Three east European Prime ministers remarkably going to Kyiv as it has been under bombardment from Russia to meet President Zelensky to demonstrate EU- wide solidarity with Ukraine…
https://twitter.com/p_fiala/status/1503632915334377473
Oil and gas prices are down from extreme highs, but still very high, apparently on perception that peace talks are quietly progressing, of which the above meeting could be a part… oil just above $100 a barrel. Gas about 280p a therm…
interesting piece by PM …
Gentle lean in direction of more certainty for oil/gas producers but only in transition to net zero, & overwhelming way to reduce dependence on Russia is renewables - recasting net zero as not just green, but security priority.
No mention of fracking
Gentle lean in direction of more certainty for oil/gas producers but only in transition to net zero, & overwhelming way to reduce dependence on Russia is renewables - recasting net zero as not just green, but security priority.
No mention of fracking
Also - “we let him get away with it” & “we made a terrible mistake” after Russia annexing Crimea in 2014 refers in this article only to use of Russian energy in EU, not welcoming oligarchs, nor PMs argument in EUref campaign 2 yrs later that EU “causing real trouble” in Ukraine
… would be interesting to know how the PM reflects on this argument that the EU bore some culpability re Russia’s original invasion of Ukraine… wasn’t in script for his big EUref foreign policy speech in May 2016, but he mentioned it three times in Q&A… again here:
…reason why it might matter right now - is Zelenskyy has made EU membership for Ukraine central to his asks of West in a peace, and issue will feature in peace talks with Moscow, who are saying no…
..instinct indicated in those clips, was sympathy that EU had provoked Moscow.
..instinct indicated in those clips, was sympathy that EU had provoked Moscow.
Been quite surprised by the number of publicly hawkish people here, who quietly make some version of the argument that Ukraine is Russia’s backyard, analogies with Cuban missile crisis, the peace deal will involve territorial loss, and it’s up to Zelenskyy to decide…
No 10 would point to early and effective supply of anti-tank weapons and training of Ukrainian forces by UK forces has significantly helped its resistance to Russian army - eg below
https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1503649805758779393
As regards accepting some territorial loss in peace negotiations - there was this a week ago…
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1501296259541393411
PM: “Renewables are the quickest and cheapest route to greater energy independence. They are invulnerable to Putin’s manipulations. He may have his hand on the taps for oil and gas. But there is nothing he can do to stop the North Sea wind.”
Good spot - no mention - as we’ve pointed out before eg @BenChu_ piece on NN on Friday, going nowhere near the EU suggestion of turning down the thermostats, which Kwarteng rejected last week. Piece is about supply not demand.
https://twitter.com/stephenashford1/status/1503665901773729792
Energy Secretary Kwarteng emphasising the renewables as energy security message in PMs piece…
https://twitter.com/KwasiKwarteng/status/1503666257127743488
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