I'm surprised that people aren't hitting the streets in protest already. This dude supposedly tries to speedrun worst PM from what I'm gathering through the headlines.
Sunak to use king’s speech to announce new system to award oil and gas licences
Submitted 10 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/05/sunak-kings-speech-new-system-oil-gas-licences
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Rayspekt@kbin.social 10 months ago
Shepy@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Already lost that one to Liz Truss I’m afraid
snooggums@kbin.social 10 months ago
He can get away with being worse for longer becsuse he has a penis.
Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I really hope the Charles decides to make a giant issue about being forced to say this. He obviously knows how dystopian these new legislations are and has campaigned against climate change in the past. It would be incredibly bankrupt if he just said whatever to it.
JoBo@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Tecnically, he’s not allowed to. And that is preferable to the alternative. Ideally, he will abolish himself and then be free to speak. But he won’t.
Tweak@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I bet this will go down just as well as the new system for Ofgem to calculate the cap on consumer energy prices they implemented back ~2017.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 10 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Rishi Sunak will this week announce legislation for a new annual system for awarding oil and gas licences as part of a highly political king’s speech which the Conservatives hope will open up clear dividing lines with Labour.
Sunak has already watered down the government’s climate targets, pushing back the deadline for selling new petrol and diesel cars and the phasing out of gas boilers, prompting furious condemnation from the automobile and energy industries.
Ed Miliband, the shadow climate secretary, said the plan to mandate annual oil and gas licensing was unnecessary, suggesting the government was more focused on creating dividing lines over the green agenda ahead of the next election.
Government sources suggested there were unlikely to be any major surprises in the king’s speech with many of the measures already in the public domain such as a phased smoking ban and a new regulator for English football, while several other bills would be carried over.
It is also expected to include criminal justice measures such as restricting the use of tents by homeless people on the streets of Britain – with growing numbers of rough sleepers and what the government considers a rise in antisocial behaviour.
The policy agenda set out on Tuesday would be aimed at “people who want to see a common-sense approach”, one government source said, in a nod to wedge issues such as climate change, migration and gender identity which the Tories plan to weaponise ahead of the election.
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rayquetzalcoatl@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Is the new system “slip me a couple million quid and you can do whatever you want”? Because if it is, that’s just the old system again
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The king should announce an election.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 10 months ago
the king should announce the abolishment of the royal family
tankplanker@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why not both?
tal@lemmy.today 10 months ago
That would probably create a constitutional crisis in the UK.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Royal_prerogative_in_the_Unite…
doleo@kbin.social 10 months ago
Just add it to the list of crises
obinice@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well yes, we’re all aware of the reality of that situation, but wouldn’t it be nice?
wewbull@feddit.uk 10 months ago
That doesn’t sound like it’s ill-defined then.
Syldon@feddit.uk 10 months ago
If only we had a body of people who could change the law on that problem.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The government have beaten you to it by rejecting a verdict of the supreme court today.