It has been some considerable time since 'the lesbian straightener' entered these hallowed columns. I refer, of course, to Mr. Chris Huhne, former 'il-Lib-non-Dem' MP who found himself in a spot of bother when his missus ratted him out to the 'Plods' over an incident in which he lied to them in a sworn statement. Apparently she had found out that he was having it off with one of her friends who apparently worshiped at the shrine of Sappho, well, she did until 'Superman' Huhne put her on the straight, if not narrow, road to normality! However, despite his, er, good deed, it did not save him from doing time in Cell Block 11!
Of course, all that is old history but following a rare visit to What's Up With That, the excellent site that gives you the straight news on so-called global warming, suddenly the old 'lesbian straightener' was back again. In a fascinating, if depressing, article, they offer up three examples of Green lunacy. The first featured the utterly stupid notion of felling zillions of trees in America, turning them into wood pellets and shipping them 'over here' so that the Drax power station could burn wood instead of coal. Needless to say, this lunacy can only be carried out with the assistance of £450 million a year subsidy from HMG - yeeeees, quite! Also needless to say, guess who is running this scam? Step forward the lesbian straightener! Where does he find the energy?
Being a politician he may have given her tongue for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Posted by: jimmy glesga | Saturday, 25 February 2017 at 22:48
Posted by: TheBigHenry | Saturday, 25 February 2017 at 23:24
This slots in nicely with the farce which is Eddie Stobart (and probably others) burning vast quantities of diesel to cart inefficient fuel huge distances around the country to power stations which have been bodged to fit in with the scam.
Posted by: The Jannie | Saturday, 25 February 2017 at 23:30
Corporate and government lunacy: Drax was opened in 1974 and designed to burn coal. Since then it has become economically non-competitive and is only a back-up for other power generation. The company that owns it, Drax Group plc., is attempting to keep making money by taking advantage of subsidies for biomass, which are poorly conceived. It's highly doubtful Drax Group plc. is owned by greenies:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/23/half-of-britains-biggest-power-station-could-be-shut-down-boss-w/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/05/10/britain-gets-no-power-from-coal-for-first-time-on-record/
Coal is also being phased out in the US for the same reasons.
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Btw, JK, wrong again. Tom Perez will be DNC chair, not Ellison.
Posted by: Bob | Saturday, 25 February 2017 at 23:51
Mr Huhne should be commended for his efforts in rescuing the "lady" from her situation. Well done that man.
That he is a complete and utter prat in other aspects is unfortunate.
Posted by: AussieD | Sunday, 26 February 2017 at 09:51
I should have included that down this way we had a former Supreme Court judge, Marcus Einfeld, given three years durance vile for the same sort of thing - claiming under oath that someone else was driving his car at the time of an offence. Silly bastard chose someone who had at that time gone to meet her maker.
What were you saying Bob about superior intelligence?
Posted by: AussieD | Sunday, 26 February 2017 at 09:55
AussieD,
I didn't say anything about superior intelligence. I favor decisions made by those with superior knowledge. Even then, humans being what we are, the decisions of a single person or aligned group can't be trusted. That's why all our affairs are so damned messy.
Posted by: Bob | Sunday, 26 February 2017 at 15:25