Octopus Smoke and Mirrors #bbcnews open.substack.com/pub/davidturve… The country’s largest energy supplier needs more than smoke and mirrors to stem the losses.

Oil price (barrel of Brent crude) $101.95 up $2.71 on the day, up $46.60 on a year ago #OilPrices

Wind industry chief urges Ed Miliband to restart North Sea drilling #BBcnews telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/… RenewableUK boss says it is ‘entirely sensible’ to support home-grown oil and gas

How to solve Britain’s energy crisis #bbcnews The Iran War has laid bare the staggering costs of Net Zero utopianism spiked-online.com/2026/03/16/how…

Streeting Announces “Targeted” Vaccination Plan for “Unprecedented” Meningitis Outbreak #bbcnews order-order.com/2026/03/17/str…

Wind industry chief urges Ed Miliband to restart North Sea drilling #ITVnews telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/… RenewableUK boss says it is ‘entirely sensible’ to support home-grown oil and gas

Oil price (barrel of Brent crude) $102.20 up 1.99% on the day, up 41.63% on a year ago #Oilprices

POLL: Andy Burnham Would Have Won Gorton and Denton By-Election #bbcnews order-order.com/2026/03/17/pol… instead they let in a green communist

How to cut the cost of the weekly shop. #bbcnews samdumitriu.com/p/how-to-cut-t… Planning policy makes your groceries more expensive

Gullible Powell Fell for Iranian Disarmament Plan Just Days Before Trump Launched War #bbcnews Sounds about right for Labour order-order.com/2026/03/17/gul…

READ IN FULL: Rachel Reeves’ Brexit-Bashing Mais Lecture order-order.com/2026/03/17/rea… More Reeves claptrap #bbcnews

Oil price (barrel of Brent crude) $109.15 up 5.54% on the day, up 51.26% on a year ago #OilPrices

North Sea oil is it time to reconsider drilling? #bbcnews news.sky.com/story/north-se… Conway says more potentially cheaper & less environmentally harmful natural gas is available if the government was to choose being less dependent on imported LNG in the years to come

Geoffrey Cox: I’d far rather put my life in the hands of 12 ordinary people than a judge #bbcnews As we all would telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/1…

Bank of England Holds Interest Rates at 3.75% order-order.com/2026/03/19/ban…

46 million tons 3.000 meters beneath France: scientists find underground source of white hydrogen capable of supplying humanity with clean energy for millennia - CPG Click Oil and Gas share.google/DQtZJfHymmCUPQ…

Katie Lam: Britain’s regulators care more about quotas than profits #bbcnews conservativehome.com/2026/03/18/kat… via @conhome

Economic Armageddon? Iran war with Liam Halligan open.substack.com/pub/liamhallig…

Tariffs will not save Britain’s steel industry capx.co/tariffs-will-n…

Oil price (barrel of Brent crude) $105.93 down 2.50% on the day, up 45.11% on a year ago #OilPrices