• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Calling him a neoliberal and insulting him is hardly a concrete argument.

    I just gave actual substantiative reasoning for why he clearly doesn’t love petroleum companies. Do you actually have anything to back up what was said?

    Like, come on. Actually think about it for a moment. If he loved oil companies, why would he be:

    • banning new oil drilling?

    • accelerating renewables deployment?

    • creating a nationalised energy firm to lessen the power of existing suppliers?

    • refusing to push the ICE vehicle ban further out?

    • bringing for grants/low interest loans for houses to have better efficiency (and thus less energy required for each)?

    • doing a windfall tax on energy companies?

    Can I have real thoughts, not just “neoliberal and lacks charisma, innit? Not the kinda guy I’d have a pint with down the pub!”

    And for the record, while he may indeed be neoliberal, this government is still the least neoliberal since the 70s (literally half a century!), on account of moving to nationalise rail and some energy. Take the small wins where you can.