cakeism – in Politics *and* Management!
Jul 13, 2026
On Friday, I heard Andrew Bowie MP, a shadow Minister for Energy and Net Zero commenting on reports that leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch...
Why are we paying pensioners to heat draughty homes?
Jul 2, 2026
When the political obituaries of outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves are written, their botched attempt to remove the 'winter fuel...
Starmer, Burnham, Miliband and the future of Net Zero in the UK
Jun 22, 2026
Just as I started writing this, the Prime Ministerial podium was wheeled out onto the tarmac of Downing Street. Keir Starmer duly emerged to announce...