The Chief Executive of Marks and Spencers, speaking at an event in Northern Ireland in 2025 stated that “Northern Ireland, with 3% of the UK population produced 25% of UK food”. While M&S have one of the strongest commitments to British farming amongst all of the UK supermarket chains his statement masks frailities in Northern … Continue reading A baseline to start from.
Category: Climate thoughts
The biggest challenge our grand-children face
The White House
It’s the time of year when politicians normally depart these shores for the green tinged haze of Washington, a US political nod to the Irish American diaspora. Unionism, after many years avoiding the breakfasts, canapés and chicken dinners, now engage with the frivolity. That’s in normal times, these are certainly not. The gold standard invitation … Continue reading The White House
Unionism – A discussion
Periodically the thoughts of some unionists turn to unity, not of Ireland, but of unionism. From a recognition of a loss of power, a loss of control and, to some degree, a loss of political direction comes a desire to gather those of like mind ever closer together. With that desire comes an overwhelming belief … Continue reading Unionism – A discussion
A worthwhile read
https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/climate-science-isnt-giving-your?r=35s2u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Emily Atkin from Heated covers the real background to some of Trump's decisions and it's really useful to understand the underlying agenda.
Introduction
Yesterday Donald Trump was reinstalled as the President of the United States of America and there are dystopian consequences for the world today and the world our children and grandchildren will inherit. We weren't meeting the challenges with decarbonising our energy sector before Trump returned, now with his "drill, baby, drill" mantra and opposition to … Continue reading Introduction
Cicero's Voice 