I used to think I understood the Blair creature. Now I am not so sure. Was his rebellion against Net Zero a change of mind, or just the result of spending time with oil producers?
In my trade I have long grown used to the way governments lie and get others to lie for them. It is what they do. But I have seldom seen such a cloud of lies as we face now.
It is true that a woman can't have a penis, but it is just as true that Britain, where Parliament is supreme, can't have a Supreme Court. In fact, we jolly well shouldn't have one.
Is Easter disappearing? Will it soon go the way of Whitsun, another once-great Christian holiday now ignored, and replaced by a secular bank holiday on a different date?
How China must laugh at us, as it runs a mighty industrial revolution on its huge coal stocks and builds two new coal-fired power stations almost weekly, as we blow ours up.