SIR – Zero wind multiplied by any number of new turbines still gives nothing and simply increases the instability of our grid.įar better to concentrate on storage for the existing peaks of renewable power alongside a modular reactor task force to build the small reactors that will guarantee our energy security. The truth, however, is that, in order to meet our net zero targets, we will need both nuclear plants and wind turbines. While I also support nuclear power, people living near prospective plants tend to oppose them just as much as those near wind power sites oppose turbines. It is marvellous to see them making so much clean energy. I think they look proud and graceful, like swans in a techno-ballet. I have recently returned from a holiday in Burgundy, where the countryside is dotted with them. SIR – I write in defence of onshore wind turbines (Letters, June 20). Were I in the same situation, having been fed drivel by a teacher about identifying as one of many genders, I might also decide to be something entirely different. He is now a happily married man with three children of his own. He was happy with this and had one or two other “transformations” during his childhood. I told him he could play at being whatever he wanted, but as he was a boy, one day he would grow up to be a man. A year or two later, having watched the first Jurassic Park film, he decided he wanted to be a dinosaur. SIR – I am reminded of when my youngest son decided he wanted to be a penguin. If we indulge their behaviour now, what are they going to do if they go to university – expect more of the same? SIR – You report that, in some cases, pupils “will only communicate via animal noises”.ĭo these pupils take class notes in English? Will they be completing their exam papers in English? These children should not be disrupting classes full of pupils who may be desperate to catch up with so much lost learning. I’m a retired teacher, and I think my response to a child identifying as an animal would have been to tell them that animals were not allowed in school, and that I would be asking their parents to keep them at home and feed them the appropriate food. Pupils should not be allowed to jeopardise the education of others with behaviour that, I believe, makes a mockery of the system. SIR – You report that some schools are letting children self-identify as “cats, horses and dinosaurs”. Not to mention that disastrous party conference speech in 2017. Not only was she totally outmanoeuvred by the EU on Brexit, but she also managed to lose a substantial majority in a general election that she had initiated. She may not have lied to Parliament, but in all other respects her time in Downing Street was an unmitigated disaster. SIR – Theresa May is a fine one to be suggesting that Boris Johnson was “found wanting”. His real crimes were failing to complete Brexit, implementing foolish lockdowns during the pandemic, pursuing unrealistic energy policies, failing to cut red tape and generally betraying the British public who voted for him. SIR – Boris Johnson has been kippered by the minor charge. Most people were heard respectfully, but when Lia Nici tried to make counter-arguments the deputy Speaker had to ask members not to mutter at her, and the official interruptions were unsympathetic. The tone was set by the shadow leader of the House, who discourteously referred to the former prime minister by his surname alone and spent nearly half of her speech attacking the present Prime Minister and his Cabinet. It was an unedifying spectacle, often involving intemperate character assassinations or, it seemed, the settling of personal scores. SIR – I followed the Commons debate on Boris Johnson. Unfortunately, as Suzanne Moore points out in her splendid article, Mr Johnson’s dishonesty has corrupted the Conservatives, and his recent behaviour has been both an affront and a danger to the systems that are supposed to uphold our democracy. SIR – I admit that I was once rather taken with Boris Johnson’s charisma, can-do attitude and willingness to confront certain sections of the Tory party. Rishi Sunak should have made the effort to attend the vote and support the findings of the privileges committee. Those who abstained from or did not even attend Monday’s vote on the privileges committee’s report – along with the MPs who voted against it – should realise the further damage they have done to the sinking ship that is the Conservative Party. SIR – I do not know anyone who thinks Boris Johnson told the truth over partygate.
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