Mission impoverish
Jul 8, 2012
Bishop Hill in Economics, Energy: gas

Christopher Booker laments the insanity of the UK government's policy on shale gas, with the headline summing things up rather well

You can’t have shale gas – it might halve your bills

It is an extraordinary thing when the main political parties agree that the way ahead is a the impoverishment of the electorate and transfers of wealth from the poor to the rich.

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