Archive - Joss Garman substack

Can Starmer hold Labour’s emerging rural coalition together?

5 options to respond to the farmers’ protests.

Apr 12 •

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February 2024

Labour’s Green New Deal is dead but Reeves may still become Britain’s greenest Chancellor.

Starmer’s decision to finally surrender his position on his £28 billion-a-year green investment plan effectively ends hopes for a transformative…

Feb 8 •

January 2024

A big green flip-flop from Starmer and Reeves would backfire.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have consistently put the clean energy transition right at the centre of Labour’s economic offer, arguing that a big…

Jan 2 •

September 2023

Sunak's new climate plan is coming next month. Will it add up?

With an impending general election in which cost of living concerns will be front of mind for voters, both Sunak and Starmer were always going to want…

Sep 25, 2023 •

July 2023

4 lessons from Uxbridge.

Nobody really questions that ULEZ was a pivotal issue in the election in Uxbridge - even though the policy is popular with most Londoners. Pundits this…

Jul 21, 2023 •

March 2023

London's row over clean air risks derailing green policies elsewhere.

The case for the scheme is strong, but needs making more loudly.

Mar 9, 2023 •

February 2023

How will Sunak respond to Biden's green investment bazooka?

5 things we could see in the UK's austerity net zero plan.

Feb 24, 2023 •

October 2022

Truss' bin fire of green tape: how bad is it?

And is another u-turn coming?

Oct 14, 2022 •

September 2022

Will the UK's climate efforts survive Liz Truss?

9 reasons why she will most likely stick with Johnson's climate plan.

Sep 5, 2022 •

June 2022

This cost of living crisis could spur Net Zero, not derail it.

In my last post I speculated the energy security crisis would drive faster clean energy deployment across Europe. It is now coming to pass. But what…

Jun 10, 2022 •

March 2022

Ukraine crisis shows our security demands a massive clean energy boom.

But Putin's war will boost near-term coal & fracking

Mar 3, 2022 •

January 2022

Have the Downing Street parties put Net Zero in jeopardy?

The No10 party scandal has prompted talk of a Conservative leadership contest being more likely than not, which could see Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss…

Jan 15, 2022 •

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