Authoritarian Commies

8 Responses to Authoritarian Commies

1. Bruce of Newcastle says:

   21 September, 2023 at 7:46 am

   Reading between the lines the polling for the Tories sounds existentially bad, starting with the much put upon base. Many many baseball bats are being polished in readiness.

   The car thing is the likely biggest albatross around their necks:

   Rishi Sunak could lose support from 1 in 3 of his own constituents with petrol vehicle ban (20 Sep)

   A new survey, just released by the Countryside Alliance – hours before the PM’s big Net Zero speech – sets out exactly how a ban on petrol and diesel cars could threaten Tory votes in rural constituencies.

   Rishi Sunak has been dealt a stark warning by rural voters, just before his big speech on Net Zero.

   A new survey published by the Countryside Alliance sets out how the Tory vote could be hugely damaged by the Government moving ahead with a ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030.

   On the other hand Labour has immediately promised to reinstate the 2030 ban date if they win the election. Which they will unless they pull off an even bigger faceplant than the Tories.
2. Buccaneer says:

   21 September, 2023 at 7:54 am

   It the classic trick of overcharging then giving a “discount” to make the sticker price look reasonable
3. Entropy says:

   21 September, 2023 at 8:35 am

   I would note that it only ever seems the anglosphere is “tied to international agreements”.
   Everyone else seems to honour them in the breach.
4. jupes says:

   21 September, 2023 at 9:45 am

   The only politicians I will ever trust to wind back the ‘renewables’ nonsense are those who refute that CO2 emissions are a problem.
5. C.L. says:

   21 September, 2023 at 9:51 am

   This is a pattern everywhere now. Here, Italy, the US, Britain…

   To wit: start talking red meat for the base a year out from the election and then dump the base if you win and revert to globalist communism for another term.
6. Entropy says:

   21 September, 2023 at 10:42 am

   I suspect it is very hard for a politician to go against a mountain of advice from the public service And there is always risk that advise would be leaked
   In the end it is either all too hard or courage is worn down and the minister just gives up.
7. Buccaneer says:

   21 September, 2023 at 11:51 am

   I suspect it is very hard for a politician to go against a mountain of advice from the public service And there is always risk that advise would be leaked
   In the end it is either all too hard or courage is worn down and the minister just gives up.

   The other logistical challenge revolves around international agreements, if most of your trading partners are banning ICE vehicles, they simply stop being made as the market for them becomes unsustainable. Many manufacturers have tried to push back, Toyota, VW, one guy at Stellantis, but many are just going with the flow, Ford seems to have a 2 track strategy where they are building BEVs and have focussed their ICE offering on high margin product only. Fiesta was the biggest selling car in europe, canned because it’s low margin.

   This is also the problem with government intervention in any market, once a government subsidy or restriction hits an otherwise uncompetitive option becomes competitive and the market moves to that place, otherwise competitive options decline and the whole market becomes inefficient, more government intervention becomes necessary to prop it up and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of reliance on government.

   Now, who migtht want the populace to be reliant on government, I think we all know.

   Voters need to push back on government being the solution rather than just the framework to ensure fair participation.
8. Rabz says:

   21 September, 2023 at 1:44 pm

   Calvin is invariably excellent value.