20 September 2024From the directorTo our readers and all of our generous donors Marshall Foch, the French commander during World War I, famously said “Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I am attacking.”
Ed Miliband’s situation is similar, although it’s fair to say that he is hard pressed and yielding both left, right and centre. The economic harms of twenty years of decarbonisation, alongside all the other problems that beset us, make it just as hard for him to manoeuvre. At the moment, he is adopting a Fochian bravado, but even someone as fanatical as Mr Miliband can surely not construe the situation as ‘excellent’. And unlike the general, who received timely reinforcements and eventually won the day, Miliband stands alone, with all the absurdities of Net Zero dragging the country and his reputation further into the morass. His (and our) only option is headlong flight – he just doesn’t know it yet. Wishing you all the very best weekend. Andrew As always, please don’t reply to this email address, which is not monitored.
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