Random government monkeys accidentally do something useful?

Nov 24, 2025 Last reply: 6 months ago 84 Replies

"Radical reforms needed to UK nuclear regulation, says taskforce"



"A series of "radical, root-cause solutions" is required to simplify the UK's nuclear regulatory system in order to speed up the construction of new nuclear projects at a lower cost and on time, an independent taskforce has concluded." ... Even Red Ed Miliband has been blackmailed into supporting it..



"This government is delivering a golden age of new nuclear as we drive for energy sovereignty and abundance," said Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. "A crucial part of that is delivering the reforms we need to drive forward new nuclear in a safe, affordable way."



The EU won't like that at all. We've been shackled to Euratom ever since Brexit.



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What does that even mean ?

We need to leave the EU - the sooner the better.

I thought it was the *UK* regulatory authorities that made about 7000 changes to the EU design of the French and Finnish versions of the Hinckley Point 'C' reactors.

Changes which have massively increased the cost.

Quite so. There must be a limit to how long the loons can carry on blaming the EU for everything they don't like.

Like all things EU the European agency makes the rules and sets the culture and the UK one implements them.

WE had a chance to move away from European regulatory 'harmonisation' with Euroatom. WE chose to bind ourselves to it with the 'deal'...

You got your Brexit and are still whining.

If it's not the Brexit *you* wanted ... well you were warned.

It's not the Brexit we were promised. Nor what we voted for.

However it looks like Force Majeure will lead the government into breaking away finally...Despite the wishes of the civil service bureaucrats

If only someone had the foresight ot warn you, eh ?

Of course the real reason for this is not because people will freeze, but because the techbros may lose money.

Much like WFH was "impossible" until it meant big business didn't lose out.

No one warned us that a successful vote would be totally undermined by politicians so corrupt that they would do anything to try and reverse it.

I think I, like most people were absolutely shocked at the ruthlessness, total lack of respect for democracy, and duplicity of the EU and the remainer faction.

Leaving was more than ever clearly the right thing to do, but now we have to finish the job that the tories hadn't the guts to do.

Failure to implement Brexit destroyed the Tories. Oddly Starmer seems to be doing more to be independent of the EU. But it wont help, People recognise a complete loser when they see one.

In pragmatic politics, the important thing is to get consebsus to get things done. And f*ck faux hand wringing morality.

In this case the nuclear solutions

- benefits big business

- benefits the consumer

- will result in lower CO2 emissions - if that is important to anyone

It is only opposed by renewable interests. And Middle East and Russian gas interests

WFH can work but requires a different management style. You have to parcel work into isolated chunks that have defined end points.

Typically in the public sector this isn't dine and WFH is basically being on the dole, only better.

My ballot paper only said "Leave" or "Stay", was yours more detailed?

They did

I know. Terrible wasn't it ? Getting a government elected to "Get Brexit Done" was a despicable trick by the Remainers.

Sadly, you don't get a second chance to get the result you like. (Sounds familiar)

We'll see.

I think he is saying he wants a second go to get the outcome he wanted. Without actually saying he wants a second go to get the outcome he wanted.

You're preaching to the choir. If I had been in charge I'd have had the UK at 110% nuclear by 2000 and f*ck the oil cartels, f*ck the Russians, f*ck the middle east.

I clearly remember Jean-Claude Juncker saying on a TV news report “If you leave…we will hurt you”.

And that’s exactly what this bunch of Soviet Union lookalikes have done and continue to do.

And there are *still* people about that can’t see that.

Golly. Did you vote for Starmer simply on the basis that he is Labour, without a clue as to what policies he claimed to be implementing ?

That explains a lot

Well that is what remain have been trying to do ever since. Tell them.

And of course you can always reverse a result you don't like. Technically it is possible to simply ignore the EU deal and do whatever we like down to blowing EU fishing vessels out of UK waters.

Being nice to the EU simply means they take money and push more rubber boats off French shores...

Are all remainers this dim?

Nothing to do with the democratic decision, Everything to do with the lack of implementation by the Tory party.

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